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Having kids with access to smart phones and tablets can make it difficult to set limits. Sure you can always tell them they can only use their tablet for 30 minutes at a time, or that they’re not allowed to text during school hours on their phone, but it can be hard to enforce those rules consistently every time. Now with PhoneSheriff, not only can you know what your kids are doing on their devices, but you can chose the limits you want on them as well.
PhoneSheriff is the next generation of parental control software for mobile phones and tablets. With PhoneSheriff you have the ability to filter, block and monitor how your child uses their mobile device. The software is easy to install and you can setup specific restrictions for phone numbers, websites and time periods. The software can also monitor user activities including SMS text messages, call information and GPS locations. You can view logs on the device itself or in a secure online control panel.
Using the Internet capabilities of your phone or tablet, the monitored activities and GPS locations are quickly inserted to your PhoneSheriff account. To view the results you simply login to your secure account at the PhoneSheriff web site. Logs are displayed by categories and sorted for easy browsing.
PhoneSheriff offers a variety of filters including blocking apps, setting time limits, website filtering, contact filtering, profanity alerts, and phone locking. You can also be notified if the device has travelled beyond certain location parameters you’ve set as well as notifications if your child tries to access anything that’s been restricted. You also have access to real-time GPS tracking, internet, call and messaging history, apps installed, when a new contact is added, photo logs and calendar entries.
You can easily access all of the information and logs from your mobile device or computer and it’s all in one place – the online control panel.
PhoneSheriff covers all of the bases for anything you might want monitored on your child’s device and you can pick and choose which things you want to be monitored. Children can access the software through an icon to send parents a GPS location check-in or even to send an emergency alert, but nothing can be added or changed in the parental features without the parent’s password. It’s always important to let your child know their phone or tablet is being monitored so that the software isn’t misused and to help build trust between parent and child.
PhoneSheriff is compatible with Apple, Android, and Blackberry phones as well as Apple and Android tablets.
Connect:
You can connect with PhoneSheriff on their website, Facebook, Google+, and @RetinaXStudios on Twitter.
