Boomerang Parental Control

Taking the battle out of screen time
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The most unique flexible screen time features. Period.

Set it and forget it – weekday and weekend schedules limiting your child’s smartphone access from your parent mobile device.

Bedtimes. Reinforced.

Establish healthy sleep habits for your children. Schedule shutdown times to give you peace of mind that your child is getting uninterrupted sleep.

Time Limits. Daily. Per App.

Allocate time limits on your Android device so as to teach children how to prioritize ‘free time” on their phones. Apps will shut down under your authority. Phone remains accessible for emergencies.

Encourage Good Apps. Anytime.

Encouraged Apps are exempted from time limits. Great for education, reading, podcast or health and safety apps. Parents choose which apps are added to their child’s list.

Time-Outs and Time Extensions.

Our Parent Mode provides an easy Time-Out setting. When needed, parents can pause a child’s Android device use or even extend access time.

Learn screen time tips for your family >
Compare Android vs. iOS device features >

13 year olds. With smartphones.

Smartphones have opened up a new world in how our kids communicate – expressing themselves via text, images and video opens challenges for inappropriate content and cyberbullying.
❗️Our Call and Text monitoring safety features are only available for Android smartphones. Downloaded here. 

Text Messages. Monitoring the important words

Android only. Get detailed text logs from your child’s Android phone. Get notified when inappropriate words (keyword detection can be customized) or unknown numbers are detected. Optionally, enable the collection of all text message content. Available here.

You choose who calls and can be called.

Android only. Allow calls only from their saved contacts. All other numbers get blocked instantly and sent to voicemail, including those marketing calls. Parents can also review their child’s Android phone logs anytime from their Android or iOS device via our Parent Mode reports.

24/7 location tracking.

Your child’s device travels with them. You depend on it for communication. So why not leverage it to get alerts and updates on your child’s whereabouts via their mobile device. Set to report in automatically but you can make it faster or ask for a manual refresh. An active internet connection is required.

Pair family devices with your email.

Creating a group to pair all family devices is simple. Just use one of your parent emails and that is now your group name. No need to create a new email account for your child in order to monitor their activities. Follow our setup steps and pair all devices with your email and password.

App Discovery, Approval & Control.

Get notified when new apps are installed on your child’s Android device and approve or block them from your parent mobile device. Great opportunity to start conversations about your child’s app interests and how they heard about them.

New App Approvals. Be informed.

Android only. Boomerang Parental Control blocks new app installs on your child’s device. You get notified of the new app installs and can keep them blocked or approve them from your iPhone or Android parent device.

Block or Allow any app. On demand too.

Android only. With our Parent Mode app for Android and iOS, parents can block any apps, set daily time limits or allow educational / health apps to work outside of device screen time limits on their child’s Android device.

Learn more about New App Approvals >
Learn more about Vault Apps >

Exclusive monitoring and security.

Boomerang brings unique features that no other parental control apps offer today. Samsung devices that support Knox receive additional controls.

Samsung S8 - Knox + Apple Parent Mode YouTube History 2x

YouTube History & Searches. Included.

Android only. Review your child’s viewing history and searches made in the Android YouTube app (YouTube Kids not required). Tip: Enable restricted mode and block access to the YouTube app’s Settings. Reports can be viewed on an Android or iOS parent device.

Samsung Knox. Built-in.

Boomerang is the only parental control app to utilize Samsung’s Knox, an enterprise mobile security solution pre-installed in most of Samsung devices. It provides security magic!

Learn how to enable YouTube’s Restricted Mode >
Learn what we can enforce with Samsung Knox >

Safe Browsing is Included for Free.

Manage and review your child’s browsing experience with our SPIN Safe Browser. Built-in filtering of millions of inappropriate websites with content ranging from pornography and nudity to the grey areas like many social media platforms, blogging sites and unfiltered search engines. Android users, we filter the Chrome browser too!

Safe Searching.

Search results in leading search engines like Bing, Google and Yahoo are automatically enforced in the strictest setting available. This means your child will see more more appropriate search result and images vs. using Safari or Chrome.

Surf the web. Safely.

With our free SPIN Safe Browser, kids (and adults) can browse the web with a built-in filter for inappropriate websites. Categories such as Pornographic, Nudity, Hate, Violence and other inappropriately flagged websites are blocked, automatically, anywhere on mobile or wifi.

Learn more about SPIN Safe Browser >
How do I provide safe browsing for my child? >

Pricing

Pricing is per child device, per year and can be renewed annually. Parent devices do not require a license. You can purchase via an in-app purchase available via Google Play or App Store. We do not auto-renew your license, we will notify you via email prior to your renewal time.

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What Parents (and Kids) Are Saying

Thousands of 5-star reviews from parents—and plenty of 1-star reviews from kids. We’ll let you decide which ones matter more.

  • This is a great application! I have control back over my child’s phone and applications because she managed to circumvent Family Link. I have no idea how she did that but she managed to find a way, as did other kids. That was a major frustration for us. But now with Boomerang, I can manage her time, what applications she uses and what sites she visits. I especially find the time-out and extend-time functionalities very useful. Kudos to the people who took the initiative to develop this app!
    Joe Eagles, Google Play user
  • This a great way to help keep kids safe online, prevent to much screen time, and block from using apps that I don’t want them using. The best part for me is, I can have some of the apps, like camera, music and other stuff I feel they should be able to use without it counting toward there overall time. So just games, and other stuff is the only thing there limited on. Thanks for a great app. Another plus side is it tracks the device and gives off a ring if lost.
    Crystal Dakota, Google Play Parent
  • I found this app while looking for an alternative to Family Link. It’s much more powerful, and better suited to families with older kids. I can limit my kids’ access to games and YouTube but give them free access to music, WhatsApp, and the apps they need for school. Fairly simple to use as well, considering the underlying complexity.
    Lynnsey Schneider, Google Play Parent
  • This app is a wonderful way to monitor your children. The cost is very reasonable. It offers a lot of flexibility and the ability to monitor on the go. We had a few glitches initially and the customer service team was great and resolved our issues quickly.
    Veronica Edwards – Via Google Play
  • Love using Boomerang to control how my boys use their devices. Features like daily summary of time usage and apps used gives parents a clear understand on what’s going on in their kids electronic world! Highly recommend this wonderful program!!! Thanks Boomerang!!!
    dkilby14 – Via App Store
  • This app is everything I was looking for. I have a 5 yr old and a 12 yr old and their needs and restrictions are totally different. You can block the garbage, set limits, and be as intrusive or non-intrusive as you want. The Boomerang help team is great. THANK YOU BOOMERANG!!
    Terri Price – Via Google Play
  • We needed a way to restrict YouTube and Internet access on our son’s iPad and this totally fits the bill. I absolutely love how I can allow timed access using my phone, restrict access for a period of time instantly and text messages between our devices. This is exactly what we needed and it works very well. Don’t know why people are giving some bad reviews – there is nothing wrong with this app! Good work, developers!
    Harry89674 – Via App Store
  • I have downloaded several similar apps first, but they had a monthly subscription and were more complex. This one does what it should and is easy to use. Now, how can I make a donation?
    Ziener – Via App Store

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