Aura is really an identity-theft and online-safety suite, with parental controls added on. Handy if you want all that — but you pay for it, and there's no family location.
OurPact is focused parental controls — screen time, apps, and family location across iPhone and Android, the Apple-approved way, from $6.99/month.
Aura is a family digital-safety and identity-theft-protection suite that includes parental controls — app blocking, time limits, and activity monitoring — plus antivirus, dark-web and Social Security number monitoring, and identity-theft insurance. It's broad, but pricier (about $8–$32/month), and its parental controls have no family location.
OurPact is a focused parental-controls app: screen time, app rules, family location, and optional View content checks, managed the Apple-approved way across iPhone and Android from one dashboard — with a free plan to start and Premium from $6.99/month.
Choose Aura if you want an all-in-one identity-and-safety suite with parental controls included. Choose OurPact if you want focused, affordable parental controls with family location built in.
Both are well-reviewed, but they're built for different jobs. Here's where they differ for a family that mainly wants parental controls.
OurPact is Apple-approved — vetted and recertified by Apple every year.
We'll be straight with you. If what you actually want is an all-in-one family digital-safety subscription that includes identity-theft protection, antivirus, dark-web and Social Security number monitoring, and up to $1M in fraud insurance — bundled with parental controls, Aura packages all of that in one place.
OurPact doesn't do identity or antivirus. It's a focused parental-controls app with screen time schedules and allowance, app rules, family location, and optional View content checks, done reliably the Apple-approved way, across iPhone and Android, from $6.99/month. If that's what you're after, start with OurPact.
Aura's parental controls skip location entirely. OurPact builds it in: see where your kids are in real time, get a heads-up when they arrive at school or get home, and check the day's route later — right alongside the screen-time rules, in the same app.
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Aura wraps basic parental controls inside a pricey identity-theft and antivirus suite. If you just want screen time, app rules, and location, OurPact does exactly that — free to start, Premium from $6.99/month, with nothing extra to pay for.
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OurPact manages iPhone, iPad and Android through Apple-approved device management, so your schedules and app blocks hold on Wi-Fi and cellular — all from one dashboard and web app, whichever platform you're on.
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Short clips on schedules, app blocking, and family location.
"After trying 4 different apps that didn't work properly, I finally tried this and 99.9% of everything works. I can put a schedule on her phone and it removes all the apps during school and sleep."
"Easy to use, works perfectly. I can hide certain apps at times — perfect for school days. Multiple schedules, applied as needed. Makes my life so much easier."
"I have an Android and my son has an iPhone, and I can manage his devices easily — block apps individually, set times — and support is awesome. No complaints."
It depends what you want. Aura is better if you want an all-in-one family digital-safety subscription — identity-theft protection, antivirus, and dark-web and Social Security number monitoring — with parental controls included. OurPact is better if you want focused, affordable parental controls: screen time, app rules, and family location across iPhone and Android, from $6.99/month.
No. Aura's parental controls don't include family location or GPS tracking. OurPact has live location, location history, and arrival alerts built into the same app as your screen-time rules — it's one of the most-used OurPact features.
Aura's parental controls come with its Family plan — roughly $8/month for parental controls alone, up to about $32/month for the full suite with identity-theft protection. OurPact has a free plan to start, with Premium from $6.99/month and Premium+ (with View) at $9.99/month — no identity-protection subscription required.
No — and that's the difference in focus. Aura is built around identity-theft and online-safety protection, with parental controls added on. OurPact is a dedicated parental-controls app: screen time, app rules, family location, and optional View content checks. If identity-theft protection is your priority, Aura bundles it; if focused parental controls are, OurPact does that affordably.
Yes — a real, if basic, free plan: one child device, one automated schedule, five manual blocks a month, and web browser blocking. Paid Premium starts at $6.99/month for the full feature set including multiple schedules, more devices, and family location. Aura has no free parental-controls plan.
Yes. OurPact manages iPhone, iPad, and Android from one dashboard, and a single child profile can be paired across a mix of iOS and Android devices — with the parent on either platform.
Screen time, apps, and family location — across every device, from one dashboard. Free to start.
Free plan available · Works on iPhone, iPad & Android · Apple-approved