SimpleSentinel vs Qustodio
SimpleSentinel vs Qustodio: Qustodio is a monitoring suite with time limits, GPS tracking and message alerts, priced by how many devices you cover. SimpleSentinel controls the phone, reads nothing, and covers every child and device for one price.
The table below comes from both apps' public App Store listings as shown on November 7, 2026, with no scoring and nothing left out that favors Qustodio. Where Qustodio does something we do not, it says so.
One price, unlimited children and devices. 7-day free trial, billed by Apple.
SimpleSentinel vs Qustodio, side by side
From both apps' public App Store listings (United States) as shown on November 7, 2026. Qustodio's column uses its own listing's words; ours uses ours. Prices are the listing's in-app purchase prices on that date and can change.
| Side by side | SimpleSentinel | Qustodio |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Controlling the phone: pause, downtime windows, chores that lock it, messages that stay, an emergency alarm. | Monitoring and limits across devices: time limits, app blocking, web filtering, alerts, activity reports and GPS location. |
| Reads your child's messages or browsing | No. Never. It does not see what they type, watch or browse. | Yes. SMS message alerts, search alerts, social monitoring alerts, YouTube monitoring and call tracking, by its listing. |
| Tracks location | No. | Yes. GPS location, find your child's phone, saved places. |
| Pause the phone from yours | Yes. One tap; lands in seconds; calls keep working. | Yes. "Pause the internet at the click of a button." |
| Downtime schedules | Yes. As many named windows per child as you need, on a clock the child cannot change. | Yes. Daily screen time limits and restricted-time schedules. |
| Chores that lock the phone until done | Yes. | Not listed. |
| Message that stays on screen until acknowledged | Yes. | Not listed. |
| Emergency alarm through Silent mode | Yes. Both directions. | Not listed. |
| Web filtering | Yes. Allow lists, block lists, adult-site limit, or web off; Siri off under a restricted mode. | Yes. Web filter by category, safe search, app and game blocking. |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad only (Apple's Screen Time framework). | iPhone, Android and computers; a Kids App goes on each child's device. |
| Price | $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, every child and every device, Founding Family price for the first 1,000 families (regular $16.99 / $149.99). 7-day trial. | Priced by devices and tier: 5 devices $54.99 a year, 10 devices $94.99, Premium Basic $59.99, Premium Complete $99.99, higher tiers to $124.99, by its listing. |
| Billed by | Apple only. Cancel in your Apple subscriptions. | Apple in-app purchase is offered on the listing; Qustodio also sells on its own website. |
| App Store rating on this date | New listing (version 1.0.4), no public rating yet. | Parent app 4.2 stars from 9,625 ratings; Kids App 2.2 stars from 7,863 ratings. |
| Sources: Qustodio Parental Control App, Kids App Qustodio and SimpleSentinel on the App Store. "Not listed" means the feature does not appear on that App Store page; the app may do it elsewhere. Corrections: [email protected]. | ||
What Qustodio is for
Qustodio's listing describes a two-app setup, a parent app and a Kids App on each child's device, with daily screen time limits, restricted-time schedules, a pause for the internet, app and game blocking, web filtering, safe search, and then visibility: search alerts, SMS and social monitoring alerts, call tracking, 30-day activity reports, and GPS location with places and a find-my-child map. It runs on iPhone, Android and computers. If you want location tracking and a record of activity, that is Qustodio's job and SimpleSentinel does not do it.
What SimpleSentinel is for
SimpleSentinel controls the phone rather than reporting on it. Pause a child's phone in one tap from yours; set as many downtime windows as you need on a clock the child cannot change; lock the phone until chores are done; send a message that stays on their screen until they acknowledge it; reach them with an alarm through Silent mode. It never reads what your child types, watches or browses, and does not track location. It runs on Apple's own Screen Time framework, on iPhone and iPad only.
Price and billing
Qustodio's App Store listing prices by device count and tier: Premium Basic from $59.99 a year, Premium Complete $99.99 a year, a 5-device plan at $54.99 and a 10-device plan at $94.99, with higher tiers above that. SimpleSentinel is one plan with every feature for unlimited children and unlimited devices: $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year at the Founding Family price for the first 1,000 families, which never goes up while you stay subscribed, after a 7-day trial. SimpleSentinel bills only through Apple, so it cancels in your Apple subscriptions like any other app.
Which one fits your family
Choose Qustodio if you want to see where your child is and what they searched, texted or watched, across phones and computers. Choose SimpleSentinel if the worry is the phone being on when it should be off, rules that quietly stop working, or a child who finds the clock or Siri, and you do not want a record of their messages to fix it. Both are honest choices for different families. We only make one of them, and this page says which.
Pricing
Founding Family (First 1,000 Families)
7-day free trial. Unlimited children and devices.
$9.99/mo
or $99.99/yr
About 28 cents/day for every device & child.
Your price never goes up as long as you stay subscribed.
Regular Price
7-day free trial. Unlimited children and devices.
$16.99/mo
or $149.99/yr
About 41 cents/day for every device & child.
Compare to A locked-down phone @ $1,000/yr per child.
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