moss vs Canopy
Filters explicit images, video and text on a child's devices. From $8.33 a month billed yearly.
Checked 11 November 2026 against Netspark, Inc.'s own pages. We make moss, so we have linked every source below.
What Canopy is
Canopy is a content filter first. It filters explicit images, video and text, and adds app and website blocking, screen time rules, sexting alerts and removal prevention. A parent manages it, and a separate Shield app goes on the child's device. It also has an accountability mode for adults, in which a chosen "Ally" reviews requests to change settings. On Canopy's site, plans are $8.33 a month for 1 device, $9.99 for up to 3 and $12.50 for up to 10, all billed annually. App Store prices differ.
What moss is
moss is an iPhone app that comes with a small physical stone. You choose the apps that distract you, tap your phone on the stone, and those apps stay locked until you tap the stone again. People who live together can link their phones to share schedules and put their phones down at the same time, while each person keeps control of their own phone. Locking is free in the app, the stone is a one-time purchase, and the household features are a paid add-on.
Side by side
| Feature | moss | Canopy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | US$49 stone, free app | $8.33 a month (1 device), $9.99 (up to 3), $12.50 (up to 10), billed annually on its site |
| Subscription | None to lock your own phone. Household features are a paid add-on | Yes. 7-day trial |
| Works on | iPhone only, iOS 17 or later | iPhone (iOS 12+), Android (12+), Mac, Windows 10+ and ChromeOS |
| How you lock | Tap the stone, or start from the app, a Shortcut, the lock screen or the Action Button. Schedules by day of week | The parent sets filters, app and website blocks and screen time rules |
| How you unlock | Tap the stone, in the app | Not stated for children. For adults, an Ally reviews requests to change settings |
| If you need back in | 3 emergency unlocks a month, refilled automatically | Up to the parent |
| Locking together as a household | Yes, as a paid add-on. Shared schedules, sessions others join in one tap, a view of whose phone is down, a streak. Nobody controls anyone else | One-way: the parent controls the child's device and gets sexting, location and removal alerts |
| Whose key opens your phone | Only your household's own stone, card and sprigs unlock your phones | The parent's account, or an adult's Ally |
Where Canopy is better
- It filters explicit content inside sites and apps, where a lock can only block the whole app.
- Removal prevention, built for a child who does not want it installed.
- Covers Mac, Windows and Chromebook as well as phones.
Where moss is better
- Nobody is watched. moss filters nothing and reads nothing.
- Everyone at home takes part, adults included.
- Locking is free. Household features are a paid add-on.
Who should pick which
Pick Canopy if
Your worry is explicit content reaching a child, on a phone or a computer.
Pick moss if
Your worry is time, not content, and you want the whole household to put phones down together.
Sources
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moss is a stone that locks the apps you choose.
Tap to lock, tap to unlock. One price, and locking needs no subscription.
