Surfie vs NetSafety Banking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Child location tracking
- Website usage monitoring
- Social media chat analysis
- Content blocking
- Safe search enforcement
- Internet access scheduling
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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
NetSafety Banking
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Surfie | NetSafety Banking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PURESIGHT TECHNOLOGIES LTD | Wontok (Software) Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Surfie
No in-app purchases
NetSafety Banking
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Surfie or NetSafety Banking have ads?
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