
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars with 581 reviews
4.3- Ease of use (133)
- Setup (37)
- Content Filtering (28)
- Device Control (20)
- Screen Time (4)
- Performance (3)
- Price (3)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great devise and screen time manager
I got the Circle as soon as it was available at Best Buy, rather than online. It set up easily. It takes a while to figure out some of the IP addresses for devises, finding the right time limit settings and filters, but overall we (the parents) love it! The kids do NOT like it one bit, since the Circle is doing exactly what it's supposed to do- block apps and turn them off after they hit the time limit.
Posted by Katoscoot
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Network management and filtering made easy
Circle has simplified managing the time our kids spend online. It's simple enough to configure that my non-techie wife finds it easy to regulate, limit, filter, and pause our kid's Internet access. It's simple log shows who is accessing the Internet and when. Easy setup and no special connections. (We just set it up high on a shelf so the kids can't see it.).
Posted by Proleptic1
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Circle Media - Circle with Disney
This item meets and exceeds my expectation of protecting children from accessing undesired material on electronic devices.
Posted by Norris
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Neat Gadget
The circle does what it says it does. The only complaint is that sometimes it seems to loose connection.
Posted by DakotaBoy
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good MAC Address Filter
This is working fairly well so far. It is basically setting up filtering based on the MAC address of each device that touches your network. As a result, this filters or restricts per device not per person. Therefore, I cannot set up settings for my iPad for my 8 year old daughter that are different from my 4 year old son since they share the device. I can only set up restrictions for the device as a whole. This made me reconsider the settings for many of my devices, especially my shared devices. As another example, I can keep the internet from being accessible on my Apple TV to prevent the kids form turning on Netflix at 6am. However, if I turn off the internet at night too early, then my wife and I cannot watch Netflix. I also cannot restrict Netflix content on the Apple TV through the Circle b/c I will be restricted as well. Another surprise was that I have a lot more MAC Addresses touching my network then I thought. Many of them are cryptic and I have no idea what they are. I'll figure it out eventually. In short, this is going to set up restrictions on DEVICES, not people. It does this very well in an easy to use interface and I recommend it.
Posted by elarson24