Parenting & Family · head to head
Find My Kids vs Norton Family
Find My Kids
Parenting & Family
Child GPS tracker and parental control app
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Norton Family
Parenting & Family
Comprehensive parental control from Norton Security
- From
- $49.99/year
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Find My Kids has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Find My Kids screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission; Norton Family norton Family can only be installed on a child's Windows PC, iOS or Android device, with no macOS support
- They diverge on capability: Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, Norton Family covers Antivirus protection.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Find My Kids and Norton Family actually diverge.
| Attribute | Find My Kids | Norton Family |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $49.99/year |
| Pricing model | freemium | subscription |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Ios, Android | Web, Ios, Android, Windows, Mac |
| Founded | 2016 | 1991 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Parenting & Family).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Find My Kids
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Location history
- SOS button
- Loud signal
- App usage stats
- Screen time control
- Geofencing
- Battery status
Only in Norton Family
- Antivirus protection
- Web monitoring
- App blocking
- Screen time management
- Location tracking
- Activity reports
- Social media monitoring
- Custom alerts
Both cover
- Cloud deployment
- Ios support
- Android support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Find My Kids
- Viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the daynot Norton Family
- Getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved placenot Norton Family
- Sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving SOS alertsnot Norton Family
Norton Family
- Blocking unsuitable websites and reporting which sites a child visitsnot Find My Kids
- Scheduling screen time limits and a School Time focus modenot Find My Kids
- Tracking a child's device location with arrival and departure alertsnot Find My Kids
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Find My Kids
- Screen time limiting on Android depends on the accessibility services permission
- The app requires camera and photo access to set a child avatar and microphone access to send voice messages in chat
- Tracking requires the child to carry a phone running the paired child app
Norton Family
- Norton Family can only be installed on a child's Windows PC, iOS or Android device, with no macOS support
- Windows 10 in S mode is explicitly excluded
- Not all features are available on all supported platforms
- Location Supervision is not available in all countries and must be activated before use
- Video Supervision covers only videos watched on YouTube.com and does not track YouTube videos embedded in other sites or blogs
- Mobile App Supervision shows and controls apps only on Android devices
- The Android app relies on the AccessibilityService API to see websites viewed and to stop the child removing permissions
- Features require the child's device to have an internet or data plan and to be turned on
Pricing, plan by plan
Find My Kids
Free- FreeFree
- Basic location
- SOS button
- Limited history
- Premium$2.99/month
- Real-time tracking
- Unlimited history
- Multiple children
Norton Family
$49.99/year- Norton 360 Deluxe$49.99/year
- Antivirus protection
- Parental controls
- Screen time limits
- Norton 360 Premium$99.99/year
- Everything in Deluxe
- Location tracking
- Advanced monitoring
Which should you pick?
Choose Find My Kids if
- You need real-time gps tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want location history.
Choose Norton Family if
- You need antivirus protection.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Windows, Mac.
- You also want web monitoring.
Questions people ask
- Is Find My Kids or Norton Family better?
- Neither clearly leads. Find My Kids starts at Free and Norton Family at $49.99/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Find My Kids or Norton Family?
- Find My Kids has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Find My Kids and $49.99/year for Norton Family.
- Does Find My Kids or Norton Family run on more platforms?
- Find My Kids runs on Ios, Android. Norton Family runs on Web, Ios, Android, Windows, Mac.
- Can I use Find My Kids for free?
- Yes. Find My Kids has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Norton Family starts at $49.99/year.
- What is Find My Kids best used for?
- Find My Kids is most often used for viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the day, getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved place, sending a loud signal that rings through silent mode and receiving sos alerts. Of those, viewing a child's live location and the route they travelled during the day and getting alerts when a child arrives at or leaves school, home or another saved place are not what Norton Family is typically brought in for.
- What can Find My Kids do that Norton Family cannot?
- Find My Kids covers Real-time GPS tracking, Location history, SOS button, Loud signal. Norton Family covers Antivirus protection, Web monitoring, App blocking, Screen time management. Both handle Cloud deployment, Ios support, Android support, English language support.