📱 Android App for Parents

Guard their phone.
Not their privacy.

Block harmful websites at the network level. Cut all internet at bedtime. Monitor chat content with on-device AI that never sends data to the cloud. Free forever — no account, no subscription.

Free forever · On-device AI — no cloud · No sign-up needed

// What it does

Phone-level protection.
Parent-level control.

Eight tools that protect your child's Android phone — from the network layer to the screen they're reading. All managed behind a PIN only you know.

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VPN-based site blocking

Blocks websites at the DNS level using a local VPN — not a browser plugin your child can uninstall. Works across every app and every browser on the phone.

Network-level · All apps covered

Scheduled blocks

Block certain websites only during school hours or homework time. Allow them on weekends. Set a schedule once and it enforces automatically every day.

Per-site schedules
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Bedtime lockout

Cut all internet access during set hours. No exceptions — every website and every app loses connectivity during the lockout window. Perfect for bedtime.

Full internet cutoff
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Chat monitoring

Uses Android accessibility services to read on-screen text and flag harmful content in messaging apps. Parents review color-coded alert cards — red for urgent, yellow for caution.

Real-time · All messaging apps
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On-device AI classifier

A TensorFlow Lite toxicity model runs entirely on the phone. It classifies harmful content without sending a single byte to the cloud. Your family's data stays private.

TFLite · Zero cloud dependency
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PIN-protected settings

A 4-digit PIN is required on every app launch. Children cannot view, change, or disable any protection. Even if they know the app is installed, they cannot get in.

Parent access only
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Auto-restart after reboot

The VPN protection restarts automatically when the phone reboots. No need to re-open the app — protection is always on, even after updates or battery drain restarts.

Boot receiver · Always-on
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Multi-language

Full interface in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Built for international families — switch languages instantly from the settings screen.

EN · JA · ZH · VI
// Setup in minutes

Four steps to
full protection.

01

Install the app

Download Layers Guard Mobile from Google Play. No account to create, no email to enter, no credit card.

02

Set your PIN

Choose a 4-digit PIN that only you know. This locks all settings behind parent-only access from the very first launch.

03

Enable VPN + Accessibility

A guided setup wizard walks you through enabling the local VPN for site blocking and the accessibility service for chat monitoring.

04

Add sites and set schedules

Type in domains to block, set time windows, and enable bedtime lockout. Protection is active immediately and survives reboots.

// Built for your family

A father's
solution.

"I'm a teacher and a father of four in Japan. I built Layers Guard for Chrome to protect my students, but then I realized — my own children's phones needed the same protection. So I built this app for them. No subscription traps, no data harvesting. Just a parent protecting their kids."

Peter Hoang — Teacher & Father of four, Japan

// Privacy first

Everything stays
on the phone.

No cloud servers. No accounts. No analytics. Every piece of data — blocked sites, schedules, alerts, AI classifications — lives on your child's device and nowhere else.

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No cloud

The AI toxicity classifier runs entirely on-device using TensorFlow Lite. No text is ever sent to any server.

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No account

No email, no password, no sign-up. Install the app, set a PIN, and you're done. We don't know who you are.

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No tracking

No analytics, no telemetry, no ad SDKs. The app does one thing — protect your child — and nothing else.

// Questions

Frequently asked.

Layers Guard Mobile creates a local VPN on the device that intercepts DNS requests. When your child tries to visit a blocked site, the request is filtered before it ever leaves the phone. No data is routed through external servers — the VPN runs entirely on-device.
The accessibility service reads text that appears on screen — such as messages in chat apps — and runs it through the on-device AI classifier. If harmful content is detected, the app creates a color-coded alert card for parents to review. The service never sends any text off the device.
All settings are locked behind a 4-digit PIN that only you know. The VPN automatically restarts after a device reboot. While a technically savvy child could force-stop the app from Android settings, the boot receiver will restart protection on the next reboot.
Layers Guard Mobile is currently Android only. iOS does not allow third-party VPN-based DNS filtering or accessibility services in the same way. For Apple devices, consider using the Layers Guard Chrome extension on their computer.
There is no catch. Layers Guard Mobile is free, with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no subscription. It was built by a father who needed this tool for his own children. There is no business model — just a parent sharing a solution with other parents.
The app interface is available in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese. You can switch languages at any time from the settings screen.
// Free for every family

Protect their phone.
Coming soon.

No subscription. No account. No data collected.
Layers Guard Mobile will be available on Google Play soon.

✓ Android ✓ VPN-based blocking ✓ On-device AI ✓ Free forever ✓ No data collected