Introduction
Getting started, the parent dashboard, the Android apps, search and platform status for SafeCircle.
SafeCircle is a family safety platform with three parts you use today: a parent dashboard at app.safecircle.tech, a parent app for Android and a child app for Android. Together they give parents visibility into risk signals on their child's phone. There is no iOS app yet.
Getting Started
New to SafeCircle? Start here to create your account and get the dashboard and the child app running.
Join the beta
The full journey: account, Google Play testing and the beta agreement.
Set up the parent dashboard
Sign in, add a child profile, and generate a pairing code.
Install the child app
Install, pair, and grant permissions on your child's Android device.
Beta
SafeCircle is currently in beta. Anyone can create an account.
Join the beta
Create your account and join the Google Play testers.
Sign up for the beta
Create your account and handle common sign-up issues.
Dashboard
The parent dashboard runs in the browser at app.safecircle.tech. No installation required. It's where you review alerts, manage child profiles and devices, and change your account settings. Live alerts show up while it is open; for push notifications on your phone use the parent app.
Set up the dashboard
Sign in, onboarding, and pairing codes.
Overview
A tour of the home page.
Understanding alerts
How to read alerts and act on risk signals.
Children and devices
Profiles, devices, and statuses.
Notifications
Live alerts in the dashboard, push in the parent app and the Telegram bot.
Account and security
Password, 2-step verification, and passkeys.
Android (child app)
The child app runs in the background on Android 11 or later. It reads the text visible on screen in five supported messaging apps, analyses it on the phone and sends risk summaries to the dashboard. Nothing is shown to the child.
Install the child app
Install from Google Play, pair with the dashboard, and grant permissions.
How it works
What the app reads, what it sends, and Basic mode versus the AI model.
Supported apps
The five messaging apps the child app monitors.
Permissions
What each permission is for.
Troubleshooting
Pairing, permissions, downloads and missing alerts.
Parent app
The SafeCircle Parent app for Android uses the same account as the dashboard and adds push notifications for new alerts.
Parent app overview
What it does and how it relates to the dashboard.
Set up the parent app
Sign in, add a child and pair a phone.
Notifications
Push alerts, channels and quiet hours.
Search
SafeCircle Search is a private search engine with safe search. It is a separate site and is not connected to the dashboard or the apps yet.
SafeCircle Search
What it is and how to use it.
Safe search and family lock
Safe search levels, site rules and the family lock.
iOS
There is no SafeCircle app for iPhone or iPad, and no date has been announced. See iOS for what you can do today.
Canopy OS
Canopy OS is an experimental Linux distribution being built with SafeCircle protection included. It is at a very early stage and not ready for families. See Canopy OS.