Audience
Parents searching for an app to build positive behaviors for their kids’ digital wellness and monitor harmful content
About Boomerang Parental Control
Get call, text message, and uninstall protection features for non-Samsung devices. Set it and forget it, weekday and weekend schedules limiting your child’s smartphone access from your parent's mobile device. Establish healthy sleep habits for your children. Schedule shutdown times to give you peace of mind that your child is getting uninterrupted sleep. Allocate time limits on your Android device so as to teach children how to prioritize ‘free time” on their phones. Apps will shut down under your authority. The phone remains accessible for emergencies. Encouraged apps are exempted from time limits. Great for education, reading, podcast, or health, and safety apps. Parents choose which apps are added to their child’s list. When needed, parents can pause a child’s Android device use or even extend access time. Smartphones have opened up a new world in how our kids communicate, expressing themselves via text, images and video opens challenges for inappropriate content.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$15.99 per year
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