GoGuardian Parent App User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience13.2% of reviews
Neutral1.1% of reviews
Negative experience85.7% of reviews

~ Based on 91 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is GoGuardian Parent App Safe?

GoGuardian Parent App does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for GoGuardian Parent App is 35/100.

This assessment is based on 283 user ratings, with an App Store average of 1.6/5.

Safety Analysis

14.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
83.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 283 App Store ratings for GoGuardian Parent App.

Is GoGuardian Parent App Legit?

GoGuardian Parent App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for GoGuardian Parent App is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Very limited

App does not remember my login forcing me to type email address each time. App does not summarize usage history in a useful way.

get this app banned NOW

I read most of the reviews, and it seems like we are winning. Not to mention how funny it is when readworks is blocked but I can hop on the Google search and type up Pornhub.

PS: Teachers, If you wanna laugh and think im lying, you work at a torture place called “School” btw. Get a life and get tf out of here.
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Can somebody remove this app?

I hate this app. It’s so horrible. Please delete it right now.

Nope, nope nope nope nope nope

This app is crazy it spies on your device and grown-ups call, on you so maybe they could just add her previous no Goguardian Mode? So kids do not get this app. IT WILL ONLY MAKE YOUR LIFE WORSE. This app is so horrible. 😒😒😒 and do not get this thing. This is a warning to all the parents and kids out there. Bye 😘!
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Can’t limit to X hours per day?

Can’t limit to “X hours per day” really??

App Frozen

I’ve called school, emailed GoGuardian (no response) and worked with Apple support, did every single troubleshooting option and the app is still frozen! This is ridiculous. Do you guys have any tech support where I can talk to a human? Have 2 kids in school. No idea why your app is frozen even after deleting, uninstalling and reinstalling and updating iOS 26. Please fix this!
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Terrible

This app is terrible. Happy district is providing an option but this thing doesn’t work and over the summer I started having to log in and register via email every single time I needed to log in. First time logging in in a while and the dang thing won’t even send me an email now. Useless piece of garbage!!!!
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the worst login

why even have a pin if you can never use it? frustrating interface and rudimentary approach to filtering.

Good but annoying log in

It’s a great tool and I’m glad my district has this option for us. I do find it annoying that you have to log in every time. This changed about 5-6 weeks ago. Having multiple kids on different schedules I am having to log in a lot to adjust timers based on homework flow. Wish that if Face ID is on, that I would not have to enter email and then wait for email verification with a pin. Very much a hassle.
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Bad update

App was “updated” April 2, 2025 and now it won’t open. I deleted and reinstalled and still nothing. It just won’t open. So now it’s useless...

Pointless

It’s hard to know whose at fault because I can’t get a response from GoGuardian, & the county tech Ed dept has been supposedly been working on a case w/ GoGuardian for two school years now. While I’m at work, my teenager has unlimited, unfiltered access to the internet. The county tech Ed dept claims it’s GoGuardian issue, & I can’t get help from GoGuardian so I have no idea what’s causing this. Now every time I try to open the app to see if it’s been fixed by some miracle, I have to confirm the email address every single time which requires additional steps in an already frustrating drawn-out situation. The lack of support & this non-functional app has caused a significant amount of unnecessary stress. Should my teenager be more disciplined, of course! But he was 12 when the unrestricted iPad was given to him, & he’s now developed horrible habits that I’m trying to break while having ZERO insight into what he’s doing while I’m working. Absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!!
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Bug fix introduced annoying new bug

It keeps logging me out. Unusable!!

BAD don’t use I would rate it a 0 star review if I could

I thought I would like it but I got uncomfortable I did not feel safe my school started using it but I get that teachers are trying to see if we are doing are work but it is an invasion of privacy I would vote a 0 star review if I could anyway I think that this app should get shut down I’m sorry I have to say it again but I don’t feel comfortable
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Needs improvement

This is a great appl to be sure your child is staying on task. However, the school allows access to YouTube to watch certain educational videos. However, there is way of knowing what exactly they are watching, only that it’s YouTube. There needs to be a better filter on this.
Currently … NONE of the pages I have blocked are working. Kids are still access them. This needs to be fixed !!!
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Malware

My school computer is the only thing making me sane when I’m grounded but on my parents phone it glitched it out and now their phone won’t turn on. They have the brand new iPhone 16 that that should not have happened. Turns out there is malware all over it to spry on your phone.

PLEASE READ THIS DEVELOPER!

Please make a parents version of this app

To the teachers and students

This app not only my students don’t like it, but it also has hardware problems like it slows down the computer making the Chromebook completely unusable because they cheap out on computers. They would be super good if they didn’t have go guardian and the fact that’s a requirement is insane. The fact that they can seek every aspect of it just disgusting. Also to meggymeg I saw your little comment. And I understand why you want this and why the students want it but it’s not only that it’s spyware, but it also slows down the computer and eats up all the resources. Making it impossible for students to even do their work. Thank you for understanding.
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Doesn’t work

One minute it worked and now says something’s wrong. Been about 2 weeks.

I HATE YOU OH LORD WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME

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My opinion! (my opinion is a 2.5 out of 20)

To start off, a complete invasion of my privacy, and honestly creepy. I would give it one star but it does have its pluses for teachers, but as a student I don’t like it.

Spanish: Para empezar, una invasión completa de mi privacidad y, sinceramente, inquietante. Le daría una estrella pero tiene sus ventajas como profesor, pero como alumno no me gusta.

Arabic; بالنسبة للمبتدئين، يعد هذا انتهاكًا كاملاً لخصوصيتي، وهو أمر مزعج بصراحة. كنت سأعطيها نجمة واحدة، لكن لها مزاياها كمعلمة، لكن كطالبة لا أحبها.
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