AT&T Secure Family Companion®

Name: AT&T Secure Family Companion®
Rating: 1.2 (2345 reviews)
Author: AT&T Services, Inc.

Locate family & filter content

Free

2.3K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
In-App Controls
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

AT&T Services, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 1 More
Size

254.9
MB

AT&T Secure Family Companion® is a mobile app installed on family member’s devices to help their parents or guardians protect them by locating their device in real-time, managing their child’s screen time as well as the content they may access online, and understanding driving patterns as a driver or a passenger. Secure Family is available for every family, regardless of your mobile provider. CONNECTION FOR EVERY FAMILY MEMBER * View the location of family members’ devices on a shared family map * Send an emergency alert to family members with the press of a button * Receive extra screen time as a reward for good behavior * Review top websites and apps accessed to help develop good digital habits * See a countdown timer showing when internet access will be paused or resumed * Track trips, review driving activity, and view drive scores as a driver or passenger Legal Disclaimers AT&T Secure Family Companion is free and only works with the purchase of AT&T Secure Family, available in the App Store for $12/month (includes support for up to 10 family members) and up to 30 devices in total. Service auto renews every 30 days unless cancelled. To use the AT&T Secure Family service, you must download two Apps: the AT&T Secure Family App (adults, parents or guardians) and the AT&T Secure Family Companion App (family member). Visit att.com/securefamily for details. Install the Companion App on your child’s device and pair it with the Parent App on your device. Pairing is required to access all features. Only authorized app users have permission to use the App to locate a family member’s device. Requires iOS v.17+ or higher. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can reduce battery life. Availability, timeliness, or accuracy of location is not guaranteed. Coverage not available in all areas. There is a compatibility conflict that can prevent the addition of AT&T Secure Family Companion App to your child’s companion device if you have AT&T ActiveArmor Advanced Mobile Security running on the same companion device.  If you wish to continue with the purchase, you must downgrade to the FREE version of AT&T ActiveArmor Mobile Security on the companion device before adding AT&T Secure Family Companion App. AT&T Secure Family FAQs: https://att.com/securefamilyguides The collection, use, and disclosure of any personal information through this application is governed by AT&T's Privacy Policy found at: att.com/privacypolicy and the App’s End User License Agreement found at att.com/legal/terms.secureFamilyEULA.html. * AT&T Postpaid Wireless customers: View, modify or cancel service anytime within the Secure Family app. AT&T does not provide credits or refunds for partial months. * AT&T PREPAID wireless customers and all other mobile networks billed by the App Store: See Apple’s polices regarding cancellation in the App Store at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039

Ratings & Reviews

1.2

out of 5

2.3K Ratings

Invasive
08/16/2025
Neonstorm26
Any parent at any time can restrict access to content and for how long you’re capable of using your device. A 16-year-old can have their phone restricted to an elementary level if their parents are unreasonable. You wanna use Google? No dice, high school student, it’s past 9pm. Need something for school about the human body? Turns out that photos of the endocrine system are counted as harmful content! You can’t even send requests through the app. As a child, you can see your map and send out an SOS, nothing more. No negotiating, no messages, or sending a notification. It’s “I don’t trust you unless it's an emergency.” This app is an invasion of privacy and you can’t even delete it. It harms the parent-child relationship by forming a negative, helicopter-parent environment in which the child has no privacy no matter how old they are. Not to mention the constant bugs involving the VPN and map. The map randomly turns off and the VPN can damage wifi connections through an infinite loop of the VPN turning off and on, forcing wifi to load over and over without stability, preventing a proper connection to the internet.
Invasive
08/16/2025
Neonstorm26

