SafeSurf mutes the content you choose — images, video, and other file types — on every site by default. The sites themselves keep working as usual. The sites you actually rely on can stay full, and changing what's allowed only takes effect after a delay you set in advance.
Available for Android devices only.
Filtering the entire web is an endless cat-and-mouse game. SafeSurf takes a different path: sites keep working, but the content that steals your attention — images, video — is muted by default. You decide where to bring it back, on purpose and not on impulse. And on top of your rules, a built-in AI engine scans every site in real time, catching problematic content that static blocklists miss.
Instead of blocking the whole web, we took a different approach — one that actually helps you focus.
Instead of an endless blocklist, we mute the distractions across the web — and you choose where to bring them back.
The delay and sponsor turn "just this once" into a conscious decision — scheduled in advance, not left to willpower.
A focus tool is only worth something if it's hard to slip past. The browser is your only window to the web, SafeGuard locks system settings, and installing an alternative browser is blocked — so the environment you set up stays intact.
Not a hidden list someone else maintains: block and allow rules are set by you, per site and per content type, and you can see and change each one at any time.
By default SafeSurf strips the most addictive content off the web: images and video. What's left is mostly text — useful, calm, and with far less pull.
On the sites you actually use, bring back the content you muted everywhere else — images on a work site, video on a learning platform. Every other site still loads as normal, just calmer.
Want to bring back content you muted, or change a rule? You can — but the change only takes effect after a delay you set in advance. The wait is the whole point: it lets the momentary impulse fade, so the decision is yours and not your dopamine's.
If you genuinely can't wait, SafeSurf can send your request to a sponsor you chose — over WhatsApp — who can approve it on the spot. Real accountability, with a human in the loop instead of a test of willpower.
You can turn it up a notch. In strict mode there is no delay that simply expires on its own: every request to loosen protection or change a setting — in both the SafeSurf browser and SafeGuard — needs the sponsor's explicit approval and won't take effect without it. The same single sponsor backs both products, so there is no back door — nothing changes without their say-so.
With strict mode on, the sponsor also gets access to a full management dashboard: they sign in directly with their email (a 6-digit code, no password) to view devices, change filtering rules, and handle pending approvals.
The guardian dashboardFocus mode starts with images and video, but the same engine recognizes a wide range of content types — so you can mute or allow each one with the same precision.
A built-in AI engine scans every site in real time and catches problematic content static blocklists miss. Your own rules are the foundation it builds on.
The AI classifies pages and images in real time by context and filters every site except the ones you've explicitly allowed — strong protection that doesn't depend on a domain list someone has to keep updating. One toggle to turn on, built on top of your rules.
You choose which content is muted and which sites get it back. Precise, fast and predictable — nothing changes that you didn't decide. The AI builds on these rules when it's turned on.
You don't have to build your rules from scratch. Import a ready-made general configuration to get going in seconds — then layer your own rules on top so it fits exactly how you browse.
Browse shared configurationsA focus tool only works if it's hard to bypass. With SafeGuard you choose which doors to the web to close — other browsers, in-app browsers (WebViews), new installs — and once you turn a lock on, it's held at Android's Device Owner level so it can't be switched off easily. That makes SafeSurf the single window to the internet, all under your control.
Browsers you choose, blocked
Embedded browsers blocked in apps you choose
New installs intercepted
System settings locked
Every lock is yours to manage — and stays off by default until you choose to enable it. Turning an active lock back off goes through the same accountability: a delay, a password, or approval from the same sponsor you already set up in SafeSurf.
To strip ads and block unsafe sites across the whole device, we recommend turning on a filtering Private DNS — a free service of your choice such as AdGuard DNS, NextDNS or Cloudflare for Families. No VPN, no latency, and it works in every app. And SafeGuard can lock the setting as a Device Owner so it stays on and can't be switched off easily.
Read the full guideFor the lock to be truly hermetic, SafeGuard is installed at the Device Owner level — the deepest, hardest-to-bypass layer Android offers. Enabling it there is only possible through a one-time setup over ADB from a computer. After that, it just runs on its own.
