Comparison

Parental Control App vs Off Remote

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Parental Control App

This app helps parents manage their children's online activity by setting screen time limits, blocking apps and websites, and tracking their location. It offers features to promote healthy digital habits and ensure online safety for the whole family.

Highlights
  • Screen Time Limits
  • App Blocker
  • Website Blocker
  • GPS Location Tracking
  • Activity Reports
  • Uninstall Protection
Features
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Winner of the 2025 Family Choice Award and trusted by 3+ million parents, Mobicip is the parental control app with screen time limits, app blocker, web filter, and family locator helping families stay safe online. Mobicip helps you set screen time limits, block apps like YouTube & TikTok, filter websites, and track kids’ location, all from one easy dashboard. Recognized by Forbes Vetted as one of the most affordable and effective parental control apps of 2025. Mobicip is a parental control and screen time app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With Mobicip, parent can: • Promote healthy screen habits • Block adult content, and unsafe websites • Manage apps and social media use (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Roblox, etc.) • Track child’s phone location in real time and geofencing • Create screen free time for homework, sleep, and family moments Mobicip’s iPhone and iPad parental control integrates seamlessly with Apple’s Family Sharing. Set it up once and manage all your family’s devices from one dashboard. Key Features • Screen Time Limits Set daily screen time to limit screen use on iPhone or iPad with schedules for homework, bedtime, and play. • App Blocker & Social Media Control Block or limit time on apps like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and games with flexible parental controls. • Website Blocker Block adult sites, mature content, and unsafe websites with Mobicip’s built-in content blocker and web filter. Limit screen time on iPhone and ensure safe browsing with Mobicip’s content filter. • Messaging Control Disable texting, chat, and messaging apps during study, bedtime, or device-free family time. • Social Media Monitor Receive alerts about risky conversations on social media to help prevent cyberbullying and online threats. • App Install Alerts Get notified instantly when your child installs new apps. • Family Time Lock Pause devices instantly to create screen-free moments for family bonding. • Uninstall Protection Prevent kids from deleting Mobicip or tampering with parental control settings. • GPS Location Tracking & Geofencing Track kids’ phone location in real time and receive alerts when they arrive or leave school or home. • Family Locator App View your child’s current location and 7-day location history. • Activity Reports Get detailed reports on your child’s online activity, screen time, and app usage trends. • Expert Safety Tips Access to advice on trending apps, digital risks, and online safety best practices. Why Parents Trust Mobicip For more than 15 years, Mobicip has empowered families to build healthy screen habits and protect kids online. Trusted by 3+ million parents worldwide and honored as a 2025 Family Choice Award Winner, Mobicip adapts to families of all sizes, whether you manage one device or a household of 20. Plans & Features Mobicip Basic – Free (1 Device) • Website blocker • Instant pause for family time Mobicip Standard – Up to 10 Devices • All Basic features • App blocker • Screen time limits • Schedules • Family locator Mobicip Premium – Up to 20 Devices • All Standard features • Social media monitoring • App usage limits • Expert advice • Premium support Start Your Free Trial. Cancel Anytime. Privacy & Data Protection Mobicip never sells or shares your family’s data. Only you can access your child’s usage history. All data is protected by strict privacy and security practices. Mobicip works on: • iPhone • iPad • Mac (macOS) Subscription Payment will be charged to your iTunes account after your free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled 24 hours before renewal. Manage subscriptions in your iPhone or iPad settings. Note: Continued GPS use in the background may reduce battery life. Terms: mobicip.com/terms Privacy: mobicip.com/privacy Support: support@mobicip.com Other Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Off Remote

