Christian Parenting Apps | Raise Children Biblically

Evergrace

Evergrace is a Christian bedtime audio story app for kids, created by a team of Australian Christian families. It offers peaceful, Bible-truth-filled narrated stories with original music and sound effects across 35+ titles, helping children wind down at bedtime while growing in faith. Uses one-time story bundle purchases instead of subscriptions.

Family ID Assessment

A free faith-based family assessment that identifies your household as one of 16 family types through four core principles — Identity, Purpose, Direction, and Application — helping Christian families discover who they are, define their values, and lead with shared vision. Backed by a 28-year nonprofit ministry with partnerships spanning Life.Church, RightNow Media, and YouVersion, plus a growing podcast now at 79 episodes.

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.

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 7.3 million kids and 3,400+ school districts, and drew on 11.1 billion data points in its 2025 Annual Report. Now monitors Google Gemini.

TruPlay Games

A subscription-based Christian gaming platform for kids ages 4–12, featuring 15+ Bible-based games, comics, and videos across 100+ hours of content in an ad-free, kidSAFE-certified environment. Founded by Brent Dusing, available in 28 countries, endorsed by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Christianity Today, and actively expanding with new titles including Lucas Mission Starhope and King David's Battles. In mid-2026, the platform's advocacy expanded beyond Big Tech ad censorship into AI ethics after Google blocked an app update over a depiction of Jesus on the cross and CEO Brent Dusing appeared on Newt Gingrich's podcast to discuss how AI shapes religious expression.

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.

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.

Accountable2You

A cross-platform accountability app founded in 2006 by Ben and Alissa Lawrence that monitors device activity across six platforms — including Linux and Chromebook — and shares transparent reports with trusted partners through a dedicated Reports app. Used by more than 100,000 people worldwide, it serves individuals, families, churches, and schools with features like custom trigger words, time-based alerts, and exportable activity history, grounded in a gospel-centered vision of proactive transparency rather than reactive shame.

Yippee TV

A Christian streaming platform for kids and families featuring the largest VeggieTales collection (80+ episodes), Superbook, exclusive Danny Go! content, and 250+ series — ad-free, algorithm-free, and reviewed by parents and pastors. Owned by TBN. Added The Wiggles' Wiggle and Learn in April 2026 and partnered with The Action Bible for the Daily Devo Show.

Dude Perfect App

Free family-friendly streaming app from the five Christian friends behind YouTube's biggest sports channel (62M+ subscribers). Unlimited trick shots, comedy, and game shows — every ad guaranteed family-safe. Built on their shared mission to glorify Jesus Christ through trusted entertainment.

Families Arising App

A free faith-based app by Families Arising offering Christian moms a structured Growth 360 Curriculum, devotionals, Bible studies, coaching, community features including group events, and family resources — reaching 349K+ people across 205+ countries. Now paired with a three-level Family Ambassador Mentoring Experience and a Mom Author School for moms writing their own books.

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.

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.

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.

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 250 videos, an ad-free app with offline viewing and a new match mini-game, available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Minno.

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.

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. Named Best Value Kids Phone in SafeWise's 2026 Kids Safety Awards. Available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia.

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.

Covenant Eyes

The pioneer in internet accountability software — the Victory® by Covenant Eyes platform pairs the Victory Shield™ app (AI-powered screen monitoring and porn blocking for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows) with a free Victory companion app for daily check-ins, 40+ counselor-reviewed recovery mini-courses, and community connection. Founded in 2000 by Ron DeHaas after personal tragedy, now 100% employee-owned and trusted by 1.7M+ people. Named after Job 31:1. Also offers 5 Stones, a free church resource kit for fighting pornography congregation-wide.

LivingRoom for Families

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

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.

Lectio for Families

A free daily family devotional from 24-7 Prayer using the P.R.A.Y. pattern (Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yes) — 5-10 minute Bible readings, discussion questions, and prayer prompts designed for families with children ages 7-11. Written and read by an international team of 6 adults and 16 named child contributors from 5 countries across 4 continents, with illustrations by Anna-Maria Glover. Web-based with active daily content following the church calendar (currently in Mark's Gospel).

Safe Surfer

Safe Surfer is a New Zealand-built internet filtering platform that blocks pornography, AI chatbots, and harmful content across all family devices with screen time management, browsing history, ML-powered screen blackout, an exclusive Samsung kid-safe phone partnership across NZ and Australia, and an official tie-up with Smartphone Free Childhood NZ — recognized with two Bronze Cannes Lions in 2025 and active on 500K+ devices worldwide.

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. Trusted by 1.6M users and 5,000+ parishes worldwide. Recent originals include the *Based on a True Saint* documentary series and *Elizabeth Ann Seton: From Seeker to Saint*.

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.

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 arriving in theaters fall 2026.

Tech Lockdown

Multi-layered DNS content filtering platform with bypass prevention tools and an Apple Device Config Generator, paired with LivingRoom for Families — a separate iOS app (LivingRoom App LLC) for screenshot-based monitoring with automatic nudity detection. Founded by Ben Bozzay, a Christian developer who built it as a practical tool for freedom from pornography and digital addiction.

Clearplay

ClearPlay is a Chrome browser extension that filters violence, language, and sexual content from movies and TV shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Max, and Apple TV+ in real time. Protected under the Family Movie Act of 2005 and serving over 60,000 users, it lets families customize their viewing experience with a 30-day free trial.

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 9–13), with Gabb Music streaming and the Gabb Go activity app. Ethan Blount serves as CEO.

