Christian Parenting Apps | Raise Children Biblically

Limit Phone

A hardcore Android app blocker that uses system-level MDM to make blocking genuinely unbreakable without a factory reset. Includes a custom Firefox-based browser with website blocking, delay timers for individuals, and PIN protection for families. Still Beta and Android-only, but now hiring an iOS engineer — an iPhone/iPad version is in development.

Covenant Eyes

Victory® by Covenant Eyes pairs the Victory Shield™ app — screenshot accountability and porn blocking on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows — with a free Victory companion app for the journey. Founded in 2000 by Ron DeHaas and now employee-owned, it also offers 5 Stones, a free church kit for fighting pornography congregation-wide.

Canopy

Canopy is a subscription content filter that strips explicit images, video, and text out of websites, social apps, and major chatbots without blocking the whole internet. Parents get device rules and removal alerts; adults can add a human or AI Ally for accountability.

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families

Free DNS resolver from Cloudflare that blocks malware and adult content at the network level. Change two numbers in your router settings and every device on your home Wi-Fi is protected — no apps or subscriptions required. Also available through ISP partnerships for automatic family-safe browsing.

Bible Kids App

Bible Kids is a free, ad-free app of animated Bible films from BCC Media, grouped for Juniors through Tweens, with church-ready Explorers events alongside the library. Watch on the web, iPhone, iPad, or Android.

helloHOPE

A free Soul Care + Hope app from Marietta nonprofit helloHOPE, Inc., offering Scripture, prayer prompts, Stanton Lanier music, and family stories for parents walking through a childhood diagnosis. The same organization still runs Stories of Hope, Meals of Hope, and Free Parking Day.

Foster the City

A free app for churches partnering with Foster the City, connecting Foster Parents, Support Friends, and Advocates through shared calendars, prayer requests, messaging, an Inspiration and Hope screen, and curated foster care resources. Since launching in 2015, the movement has grown to 368 partner churches, 527 foster families, and 1,117 children welcomed into loving homes — with foster family retention nearly double the national average.

Accountable2You

A subscription-based accountability app from Ben and Alissa Lawrence that monitors device activity across Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Chromebook, and Linux and shares reports with partners you choose. It is a transparency tool for individuals, families, churches, and schools rather than a content filter.

Gertrude

Gertrude is an open-source family internet-safety suite for Mac, iPhone, and iPad built by a Christian homeschool dad. It defaults to blocking everything until a parent or accountability partner unlocks it, and includes Mac screenshot and keystroke monitoring, iOS Screen Time loophole blocking, a PIN-protected podcast app, and a parent-curated Apple Music player.

Family ID Assessment

A free family assessment and 501(c)(3) ministry from Greg and Rhonda Gunn that helps households discover identity in Christ and build a shared, multi-generational vision — with a companion iOS app, YouVersion plans, and a free masterclass.

VidAngel

A streaming content filter that connects to Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Peacock, Paramount+, and Amazon add-on channels (AMC+, BritBox, Hallmark+, MGM+, PBS Masterpiece, STARZ) — letting families skip or mute profanity, nudity, violence, and other content scene by scene. Over 1M users and 20,000+ filtered titles, now with Content Guides that preview what's in a title before you press play. The filtering business is led by CEO Bill Aho (former ClearPlay CEO) following the 2021 corporate split from Angel Studios; the two are now separate companies. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, Android TV, and major web browsers.

UCB Spark

Free daily video devotional app for kids aged 10-12 by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB), a UK Christian media charity. Bible-based videos with interactive activities, games, and prayers — ad-free, no sign-in required, no data collected. Actively maintained on iOS and Android.

Pinwheel Wireless

Purpose-built smartphones, smartwatches, and a screen-free home phone for kids ages 5–18 with parent-controlled apps, contact safelists, text monitoring, GPS tracking, routines, a free kid-safe AI chat app (PinwheelGPT), and no social media or open internet access. Pinwheel Home now ships in two models (Spark and Classic) across the US, Canada, and UK. Named Best Value Kids Phone in SafeWise's 2026 Kids Safety Awards. Available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia.

Bible Memory Kids

Bible Memory Kids helps young children memorize Scripture through illustrated artwork, original songs, and simplified one-key typing — designed by the makers of The Bible Memory App for pre-readers and families building a biblical foundation together. iOS only, one-time purchase.

