Aura Parental Controls
Aura bundles parental controls with identity theft protection and a VPN - rare combo. Kids Plan ($10/mo annual) covers unlimited kids and devices: content filtering, screen time limits, "Pause the Internet" button, and in-game voice/text monitoring across 200+ PC games. Family Plan ($32/mo) adds adult identity protection with $5M insurance. 14-day trial, 60-day money-back on annual plans.
Most parental control apps stop at screen time and web filtering. Aura goes further - it monitors in-game voice and text chat across 200+ PC games (via Kidas partnership). If your kid plays Roblox, Fortnite, or Minecraft on PC, this catches things other apps miss entirely.
Kids Plan ($10/mo annual, $13/mo monthly): unlimited kids and devices. Content filtering, SafeSearch enforcement, screen time scheduling, "Pause the Internet" instant kill switch, usage reports, and real-time alerts. Covers iOS, Android, and Windows.
Family Plan ($32/mo annual): everything above plus adult identity theft protection, VPN, password manager, antivirus, dark web monitoring, and $5M identity theft insurance. If you're already paying separately for VPN and identity protection, this consolidation might make financial sense.
Compared to Bark ($14/mo), Aura's Kids Plan is cheaper and includes gaming monitoring, but Bark's social media scanning across 30+ platforms is deeper. Compared to Google Family Link (free), Aura costs real money but works across iOS AND Android plus PC. Family Link is Android-only.
14-day free trial, 60-day money-back guarantee on annual plans. Aura themselves note that monitoring "may not be 100% accurate or timely" - honest disclaimer.
The Family Plan is genuinely good value IF you need both parental controls and identity protection. If you just need kid controls, the Kids Plan or Bark will do.
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