Circle 1st generation
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifestyle | Free | Circle Media Incorporated | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Circle works with your home Wi-Fi and manages every device on your network, both wireless and wired, without ever needing to put software on them. Setup is a cinch, and customizing Circle for your unique family is quick and easy!
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Managing Screen Time and Content Has Never Been Easier
- Set Time Limits for popular apps and websites
- Set individual Filter levels for each of your family members
- Reward your kids by bumping up their Time Limits, extending their BedTime, or removing an OffTime for the day
Give Your Kids a Break from Their Devices
- Set BedTimes for every family member and avoid late night surfing
- Pause the Internet for an individual family member and their devices, or the whole network with a single tap
- Use OffTimes to schedule Internet-free times throughout the day or week
Be in the Know with Every Device in Your Home
- Circle tracks Usage by Profile, not by individual device, so you can keep tabs on all your kids’ devices in one place
- Circle makes it easy to differentiate all the web-connected devices in your home
5 Minute Setup, No Joke!
There's nothing worse than getting a new gadget and then taking all day to configure and even longer to manage. Circle was designed with busy parents in mind to be super simple to set up, and even easier to manage. Geek cred not required.
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GET STARTED WITH CIRCLE
You can start using Circle if you have a Circle device or a supported NETGEAR router. Learn more about Circle at meetcircle.com
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CIRCLE GO
Subscribe to Circle Go to manage your family’s mobile devices no matter what network they’re on. Learn more about Circle Go at meetcircle.com/circle-go
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NEED HELP?
If you have any questions, need any help with Circle, or want to provide any feedback, you can contact our Support Team at [email protected] or go to support.meetcircle.com
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OPTIONAL IN APP SUBSCRIPTIONS - Pricing & Terms
Circle Go and Circle Premium (for supported NETGEAR routers) are optional automatic renewing subscriptions. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless auto-renewing is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period. Current subscribers can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by visiting iTunes Account Settings after purchase.
Circle Go: $4.99 USD / month (meetcircle.com/circle-go)
Circle Premium (for supported NETGEAR routers): $4.99 USD / month (meetcircle.com/netgear)
Privacy policy: https://meetcircle.com/privacy/
Terms of use: https://meetcircle.com/license/
Reviews
Waste of money
Thumperjameslivedtommore
Worked for one month of free trial and them died after on month of a year long subscription. No support from Circle if you have a Netgear router, no support from Netgear unless you want to pay. Super frustrating!!!
Stopped working with my Orbi
Ihopethisisnottakenyet
My subscription is active, but the circle stopped working. Orbi can’t support, Circle points to Netgear. Save yourself the time and get a good solution.
App won’t after update
KSYShop
Circle tends to overkill and I have to move my devices out then back in all the time. It won’t launch at all after the 3/21/2021 update.
Great product and service
PKsteR
We have this built in to our router (Netgear) paired with Amazon fire tablets and parental control schedules, and it works really really well. I would advise talking to the kids about changes and expectations as it can be hard for some to grasp why this is a necessity now days. Great service simple to use/setup but in the end it needs good parenting to be effective.
Not worth it
trevbot91
App rarely works they way it is meant to. Entire system is easily bypassed by children who are smart enough to do a google search on how to defeat the circle app. The app takes forever to setup accounts and will randomly delete the accounts you made for your kids resulting in you having to set them up all over again. Waste of time and money IMO.
Crashes when I try to ManageMy Account
AmoryF
No matter how often I upgrade this app, they never seem to fix the issue that the app crashes every time I go to Manage My Account. This happens on multiple phones, and even after reinstalling the app.
Great until the app stopped working away from home
Rosepearl
We have Circle on our Netgear router. It has worked great for a couple of years. I even upgraded to premium a month ago and I like the options with the upgrade. The only problem is that I can no longer get the app to load when I am away from home. If I am at home where my network is, the app loads fine. As soon as I leave, my app says it can’t find my circle. This is very inconvenient as I can no longer make changes to the settings or give rewards when I am away from home. If I can’t figure out how to solve this problem, I will cancel my premium service and find another option for parental contros. ☹️
Useless now with the latest update
Nik333
I don’t know what the crap happened to the app but ever since Circle decided to boot older generations off, I cannot get the app the function on our Netgear. The settings page boots me right out of the app every dang time. I deleted the app and reinstalled the app, still useless. Now I cannot get back into the app. The pin has not changed since we set this Orbi up 6 months. When I try to log back into Circle - 20 times in a row it says, ‘wrong pin try again.” After fighting with the app for 2 weeks, it finally took the same dang pin after telling me 5 times, ‘wrong pin.’ Now, back to getting to the settings page.NOPE, still boots me off. Judas, fix your app!!!! Side note: if you’re a teen on here complaining that you cannot do school work or ‘I don’t know what I am allowed to do - go back to the mirror. The issue with you teenagers is we give you an inch and take a dang MILE. Abuse the situation and game 10 hours and wonder why people like me who don’t have children have to put up with other peoples kids not managing their time appropriately. Go kick rocks outside for a change.
Crashed and block my phone
Hgt4ever
First time running it and got stuck with allow location option. Didn’t let me out of it. Can’t even exit the app. Must use HARD RESET to get out.
Awful App
Dr HKG
Issue#1. My 17 year old has figured out how to turn off this app. He has figured out some way to get in thru a “back door” and disable the parental controls. Issue #2. I’ve had to reset my router a few times and this app doesn’t recognize that I already spent $49.99. I am just going to give up. Seriously, don’t waste your money, don’t waste your time.
