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About Safe Surfer
Safe Surfer filters internet content for families, schools and businesses. It blocks adult and other harmful content, lets parents set internet bedtimes and shows browsing history in real time.
It can be installed as a mobile app for protection away from home or set up on a router to cover every device on a network. It is aimed at parents without technical skills and offers a free trial.
Strengths
- Router setup covers the whole home network
- Mobile apps protect devices away from home
- Screen time schedules and browsing history
Limitations
- Paid subscription after the trial
- Browsing history is visible to the service
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid service with a free trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Safe Surfer
- Platforms
- Android, iOS, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Hosted service
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Parents who want simple content filtering across home devices
- Categories
- DNS filtering
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Safe Surfer
Compare allSoftware that can replace Safe Surfer for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
CleanBrowsing
A DNS filtering service that blocks malware, phishing and adult content at the network level.
CleanBrowsing is a freemium DNS service blocking adult content with enforced Safe Search, but it lacks screen time schedules and mobile apps.
OpenDNS Home
A public DNS service from Cisco with phishing protection and optional content filtering for home networks.
OpenDNS Home from Cisco offers free network-wide content filtering suited to parental controls, set once at the router with no subscription.
NextDNS
Cloud DNS filtering with per-device profiles and detailed logs.
NextDNS provides per-device profiles, granular blocklists and detailed logs on every major platform, with a free tier limited by monthly queries.
Control D
Customisable DNS filtering service with per-device profiles.
Control D offers per-device profiles and granular per-service rules with apps for all major platforms, with most useful features on a paid plan.
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1
Fast public DNS resolver with a filtered option for families.
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families adds free content filtering without software, though its filtering options are more limited than dedicated services.
CIRA Canadian Shield
A free protective DNS service from Canada's domain registry that blocks malware, phishing and scams.
CIRA Canadian Shield is free, run by a Canadian not-for-profit, and offers optional adult content filtering, but has no screen time controls.
AdGuard DNS
Public filtering DNS resolver with encrypted transports.
AdGuard DNS is a freemium filtering resolver usable through Android Private DNS without an app, with custom rules requiring a paid account.
NxFilter
A self-hosted DNS filter with per-user policies, reports and Active Directory integration.
NxFilter is a free self-hosted filter with per-user policies, screen time control and reports, requiring your own server and more setup.
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DNS4EU
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Quad9
Free public DNS resolver that blocks known malicious domains.
Pi-hole
A DNS server for your home network that refuses to look up ad and tracker domains, for every device at once.
AdGuard Home
Network-wide ad and tracker blocking in a single binary, with encrypted DNS built in rather than bolted on.