Glorifind Search Engine

Glorifind is a free, ad-supported whole-web search engine for Christians, with always-on safe search, ranking that prefers quality Christian sources when they are relevant, and a gold border for known Christian-owned sites. It is available as a website and as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari options, and the same creator also built ABCSearch.org for kids and schools.

Formed

Catholic streaming platform by the Augustine Institute offering thousands of exclusive study programs, movies, documentaries, audio dramas, e-books, kids' shows, daily reflections, and *The Augustine Institute Show* with Dr. Tim Gray (73 episodes). Trusted by 1.6M users, 5,000+ parishes, and 180 dioceses worldwide. Content highlights include *Into Great Silence*, *LoFi Saints*, *What Catholics Believe*, and *The Ulmas: A Blessed Family*. iOS on v10.301.1 (July 2, 2026); Daily Reflections posting daily through August 2026. 4.9 stars on both app stores.

Focus on the Family App

Free Christian family resource app from Focus on the Family featuring the daily broadcast with Jim Daly, articles, devotions, assessments, group messaging, and community tools for every season of life — marriage, parenting, and beyond. Founded by Dr. James Dobson in 1977, now serving families in 98 countries, with the animated Adventures in Odyssey feature film *Journey into the Impossible* arriving in theaters in 2027.

Families Arising App

A free Christian Mom 360 app from Families Arising with a five-part growth curriculum, devotionals, coaching, and family resources for moms, dads, kids, and teens, plus a hosted Mom 360 Café community and a Family Ambassador Mentoring Experience.

WORLD News Group

WORLD News Group is a nonprofit evangelical newsroom that reports current events from a biblical worldview through a monthly magazine, daily digital journalism, podcasts, and a subscriber iOS and Android app. Sister products God's World News and WORLD Watch bring the same approach to children, families, and classrooms.

Qustodio

Comprehensive cross-platform parental control and digital wellbeing platform for families. Set screen time limits, filter web content across 29 categories, block apps by category, track location with geofencing alerts, receive AI-powered alerts for suspicious messages and in-game voice chat, monitor social media on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Line, set custom routines, and review calls and text messages — all from one dashboard across iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebook, and Kindle. Now part of Aura (ASX: AXQ) following the July 17, 2026 completion of Aura's acquisition of Qoria; Aura's first post-close earnings (Aug 5, 2026) reported pro forma ARR of $339.7M (+27% YoY) and reaffirmed 2026 growth targets.

TheoScope

TheoScope is a web-based, AI-powered discernment tool that scores Christian media — books, podcasts, movies, and 85+ faith apps — on biblical faithfulness and doctrinal alignment. Built by a pastor, it offers tiered subscription plans, a lifetime Founder's Offer, and a church licensing program that covers entire congregations under one access code.

clearspace

A screen time coach that helps you break phone addiction through mindful pauses, timed sessions, and physical challenges — with a Chrome extension for desktop, Step to Scroll via Apple Health, and a sibling Clearspace Family app for household screen-time management. Backed by Y Combinator, featured on the Huberman Lab podcast and NYT Wirecutter, named Forbes 30 Under 30.

Parent Cue App

Parent Cue helps parents raise kids with faith and character through weekly age-specific cues, Bible story videos, memory verses, and devotionals, with an optional Phase subscription and a church finder for partner congregations.

The Pour Over

The Pour Over is a free, politically neutral Christian news source reaching 1.6M+ readers three times a week with concise news summaries paired with Scripture and an eternal perspective. Available via email newsletter (on beehiiv), free mobile apps on both iOS and Android — the Android edition adds an optional "Quiet the News" feature that blocks other news apps during set quiet hours — and a companion podcast, it also offers Decaf (a family edition), News Health, Praying the News, and TPO Explains. Ad-supported and always free, with an optional premium membership and a BibleGateway partnership.

Land of Promise Minecraft Server

A Christian Minecraft server with 1:1 scale biblical landmarks where kids ages 7–12 join facilitated Bible education sessions, explore Jerusalem and the Tabernacle, and grow in faith through interactive gameplay — now also offering a 12-month Builders Program, an Ambassador Program, and the Beyond Survival Advanced Camp (Genesis 1-themed) to equip churches and families worldwide to launch their own Minecraft ministry.

