Finally, real internet safety is possible.
Peace of mind for parents
Gertrude lets you block the entire internet, only unlocking the portions you choose. Keep your kids only and exactly where you want them to be online. Plus, review screenshots and keystrokes of their activity from your own computer or phone. Mac parental controls have never been this good.
A losing game
Most internet safety tools try to block specific categories of the internet. With 2 billion websites, and tens of thousands more being added every day, it's simply impossible to maintain up-to-date lists correctly categorizing even a fraction of dangerous websites.
1,814,400
New websites created this week
10%
Of all material on the internet is porn†
10,800
New websites in the last hour
259,200
New websites created in the last 24 hours
0
New websites created since you visited this site
3
New websites created every second‡
Create a parent account
Install the Mac app on your child's computer
You control what websites are allowed
Children can request sites to be unblocked...
... and you can decide from wherever you are
Review and monitor screenshots and keystrokes remotely
New unlock request!
Click to allow or deny
Take complete control
Choose exactly where your kids are allowed online, and make sure they can't go anywhere else. No other mac internet filter allows the same level of strict control.
Manage on the go
Add or remove sites from your own personal safelist from your phone or computer, wherever you are.
Get notified
Get text, email, or Slack messages when your kid needs access to a blocked site or requests a temporary suspension of the mac internet blocker.
Suspend the filter
Temporarily allow the whole internet, while recording screenshots of their activity and everything they type with a built-in mac keylogger.
Protect the whole family
Manage all your kids with one account, sharing lists of safelisted sites when it makes sense. Only $5/month for the whole family.
Defense in depth.
In addition to internet filtering, Gertrude allows you to collect screenshots of your child’s screens, as well as a record of everything they type, for an unprecedented level of safety, redundancy, and oversight. You get to review screenshots and keystrokes on your own time, on your own device.
We clearly display that they are being watched—there‘s nothing creepy or secretive about it. This greatly increases their safety online, plus allows you to occasionally turn off the filter, safe in the knowledge that their activity is being observed.
I spent years trying out different parental control software for my four kids (on both Macs and PCs) and never found anything that made me feel peaceful and secure about my kids' online activities until I started using Gertrude.
Jason H.
Gertrude Parent
I only installed it a couple hours ago but I can already tell this is what I’ve been looking for a long time. I’ve tried every blocker and accountability software under the sun and I was perpetually dissatisfied. I don’t think I’ll wait for the trial period to end to subscribe.
Tali M.
Gertrude Parent
We have used Gertrude for our two children for the past few years and have found it to be absolutely the most secure product available. The app makes securing children online something manageable for us as middle-aged parents with typical computer skills.