Kids App Qustodio 4+

I am a 14 year old girl. My mom downloaded this app on all my devices. There is a location viewing feature and what I am gonna say may shock you or may not. My mom pays 99 dollars for this app but it doesn’t even tell her my correct location or history! It says I left my house when I was ASLEEP! and that I tried to go on Facebook 30 times but it was blocked. This app is an invasion of privacy. Your parents can see what your doing but YOU DONT KNOW WHO ELSE CAN! Imagine someone viewing your screen all day while you do schoolwork, watch movies, etc. Parents you are NOT the only ones seeing your kids location! Imagine someone tracking your child through an app YOU downloaded yourself! It doesn’t matter if people can or can’t see the location from the creators, what if someone hacked the parent app?! They can find all your info! This app sometimes glitches and shuts down my iPad when it’s not supposed to (yes I asked if my parents blocked it first. They did not) I recommend fixing that for a more smooth experience of the consumers of this app. Overall this app does an okay job at controlling what your kids do and see. It alerts you when you don’t follow expectations, but I hope they fix a few things about this app that will make a huge difference on the experience of this app.

Hi, thanks for sharing your experience. Your feedback is highly appreciated and will help us to improve our ability to serve you and other users of Qustodio. We are always examining new ways to improve our Parental Control and we will share your opinion with our Development team to consider improving this with future releases.

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Qustodio

Ok, hear me out. I know a lot of kids and teens don’t like this app because it invades privacy, but I actually enjoy it. Or at least I enjoy the way my mom uses it. I know some kids parents do use it to invade privacy and I’m really sorry if that’s happening to you. I’m lucky enough that my mom really listens to me and we came up with a good compromise. I was a little worried about being outed, but I came out to my mom and she was ok with it. I got into a really bad relationship last year and ended up getting peer pressured and bullied into really bad stuff. My mom had no idea what was going on, and I ended up digging myself into a really deep hole for over six months. Me and my mom decided together to get a parental app and she chose this one. She uses it to monitor my screen time, my location, and what websites I go on. It has improved my relationship with her and I feel grateful. I hate that some peoples parents use this app in bad ways. I think it’s not the actual app, but the way that parents use it that’s the issue. For example, I have friends with the same app that absolutely hate it, but I have no problem with it, and in fact I enjoy it. I feel safer and more secure, and it’s opened up for better communication between me and my mom. Thank you! :) -a non-binary, pansexual 15 y.o.

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We are pleased that you find our parental control app helpful. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know! Have a wonderful day!

Qustodio Team.

Don't get this app parents. For the sake of your relationship with your child. I understand that you want to keep them safe but all your doing is creating trust issues. From experience during the time I've had this app, I have grown away from my family even more than ever. I feel like they don't trust me anymore. I can't open up to them because they would use, "its for your own good." or something along those lines. If you don't expose your child to the real world they won't survive. They won't know what to look for in a bad person or know how to protect themselves. If your child is having trouble understanding the real world or how life works then don't get them a phone. If you want your child to trust you then let them have their privacy. I know you will say, "but they are kids. They don't nee privacy" or, "they are not adults yet and don't have rights." or you might even say," well I pay for their phone bill so they don't have to." Those things I just listed are excuses. You only download apps like this one so you won't have to feel guilty if they get in trouble. Some problems ar fixable without your help. Sometimes they will need help and that is okay. I hope you consider this message and try to understand where your child is coming from. One more reason children like tech so much is because they grew up with it. It is second nature for them. So please give your kid(s) a second chance to prove they don't need apps like this one.

Hi, thanks for sharing your experience.

We do understand your concerns and from your message, it seems that you're a very intelligent young adult and you have impressively expressed yourself. Because of this, we would recommend for you have a conversation with your parents about how to use your phone in a healthy and productive way.

Best regards,
Qustodio Team.