eGuardDigital Safety for Brighter Tomorrows
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How it works

One family account. Every screen in step.

eGuard is a few pieces that work as one: an app and a website for you, an app on your child's phone, and an extension in their browser. Here's how they fit together, and how eGuard makes sure every rule is really on.

The big picture

You set the rules. eGuard delivers them. Every device proves it.

Settings travel from you to your child's devices through eGuard. Each device then reports back what it actually has, so what you see is what's really on.

1 · You, the parent

Parent app and web dashboard

Choose protections, add devices, and see what's verified, from whichever screen is handy.

  • iPhone
  • Android
  • Web
2 · eGuard Cloud

The go-between

  • Delivers your settings
  • Checks every report
  • Alerts you to changes
3 · Your child

Their phone and browser

eGuard applies your rules on their phone or tablet, and the extension does it in their browser.

  • Android
  • iPhone & iPad
  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Firefox
  • For you

    Parent app

    Add your children, choose their protections, get pairing codes, answer requests and read alerts from your phone.

    • Android
    • iPhone: soon
  • For you

    Web dashboard

    Everything the app does on a bigger screen, plus reports, CSV export and your plan. Open it in any browser.

    • eguard.family
  • Runs for you

    eGuard Cloud

    The go-between. It keeps your family's settings, sends them to each device, checks what comes back, and alerts you.

    • Nothing to install
  • On your child's device

    eGuard on their phone

    The same eGuard app in child mode. It applies your rules, then reports what's really on. Always visible, never hidden.

    • Android
    • iPhone & iPad: soon
  • On your child's computer

    Browser extension

    Blocks harmful sites and categories, turns on SafeSearch, and lets your child ask before opening a blocked site.

    • Chrome
    • Edge
    • Firefox: soon
Setting up

From sign-up to protected, in five steps

Have your child's phone and computer nearby. Connecting each device takes a few minutes.

  1. Web dashboard, in any browser
    1

    Create your family account

    Sign up at eguard.family or in the Android app. Add each child with their age, and eGuard suggests a starting profile, Balanced or Protected, that you can adjust.

    Free for one child. No card needed.

  2. Parent app on iPhone
    2

    Get a pairing code

    Open your child and choose Add device. You get an 8-character code that works once and lasts 15 minutes. Choose Browser instead to get a code for a computer.

    The code is how a device joins your family. Your password never goes near it.

  3. Child's Android phone
    Extension in Edge
    3

    Connect your child's phone and browser

    Phone or tablet: install eGuard, choose I'm setting up my child's device, and enter the code. eGuard explains each permission before your phone asks for it.

    Computer: add the eGuard extension to Chrome, Edge or Firefox, and type the browser code on its setup page.

  4. Web dashboard
    4

    Choose the protections you want

    Screen time, bedtime, apps, content ratings, web filtering, downloads, location and more: ten protections in all. Change any of them from the app or the web, whenever you like.

    eGuard sends each change to every one of that child's devices at once.

  5. Parent app on Android
    5

    Watch each one turn Verified

    Every protection shows its real status on each device: Verified Pending or Failed. Configuration Health adds them up into one score per child.

    The score measures how devices are set up. It never scores your child's behavior.

Verified, not just saved

Follow one setting from your screen to theirs

Most parental controls stop at “Saved”. eGuard waits until the device confirms it. Here's what happens when you set Mia's bedtime to 9:30 PM.

  1. 19:00:00 PM

    You tap Save

    Bedtime at 9:30 PM for Mia, from your phone or the web. Both save to the same place.

    Saved
  2. 29:00:01 PM

    eGuard lines it up

    A change is queued for each of Mia's devices: her phone and her browser.

    Pending
  3. 3Within 5 min

    Each device picks it up

    Phones and browsers check in about every 5 minutes. A device that's offline gets it as soon as it's back.

    Delivered
  4. 4Seconds later

    The device applies it and looks again

    It reads the setting back from the phone or browser, and reports what it actually has, not what it was asked for.

    Reported
  5. 9:02 PM

    You see Verified

    The report matches, so Bedtime turns green on your dashboard and your Configuration Health updates.

    Verified

FailedIf the device reports something different, you see Failed, along with what the device actually has, so you know what to fix.

Still verifiedeGuard keeps checking every time the device checks in. If the setting changes later, you get an alert.

iPhone & Android

Same protections, a slightly different path

Apple and Google give apps different powers. eGuard does as much as each platform allows, tells you plainly where it can't, and verifies the result either way.

Child's Android phone

On Android

  • eGuard applies all ten protections directly.
  • Nothing extra for you to do after pairing.
  • Uninstall protection keeps eGuard from being removed without you.
Child's iPhone or iPad

On iPhone and iPad

  • eGuard applies screen time, bedtime, app rules and content ratings directly.
  • Guided: for web filtering, location and downloads, eGuard shows you each step in Settings, then checks it's on.
  • Not available: notification controls. Apple doesn't allow it, so it never counts against your score.
When your child asks

A blocked site doesn't have to be a dead end

When the extension blocks something your child needs, they can ask you, and you decide from wherever you are.

  1. Child's browser
    1

    Mia taps “Ask a parent”

    She can add a reason, like “For my science homework”.

  2. Your phone
    2

    You get the request

    In the app or on the web. Allow it for 15 minutes, an hour, the rest of today or always, or decline.

  3. Child's browser
    3

    The site opens

    Right away, with a note saying until when. When time's up, the rule is back on its own.

Phones work the same way for apps: your child taps Ask for an app, and you approve or decline it.

What if…

The questions parents ask us most

  • The phone or laptop goes offline

    Protection stays on. Devices keep following the last rules they received and pick up changes when they reconnect. If a browser hasn't checked in for a day, you'll see “eGuard can't verify this browser”.

  • Someone switches a setting off

    The device reports what it really has, so eGuard notices the difference and alerts you: “Protection setting changed”, with the device and the setting.

  • Someone tries to copy the connection

    Each device gets its own key, never your password. If a browser's key turns up in two places, eGuard disconnects it and tells you, and it has to be added again with a new code.

  • You want to stop protecting a device

    Remove it from Devices in the app or on the web. It stops following your rules and frees a device slot on your plan. Phones and browsers count the same.

Privacy

What travels to eGuard, and what never does

eGuard needs very little to check that protections are working. It's also never hidden: your child can always see that eGuard is on and what it does.

What eGuard sees

  • Whether each protection is on, and when it was checked
  • Screen time totals and the names of apps used
  • Current location, only if you turn location on
  • How many pages the browser blocked each day, by category

What eGuard never sees

  • Messages, photos or files
  • Which websites your child visits
  • Keystrokes, calls, contacts, camera or microphone
  • Anything to sell or show ads with. eGuard has no ads

Browser rules are digitally signed by eGuard, so the extension only follows rules that really came from you. See Security & privacy for the details, and the page for kids to share with your child.

Get eGuard

Put eGuard on every screen

  • Web dashboardAny browser, at eguard.family
    Start free
  • AndroidParent and child app, Google Play
    Get it
  • iPhone & iPadApp Store
    Coming soon
  • ChromeChrome Web Store
    Add
  • Microsoft EdgeEdge Add-ons
    Add
  • FirefoxFirefox Add-ons
    Coming soon

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