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On Android you get the richest slice Qustodio sells. Their own footnote puts the panic button, and Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and X message alerts, on Android only. That is the generous reading of the ad. It is also the reason an Android-only parent should ask whether a tool built for that phone is the smaller, clearer buy.
Android firstThe footnote is the product, on this phone
Qustodio's premium page names Windows, Android, iOS, Mac, and Kindle in the English FAQ. The help center also lists Chromebook and Amazon Fire. The same page then narrows several headline features to Android. If your child uses an Android phone, you are standing in the widest column. If your child uses an iPhone, you are not, and calls and messages there require a Windows or Mac computer.
Read the asterisk as a map, not as a failure. Nothing here says the social monitor does not work. It says the vendor told you where it works. On an Android phone, those named alerts are in the set they documented for this OS.
The rest of the decision is whether the widest column is worth the plan that holds it, and whether you need the other operating systems at all. Safe Lagoon vs Qustodio is the device question. A Qustodio alternative on Android is the leaving checklist. The category overview is parental control apps compared.
The plansWhat still sits on Complete, not Basic
Android does not flatten the price list. The FAQ still sorts features by plan, including on the phone where the social alerts live.
Free is one device and basic protection. Basic is $59.95 a year, shown as $5.00 a month, for up to five devices. Care Plus as an add-on makes Basic $72.94 a year. The FAQ's description of Basic is core safety: games and app blocking, location, and web filtering.
Complete is $104.95 a year, shown as $8.75 a month. The FAQ says it includes Basic, plus calls and messages monitoring, custom rules for web, apps, and games, YouTube monitoring, and unlimited family devices. Care Plus is included. Unlimited does not apply to schools or businesses. The premium page states a 30-day money-back guarantee.
The premium page also lists social message alerts for WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, and Line, plus location alerts, pause internet, daily time limits, and routines. When the FAQ does not name the plan, say the premium page lists it. The Android-only footnote and the Complete tier are different axes: one says where, the other says which subscription.
| Listed by Qustodio | Basic, per the FAQ | Complete, per the FAQ |
|---|---|---|
| Games, apps, location, web filter | Yes | Included |
| Calls and messages | No | Yes |
| YouTube monitoring | No | Yes |
| Custom rules for web, apps, games | No | Yes |
They also say they can block specific contacts on calls and messages. That is their claim, and it belongs with the calls-and-messages feature, not with a Basic checkbox this table invented. Safe Lagoon does not block contacts, and we cannot block incoming calls or SMS. There is no even column to draw.
MessagesWhat "calls and messages" means next to SMS activity
Qustodio's FAQ bundles "calls and messages monitoring" into Complete. The premium page lists the social apps by name. The footnote then marks Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and X message alerts, plus the panic button, as Android-only. WhatsApp and Line are in the advertised list. The footnote does not repeat them in the Android-only sentence, so this article will not invent a platform for them. Read the page yourself when you subscribe.
Safe Lagoon's version of "messages" is narrower, and it is on Premium rather than on a higher Complete-style tier. On Android, with the free Device Monitor add-on, you see call and SMS activity. The price page says that is activity, not a full chat archive, and that deleted messages are not guaranteed. We cannot block incoming calls or SMS. Regular SMS does not include Roblox chat or other chat apps. The Roblox settings article says that in one breath.
Do not stack the two phrases as equals. Their Complete plan is the monitoring they describe, with social alerts and an Android asterisk. Our Premium plan is SMS and call activity, with a written limit and no messenger transcript. If you need the social-alert list, their Android setup is the coherent stay.
AI Shield is the nearby Safe Lagoon feature people confuse with those alerts. It tells you when something on the Android device looks risky, often with a screenshot of that moment. It is not a full chat archive and not every ordinary screen. It is $19.99 a month, or $16.58 a month billed yearly, and it includes Screen Mirror. Screen Mirror alone, screenshots grouped by app and time, is $14.99 a month or $12.50 billed yearly. Gallery, the camera roll, is on Premium and is not either of those. The help page is AI Shield, Screen Mirror, and Gallery. How to set up AI Shield is the setup if you choose the alert.
