Aura vs. Bark: See why parents get more with Aura Parents
$8.33/mo
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$250/yr
billed annually
Block and filter ALL websites and apps
Set screen time limits
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Parenthood partners:
“I’m a husband, a dad, a human, and I’m hardwired to protect my family. I'm joining Aura to tackle the issue of online safety for families head-on.”
Robert Downey Jr.
See why families love Aura Parents
= Developed in partnership with clinical psychologists
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Set up in as little as five minutes
Download the Aura Parents app, scan the QR code with the child’s device, turn on VPN and Aura Keyboard. Aura Parents can now start collecting data across apps and websites. |
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Content Filtering & Blocking
Set filters for each family member based on app, website, age or across any of the 29 categories. |
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Screen Time Limits
Customize Screen Time Limits for each kid's profile and set different limits for apps, categories of sites, and a Daily Time Limit. |
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Focus Time, Bedtime, and Schedules
Set Bedtimes, Focus Times, and custom Schedules to restrict apps at certain times or disconnect from the internet altogether. |
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Pause the Internet®
Pause the Internet at the press of a button. Hit unpause when you're ready to give back their internet access. |
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Daytime & Nighttime Usage Trends
View trends in your kid's online usage and routines, as well as shifts in their social interactions, daytime activity, or sleep habits. |
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Wellbeing Score
Understand how consistent your kid’s digital wellbeing is with a unique indicator based on digital signals. |
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Messaging Insights
See where your child is messaging—across games, social media, and texts—and understand tone, volume, and timing. |
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Weekly Snapshot
Get the highlights of weekly online activities to support ongoing conversations. |
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AI Chat App Alert
Get notified when your child starts a conversation with a high-risk AI app. |
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AI App Monitoring
See which AI apps your kid is using and understand overall tone and themes in messaging activity. |
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Risk Signals
Get alerts when conversations may discuss self-harm. |
How Aura Parents is different
Works on all messaging apps
Covers all AI Chat Apps
Context, not just keywords
Reduce false risk alerts with context-based monitoring, not keyword filtering.
Beyond ChatGPT: Monitors all AI chat apps.
If you can message in the app, we can monitor it.
Simple setup on any device
iOS monitoring included
No logins required
Easy setup for both iOS & Android.
Monitors iPhone messages directly—no second device needed.
Monitoring begins without needing usernames or passwords to apps.
Let them explore – with boundaries
The internet offers limitless opportunities, good and bad. Aura Parental Controls blocks harmful content and lets you filter apps and websites to create boundaries that work for your family.
The internet offers limitless opportunities, good and bad. Aura Parental Controls blocks harmful content and lets you filter apps and websites to create boundaries that work for your family.
Content Filtering
Simply select apps, games and websites to limit, restrict, or allow unlimited access.
SafeSearch
With one tap on your child's profile, activate SafeSearch. SafeSearch filters out explicit and inappropriate content from search results on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.
YouTube Restricted Mode
In your child's profile, toggle on YouTube Restricted Mode to block mature and harmful content and help control what your kids can view on YouTube.
Content Filtering
SafeSearch
Simply select apps, games and websites to limit, restrict, or allow unlimited access.
With one tap on your child’s profile, activate SafeSearch. SafeSearch filters out explicit and inappropriate content from search results on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.
YouTube Restricted Mode
In your child’s profile, toggle on YouTube Restricted Mode to block mature and harmful content and help control what your kids can view on YouTube.
Know where they’re spending their
time online
You can’t be everywhere your kids are—and let’s be honest, you don’t want to be. Aura Parental Controls helps you understand how your kids are spending time online.
History
Knowledge is power when it comes to protecting your kids. With History, know what your kids are viewing online and spot potential overuse of apps and websites.
Internet usage
Get a complete picture of your kids' internet use across all devices so you can make informed decisions about the right amount of screen time.
Build healthy online habits
Kids are navigating a digital world with real risks. Aura Parents helps you understand if your kids are happy, healthy, and safe online and enables you to help them build healthier digital habits and online balance.
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Bedtimes
Set Bedtimes for weeknights and weekends. When bedtime rolls around, all devices associated with your child’s profile will automatically disconnect from the internet.
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Focus Time
Focus Time lets you set times during the day with limited or no Internet distractions, where only selected apps and websites are allowed.
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Time Limits
Know that your kids are safe from too much of a good thing—the internet. Set time limits for apps and websites and customize per child profile.
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Pause the Internet®
No more asking your kids three times to set down the iPad and start their homework. Pause the Internet easily enforces screen time limits.
