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Net Nanny’s products page lists Windows, macOS and iOS. It does not list Android. If that is the phone in the house, you need something else on the phone. This is the practical follow-on: what an Android parent was usually trying to buy, which Safe Lagoon piece covers each job, where the gaps are, and how to set the phone up without throwing away a filter you still want on the family PC.
Prices are in Safe Lagoon vs Net Nanny. The two filter models are in Net Nanny’s filter versus a free web filter. Other Android apps are in parental control apps compared.
The shopping listWhat you were probably trying to buy
The list is short. Pornography should be harder to open in a browser. The phone should stop at a certain hour, or after a certain amount of time. You want the phone’s location, and a boundary around a place. Often one more job tags along: a game, or a social app, should not open on school nights.
Net Nanny’s products page speaks to that list on Windows 10 and 11, macOS 10.13 to 11.x, and iOS 11 and higher: filter, screen time, app blocking, alerts, Family Feed, location, a parent dashboard. The app-blocking page talks about iOS. None of that, including the system requirements, puts a child app on Android.
Cover and gapThe map, job by job
| Job you wanted | What covers it on Safe Lagoon | What does not come with you |
|---|---|---|
| A porn filter in the browser | Web filter: see sites, block or allow sites. Free on the price page, no end date printed | A scan of each page, 14 categories, Allow / Alert / Block, natural-language context |
| Screen time | Daily limits and schedules on Premium | Their screen-time tools, tied to platforms they support |
| Location | GPS and geofences on Premium | Their location tracking. Different app, different map |
| Block a game or a social app | App blocking, and schedules by category (games, social, media) | Their app blocking, on a page that talks about iOS |
| The family Windows PC or Mac | Nothing here. There is no Windows or Mac child agent | Keep Net Nanny there if you want their filter |
The filter gap is the one to sit with. Net Nanny’s website blocker says each page is scanned as it loads, not only checked against a banned-domain list. They mention 14 categories, including pornography, drugs, gambling, weapons and others. You can Allow, Alert or Block a category, and you can allow or block a specific site. They describe natural-language context, with a “chicken breast” example, so a recipe is not treated like a different kind of page.
Safe Lagoon does not make that claim. The price page says web filtering is free, “Always. Forever.,” and that you can see sites and block or allow them. You edit a list. You do not get a promise that every page is judged in context. If that promise was the whole purchase, and the devices are a PC, a Mac and an iPhone, stay with them. The rest of this page is for the phone they do not list.
Screen time on Android is two Premium tools. A limit caps how long a category or an app can run (time limits). A schedule turns categories off between two clocks on the days you pick (schedules).
Location on Premium is GPS and geofences, not their Family Feed. If you need a feature only they describe, keep their app on a device they support.
App blocking is what their iOS page cannot do for a Pixel. Block the app, or put games, social or media on a schedule so they are off during school or after 21:00 while the browser stays available.
LimitsTwo gaps, said together
A new address can still load until you block it. That is a list, which is what the price page describes. Their sales page describes a page scan, on Windows, Mac and iOS, and they do not ship that scan for this phone.
There is also no Windows or Mac child agent. On iOS, Safe Lagoon can pause and schedule third-party apps, without Android-style per-app usage. A sibling’s iPhone is a different install decision. If that phone is the worry, use their iOS line or another row in the comparison hub.
TonightA checklist before you install
- Write the devices. Circle the Android phone. Underline any Windows PC, Mac or iPhone that still needs a filter.
- If a PC or Mac is underlined, decide whether Net Nanny stays. Their filter is the reason to keep it. The missing Android line is the reason not to wait for it on the phone.
- On the phone, start with the free web filter if the browser is the worry. You can see sites and block or allow them without Premium.
- Add Premium when you also need limits, schedules, app blocking, GPS and geofences, the YouTube monitor, Gallery or My assistant. Premium is $6.99 a month, or $5.83 a month billed yearly, for five profiles.
- Screenshots are optional and Android only. Screen Mirror is $14.99 a month ($12.50 a month yearly), grouped by app and time. AI Shield is $19.99 a month ($16.58 a month yearly): an alert and a screenshot of a risky moment, not the whole day. See AI Shield vs Screen Mirror vs Gallery.
- Call and SMS activity is Device Monitor on Android, and only if texts were actually the job. It is not a full chat archive. Deleted messages are not guaranteed. Incoming calls and SMS cannot be blocked. Chat apps are outside it.
“$11 per device per year,” and the 20-device pass, are desktop and iOS prices. Twenty separate Windows or Mac licenses would normally cost over $799.99, and the pass saves $700. Check their checkout. That still does not install here.
StepsSetup on the Android phone
Install the parent app from Google Play, create the child profile, then install the child app on the Android phone. The price page is the map of free versus paid: safelagoon.com/price.
On the free filter, open the sites view and block or allow the addresses you already care about. Tell your child the list is visible.
For the clock, add a Premium schedule. Pick categories (games, social, media), set From and To, choose the days, and save. A 21:00–07:00 window belongs to the day it starts, so Sunday through Thursday covers nights before school. Monday through Friday includes Friday night and skips Sunday night. My assistant can take the same sentence. The confirmation card applies nothing until you tap Approve.
A daily limit is separate: pick a category or one app, the days, and the allowed time. “Two hours of games” is a limit. “No games between these hours” is a schedule. Block a single app when that app is the whole fight. Use a category when a whole shelf is.
ScopeWhat “alternative” does not mean
This is a phone they do not list, not a clone of the page-reading filter. Leave a working desktop filter in place. An iPhone beside it still gets only pause and schedule of third-party apps from Safe Lagoon. Per-app usage stays an Android figure.
Stop waiting for an Android line on their products page. Put your site list on the phone, and a schedule on the categories that cause the evening argument. Before you cancel anything on a PC, read the filter comparison. Printed prices sit in Safe Lagoon vs Net Nanny.
QuestionsFAQ
Why is there no Net Nanny app for this Android phone?
Their products page does not list Android. Platforms printed there on 14 November 2026 are Windows 10 and 11, macOS 10.13 to 11.x, and iOS 11 and higher. System requirements on that page do not add an Android child app.
Can Safe Lagoon stand in for every Net Nanny feature?
It can cover the jobs Android parents usually wanted: block or allow sites, limit time, schedule categories, block apps, and show GPS and geofences. It does not claim to scan each page with natural-language context. That scan is their Windows, Mac and iOS product.
Should I cancel Net Nanny after I install this?
Only if nothing you care about still runs on Windows, Mac or iOS. A family PC is a reason to keep their filter on the PC. The Android phone is a reason to add a tool that installs there.
Does the free web filter expire?
The price page does not date it. The wording is “Always. Forever.” Seeing sites and blocking or allowing them is the free filter. Limits, schedules, app blocking, location, Gallery and My assistant are Premium.
Can my child remove the app the same afternoon?
Yes, unless you turn on Device Owner. With that setup, removal takes a factory reset. Turn it on when you mean it.
Prices and feature lists were taken from each company's own site on 14 November 2026 and can change. Safe Lagoon is not affiliated with Net Nanny or Norton. Names are trademarks of their owners.
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