There are some limitations to this version, of course. You can also use Kaspersky Safe Kids for free. For a slightly higher price than Norton, Qustodio covers five devices for $54.95 per year. A $79.99 subscription for Net Nanny gets you five licenses. Norton Family Premier ($49.99 per year) and Screen Time ($39.99 per year) are some of the few others that also do not impose device limits. For $14.99 a year, you can create as many child profiles and monitor as many devices as you want, regardless of platform.

While Kaspersky Safe Kids is an excellent service, Qustodio is our top choice for parental control. That said, Kaspersky doesn't offer as much control over some of these areas as competitors, lacks browser-independent web-filtering, and doesn't have safety extras such as an SOS button for emergencies. You can install it on an unlimited number of devices, and Kaspersky does pretty much everything you might expect from a modern parental control app, including app blocking, location monitoring (with geofencing), web filtering, and time management. Many parental control programs are best suited for either desktop or mobile platforms, but Kaspersky Safe Kids works well on Android, iOS, Macs, and PCs.

Kids today are active on all sorts of devices and platforms, which poses a problem to parents who want to keep an eye on their digital activity. Because we have not found or been presented with any hard evidence of misdeeds on the part of Kaspersky, however, we are leaving our original review in place for those who wish to decide for themselves. However, based on the increasing censure and criticism of Kaspersky by US government agencies, foreign agencies, and informed third parties, we can no longer recommend no longer recommend Kaspersky’s products. Editors’ Note: PCMag rates and evaluates all products, including Kaspersky’s, based on their merits and effectiveness, not on any political or other considerations.

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