Net Nanny Alternatives
Net Nanny is described as 'Products from ContentWatch provide Internet Protection software, including parental controls and internet filtering software, computer cleaning utilities, anti-phishing controls, and more' and is a parental control tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Net Nanny for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad. The best alternative is Qustodio. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Google Family Link or Screen Time. Other great apps like Net Nanny are HomeGuard Activity Monitor, Norton Family, Pluckeye and FamilyShield.
Net Nanny alternatives are mainly Parental Control Tools but may also be Firewalls or DNS Resolvers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Net Nanny.- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
Qustodio helps parents protect their kids online. See how they use the Internet, set healthy access limits, and protect against dangerous or inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and online predators.
HomeGuard is an advanced parental control and activity monitoring tool for family and child safety online and offline.
Help your family create healthy digital habits Whether your children are younger or in their teens, the Family Link app lets you set digital ground rules to help guide them as they learn, play, and explore online.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Firefox
Norton Online Family protects your kids from online predators by allowing you to understand what your kids are really doing online and spot potential dangers before they become problems
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
Pluckeye is a filter that bolsters self-control on the Internet.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
With Screen Time, you can access real-time reports about how much time you spend on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and set limits for what you want to manage.
FamilyShield, powered by OpenDNS, blocks adult websites from home computers for free, with no software to install.
Discontinued
Not a separate product anymore, it's now part of the OpenDNS offer.
DNS Angel , it will protect your family from inappropriate websites and will Block them Automatically it is Freeware and Portable
BrowseControl is an agent-based web filter that blocks websites based on URLs and categories. Internet use quotas can be set based on schedules and timers. Includes a port filter and Windows application blocker.
DansGuardian is an award winning Open Source web content filter which currently runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris. It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering.
Discontinued
Latest update in 2012: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dansguardian/files/