Circle Media - Circle with Disney - White
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Description
Features
Manage Every Device
Circle recognizes and manages every device on your home Wi-Fi using the free iOS or Android companion app.
Set Time Limits
Create daily time limits on apps and popular sites like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube.
Filter Content
Set Individual filter levels by age - Pre-K, Kid, Teen, and Adult - for each member of your family.
Set a Bedtime
Choose a Bedtime for your family's devices to avoid late night surfing.
Content filter
Has four preset age-levels and allows for further customization by platform, app, website and content category.
Discover Insights
See where your kids spend the most time online by app and category.
Pause the Internet
Pause the internet for a single family member or the whole home with a single tap.
What's Included
Circle with Disney
USB cable
USB power adapter
Ethernet cable
Owner's manual
Manuals & Guides
User Manual (PDF)
Key Specs
- Works WithAmazon Alexa
General
- Product NameCircle with Disney
- BrandCircle Media
- Model NumberCIRC001
- ColorWhite
- Color CategoryWhite
Warranty
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts1 year
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor1 year
Compatibility
- Works WithAmazon Alexa
Other
- Product Width3.25 inches
- Product Height3.25 inches
- Product Weight1.25 pounds
- Product Length3.25 inches
- UPC860795000209
Customer reviews
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars with 582 reviews
(582 customer reviews)to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great devise and screen time manager
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.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.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Network management and filtering made easy
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.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.).
I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
Neat Gadget
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The circle does what it says it does. The only complaint is that sometimes it seems to loose connection.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Circle Media - Circle with Disney
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This item meets and exceeds my expectation of protecting children from accessing undesired material on electronic devices.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
Not perfect, but better than anything else so far.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.For context, I'm the parent of a 13-yr-old with a cell phone and a 9-yr-old without. We purchased the Circle based on reviews after trying to reign in our kids' internet access through software, router, and ISP solutions. None offered the flexibility, access, and reporting we were looking for. The Circle comes the closest to our idea of a perfect solution, and it is priced below other less-featured solutions. The major features that attracted us to the Circle were the ease of access using the iOS app, the kid-proof-ness of the design, the fact that it works with the router we already bought to do this (for 3x the Circle price), and the ability to set up multiple groups with multiple on/off times each day. Being able to put each kid's personal devices into their own group allows us to switch off the younger child's access for an earlier bedtime without affecting the older one. We also have separate groups for family-wide devices like the primary homework computer - these get different schedules for accessing entertainment vs educational websites. The ability to also exclude devices like our security cameras and thermostat from the user pool is helpful for when anarchy breaks out and we have to lock everything else down until the tantrums end (you other parents know what I'm talking about). While it's not perfect (the interface can be clunky at times, and you can't undo a reward given to a child, for example) the overall experience is leaps and bounds above anything else we've tried. Improvements are always coming, and connections to multiple additional apps have been promised. It's great as-is, and hopefully it will just get better. Note: We have not yet tried the paid service that controls devices on a mobile network, but it is supposedly an extension of the included home wifi service.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Your family needs Circle
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.As a father of seven (yes SEVEN) children and a technology professional, I've worked hard to protect my family from the junk that is out there on the internet. I've had from transparent proxies, custom firewalls, and DNS servers; but I've never been able to share it with my friends and family because it took too much expertise to manage it and keep it up to date. Enter Circle with Disney. This is the device I've been wanting for years. I retired the other devices. I still use OpenDNS as a first layer of defense, and of course malware protection, but Circle adds the time limits, targeted filtering, and everything else in a really easy to use application. The application, by the way (on Android) is improved and more stable than when I first got it (otherwise I would have only given four stars). They still could do more... like integrating controls with shared devices that have logins (like my kids homework desktop computer), but overall I'm thrilled.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
AMAZING!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is how parental control SHOULD be. Period. I am amazed by how easy it is to configure and to control individual children. This is what I have been looking for! If you have kids, buy this. Protection is great, and no monthly fees. When your kid gets blocked, they can scroll down to see a bunch of Disney advertisements, but no big deal. Now, for the down sides... It uses "ARP spoofing" to do its magic. This means that if you use it wirelessly, all traffic will go over you network three times (once from device to router, once from router to Circle, once from Circle back to router). This may slow your wireless network speed. However, you can get around this by simply plugging the device in. The down side is that if it is where the kids can get to it, they can unplug it. The final down side is that there ARE ways around ARP spoofing, but the vast majority of kids out there will not know how to do this. Also, you should know that this ONLY manages devices on your network. If your child's device has a data plan, they can turn WiFi off and get around it. If they go to a friend's house, no protection. Can the get on a neighbor's WiFi? If so, no protection. What I **REALLY** want to see is for Circle to make their own router.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
Good MAC Address Filter
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.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.
I would recommend this to a friend
Q: QuestionCan I control a smart tv with this?
Asked by Anonymous.
- A:Answer Yes as long its wifi you can set schedule when to shut off the internet on the tv
Answered by Romio
Q: QuestionDoes this include the subscription for the full app or is it just a basic and you still must pay the $5/month? to get to shut of the internet for the kids?
Asked by notsure.
- A:Answer I use the Circle app for Circle Family. It's free with the device. I am able to control any device on our WiFi. I highly recommend The Circle. It's a life changer and no more battles!
Answered by COMom