Control your PC or Mac remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Turn off, lock, sleep, log off, or restart your computer with ease. Schedule future shutdowns or check if computers are off from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Turn off, lock, sleep, restart, log off
  • Schedule future shutdowns
  • Check computer power status
  • Control multiple computers
  • Send messages before shutdown
  • Automatic computer discovery
  • Password protection
Features
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Off Remote lets you turn off, lock, sleep, log off and restart a PC or Mac directly from your iDevice. Forgot to turn off the office computer? No need to get up. Want to stop the kid's marathon computer sessions? Do it remotely. The timer function lets you set Off to trigger up to 24 hours in the future so you can set a computer to automatically turn off after a task such as completing a download or upload or to automatically lock at a certain time to limit a child's screen time. If you want to know whether the computers in your house are turned off - you can check from your iDevice. If you use a computer to stream videos or audio to your living room, then you can turn it off when you are finished without getting out of the sofa. If you forget to turn things off at night then you can turn them off from wherever you are in the house. It's simple to use. It's very handy. It saves you the effort of walking to your computer! • Features • - Turn Off, Lock, Restart, Log off, Sleep and Hibernate (not all computers can hibernate). - Easily turn off your computer from anywhere in your house. - Send a message before you turn the computer off 'Go to bed - it's past your bedtime!' - Control any number of computers on your home network. - Simple set up - Off Remote uses the same technology as the iTunes remote to connect over your local network to the helper on your computer. - Automatically discovers your computers in your local network. - Password protection makes sure that only you can turn off your computers! - Supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS 10.5 Intel or higher. - Universal app is compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. • Reviews • “Off is a brilliant yet simple app that allows me to easily control the power state of all the PCs in my house. It also lets me check to make sure that when my daughter assures me she turned her computer off, that she really did.” “Very simple and easy to setup. When I say simple I didn't have to set anything up. Just install the server and the app picked up my laptop straight away. All the buttons worked, it's amazing. No more having to get out if bed to turn the laptop off for the night.” '..it's the least you can do for the environment.' App Of My Eye. “such a simple program yet it's so handy at work and home I use It every day! and it's cool to be able to turn ur pc/mac off from your iPhone or iPod :D” “We often end up PC's being left on overnight and this app has helped us manage this ... ” • System Requirements • - Supports Windows 7 to 10 - Supports Mac OS 10.7 and above • Languages • Off Remote is currently translated to 8 languages. If you are willing to translate it to your language, or would like to improve the translations, please head over to hobbyistsoftware.com and follow the links • Subscription Information • Off Remote is supported through an auto-renewing subscription which you can choose to purchase within the app. • The subscription is called 'Full Control - Annual' • It is an annual subscription. It lets you use all features and removes adverts. • It helps to support ongoing development and updating of the app • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Terms of use are available at https://HobbyistSoftware.com/terms • Privacy policy is available at https://HobbyistSoftware.com/privacy

Screenshots

Parental Control App4 screens
Off Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Parental Control App at free with in-app purchases against Off Remote's subscription. Parental Control App also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 56). Off Remote's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Parental Control App sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Off Remote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Off Remote holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parental Control App has 1.9K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Parental Control App's written reviews are positive against 56% of Off Remote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parental Control App ships an update fortnightly, Off Remote every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Parental Control App versus Off Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParental Control AppOff Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (1.9K ratings)3.8 (56 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.0% of reviews56.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better56
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobicip.comHobbyist Software Limited

Customer experience

Parental Control App

All ratings1,931 ratings
Positive57.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative38.4%
Written reviews310 reviews
Positive49.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative46.1%

Off Remote

All ratings56 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews309 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative34.0%

Bugs and requests

Parental Control App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Off Remote

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Doesn't work with certain Windows versions
  • Crashes or freezes on some devices
  • Unreliable connection to computers

Requested features

3 requests
  • Wake on LAN functionality
  • Remote desktop control
  • Ability to turn on computers remotely

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Parental Control App

Subscriptions10
  • Mobicip Family - Small7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Mobicip Family - Small7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Mobicip Standard7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • Mobicip Family - Medium7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Mobicip Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Family Plan - Small7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Mobicip Family- 5 Devices7 Days trial$47.991 Year
  • Annual Family Plan - Medium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Mobicip Standard7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Mobicip Premium7 Days trial$95.991 Year
4 purchases

Off Remote

Subscriptions4
  • Full Control - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Full Control - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Full Control - Annual7 Days trial$2.991 Year
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  • Full Control - Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Parental Control App free?
Parental Control App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Off Remote free?
Off Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Parental Control App or Off Remote?
Off Remote is rated higher. Parental Control App averages 3.3 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Off Remote averages 3.8 from 56 ratings.
Do Parental Control App or Off Remote have ads?
Neither Parental Control App nor Off Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Parental Control App or Off Remote?
Parental Control App ships an update fortnightly, and Off Remote every 2 weeks. Most recently, Parental Control App was updated on October 27, 2026 and Off Remote on October 27, 2026.

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