Comparison
Qustodio vs Quiles.
Honest comparison between the subscription-based parental-control leader and the Spanish cloudless alternative. Where each wins, no half-truths.
The matrix.
| Qustodio | Quiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ~$55/year subscription | Free (Quiles Familia) |
| Sync | Cloud (US servers) | None, BLE + local Wi-Fi |
| Web filtering | Yes, deep, with categories | No (we chose not to) |
| AI content scanning | No | No |
| Reads child's messages | No | No |
| Web dashboard | Yes | No, your phone is the dashboard |
| Per-app limit | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule blocks | Yes | Yes, unlimited |
| Max child age supported | No cap | No cap |
| iOS | Yes | Parent only (coming) |
| Child data residency | Qustodio servers (US) | Only on the child's phone |
Where Qustodio is genuinely better.
It would be dishonest not to say so. Qustodio does things Quiles doesn't and won't soon:
- Deep web filtering with category lists (porn, violence, gambling, etc.). If you want to block specific websites in your child's browser, Qustodio does it and Quiles doesn't.
- Continuous family location on a map, in real time. Quiles can't do this honestly, our model doesn't allow continuous GPS without contradicting itself.
- Multi-OS coverage. iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, macOS, Chromebook. Quiles is Android-only today.
- Multi-channel support. Web chat, email, phone. Quiles is email only.
Where Quiles is structurally better.
- Privacy by architecture. Quiles doesn't process child data on servers because it never receives that data. Qustodio does, and the difference isn't "promise" but "code".
- Price. Quiles Familia is free, no purchase, no subscription, no per-child fee, updates included. Qustodio runs ~$55/year for as long as you use it; ~$220 over 4 years. The contrast isn't "cheaper", it's free-and-private vs paid-and-cloud.
- Brand of restraint. We have a public page listing everything we don't do. That discipline has a cost.
- No user account. Your child doesn't need to create a Qustodio account (or a Google account, for that matter). No digital footprint.
Switching from Qustodio to Quiles.
- On the child's phone: Settings → Apps → Qustodio → Deactivate device admin → Uninstall.
- Reinstall the default launcher if Qustodio replaced it.
- Download Quiles (free) at quiles.app.
- Install Quiles Parent on YOUR phone + Quiles Tutor on the child's. Pair via QR.
- Reconfigure rules. ~10 minutes.
The day you switch, your child notices: Quiles isn't reading what they write. That's usually the conversation that opens up the trust.