Parent Cue App

Parent Cue App helps parents raise kids with faith and character through weekly cues, Bible story videos, memory verses, and devotionals tailored to each child's age and phase, with a church finder connecting families to 34,000+ partner congregations.

Glorifind Search Engine

Glorifind is a free, ad-supported Christian search engine that searches the entire web with always-on safe search, faith-positive ranking boosts, and a gold border highlighting Christian-owned sites. Available as a website with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari options; the same creator also built ABCSearch.org, a kid-friendly companion search engine.

Biblingo

Learn biblical Greek, Hebrew, and Latin through an immersive, research-backed app with interactive lessons, graded readers, live weekly courses, homeschool curriculum, and a global learning community. Free flashcard plan covers all three languages; paid plans and a lifetime option unlock the full curriculum. iOS, Android, Web.

Axis

Axis is a donor-funded 501(c)(3) Christian ministry — founded in 2007 by David Eaton (current CEO) and Jeremiah Callihan — that equips parents to have gospel-centered conversations with their teens about culture, technology, identity, and faith through free Parent Guides, the weekly Culture Translator email, Conversation Kits, podcasts, and immersive Experiences. Now branded with the tagline "Don't Google It, Axis It!", it holds a 4/4 Charity Navigator rating and has impacted over 2.4 million parents.

LeadMeNot

LeadMeNot is a digital wellness and accountability platform that helps individuals and families overcome destructive digital habits — including pornography, social media overuse, and digital gambling — through app blocking, website filtering, parental controls, accountability partner alerts, journaling, and Safety Checks, available on Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS, and an official YouVersion Bible App partner.

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.

Sanctuary

A Christian AI assistant for everyday life — Bible study, prayer, parenting, and work decisions — built on a biblical worldview with 10 denomination support, 26 Ministry Tools for church leaders, Sanctuary Kids mode for ages 8–16, and a Deep Research mode. Web-based, freemium pricing with simplified Free + Sanctuary+ tiers.

I'm Safe

I'm Safe is a free personal and family safety app with private location-sharing circles, one-tap SOS alerts, and connected hardware (Bluetooth tags, sirens, and a new GPS tag) — recommended by Australia's 1800RESPECT domestic-violence support service and built by a team with ties to the global Christian tech community.

UCB Spark

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

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 and a dedicated iOS app, it also offers Decaf (a family edition), a weekly podcast, News Health (a spinoff on spiritually healthy news habits), and a BibleGateway partnership. Ad-supported, always free, with seven-figure annual revenue.

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.

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. Going fully digital in 2026 with an animated feature film, Journey into the Impossible, arriving in theaters fall 2026.

Sabbath Space

Sabbath Space pairs a physical NFC keychain tag with an iOS and Android app to block distracting apps and notifications, helping Christians reclaim screen time for God, family, and intentional rest.

Canopy

AI-powered parental control app that filters explicit images and videos in real-time from within any website or social platform — built on Israeli technology protecting 2M+ devices. Includes sexting prevention, screen time management, an AI Chatbot Filter for ChatGPT/Grok/Gemini/Claude safety, and Canopy for Adults with a privacy-first accountability partner (human or AI "Ally") for personal use. Trusted by 200K+ families, featured in The New York Times' Wirecutter, and endorsed by The Gospel Coalition and Focus on the Family.

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 to equip churches worldwide to launch their own Minecraft ministry.

clearspace

A screen time coach that helps you break phone addiction through mindful pauses, timed sessions, and physical challenges — now with a Chrome extension for desktop, Step to Scroll via Apple Health, and AI-powered parental VPN controls in development. Backed by Y Combinator, featured on the Huberman Lab podcast, named Forbes 30 Under 30.

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.

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.

Bible Kids App

Free, ad-free animated Bible stories for kids ages 3–12+ — around 70 films across multiple series and age groups (Juniors, Explorers, Tweens), plus the Noah musical and the *Elisha and the Chariots of Fire* film (May 2026). Built by BCC Media, a non-profit foundation within Brunstad Christian Church, whose in-person "Bible Kids Days" now draw around 1,500 children to interactive Scripture-themed experiences. Available in 15+ languages on iOS, Android, and Web.

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.

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 — now expanding into juvenile detention ministry with a growing multi-series content library across all major platforms.

Scout - Online Accountability

Lightweight browser extension that monitors user-chosen websites and keywords, sending timestamped screenshots directly to an accountability partner's email — no dashboards, no stored logs, voluntary transparency. Available on Chrome, Firefox, and Chromium-based browsers with a free tier and low-cost subscription. Actively maintained with regular updates across both stores.

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 and 100+ hours of audio content. Home to the Young David series that inspired the $70M+ theatrical film DAVID.

Gertrude

Gertrude is an open-source parental control suite for Mac, iPhone, and iPad built by a Christian homeschool dad that takes a default-deny approach to internet filtering, with screenshot monitoring, keystroke logging, daily review reminders, a safe podcast app for kids (Gertrude Podcasts, formerly Gertrude AM), and an iOS app that blocks content loopholes Apple's Screen Time leaves open.

Fast Facts About Pornography

A research-backed collection of 100+ statistics on pornography's effects across 26 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.

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 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, and the KidminRoadmap planning tool.

helloHOPE

A free app ("Soul Care + Hope") from a Marietta, GA 501(c)(3) nonprofit by founders Andrew and Mary Beth Thomas, offering daily Scripture, prayer prompts, calming music by Stanton Lanier, and real family stories to help parents navigate a childhood diagnosis with hope and faith. Available on iOS and Android.