Lightgliders

Lightgliders is a virtual world of Christian faith, games, and community for kids ages 6–14. Co-created by Zach Fay and Derek Holser, this 501(c)(3) nonprofit offers weekly Bible-based activities, safe multiplayer gameplay, and tools for parents — helping families redeem screen time and grow together in faith. The Lightglider Origins book series now has a third installment, "Kwan and the Armor of Light," announced for October 2026.

Safehold

Safehold is a web-based children's ministry check-in system that replaces paper sign-in sheets with real-time attendance tracking, digital permission slips, activity logging, and attendance analytics — built for churches of any size.

minno

Minno is the leading Christian streaming platform for kids ages 2–10, offering hundreds of hours of ad-free, faith-filled shows, Bible stories, worship music, and family devotionals. Features VeggieTales, original series like Young David and Laugh and Grow Bible, and content vetted by a 50+ point checklist. Now includes a screen-free audio platform with CarPlay and Android Auto, featuring Adventures in Odyssey (3 seasons) and 100+ hours of audio content. Home to the Young David series that inspired the $70M+ theatrical film DAVID. The Laugh and Grow Bible franchise expanded in summer 2026 with new streaming specials Who is Jesus? (July) and In The Beginning (August 15).

Dude Perfect App

Free family-friendly streaming app from the five Christian friends behind YouTube's biggest sports channel (62.6M+ subscribers, TIME100 Creators 2026 honorees). Unlimited trick shots, comedy, and game shows — every ad guaranteed family-safe — built on their shared mission to glorify Jesus Christ through trusted entertainment.

MyTRIBE.watch

A family Bible streaming platform by Pastor Jason David (Sluyter) that teaches Scripture chronologically through comedy-infused video episodes, interactive worksheets, Bible games, and original music — anchored by his testimony as a two-time cancer survivor and the viral multi-language song "These Walls," now expanding into juvenile detention ministry with a growing six-season content library across all major platforms.

Biblingo

Learn biblical Greek, Hebrew, and Latin through an immersive web and mobile curriculum of picture-and-video lessons, graded readers, and a path into the biblical text itself. Freemium flashcards cover all three languages; subscription and lifetime options add the full Learn and Read tracks, community, and live courses.

BRAVE+

A faith-based kids' streaming platform from BRAVE Books (founded by Dr. Trent Talbot) featuring 60+ parent-vetted shows including beloved classics, children's audiobooks, and the original series Iggy and Mr. Kirk with Kirk Cameron — now in Season 2. Serves 31,000+ families across iOS, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Samsung TV, and web.

New City Catechism

A free catechism from Tim Keller, Sam Shammas, The Gospel Coalition, and Crossway — 52 questions and answers adapted from Reformation catechisms, with ESV readings, prayers, commentary, and kid-friendly memorization songs. Print companions include a Devotional edited by Collin Hansen and a 52-lesson Curriculum for ages 8–11.

Listener Kids

Listener Kids offers modern, Christ-centered animated music videos and songs for kids ages 2-8, featuring revamped Sunday school classics from Grammy-nominated producer Jonny Macintosh and singer-songwriter Sarah Macintosh — with nearly 2 million YouTube subscribers, over 260 videos, an ad-free app with offline viewing and the Listener Kids Match mini-game, available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Minno.

Wingfeather Sage on Roblox

A free, family-friendly Roblox collectathon developed by Christian studio Soma Games with Angel Studios, set in Andrew Peterson's Wingfeather Saga world of Glipwood. Game content has been quiet since February 2026, though the animated series' Season 4 premieres September 12, 2026.

Love Nudge™ Mobile App

The official companion app to Dr. Gary Chapman's The 5 Love Languages®, published by The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago under the Love Language Brand. Take the Love Language quiz with your partner, set personalized relationship goals, track your Love Tank, and send playful nudges — turning intentional love into a daily habit.

