Managed through a companion iOS app, Circle with Disney is a tool that helps parents stay informed about their kids’ online activities and limit screen time onevery device in the home (aff), including smart phones, tablets, computers, and gaming consoles. Circlewith Disney pairs with home (aff) Wi-Fi and gives parents the ability to filter content, set a bedtime for devices, and even completely pause the Internet. Each user’s profile and settings can be completely customized based on age and parents’ preferences.
- TIME LIMITS: Families can set daily Time Limits on any app or content category they want. With Time Limits, families can customize how much time their kids spend on each platform and set a total online time for the day.
- FILTER: Families can set individual filter levels for each family member. Circle with Disney has four preset age-levels and allows for further customization by platform, app, website, and content category. Families can choose a filter that matches each user’s age and interests, filtering out inappropriate content.
- INSIGHTS: Families can stay informed about where their kids spend their online time ?by platform, category and website. Circle with Disney allows families to see a member's total time spent online and the sites visited.
- PAUSE THE INTERNET: With the press of a button, families can pause the Internet, disabling access to a specific device, individual, or the entire home.
- BEDTIME™: Families can create a BedTime™ for each family member and their devices. Simply set a sleep time, when the devices will disconnect from the Internet, and an awake time, for the morning when the devices will reconnect.
- GUEST DEVICES: Circle with Disney recognizes when a guest joins the home’s Wi-Fi and can apply a family’s home settings to visitors’ devices.
- BLOCK ADS: Circle with Disney can block ads for any user’s devices.
- EVERY DEVICE: Circle with Disney knows every single device connected to a family’s network (smart phones, tablets, computers, gaming consoles) and gives families the ability to manage each.
Additionally, through a licensing partnership with Disney, Circle also provides families with Disney entertainment that parents trust and children love. Circle with Disney will deliver a curated selection of Disney content including videos, blogs, gifs, emojis, music, games, characters and lots more through a unique experience called MyCircle.
I was very hesitant with agreeing to review this. With my job working on the internet, I need access to all the internet and not a kid version of it. I've seen a lot of these devices that connected at the router (aff), but they blocked all access. That's not what I was looking for. Circle with Disney is actually the product that is perfect for my house. Bill and my devices have no locks on them. However, the kids actually have 2 (aff) different levels of locks on their accounts. I've got both Madison and Will's bedtime and the amount of what they can see set different.
I love theCircle with Disney. It does exactly what I need it to and we've had zero problems with it! I can only recommend it!