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svim
Extreme Android User
Looking at SureFox's Play Store page their $61 price is quite a bit but it's apparently targeting more of a small business/public venue market than a consumer one.
If you do a search in the Play Store for 'kiosk' there are some less pricey (and free) alternative options that might suit your needs:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=kiosk&c=apps&hl=en
svim
Extreme Android User
Yeah, a lot of the good kiosk and content filtering services that apply to an entire home network will involve a pay-for or monthly fee solution.
Another alternative you might want to look into is OpenDNS. There's a free option for consumer/home use and a more extensive pay-for service. You need to sign up for an account and then change the DNS addresses in your home router to implement it. Once in place you log into your online account and there are several levels of protection where you can either just select one or customize it. (As an example, there's a 'high' level of filtering and then you can manually add sites with a 'never block' label.) But the primary focus is like most content filtering services, aiming more at blacklisting (blocking specified sites or keywords) than whitelisting (only allowing specific sites, what you're looking for).
Since this works through your router it applies to any device connected to your home network, but one Important thing to note is this doesn't apply to any cellular (mobile data) connectivity, it's only working on your broadband based connectivity. So if you only rely on WiFi for your mobile devices your kids won't readily have access to content you don't allow, but if you also have your devices on a carrier's cell service this isn't a practical solution.
https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/
Another alternative you might want to look into is OpenDNS. There's a free option for consumer/home use and a more extensive pay-for service. You need to sign up for an account and then change the DNS addresses in your home router to implement it. Once in place you log into your online account and there are several levels of protection where you can either just select one or customize it. (As an example, there's a 'high' level of filtering and then you can manually add sites with a 'never block' label.) But the primary focus is like most content filtering services, aiming more at blacklisting (blocking specified sites or keywords) than whitelisting (only allowing specific sites, what you're looking for).
Since this works through your router it applies to any device connected to your home network, but one Important thing to note is this doesn't apply to any cellular (mobile data) connectivity, it's only working on your broadband based connectivity. So if you only rely on WiFi for your mobile devices your kids won't readily have access to content you don't allow, but if you also have your devices on a carrier's cell service this isn't a practical solution.
https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/