WhiteCat vs SmartBlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhiteCat
This app provides network-level parental controls by blocking specific apps and websites on all devices connected to a compatible router. It allows for personalized schedules, content filtering, and internet pausing, helping to manage screen time and online safety for the entire family.
- Network-level app and website blocking
- Per-person and per-device rules
- Customizable schedules for internet access
- Automatic SafeSearch enforcement
- Pause internet for all devices
- Real-time device monitoring
- Remote management from anywhere
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WhiteCat is the parental controls app that actually works. No more late-night TikTok. No more endless YouTube before homework. Requires a WhiteCat router, sold separately at whitecatfamily.com — the app is the remote control, the router does the blocking. Without one there is nothing here to control. NO ROUTER YET Tap "Try the Demo" on the welcome screen. You get the real app filled with a made-up household, the Smith family — their people, their devices, their rules, their schedules. No hardware, no sign-in, no account. Have a look around before you spend anything. WHAT YOU NEED • A WhiteCat Wi-Fi 6 router, sold separately at whitecatfamily.com • This app, to set the rules and see what happened • Nothing installed on your kids' devices WHY THIS ONE HOLDS You have probably tried this before. An app on your kid's phone that got deleted. A screen-time setting that got switched back off. A filter that stopped at the browser and never touched the game. And a 10-year-old who came home from school knowing which free VPN undoes all of it. The difference is where the rules live. Not on the phone. On your router. Every device on your Wi-Fi asks the WhiteCat router where to go, and blocked answers never come back. One rule covers every phone, tablet, laptop, console and TV on the network, in every browser and every app — not only the ones that agreed to be managed. Switching apps doesn't help. Private browsing doesn't help. VPN and proxy sites are blocked as well. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Block TikTok, YouTube, Roblox, Instagram or anything else in one tap • Apply it per person, per device, or to the whole family • Per-person rules — Emma gets YouTube, Jon doesn't • Bedtime at 10 PM, gaming off at 7 on school nights, enforced automatically • SafeSearch on every device, always on • Pause the internet for everyone in seconds • See every device on the network, online or offline • Change any of it from anywhere Bedtime stays bedtime without you standing in the doorway. You stop being the bad guy. The router says no, on schedule, every night. FOR KIDS AND FOR GRANDPARENTS The same network-level blocking that keeps Roblox off on a school night keeps scam sites, phishing and malware away from the people in your family most likely to click. Blocklists update daily. PRIVATE BY DESIGN We don't sell your family's data. We don't mine it. We don't share it. Your activity stays on your router and in your app, not in an ad network's database. WHAT COSTS MONEY AND WHAT DOESN'T Buy the router and it works. Malware, scam and phishing blocking for every device on your Wi-Fi is included — free, with no time limit. The Family plan adds the parenting side: per-person schedules, screen-time rules, app blocking, SafeSearch, gambling and adult content blocking, and weekly insights. EUR/USD 5.99 per month, or 49.99 per year. First month free with every router purchase. WHO SELLS WHAT The app is published by White Cat Cloud Inc. Routers are sold by Cluster s.r.o. in the EU and by White Cat Cloud Inc. in the US. SUBSCRIPTION Subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://whitecatfamily.com/privacy
SmartBlock
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Most parental control apps just block. SmartBlock makes kids earn access. Every time your child tries to open a blocked app YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, games they get a quick challenge: math, flags, number sequences and more. No solution, no access. Simple. HOW IT WORKS Set which apps get blocked SmartBlock intercepts each access attempt Child must solve a challenge to proceed Parents choose the difficulty MATH LEVELS From simple addition to mixed operations you choose what fits your child's grade. Addition and Subtraction Multiplication Adjustable difficulty (Easy to Hard) BUILT FOR PARENTS Native Screen Time and Family Controls integration No accounts required fully offline Zero ads, zero tracking Everything stays on your device (no servers) iPhone, iPad, and Mac (M1 or later) WHY PARENTS CHOOSE SMARTBLOCK "I don't want to just take away the iPad. I want her to do something useful first." SmartBlock solves exactly that. Screen time doesn't disappear it gets earned. Kids stay sharp during vacations, weekends, and after school without you having to fight over devices. Available in English and Spanish. Free plan lets you block 1 app. Premium unlocks unlimited blocked apps via an auto-renewing subscription (Premium Weekly or Premium Monthly, part of the Smart Block Premium subscription group). Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://superapp.uy/smartblocks/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WhiteCat at every 4 days against SmartBlock's every 11 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. WhiteCat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and SmartBlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WhiteCat ships an update every 4 days, SmartBlock every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhiteCat | SmartBlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | White Cat Cloud Inc. | AGUSTIN LUIS FORNIO LAINO |
In-app purchases
WhiteCat
- WhiteCat Standard Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- WhiteCat Standard yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
SmartBlock
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Weekly$9.997 Days









