# Introduction (/en/docs/platform)



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 [#getting-started]

New to SafeCircle? Start here to create your account and get the dashboard and the child app running.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Join the beta" href="/en/docs/platform/private-beta/join" description="The full journey: account, Google Play testing and the beta agreement." />

  <Card title="Set up the parent dashboard" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/setup" description="Sign in, add a child profile, and generate a pairing code." />

  <Card title="Install the child app" href="/en/docs/platform/android/setup" description="Install, pair, and grant permissions on your child's Android device." />
</Cards>

## Beta [#beta]

SafeCircle is currently in beta. Anyone can create an account.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Join the beta" href="/en/docs/platform/private-beta/join" description="Create your account and join the Google Play testers." />

  <Card title="Sign up for the beta" href="/en/docs/platform/private-beta/sign-up" description="Create your account and handle common sign-up issues." />
</Cards>

## Dashboard [#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.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Set up the dashboard" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/setup" description="Sign in, onboarding, and pairing codes." />

  <Card title="Overview" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/overview" description="A tour of the home page." />

  <Card title="Understanding alerts" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/alerts" description="How to read alerts and act on risk signals." />

  <Card title="Children and devices" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/children-devices" description="Profiles, devices, and statuses." />

  <Card title="Notifications" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/notifications" description="Live alerts in the dashboard, push in the parent app and the Telegram bot." />

  <Card title="Account and security" href="/en/docs/platform/dashboard/account-security" description="Password, 2-step verification, and passkeys." />
</Cards>

## Android (child app) [#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.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Install the child app" href="/en/docs/platform/android/setup" description="Install from Google Play, pair with the dashboard, and grant permissions." />

  <Card title="How it works" href="/en/docs/platform/android/how-it-works" description="What the app reads, what it sends, and Basic mode versus the AI model." />

  <Card title="Supported apps" href="/en/docs/platform/android/supported-apps" description="The five messaging apps the child app monitors." />

  <Card title="Permissions" href="/en/docs/platform/android/permissions" description="What each permission is for." />

  <Card title="Troubleshooting" href="/en/docs/platform/android/troubleshooting" description="Pairing, permissions, downloads and missing alerts." />
</Cards>

## Parent app [#parent-app]

The SafeCircle Parent app for Android uses the same account as the dashboard and adds push notifications for new alerts.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Parent app overview" href="/en/docs/platform/parent-app/overview" description="What it does and how it relates to the dashboard." />

  <Card title="Set up the parent app" href="/en/docs/platform/parent-app/setup" description="Sign in, add a child and pair a phone." />

  <Card title="Notifications" href="/en/docs/platform/parent-app/notifications" description="Push alerts, channels and quiet hours." />
</Cards>

## Search [#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.

<Cards>
  <Card title="SafeCircle Search" href="/en/docs/platform/search/overview" description="What it is and how to use it." />

  <Card title="Safe search and family lock" href="/en/docs/platform/search/safe-search" description="Safe search levels, site rules and the family lock." />
</Cards>

## iOS [#ios]

<Callout type="info">
  There is no SafeCircle app for iPhone or iPad, and no date has been announced. See [iOS](/en/docs/platform/ios/overview) for what you can do today.
</Callout>

## Canopy OS [#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](/en/docs/platform/canopy-os/overview).