See the installation guideFiltering happens inside the browser itself, on the device — not through an external server.
The browser filters on its own — no VPN tunnel, no special network permissions.
Checks run locally, so pages load at full speed.
No background process draining the battery all day.
Your browsing never passes through any external server.
Download SafeSurf and start shaping your own focused browsing environment — from $3.49/month per device.
Answers to the questions we're asked most often.
SafeSurf is the browser itself — a built-in filtering engine that applies your rules to every request inside the browser, with precise control over content types and sites. SafeGuard is a device-level companion that enforces the environment: you choose which browsers to block and which apps to block embedded browsers in, it intercepts new installations, and locks sensitive system settings. Used together, they form protection that holds up over time.
Most filters try to block the entire internet — an endless cat-and-mouse game. SafeSurf takes the opposite approach: sites keep working as normal, but by default the content that competes for your attention (images and video) is muted everywhere, and you decide where to bring it back. Rather than relying on willpower, the delay and optional sponsor turn each in-the-moment urge into a deliberate decision.
It adds to them, built right on top. The foundation is the rules you set — which content is muted (like images and video) and on which sites. Turn on the AI filter with one toggle to get protection that scans every site in real time and catches problematic content static blocklists miss — except on the sites you've explicitly allowed.
Changes to your rules or settings — removing a block, adjusting a category — don't take effect immediately. They're held for a delay you define in advance, giving an impulse time to pass before the decision stands. When a change is genuinely urgent, a sponsor you've nominated can approve it on the spot via WhatsApp.
Yes. The rules engine supports per-site exceptions that take precedence over a global rule. You might block images everywhere, for instance, yet allow them on a site you rely on for work. Exceptions can also be defined at the URL level — permitting a single address while the rest of the domain stays blocked.
Yes. SafeGuard detects embedded browsers (WebViews) opening inside third-party apps such as social networks, and you choose which apps to block them in — it doesn't block them all indiscriminately, since some apps depend on a WebView to function normally. It can also suspend selected apps, block standalone browsers you choose, and monitor and block new installations in real time.
Yes. Alongside self-accountability use, you can enable strict sponsor mode: every request to loosen protection or change a setting — in both SafeSurf and SafeGuard — requires the sponsor's approval, and the same single sponsor backs both apps. With a parent as the sponsor, no block is removed and no setting changes without their approval — which makes SafeSurf and SafeGuard a parental-control solution that's hard to bypass.
Only if strict mode is turned on for the account you're a sponsor for. In that case you get access to the Guardian Management dashboard, where you can view devices and actually change settings and filtering rules yourself, not just approve or reject pending requests. There's no link to share and no self-serve sign-up: you sign in directly at safesurfsite.com/sponsor-dashboard with the email registered for your role and a 6-digit code we send you — no password to set or remember.
You choose which locks to enable from a list that includes: clock and date, global and per-app VPN, internet sharing (hotspot and USB tethering), network reset, Safe Boot, factory reset protection (FRP), and developer options. Each lock is off by default, and changing one requires waiting out the configured delay, entering a password, or approval from the sponsor you set up in SafeSurf.
SafeSurf and SafeGuard run on Android devices only. There is currently no version for iOS, Windows or Mac — the setup step runs from a Windows or Mac computer, or directly from the phone on Android 11+ (no computer needed), but the apps themselves are installed on an Android device.
For the protection to be hermetic, SafeGuard is installed at Android's Device Owner level — the deepest, hardest-to-bypass layer the system offers. It can only be enabled there through a one-time setup: over USB from a computer (Windows or Mac), or on Android 11 and newer — straight from the phone, no computer and no cable, via wireless debugging. Our installer downloads the required tools automatically, so no prior technical knowledge is needed, and once it's done everything runs on the device on its own.
Yes. Filtering runs directly inside the browser, on the device itself — with no VPN and without routing your traffic through any external server. That delivers privacy and performance together: pages load quickly and the battery isn't drained by a background process.