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Bonus Time
Extend your kid’s daily time online with Bonus Time to reward good behavior or celebrate successes.
Get deeper insights into your child’s digital wellbeing
Kids are navigating a digital world with real risks. Aura Parents helps you understand if your kids are happy, healthy, and safe online and enables you to help them build healthier digital habits and online balance.
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Identify trends and patterns
View trends in your kid’s online routines, including shifts from their baseline of social interactions, daytime activity, or sleep habits, to help you spot meaningful changes in their wellbeing
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Daytime and nighttime activity
Gain a clear and personalized view of your kid’s online usage patterns throughout the day and overnight, making it easier to understand behaviors that impact healthy habits or might interfere with their sleep.
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Social interactions
Get insight into your kid’s social behavior patterns, including their engagement style and the volume and tone of their online interactions. Uncover their unique social persona based on their social patterns.
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Personalized insights
Access science-backed recommendations, tips, and conversation starters based on your kid’s daytime and nighttime activity and their unique social persona.
Aura Parents has partnered with Common Sense Media to set a new standard for what responsible technology and empowered parenting can look like—helping families understand their children's online worlds, identify risks, and raise kids who thrive both online and off.
Aura is a proud partner of Common Sense Media
Safer gaming with predator alerts. Powered by AI.
Keep your child safe from online predators, scams, and cyberbullying when playing online video games. Get alerted to threats with 24/7 in-game voice and text monitoring for over 200 of the most popular PC games. Powered by award-winning ProtectMe from Kidas.
The Safe Gaming by Kidas feature is available for Windows PC only.
Get the insights you need to guide and protect your child online with Aura Parents
Covers unlimited kids and devices
Aura Parents
Plan covers unlimited kids & unlimited devices!
Available on iOS (phones and iPads) and Android (phones and tablets).*
Parental Controls
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Block Apps & Websites
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Create Focus Times & Bedtimes
Schedule device-free time for school, sleep, or family.
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Block Apps & Websites
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Pause the Internet®
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Safe Gaming by Kidas
Get notified of risks in gaming chats.
(Windows PC only)
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Pause the Internet®
Online Wellbeing Insights
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Messaging Insights
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Daytime & Nighttime Usage Trends
See patterns in daily routines and overnight device use.
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Messaging Insights
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Wellbeing Score
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Weekly Snapshot
A clear, weekly summary to support better conversations.
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Wellbeing Score
Risk Alerts
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AI App Monitoring & Alerts
See which AI chat apps your child uses and get notified about high-risk conversations.
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AI App Monitoring & Alerts
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Risk Signals
Alerts when messages may indicate self-harm risk.
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Risk Signals
Parent Tested
Parent Approved Survey Feedback2
- “The app is great! Really shows you how much your kid is on their devices. I’m glad to have an app where I can easily control what’s allowed.”
- “I am able to set time limits so I can make sure my son is balancing the real world with device usage, which I like. I also like that I’m able to block or allow certain websites.”
- “Easy and helpful for keeping kids safe in this world full of tech!”
By the numbers
Parent Tested Parent Approved Award survey results2
88%
88%
94%
of parents claimed it was very easy to set up and customize the app to their needs.
of parents claimed that Aura is much better than the competition
of parents would recommend Aura to other parents.
© Aura {YEAR}. All rights reserved.
*Compatibility requirements for installing are: iOS version 16.0 or greater, Android version 12.0 or higher.
†Based on research conducted by Aura and reported in The State of the Youth Report 2025.
¹ 60-day money back guarantee is only available for annual plans purchased through our websites (excludes Amazon) or via our Customer Support team. You may cancel your membership online and request a refund within 60 days of your initial purchase date of an eligible Aura membership purchase by calling us at 1-833-552-2123. For details, see https://www.aura.com/legal/refund-policy.
² Results based on a May 2024 survey conducted by PTPA Media Inc. PTPA Media Inc was compensated by Aura to conduct this survey.
No one can prevent all identity theft or monitor all transactions effectively. Further, any testimonials on this website reflect experiences that are personal to those particular users, and may not necessarily be representative of all users of our products and/or services. We do not claim, and you should not assume, that all users will have the same experiences. Your individual results may vary.
AURA SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION. THE SERVICES ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND CANNOT REPLACE THE SERVICES OF PHYSICIANS OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
Aura's service does not monitor for all content or your child’s behavior in real time. Alerts and/or insights may not be 100% accurate or timely.