I really like NextDNS. It's almost like the Pi-Hole as a Service.
It's very cheap ($1.99/mo) and has an app (macOS/Windows/iOS/Android) that provides filtering/monitoring on the go, even when they aren't at home. Also block ads and malware sites.
It's very cheap ($1.99/mo) and has an app (macOS/Windows/iOS/Android) that provides filtering/monitoring on the go, even when they aren't at home. Also block ads and malware sites.
I think my only gripe is it blocks a lot of email unsubscribe links so I have to allow list them to unsubscribe and some wifi hot spots with captive portals (like when flying) breaks third party DNS providers, so I have to turn it off to connect.
I can sometimes be arsed to disable stuff until it works, but often it's a good pause where I consider whether I give enough of a crap about the site to bother.
There's also the not-well-marketed Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families, introduced 4 years ago today. I have not tried it, but it may be too simplistic for HN readers: https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families
At one point I used Circle (since acquired by aura.com) as well. It was okay, but had a terrible app.
Initially had an Amazon Fire 10 HD (actually, initially a 7) - the kids setup is very good, providing games, books and audio books but they do not offer on the iPad.
So, iPad is set up to be blocked, with nextdns as a backup.
For Amazon devices, the only way I have found to use it is via an app - this can be turned off.
Or, you could run it at the router level with some funky dns routing (my router allows different dns for different devices), but that might not work with the logging function.