Chatchecker

Chatchecker Lite is FREE online, but it doesn't save the conversations for longer than 1 day. I thought ordering a "paid" subscription would get me use of all the features, but after installing I found out that I would still have to pay more $ to have all the features of Chatchecker Plus. Now to get the features I thought I was getting by buying this Family version, I still have to pay more $.All I get for my money is the ability to see the conversations online for more than one day. As far as I can tell, that is the only difference between the free version and this one I paid $29 for.

I started using the free version of Chatchecker on the recommendation of a friend. I was really glad I did because I learned a lot about what my kids and their friends were doing online. We eventually advanced to the Family Plus edition which is $50/year because we found we actually needed to monitor more than the free version allowed and because we have more than one computer. I had a bit of trouble getting the program to work properly on my computer due to my particular firewall, but the support staff was very patient and was able to work "hands on" with my computer to get it up and running in a short time. Amazing service!I'd recommend going with the free Lite version until you see how much monitoring is needed in your family. Then I'd upgrade as needed.