Securly Home

Securly Inc.

About this app

Bring the one online safety solution trusted by over 15,000 schools into your home.

Wave goodbye to the stress that comes with sending school devices home. Securly Home is a free feature included with your school’s Filter purchase, giving parents control over their child’s school device when it goes home, including web filtering, site restrictions, and regulated screen time.

Securly Home lets parents stay informed with what their child is doing online, whether at school or at home. This comprehensive, easy to use app lets parents block inappropriate content, view a real-time activity feed, and pause the internet from anywhere, anytime.

Securly Home works with school-owned devices only. Parents can:
View a real-time activity feed
Customize rules specifically for school devices at home
Receive notifications about concerning activity (e.g. bullying, self-harm)
Limit screen time from anywhere with the pause button
Determine when the internet is offline with offline scheduling

Ratings and reviews

Terrible User Experience!!!! It hasn't worked right since the day we bought it. Setting it up was pretty easy and straightforward but it doesn't work like it's supposed to. The activity doesn't show until days later if at all. It has also locked up frequently and I have to reset it by unplugging it. I've also had to reset the specific devices and re-add them. That'll work briefly and then the problem starts up again. Contacting support is pointless. They have no chat or phone contact available.

While the app is easier to use than similar apps (e.g., Qustodio), it is just as useless. The pause internet feature makes it harder to use Safari, but my kids just laughed as they showed me how easy it was for them to can continue to access YouTube and other internet based content through other apps. If I want any real control, I have to go to Parental Controls on the iPad itself.

The weekly emails have a link to view my child's activity. This works fine on desktop and provides the info expected. On mobile, it directs immediately (without a chance to tell my browser to show "Desktop Site") to the app store/Google Play instead. I do not want to download yet another unnecessary app, and trying to force it instead of giving the option is a very poor practice.

What’s new

- Minor fixes