Verizon Family Companion User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience4.6% of reviews
Neutral3.8% of reviews
Negative experience91.5% of reviews

~ Based on 260 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Verizon Family Companion Safe?

Verizon Family Companion does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for Verizon Family Companion is 24/100.

This assessment is based on 17,624 user ratings, with an App Store average of 1.2/5.

Safety Analysis

4.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
94.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 17,624 App Store ratings for Verizon Family Companion.

Is Verizon Family Companion Legit?

Verizon Family Companion appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Verizon Family Companion is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Verizon

Just doesn’t do a good job at monitoring anything it’s glitchy and when my parents unblock stuff it takes like thirty extra minutes just overall not a good app

Bring Back Gizmo Hub!

I am a teen that can drive and I need to be able to message my younger siblings on their watches but now I can't. Very frustrating. I really don't like the new app.

Garbage

Ruins everything for no reason.

Glitches a lot

Has to be updated every week or it’ll randomly shut down and turn off all your apps even if parents didn’t turn off app

Invasive and mentally harmful

This app makes me want to absolutely kms, i already have mental issues and parents need to understand the severe mental health impact this app causes beyond the constant stress of location, tracking schedule, cut offs and surveillance, which creates atmosphere, distrust, constant anxiety, and depression, the nighttime blackouts are genuinely dangerous when this app completely cuts off communication and device access at night. It creates a total isolation during the exact moment someone might be having a severe panic attack or mental breakdown having your way to reach out for support or talk to anyone we are struggling causes extreme panic and helplessness. This app doesn’t just mean Screen Time. It cuts off vital lifelines when someone is at the absolute lowest please prioritize open communication and mental health over nonstop, digital tracking, and lockouts.
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My WiFi sucks

Whenever I even try to use my music it won’t let me. I can’t physically fall asleep without music in my ear, so I won’t fall asleep until 4 in the morning. And it’s not just old phones, this is an apple 17, and the WiFi SUCKS BUTT

horrible

helps no one and mostlikely sells information

This app is horrible

Don’t care that I’m a kid I don’t like this app

How do you delete this app

How

Room for improvement

Replacing Life360- because a Verizon sales rep swore this was better. Verdict is still out on that. But Verizon developers- there is room for improvement/ increased market. In addition to my adult child who is headed to university out of state this fall and is a member on our “family” and a minor child who is on the child version, we needed to add an elderly parent who is on our Verizon account - we added them as a child because the set up seemed easier then the “member” option, the don’t need guardian access. If you could create an interface for caretakers of elderly and handicapped adults that would be great.
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Bro

Whoever made this is absolutely insane and I bet it’s a 60 year old man with no life

do not get!

its horrible

I hate this app

These controls make me wanna kms

absolutely horrible.

this app limits my freedom that almost every teenager should have, gives my parents false reports, draining my battery way quicker, and makes me want to be more sneaky about things because this app is real strict about things. it just really messes with how my phone acts. yes, i might be 14 but this app is genuinely horrible. it is trying to protect you i guess but doesn’t do a good job at anything.
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This is bad

My son cept removing it its not for apple its for Android and apple devices can just remove it from vpn delete the app

This feels un legal

I don’t want to be stalked by my mom on this 24/7

Terrible

Worst app. It’s always lying saying I’m somewhere else calls won’t go through no more so much things are wrong.

Worst app ever made.

Coming from the perspective of someone who’s had strict parents her whole life, this app is absolutely crossing the line in terms of boundaries. I would rather not have a phone at all than have this god awful app. It’s done nothing good for me at all and has completely ruined my relationship and trust with my parents. I can’t google anything, text or call anyone, or even download apps without my parents seeing it. Even my friends are sick of the fact I have this app and can’t do much. It’s horrible. If you want this app to see your kids activity, just use parental phone controls. anything but this. This app is the reason I haven’t been able to tell my parents about anything anymore. If you want your kids to stop talking to you, then this is the perfect app.
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Horrible worst app I’ve had downloaded on my phone

It literally blocks my apps and makes them stop working like what is the damn purpose of that . Not to mention the first 5 star review user is calling us one star reviewers brats cause we what some kind of unlimited internet access 🤣 like kid calm down.

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