best phone 'ecosystem' if you have kids

[mjpwooo]

I have a Samsung Note, and want to get a new Note. Wife has an iPhone, and will stay with that. While I know this thread is going to devolve into stupidity, I'd like some input from those of you who have one or another, and how helpful that system is to manage a child's phone.

If you think Android sucks, I don't care. Tell me why Apple is better. And vice versa.

I want to be able to manage/watch EVERYTHING he does.

I asked the Verizon person at a stand-alone spot plus a Costco cell phone rep, and got 2 different answers....

Thanks.

 

[ericram]

Google calendar might be what you are looking for. You can add to your wife's iPhone and you already have it on yours.

 

[ericram]

To follow up, you might have to add a program to minimize his activity. A key logger perhaps and net nanny and Verizon has some share feature to monitor as well.

 

[ncnole1975]

I have a Samsung Note, and want to get a new Note. Wife has an iPhone, and will stay with that. While I know this thread is going to devolve into stupidity, I'd like some input from those of you who have one or another, and how helpful that system is to manage a child's phone.

If you think Android sucks, I don't care. Tell me why Apple is better. And vice versa.

I want to be able to manage/watch EVERYTHING he does.

I asked the Verizon person at a stand-alone spot plus a Costco cell phone rep, and got 2 different answers....

Thanks.

I'm on apple. I can virtually track everything my child does on her phone. Can't speak to the Note.

 

[dmm5157]

Kids? Think iPhone is pretty cut and dry. Way more control that is harder to circumvent than with Android.

Overall, I don't think the two are all that different anymore but iPhone certainly has more family features built in than Android to start with. You can accomplish the same with both, but it'll be much easier natively with iPhone.

 

[mjpwooo]

Desi, any experience with Google Family Link....(new app)?

 

[dmm5157]

Desi, any experience with Google Family Link....(new app)?

No, not familiar with that app or features.

 

[ericram]

Desi, any experience with Google Family Link....(new app)?

Looks brand new and interesting. Like that it is a Google app.

 

[kc78]

there are some programs that allow you to view text messages remotely, ie mightytext, and some others but those only work on android. IOS doesn't allow you to even send text messages with anything but their stock texting app.

 

[Nole Lou]

When it comes to kids, the answer for me is Android because of the cost of entry/replacement. The ability to put a usable $50 android phone in my kid's hand tops everything else. My kids are allowed to get iPhones once they were able and willing to pay for it themselves (via Swappa for a few hundred). The number of phones I've been through over the years...there just no way I'm doing iPhones.

I had one daughter jump to iphone when she was 14. It's amazing how well she's taken care of them once it was on her own dime.

 

[West Duval Nole]

It really depends on the individual and what their needs are and what other products you have. Have you paid for a bunch of music in iTunes and also have an iPad and macbook and iMac, well then it would be hard to say an iPhone isn't going to be the best for you because of the very seamless integration and syncability between the devices.

Otherwise, an Android will probably do all the same stuff that the iPhone will do and in some cases more.

I loved the Note 5 and got the Note 7 before they recalled it and now I have the Google Pixel XL and it does everythign I want it to do and I am sure more that what I even use it for. I don't have really any music in iTunes or a macbook or iPads. My son however has an iPad and iPhone and he likes that.