Any parent at any time can restrict access to content and for how long you’re capable of using your device. A 16-year-old can have their phone restricted to an elementary level if their parents are unreasonable. You wanna use Google? No dice, high school student, it’s past 9pm. Need something for school about the human body? Turns out that photos of the endocrine system are counted as harmful content! You can’t even send requests through the app. As a child, you can see your map and send out an SOS, nothing more. No negotiating, no messages, or sending a notification. It’s “I don’t trust you unless it's an emergency.” This app is an invasion of privacy and you can’t even delete it. It harms the parent-child relationship by forming a negative, helicopter-parent environment in which the child has no privacy no matter how old they are. Not to mention the constant bugs involving the VPN and map. The map randomly turns off and the VPN can damage wifi connections through an infinite loop of the VPN turning off and on, forcing wifi to load over and over without stability, preventing a proper connection to the internet.
Trust
12/27/2025
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What kind of relationship are you trying to build with this? It’s like panopticon. Every move I make, I’m worried that I’ve done something wrong. That they’re watching. Why were they allowed to run wild and live free when they now make me sit still and be perfect? I can’t do anything. Schoolwork? Blocked. Anatomy for class? Heck no! It’s inappropriate. And now I find out my family, struggling to make ends meet due to unemployment is spending so much on this because they’ve deemed me untrustworthy after a hospital visit due to mental health. This has not and will not ever improve a relationship between guardian and child. To have to ask for them to unlock my internet in front of family and friends just to do something they asked me to, which frustrates them. How dare I ask for them to use an app they forced upon me? I truly do not see a use for this. Please just get a family tracker for location if that’s your concern. Children WILL limit themselves if screen time isn’t a scarcity. Please, we’re almost adults, how can you expect us to regulate for ourselves when the cutoff happens?
Trust
12/27/2025
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What kind of relationship are you trying to build with this? It’s like panopticon. Every move I make, I’m worried that I’ve done something wrong. That they’re watching. Why were they allowed to run wild and live free when they now make me sit still and be perfect? I can’t do anything. Schoolwork? Blocked. Anatomy for class? Heck no! It’s inappropriate. And now I find out my family, struggling to make ends meet due to unemployment is spending so much on this because they’ve deemed me untrustworthy after a hospital visit due to mental health. This has not and will not ever improve a relationship between guardian and child. To have to ask for them to unlock my internet in front of family and friends just to do something they asked me to, which frustrates them. How dare I ask for them to use an app they forced upon me? I truly do not see a use for this. Please just get a family tracker for location if that’s your concern. Children WILL limit themselves if screen time isn’t a scarcity. Please, we’re almost adults, how can you expect us to regulate for ourselves when the cutoff happens?
Parent here, please do not download this app.
09/20/2025
Briana Rhodes
I installed this on me and my daughter’s phones thinking I could limit her screen time because I was sure she was staying up past 3AM and she wasn’t waking up on time. However, I didn’t realize just how much control this app gives you, and it completely ruined my relationship with my daughter. She told me that it’s a major invasion of privacy, and she could also delete the app whenever she wanted. She said that she can’t even use Google after the limit, which is something I did not know.Another thing is that when I turned off the Wi-Fi, just to test it, it didn’t work for her still even after I turned it back on.All in all, this app will break your relationship with your child— their trust in you? Gone. You may think that it’s just an app to help out with sleep schedules or too much screen time like I did, but that’s not the case. Not all of these one-star reviews are from children, either, so take that into account. Parents, please do not get this app and damage your relationship with your kid like I did.
Parent here, please do not download this app.
09/20/2025
Briana Rhodes

I installed this on me and my daughter’s phones thinking I could limit her screen time because I was sure she was staying up past 3AM and she wasn’t waking up on time. However, I didn’t realize just how much control this app gives you, and it completely ruined my relationship with my daughter. She told me that it’s a major invasion of privacy, and she could also delete the app whenever she wanted. She said that she can’t even use Google after the limit, which is something I did not know.Another thing is that when I turned off the Wi-Fi, just to test it, it didn’t work for her still even after I turned it back on.All in all, this app will break your relationship with your child— their trust in you? Gone. You may think that it’s just an app to help out with sleep schedules or too much screen time like I did, but that’s not the case. Not all of these one-star reviews are from children, either, so take that into account. Parents, please do not get this app and damage your relationship with your kid like I did.
Great app
07/02/2019
smartkidxD
This is a truly great piece of art that can be easily deleted off of ones cellular device I recommend getting this app for a nice joke or prank on one of your kids because they will probably end up laughing at it and deleting the app entirely. The functions of this app are not entirely functional such as the location tracker sometimes this feature is so off that you can end up states away from your child or whom ever it is that your paired with. Keep in mind that this app might screw with your WiFi so you might not want to connect to your WiFi wile using this app. If there are any kids reading this trying to stay up simply hold down on the app and delete the app. What this will do is it will make your parents or whoever is paired with you extremely mad at you. Don’t worry though now that the app isn’t on your phone you can do whatever you want. Now to the parents that use this app. One easy fix to every problem one could have with this app simply find another app. This might seem hard but it will be worth it.
Great app
07/02/2019
smartkidxD

This is a truly great piece of art that can be easily deleted off of ones cellular device I recommend getting this app for a nice joke or prank on one of your kids because they will probably end up laughing at it and deleting the app entirely. The functions of this app are not entirely functional such as the location tracker sometimes this feature is so off that you can end up states away from your child or whom ever it is that your paired with. Keep in mind that this app might screw with your WiFi so you might not want to connect to your WiFi wile using this app. If there are any kids reading this trying to stay up simply hold down on the app and delete the app. What this will do is it will make your parents or whoever is paired with you extremely mad at you. Don’t worry though now that the app isn’t on your phone you can do whatever you want. Now to the parents that use this app. One easy fix to every problem one could have with this app simply find another app. This might seem hard but it will be worth it.

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Version 12.2.2 Sep 23

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Browsing History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics

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Supported Features
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Information

Seller: AT&T Services, Inc.
Size: 254.9 MB
Category: Lifestyle
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Location: This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
Languages: English and Arabic
Age Rating: 4+

4+

This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.

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