Customer Ratings & Reviews

This had made my life much simpler with my five kiddos. It does take a bit to get it setup, but after you will be all set with total control and flexibility. It is the best purchase I have made this year!

The Disney Circle is extreamly easy to set up and use. While the YouTube restrictions are a little much, that is more about YouTube than the Circle. The bed time feature is amazing! We were up front with Kids when school started and they understand when bedtime comes around internet shuts off. Our boy has a cell phone and started to shut off Wifi to get around it, so we now pay for the Circle Go and it work good as well.

Nothing's fool proof, but this is a darn good start. Very easy to set up and use! A little pricey up front, but no monthly fee. It also notifies you when another device joins the network! Great product overall.

Friends had been telling me for months I needed this. I'm so glad I listened. It has transformed how our family uses the internet. I have bedtimes set so they have no access after a set time each evening. I have filters set for each of the kids based on age and what we want them to have access to. We can turn off the internet with the click of a button. It's a great tool for parents who want their kids back! Easy to set up... and my kids haven't complained about it either.

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.

Connecting to our home network was very easy. Setting up the profiles for each family member and setting time limits was also easy. Support for the product, including asking questions on Facebook, is great. The company is very responsive. I'm currently learning how to integrate with ChoreMonster and Mothership. I like being able to pause the internet for everyone, select which family member(s) will be paused, or even pause specific device(s). I have been very pleased with this purchase and have already been recommending it to friends.

The best internet filter/child protection I have ever found. I love this and recommend it to anyone who is looking to protect computers and devices from the dark side of the internet. I have tried over and over to filter content that comes into our home through computers and phones and tablets, but nothing ever really worked until Circle. I don't know how they do it, but it just works. Easy setup, and so far no disappointments by things not being filtered.

I am loving the Circle as another reminder that the kids need to take a break from social media on their phones or Utube. Its as easy trap to fall into and this is a way that I can give extra time if extra chores are done also!

This has really helped tame the gaming/screen beast in our house! Set up was pretty easy. I would recommend this to anyone who is dealing with trying to limit kids/teens screen time, content, etc. There are few annoyances, such as anyone walking into or even close enough to your house to be in Wifi range will appear in your list of devices. You can delete them, though. Also, somehow my 12 year old has downloaded The Circle app onto his phone and so he switches off the controls I have set for him! I know there is a fix for this. I just haven't taken the time to figure it out yet. Overall, this is a great device!

This is a great tool if your just diving into the realm of monitoring network activity for the family. Easy to use functionality with useful tools that include setting up times that turn the internet off for differnt devices and as it relates to the individual user age or parnet preferance. Easy to the sites that your family is going to and to block them per the settings you want. Would recommend and buy again.

Pretty good product, easy to set up. Not perfect, though, since it doesn't control cellular data (you can set up Circle Go on cellular devices, but that can be a pain to figure out exactly which apps/times/days you might need). And, the controls (to pause internet) aren't instantaneous. But it provides good info about internet usage.

This little device is beautiful. Works fantastic with all devices in the house. Android, iPhone, Xbox, Xbox One, PC, Tablets, etc. It works by filtering MAC addresses on the network over any connection type. It enables you to give the devices a friendly name and assign them to individual family members. You can then set specific rights and time limits to those individual family members. There's a whitelist feature that enables you to allow specific sites for users that were blocked if it was something you want to allow. There's an android mgmt app now so really there's nothing to really complain about. Highly recommended device!

We purchased this to help us not only control the amount of time our son was on line but to also get a better idea of where he was spending his time. There are multiple ways this can be used to do both. There is time limits and data limits available. There can also be individual website restrictions. I also like how it breaks down not only the time online but at which location he was at. This is a really great product for the money and really easy to set up and use.

I purchased this to use a way to limit computer and video game time in my house and it does the trick. it's fairly easy to set up and you can go through and make the internet available to whoever you want and set up hours for everyone. we use this to turn off the internet during dinner time and an hour after so we can actually talk like a family!

We got this to limit our boys exposure and time on the Internet. They love watching YouTube videos but sometimes the suggestions that pop up when they search are totally inappropriate. Also allows us to limit their daily use on certain sites so we don't have to be the one telling them to get off all the time. It does go offline frequently but other than that it is easy to use and set up.

I bought Circle to control and limit access and content with my daughters. While it is a simple to use device I had few issues with the setup and Circle support couldn t resolve the solution. After an update it got fixed. It is now working but is more complex to get working than expected

The unit is easy to setup and pair with your home router. After setup, just follow the instructions to connect all of your electronics and assign them to the appropriate individual for monitoring. You can monitor PC's, tablets, cell phones, printers, TVs, etc. I have 18 devices assigned to four individuals with no issues! Great for controlling / monitoring kids usage.

I have looked for a solution for years and a lot of the SW based products are annual subscriptions that you have to pay each year. I like that this is a one time fee and single piece of HW. The interface/App on your phone and other products if very simple and intuitive. Additionally it is very quick to get in make changes and have them affect the network. Previously I managed kids through a router and it was much more complicated and time consuming. I HIGHLY recommend this product and am thinking of buying a second one in case the 1st one ever breaks.

I love this Disney Circle! So great to manage wifi and apps on devices in our house. I can change the filters,time limits, app access. Wish I would've had this 5 yrs ago!

Bought this because Microsoft family controls could not control internet access in any browser other than edge or ie. other than an occasional reboot due to internet outages it has worked great. With the filters you can easily approve/block websites.