Bark

Comprehensive AI-powered parental controls covering 30+ apps, texts, and emails — with screen time management, web filtering, GPS tracking, an AI assistant for parents, and a full product ecosystem including the Bark Phone (endorsed by Tim Tebow, with 20% of proceeds supporting the Tim Tebow Foundation), Bark Phone Pro, Bark Watch (SafeWise 2026 Best Overall Kids Smartwatch), Bark Home, and Bark Wireless. Covers 7 million kids and 3,400+ school districts, and drew on 11.1 billion data points in its 2025 Annual Report. Now monitors Google Gemini.

Sanctuary

A Christian AI assistant for everyday life — Bible study, prayer, parenting, and work decisions — built on a biblical worldview with 10 denomination support, three AI modes (Standard / Pro / Deep Research), 26 Ministry Tools for church leaders, Sanctuary Kids mode for ages 8–16, and a Plant With Purpose tree-planting referral program. Web-based with credit-based freemium pricing: Free (50 credits/mo), Grace ($9.99 / 300 credits), Believer ($24.99 / 1,000 credits), Disciple ($49.99 / 5,000 credits).

LeadMeNot

LeadMeNot is a digital wellness and accountability platform that blocks apps, websites, and keywords, alerts trusted partners, and offers parental controls and Safety Checks across iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. It is subscription-based and listed as a YouVersion partner organization.

Safe Surfer

Safe Surfer is a New Zealand-built internet filter that blocks pornography and other harmful categories across phones, computers, and routers, with optional Pro screen monitoring for parents and accountability partners. Founded by Rory Birkbeck and Aaron Sinclair, it also powers Samsung New Zealand kid-safe devices and partners with Surfguard Africa.

Kidslox Parental Control

Cross-platform parental control app for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. Block apps or categories, set daily screen time limits with up to 5 custom schedules, filter web content across 4 million+ URLs, monitor social media activity on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, detect nudity in photo galleries, track locations with geofencing alerts, and use screen time rewards — all from one account covering up to 10 devices. Website now shows a three-tier subscription model (Basic, Family, Guardian).

LivingRoom for Families

Screen recording-based parental monitoring for iPhone and iPad that captures activity across every app — including incognito browsing, Snapchat, iMessage, and AI chatbots like ChatGPT — with automatic adult-website blocking, on-device nudity detection, and AI-powered email alerts for explicit content. Built by two Christian dads, including the founder of Tech Lockdown. Flat-rate family subscription.

Fast Facts About Pornography

A research-backed collection of 100+ statistics on pornography's effects across 25 filterable categories including an AI/Deepfakes section — by Fight the New Drug, a non-religious nonprofit now part of the PHASE Alliance, with an AI assistant at ask.ftnd.org.

Gabb Wireless

Kid-safe phones and watches with no internet, social media, or app store — just calls, texts, GPS, and a camera. Current lineup: Gabb Watch 3e (ages 5–12) and Gabb Phone 4 (ages 9–14), with a Certified Refurbished Watch 3e option, Gabb Music streaming, and the Gabb Go activity app. Ethan Blount serves as CEO.

Verso

Verso is a family-safe iOS music app that uses AI to mute profanity, slurs, and blasphemy from songs in your Apple Music library in real time — built by audio-AI engineer Drew Carson and ex-Google AI lead Jonathan Bernal. Requires both an Apple Music subscription and a Verso subscription; Android and Spotify support are on the waitlist.

Gabb Music

Kid-safe music streaming built from the ground up — millions of songs across every genre, filtered for explicit content, innuendo, and inappropriate themes. No parental controls needed. TIME Best Inventions 2025 Special Mention, 2026 NAPPA Award Winner; Billboard's Top Gabb Music Songs chart tracks monthly Gen Alpha listening, with recent #1s spanning Michael Jackson and faith artists like Josiah Queen and Forrest Frank.

I'm Safe

A free personal and family safety app with private location-sharing 'Bubbles,' one-tap SOS, and a growing family of connected hardware (Bluetooth tags, standalone alarms, and safety kits) — recommended by Australia's 1800RESPECT domestic-violence support service and built by twin brothers with documented ties to the global Christian tech community.

Bentkey

Bentkey is a family-friendly kids' streaming service from The Daily Wire, offering ad-free original shows and curated international content for children ages 2–12. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, and smart TVs. The service is operating in maintenance mode after its original content team was laid off in 2025; the existing catalog remains available but no new original programming is in production.

