You can't protect what you can't see.
Device Nanny helps parents see what's really on their child's device, including apps that may be hidden, disguised, or easy to miss.
What's really on your child's phone?
Most parents have no idea. Apps can hide in plain sight, disguise themselves, or use names that reveal nothing about what they actually do.
Hidden Apps
Vault apps disguise themselves as calculators, notes, or utilities. They're designed to look innocent while hiding photos, messages, and more.
App Overload
The average teen has 50+ apps installed. Without context, scrolling through an app list tells you almost nothing.
Unfamiliar Names
Even when you see an app, do you know what it does? New platforms emerge constantly, and parents can't research them all.
Digital parenting shouldn't come with blind spots.
Simple visibility. Better decisions.
Device Nanny scans a phone or tablet and reveals the apps installed, including those designed to hide from parents. Apps are automatically categorized, helping you understand what each one does.
Scan the Device
Connect your child's device and run a one-time scan. Device Nanny identifies every app installed, including those that may be hidden or disguised.
Understand Each App
Every app is automatically categorized and explained. Understand what each app does, how kids typically use it, and why it might be on the device.
Make Informed Decisions
With clarity comes confidence. Decide what's appropriate for your family and have better conversations about digital safety with your child.
See what apps are installed. Understand what they do. Decide what's right for your family.
Device Nanny transforms a confusing list of apps into clear, actionable information. No technical expertise required.
Everything you need to see clearly
Device Nanny gives you the visibility that digital forensics professionals already have, without the complexity.
Hidden App Detection
Identifies vault apps, disguised calculators, and other apps designed to evade parental oversight.
Automatic Categorization
Every app is sorted into clear categories like Social, Gaming, Messaging, or Educational so you understand at a glance.
Plain-Language Explanations
Get clear descriptions of what each app does, how kids typically use it, and what to look out for.
Privacy-First Design
Device Nanny reads app data only. It never accesses messages, photos, browsing history, or personal content.
On-Demand Scanning
Run a scan whenever you choose. No background monitoring, no constant alerts, no surveillance.
Conversation Starters
Visibility leads to understanding. Use what you learn to have better, more informed conversations with your child.
Clarity without surveillance. Every time.
Device Nanny is built on a simple principle: parents deserve to see what apps are on their child's device, but they don't need to read their messages to do it.
We will always show you more than you knew, and we will never do more than you asked. The moment we break that promise, we become something else.
No Message Reading
We never access texts, DMs, emails, or any private communications.
No Location Tracking
Device Nanny never tracks GPS, location history, or movements.
No Background Monitoring
We don't run in the background or send ongoing alerts.
App Data Only
We read app package data to identify what's installed. That's it.
Device Nanny is different
| Parental Controls | Device Nanny | Forensic Tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary function | Manages usage | Inspects device | Full extraction |
| Ease of use | Requires setup | Works immediately | Expert-only |
| Hidden app detection | Easily bypassed | Bypass-resistant | Comprehensive |
| Monitoring style | Ongoing | On-demand | Case-specific |
Built by forensics experts. For parents.
Our founding team brings over two decades of mobile device forensics experience from one of the world's leading forensics companies. They work daily with the data that lives on phones, including the categories of apps that parents never see, the vault tools designed to hide content, and the platforms kids use to communicate without leaving a trace.
They are also parents of children in the exact age group Device Nanny serves.
That combination, professional forensic expertise and personal parenting experience, is the entire product in human form. No competitor can replicate it.
“We've spent our careers seeing what's on these devices. We built Device Nanny because parents deserve to see what we see.”
Professional forensic expertise combined with real parenting experience, now available to help families.
Common questions
Everything you need to know about Device Nanny.
Start with visibility
You're not overreacting. You're not behind. You simply deserve better visibility into the digital world your children are navigating.
Because digital parenting shouldn't come with blind spots.