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Alternatives to Norton Family
20 parenting & family tools sit alongside Norton Family in this directory. Below is what separates each from Norton Family on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 18
- Norton Family starts at
- $49.99/year
Why people look past Norton Family
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Norton Family entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Norton Family starts at $49.99/year. Across the 14 parenting & family tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $8.99/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Norton Family carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Child GPS tracker and parental control app
- Can be used without paying; Norton Family cannot.
- Starts $49.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Shared family calendar for coordinating activities
- Can be used without paying; Norton Family cannot.
- Starts $47 a month cheaper, at $2.99/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Baby tracker for new parents
- Can be used without paying; Norton Family cannot.
- Starts $2 a year cheaper, at $47.99/year.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Save and organize your kids' artwork
- Can be used without paying; Norton Family cannot.
- Starts $25.009999999999998 a product dearer, at $75/product.
The must-have family organizing app
- Can be used without paying; Norton Family cannot.
- Starts $20.000000000000004 a year cheaper, at $29.99/year.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
The all-in-one childcare app
- Can be used without paying; Norton Family cannot.
- Starts $49.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Every Norton Family alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Family (this page) | $49.99/year | Subscription | 2 | |
| Find My Kids | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| FamCal | Free, then $2.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Glow Baby | Free, then $47.99/year | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Artkive | Free, then $75/product | - | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Cozi Family Organizer | Free, then $29.99/year | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Brightwheel | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| FamilyAlbum | Free, then $7.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| BabyCenter | Free | Free | 1 | vs Norton Family |
| Care.com | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Apple Screen Time | Free | Free | 1 | vs Norton Family |
| Baby Tracker - Newborn Log | Free, then $4.99/one-time | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Brili Routines | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| FamilyWall | Free, then $4.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Circle | $49/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Norton Family |
| Bark | $5/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| FamiSafe Location | $9.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Canopy | $99.99/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Norton Family |
| FamiSafe | $9.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| BusyKid | $4/month | - | 2 | vs Norton Family |
| Famzoo | $5.99/month | - | - | vs Norton Family |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Norton Family badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Find My Kids , Free
- FamCal , Free, then $2.99/month
- Glow Baby , Free, then $47.99/year
- Artkive , Free, then $75/product
- Cozi Family Organizer , Free, then $29.99/year
- Brightwheel , Free
- FamilyAlbum , Free, then $7.99/month
- BabyCenter , Free
Cheaper than Norton Family (18)
Entry price under Norton Family's $49.99/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Find My Kids , Free
- FamCal , Free, then $2.99/month
- Glow Baby , Free, then $47.99/year
- Cozi Family Organizer , Free, then $29.99/year
- Brightwheel , Free
- FamilyAlbum , Free, then $7.99/month
- BabyCenter , Free
- Care.com , Free
What you would be giving up
Norton Family is most often brought in for blocking unsuitable websites and reporting which sites a child visits, scheduling screen time limits and a school time focus mode, tracking a child's device location with arrival and departure alerts. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Norton Family is broadly right and the question is cost, the Norton Family pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Parenting & Family category lists everything the directory holds, and best parenting & family tools ranks them.
Norton Family runs on web, ios, android, windows, mac. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Norton Family alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Norton Family?
- 20 other parenting & family tools are listed in this directory, led by Find My Kids, FamCal, Glow Baby, Artkive. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Norton Family?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Find My Kids, FamCal, Glow Baby, Artkive, Cozi Family Organizer.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Norton Family?
- Yes. 18 of the alternatives below start under Norton Family's $49.99/year: Find My Kids at Free, FamCal at Free, then $2.99/month, Glow Baby at Free, then $47.99/year, Cozi Family Organizer at Free, then $29.99/year.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Norton Family?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Norton Family?
- Norton Family is most often brought in for blocking unsuitable websites and reporting which sites a child visits, scheduling screen time limits and a school time focus mode, tracking a child's device location with arrival and departure alerts. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Norton Family?
- None of the parenting & family tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Norton Family alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Parenting & Family, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Norton Family against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Norton Family covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every parenting & family tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Parenting & Family category, 20 tools beside Norton Family. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.