Instill Kids Bedtime Prayer

Personalized, Scripture-based bedtime prayers that speak your child's name aloud with soothing Christian music. Designed for ages 3–12 to build spiritual identity, overcome anxiety, and sleep peacefully. Features automatic prayer timers and repeat-after-me mode for younger kids.

Bible Engagement Project

Free, age-aligned digital discipleship curriculum from the Assemblies of God covering preschool through adults across four years (Listen, Learn, Live, Lead) — now discipling nearly 800,000 people weekly in 176 countries with 600+ videos, family devotions, Scripture Memorization Games, seven in-app Bible translations, topical series, and the KidminRoadmap year-long ministry strategy tool.

Clearplay

Clearplay is a Chrome extension for Windows and Mac computers that skips or mutes violence, language, and sexual content in real time on Amazon, Apple TV, Disney+, HBO Max, and Netflix. Filtering requires ad-free subscription tiers — including a paid ad-free add-on for Amazon Prime — and is designed and supported for use in the United States only. Founded in 1998 by brothers Matt and Lee Jarman, Clearplay helped pass the Family Movie Act of 2005 and states it will not build phone, smart-TV, or streaming-box apps because those environments would require an unauthorized copy of the stream.

Sabbath Space

Sabbath Space pairs a physical NFC tag with an iOS and Android app so you can lock distracting apps and notifications until you scan again, making room for God, family, and rest.

Adventures in Odyssey Club

A subscription streaming app from Focus on the Family with 1,000+ Adventures in Odyssey audio drama episodes, over 1,000 devotions, games, and exclusive content — helping kids ages 8–12 grow in faith through beloved, fully dramatized storytelling. Now fully digital (CDs phased out spring 2026), with Album 81 'Never a Dull Moment' the first digital-only release, Album 82 'Learning Curve' the next forthcoming album, and an animated feature film, Journey into the Impossible, arriving in theaters in 2027.

DigitalParenting.com

A research-based, biblically grounded digital parenting resource offering a 7-step framework, a highly rated companion guidebook, a 10-week church small group course, and an online community to help Christian families navigate technology safely.

Virggil

Virggil is a web-based Christian AI companion that personalizes responses through user-selected "discernment keys" aligned with your values, faith, and life stage — filtering out cultural consensus in favor of wisdom. Active across web, X, and Instagram with growing social reach.

Tech Lockdown

Multi-layered DNS content filtering platform with bypass prevention tools and an Apple Device Config Generator, now adding opt-in Mobile Device Management (Remote Supervision, early access) for real-time, remotely-enforced restrictions on Apple devices; paired with the sibling iOS app LivingRoom for Families — screenshot-based monitoring with automatic nudity detection — operated separately under LivingRoom App LLC. Founded by Ben Bozzay, a Christian developer who built it as a practical tool for freedom from pornography and digital addiction.

Lectio for Families

A free daily family devotional from 24-7 Prayer that uses the P.R.A.Y. pattern — Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yes — for 5–10 minutes of Scripture, conversation, and prayer. Aimed at ages 7–11, it is written and read by adults and children in the movement and lives on the web in text and audio.

UP Faith & Family

UP Faith & Family is UP Entertainment's subscription streaming service for ad-free, faith-affirming movies and series, including the exclusive U.S. home of Heartland. Watch on phones, tablets, TVs, and streaming devices with a free trial.

TruPlay Games

A subscription-based Christian entertainment app for kids ages 4–12, with Bible-based games, comics, and videos in the World of Rhym. Founded by Brent Dusing, it is ad-free, chatroom-free, and a kidSAFE Seal Program member.

Pure Flix

Great American Pure Flix is a subscription streaming home for faith-and-family movies and series, begun as Pure Flix by David A.R. White, Michael Scott, and Russell Wolfe and now part of Great American Media. Families can watch on the web and on iOS and Android without the usual mainstream surprises.

Axis

Axis is a donor-funded 501(c)(3) Christian ministry, founded in 2007 by David Eaton and Jeremiah Callihan, that equips parents to have gospel-centered conversations with their teens about culture, identity, and faith. Its free toolkit includes Parent Guides, the weekly Culture Translator email, podcasts, short videos, and Conversation Kits.