Comparison

Surfie vs NetSafety Banking

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

Head to head
About

Surfie

This app helps parents protect their children online by monitoring their location and website usage. It can block inappropriate content, enforce safe search, and analyze social media for bullying.

Highlights
  • Child location tracking
  • Website usage monitoring
  • Social media chat analysis
  • Content blocking
  • Safe search enforcement
  • Internet access scheduling
Features
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Surfie-Guard Surfie-Guard safeguards kids from cyber-bullying and harmful content and helps parents keep track of kid's location and website usage. Surfie-Guard also enables parents to limit and control their kid's access to offensive internet content, such as: pornography, hate, violence, drugs, gambling , etc. With a fast, simple and easy registration process Surfie-Kids delivers a user-friendly experience. SURFIE Guard FEATURES: • Tracks child’s current Location and today's location history • Analyses WhatsApp and Facebook chats and posts for bullying events • Blocks inappropriate websites based on the age of the child • Enforces safe search for major search engines • Allows internet access at specific times of the day • Limits internet access for a specific amount of time Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life

About

NetSafety Banking

Features
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Protect your banking, commercial and financial transactions from cyber-crime with NetSafety Banking. Simply install on your device(s) and NetSafety Banking will detect and block websites used by cyber-criminals to commit phishing, fraud and other malicious activity. Checks if your email accounts have been compromised. NetSafety Banking protects you while browsing the web. Please Note! This app uses Accessibility services to initiate the web protection and to provide protection against online threats.

Screenshots

Surfie3 screens
NetSafety Banking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NetSafety Banking at 13.0 against Surfie's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surfie ships an update every 2 months, NetSafety Banking every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Surfie versus NetSafety Banking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfieNetSafety Banking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB10 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPURESIGHT TECHNOLOGIES LTDWontok (Software) Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Surfie

No in-app purchases

None

NetSafety Banking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Surfie free?
Surfie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetSafety Banking free?
NetSafety Banking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Surfie or NetSafety Banking have ads?
Neither Surfie nor NetSafety Banking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surfie or NetSafety Banking?
Surfie ships an update every 2 months, and NetSafety Banking every 3 months. Most recently, Surfie was updated on November 1, 2026 and NetSafety Banking on October 30, 2026.

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