K9 Web Protection is one of the best filtering systems for the PC. My brother had informed Lydia and I about it several years ago. It is customize-able and very good at doing it's job of filtering, allowing safe browsing for family.
As of January 4th, they have released a browser app for the iPhone, Touch, and iPad.
Besides being yet another browser to replace the native Safari Browser on the iDevice, it provides you a safe way of surfing the web! Unfortunately, there is no way to customize the restrictions, so there may be sites you like to go to that you find blocked. Youtube is one of the sites blocked, for example.
I personally think that this app would be certainly great for kids... you wouldn't have to worry about them accessing anything questionable when browsing the internet. You can hand them your iDevice, and allow them to only use this app for there surfing the web. However, one downside about this idea is that the app has an advertisement bar at the top of the screen. This can be annoying, cutting in on your viewing pleasure of whatever site you're on, but the ad can also be easily clicked on as well, especially by children.
K9 strongly suggests to set the app as the only browser for your iDevice. They even give simple instructions on how to disable the Safari app so you can make this happen. That makes it nice, but I had found some things don't work as smoothly as I'd like. For example, there was an issue about not being able to open iTunes app store links. However, they have fixed that in their latest update released today.
When it comes down to it, it all depends on how much control you want on your iDevice. If you want to have a great tool for safe browsing, then this is the app for you!
~Matt
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