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Google Family Link pricing
Google Family Link publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the parenting tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Google Family Link pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Google Family Link plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
Where Google Family Link stops being free
Free, Free
- Screen time limits
- App approval
- Device locking
- Location tracking
- Password protection
No paid tier on record
Google Family Link lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Google Family Link feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Screen time management
- App approval system
- Device locking
- Location tracking
- Settings management
- Password controls
- Google Play filtering
- Account monitoring
Integrations
- Google services
- Google Play
- YouTube
Security
- Google security
- Data privacy
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Android support
- Web support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
People bring Google Family Link in for setting screen time limits and app approvals on a child's android device, creating and managing a google account for a child under 13, seeing which apps a child uses and where their device is. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Google Family Link are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Parenting
Too few parenting tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Family Link (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Find My Kids | Free | freemium | - | vs Google Family Link |
| Greenlight | $5.99/month | subscription | - | vs Google Family Link |
| Circle | $49/month | subscription | - | vs Google Family Link |
| FamiSafe Location | $9.99/month | subscription | - | vs Google Family Link |
| FamCal | Free, then $2.99/month | freemium | - | vs Google Family Link |
| Canopy | Free, then $8.33/month | subscription | - | vs Google Family Link |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Google Family Link badges page.
Before you pay for Google Family Link
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Google Family Link runs on android, web, and is published by Google LLC of Mountain View, CA. The full record is on the Google Family Link review, and the rest of the category is under best parenting tools.
Google Family Link pricing questions
- How much does Google Family Link cost?
- Google Family Link publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Google Family Link have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers screen time limits, app approval, device locking.
- Which parenting tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 parenting tools listed alongside Google Family Link have a free tier: Find My Kids, FamCal, Canopy.
- What am I actually paying for with Google Family Link?
- The record lists 20 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for setting screen time limits and app approvals on a child's android device, creating and managing a google account for a child under 13, seeing which apps a child uses and where their device is.
- Does Google Family Link charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Google Family Link prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Google Family Link against before paying?
- The closest parenting tools in this directory are Find My Kids, Greenlight, Circle, FamiSafe Location. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Google Family Link covering price, platforms and features.