Circle 1st generation
By Circle Media Incorporated
- Category: Lifestyle
- Release Date: 2015-11-04
- Current Version: 2.1.12
- Adult Rating: 4+
- File Size: 56.44 MB
- Developer: Circle Media Incorporated
- Compatibility: iOS 10.0+
Description
Works with the Circle with Disney device and supported NETGEAR routers (Nighthawk and Orbi). Not compatible with the 2nd generation Circle Home Plus device. ABOUT CIRCLE: Circle products help families better manage time spent online. Filtering content and balancing online usage has never been easier. From devices on your home network, both wireless and wired to connected devices, Circle has you covered. Customizing Circle for your unique family is quick and easy. Circle’s mission is to improve families’ lives, online and off. Don’t have a Circle with Disney device or a supported NETGEAR router? Please visit www.meetcircle.com to learn more about our products. NEED HELP? If you have any questions, need help with Circle, or want to provide feedback, you can contact our Support Team at help@meetcircle.com or go to support.meetcircle.com NETGEAR OPTIONAL IN APP SUBSCRIPTION - Pricing & Terms Circle Premium (for supported NETGEAR routers) is an optional automatic renewing subscription. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless auto-renewing is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period. Current subscribers can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by visiting iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://meetcircle.com/privacy/ Terms of use: https://meetcircle.com/license/
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Reviews
Don’t bother
This app has been nothing but a headache. I pay 4.99 a month for this app and every time the Wi-Fi goes does I have to start all over with app. The setup takes forever. It’s impossible to find your device because everything is listed as unknown device. I have to set up and assign devices all over again at least once a month. It takes hours to find device names and then locate them by their MAC address only to have the app stop working a few weeks later. There are much better parental control apps. Won’t be using circle again.
Slows down internet speed
I set this up and, about an hour later, turned it off. It was slowing down the internet speeds in the house to the point that my wife and I had to switch over to the data plan to look anything up. Turned it off and, presto! Problem solved. I searched reviews on it and it appears that this is a common problem. Reading the complaints from the teenagers on here, however, is making me consider turning it back on again. That one child complained that mom could now see the sites he/she visited and was able to turn of internet access until her child did what he/she was told is absolutely glorious. Dear child, that’s the whole point. The fact that you are complaining about this suggests that you had issues in the first place, and that those issues correctly prompted your parents to take more control. You see, your privacy is not what’s important; keeping you safe is. If I learned that one of my kids had made these types of complains, the electronics would be gone and they would be spending their free time doing sudoku the old fashioned way; with a pencil and paper.
Not recording history
It is not recording the history of sites visited.
The app is buggy for my new phone
The app is buggy for my new phone and it is telling me to update the app even though it is on the latest but the app is very good to see what your kids are doing
Doesn’t wrok
Works fine for a few weeks then stops working. No matter what I try I can never fix the issue. Uninstall. Reinstall. Restart. Still doesn’t work. For the cost m, you think it would be a little better. But nope. What a joke.
No history of visited and filtered websites
This app used to show the histories of visited and filtered websites but for the past one year stopped showing the histories. I have reinstalled and restarted the app but the problem continues. I don’t recommend this app whatsoever.
Should not be 4+
This is an adult app and should be rated as such. Kids could download and override.
Best App with some major issues
I have been using this 0paid App for 2 years and it’s worth. However, one fine day the contents will disappear and you need to set it again. It happen with me 3 times in 2 year and it will be disaster if you are controlling it via outside network. They should maintain their data in cloud so that recovery is easy.
Not working anymore
Was working great, now it says can’t find active subscription, I subscribed again, got charges twice and still does not allow me to use the premium features. Wish I could continue to use it, I loved it!
More filters needed
I would like to allow traffic to Amazon echo devices but filter/block traffic to Amazon Prime Video. How do I do that? How do I block Xbox traffic and specifically Fortnite gaming? How do I block traffic to Peacock TV? Nervous Dad with teenage kids.
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