🚀 Ximos — A Privacy-First, Real-Time Parental Control App for Android
Are you tired of bloated, subscription-based parental control apps that lock essential features behind a paywall — even if you only need them for a few days?
I was too.
❌ The Problem with Current Solutions
If you've ever searched for a reliable Android parental control app, you already know the situation:
- "Free" plans come with heavy limitations
- Intrusive ads and aggressive data tracking
- Important features locked behind monthly subscriptions
- Media streams stored on vendor servers with unclear retention
Even popular tools like AirDroid have become increasingly restrictive.
For families who want a privacy-respecting parental control solution, the options are surprisingly limited.
✅ Introducing Ximos
Ximos is built to solve this problem.
A secure, transparent, and affordable parental control system designed with privacy at its core — plus a pay-as-you-go model instead of subscription traps.
It works with XimosKid, the companion app installed on the child's device. Every monitoring feature is disclosed with a persistent foreground notification — nothing runs in secret.
✨ Key Features
📹 Live Screen Mirroring + Remote Touch Control
Smooth, real-time screen casting with full click, swipe, and gesture control from the parent dashboard — no lag, no bandwidth-heavy relays.
📸 Smart Camera Cast
Live front/rear camera streaming with:
- Smart Zoom — 6-step percentage slider with per-device capability detection
- Smart Focus — tap-to-focus and soft focus lock over a low-latency WebRTC Data Channel
- Mid-session flip, flashlight toggle, and 480p/720p/1080p adaptive quality
📍 Live Location Tracking
Parent-triggered on-demand GPS with intelligent multi-stage fetch and automatic fallback:
Fused GPS → Wi-Fi + Cell tower → last-known → IP-based.
Free built-in map (Street / Satellite / OSM) with zero server-side retention.
🎧 Surrounding Audio Listening
Standalone one-way ambient audio with 48 kHz full-band Opus codec, 5-tier adaptive bitrate, and a live waveform UI. Sessions over 60 seconds get a 10-second billing discount.
🛡️ Remote Safety Tools
Smart Alert overlays, OnScreen Notify, clipboard send, vibrate command, Open App, and action URL — all pushed directly to the target device.
📊 Usage & Telemetry Insights
Battery monitoring, unlock trace history, screen time, per-app usage, and Wi-Fi/mobile data consumption.
☁️ Cloud Media Vault
2K photo and video captures stored securely with an automatic 30-day + 7-day trash purge.
🌐 Cross-Platform Web Dashboard
Unified browser-based control panel — no desktop software required.
💳 Transparent Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
Most parental control apps lock you into monthly or 3-month subscriptions. Ximos doesn't.
- 720 free seconds on signup (1,080 with a referral code)
- Free credit resets every 19 days
- Only 3 stream features are billed: Screen Mirror, Camera Cast, Surrounding Audio
- Everything else — Location, Usage Monitor, Alerts, Notifications, Capture — is unlimited and free
- Top up any time with $1 minimum via crypto
- Purchased balance never expires
🔒 Privacy-First Protocol
- No server-side media storage — live streams travel peer-to-peer over encrypted WebRTC (DTLS-SRTP)
- Location relayed in-flight only — never written to disk
- Only 3 low-sensitivity fields stored — device key, brand name, account email
- Zero cookies, zero ad trackers, zero behavioral profiles
- Disclosed monitoring — XimosKid always shows a non-dismissable foreground notification while active
🔍 Why Transparency Matters
In parental control software, trust is everything.
Ximos publishes:
- Independent MobSF static-analysis results with real hashes and open findings
- Source code excerpts for permission dialogs, session lifecycle, and API security layers
- Full Trust Center at ximosapp.com/uno/trust
This makes it a safer alternative compared to black-box commercial apps.
🎯 My Goal
To build the most honest parental control app that families can truly trust and afford.
Whether you want to:
- Monitor your child's device securely
- Share location safely
- Listen to a child's surroundings during a live session
- Or simply keep a lightweight safety net
Ximos is designed for you.
🚀 Get Started
Ximos is free to install with 720 free streaming seconds included.
👉 Visit: https://ximosapp.com
🤝 Feedback
I'm actively looking for:
- Android developers
- Privacy advocates
- Parents who can test real setups
- Contributors and security researchers
Your feedback on architecture, privacy design, and roadmap is highly valuable.
Let's build something secure, transparent, and truly useful together.
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