YouTubeYouTube monitoring is a Complete extra
The FAQ does not tuck YouTube monitoring into Basic. It is one of the Complete additions, next to calls and messages and the custom rules. On an Android phone, YouTube is often the app that makes a parent open the upgrade screen. The phone being Android does not move YouTube down into the $59.95 plan.
Safe Lagoon lists a YouTube monitor on Premium, $6.99 a month or $5.83 a month billed yearly, for five child profiles. Parent apps do not count toward the five. If YouTube was why you left Basic, confirm which plan holds it on the app you switch to. What the plans cost matches our price page.
A bedtime is the other half of a YouTube problem. Their premium page lists daily time limits, and custom routines are on Complete. On our side, build a schedule, a time limit, or block one app. My assistant types the rule, shows a card, and waits for Approve. It is on Premium and above, with a 7-day trial on the price page.
A smaller toolWhen the Android-only list means a phone tool
The richest Qustodio column is Android. If that is also the only device, the cross-platform subscription is buying options you do not exercise: the Windows agent, the Mac, the Kindle, the iOS setup that needs a computer. The alerts you came for were already marked Android-only.
That is the moment a tool built for the phone is the plainer fit. Safe Lagoon's web filter is free, with no end date stated. Premium holds schedules, the YouTube monitor, Gallery, and Android SMS activity, with the limits in the messages section. Screen Mirror and AI Shield are optional and Android only, which matches the phone you have. Optional Device Owner means the child app cannot be disabled or uninstalled without a factory reset. The steps are tamper-resistant setup.
Stay if you use the Windows, Mac, or Kindle coverage, if iOS calls and messages depend on a computer, or if you want their contact-blocking claim. Unlimited family devices does not apply to schools or businesses, so a classroom cart is a different contract.
A scenarioTuesday, the upgrade screen, the footnote
You are on Basic. The phone is Android. YouTube after dinner is the fight, and someone at work mentioned message alerts. The upgrade screen shows Complete at $104.95 a year. The marketing grid shows a row of chat apps.
Before you tap it, open the footnote and the FAQ side by side. YouTube monitoring is a Complete item in the FAQ, so the upgrade is the documented way to get that inside Qustodio. Several message alerts are Android-only, so on this phone you are not buying a feature the footnote withholds. WhatsApp's place in that grid is for you to confirm on their page, not for a blog to guess. The panic button is in the same Android-only note.
Then ask whether you need their alerts, or YouTube time plus SMS activity without a PC agent. If it is the alerts, Complete on Android is a coherent purchase, and the 30-day guarantee covers a mismatch. If it is the clock and SMS activity, Premium is the matching shape.
QuestionsFAQ
Does Android include every Qustodio feature on Basic?
No. The footnote puts several social alerts and the panic button on Android, which is where they are available. The FAQ still puts calls and messages, YouTube monitoring, and custom rules on Complete. Basic remains games and app blocking, location, and web filtering, at $59.95 a year.
Do Qustodio's social alerts fail on Android?
Their page does not say that. It says Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and X message alerts, and the panic button, are Android-only. Read the asterisk so you know this phone is the one they named. iOS calls and messages are the setup that needs a Windows or Mac computer.
How is that different from Safe Lagoon's SMS activity?
Safe Lagoon shows call and SMS activity on Android. It is not a guaranteed archive of deleted messages, and it does not block incoming SMS. It does not transcribe WhatsApp or other chat apps. Qustodio's Complete plan is their monitoring product, with the social list and the footnote.
Is YouTube monitoring included on Qustodio Basic for Android?
No. The FAQ lists YouTube monitoring with Complete, not with Basic. The phone's operating system does not move it down a tier. Safe Lagoon lists a YouTube monitor on Premium.
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 Google or Qustodio. Names are trademarks of their owners.
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