Shel™ is protecting families right now

Your kids hear the show.
Not the language.

Let them grow safely.™

Start with free home WiFi protection — every device on your network, instantly. Add real-time bleeping for phones, tablets, and Fire Stick with Shel™+.

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Why Shel™ Is Different

Every other parental control blocks.
Shel™ edits.

Circle blocks the internet. Bark sends you a report after the fact. Qustodio limits screen time. None of them touch the content itself. Shel™ is the only product that listens in real time and removes the bad moment before your child hears it.

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Home Shield — DNS Protection

DNS is your internet's address book. Every time a device on your network tries to reach a website, it asks DNS: "where does this live?" Shel™ intercepts that question. If the destination is inappropriate — adult content, gambling, malware, harmful sites — Shel™ answers: "nowhere. Blocked."

This happens before the page loads. Before the image appears. Before your child sees anything. And it covers every device on your network automatically — your smart TV, your kid's game console, smart speakers, every phone on your WiFi — without installing anything on each device.

Why competitors don't do this well

Circle uses hardware that sits between your router and modem — it breaks when your internet provider changes equipment. OpenDNS gives you generic categories with no family dashboard. Shel™ is software-only, works with any router, and every family gets a private DNS endpoint tied to their account.

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Personal Shield — The Bleep Engine

DNS can block a website. It cannot bleep a word spoken inside a streaming app. That requires something fundamentally different — an engine that listens to the audio playing on a device in real time, understands speech, and acts on it before the sound reaches the speaker.

Shel™'s on-device AI classifier processes every audio chunk and bleeps profanity in under 200 milliseconds — faster than the human ear processes sound. No content is sent to our servers. No audio is recorded. The analysis happens entirely on the device, privately, in the moment.

For 35,000+ known titles, Shel™ goes further: our Content Intelligence database maps every profanity moment to the exact millisecond. Shel™ knows the bleep is coming and acts 2 seconds early — so the moment is gone before your child even has a chance to hear it begin.

No competitor does this

ClearPlay filters DVD rips. VidAngel requires you to stream through their platform. Neither works on live streaming, music apps, games, or any app outside their ecosystem. Shel™ works on every app, every platform, any content — including live video and music no one has ever catalogued. This technology is patent pending (U.S. Provisional Patent Applications 64/126,495, 64/126,518, 64/126,528, 64/126,545, 64/126,560, and related applications).

Why they're two separate products — and why that matters

Home Shield works at the router — one change, every device, no apps to manage. Perfect for TVs, consoles, and guest devices that can't run software. It's the foundation every family should have, regardless of budget.

Personal Shield works at the device — it travels with your child off your WiFi, identifies exactly which child is watching, and edits content in real time. It requires an app and a subscription because the processing is intensive and continuous.

Together, they cover every scenario: unknown devices on your network, known children on their phones, content you've blocked, and content you've allowed but want cleaned up. No other product on the market provides both layers simultaneously.

Setup in under 3 minutes
3 steps. Done. Protected forever.

Two simple options — set up router DNS for whole-home protection, or install the app for real-time bleeping. Step-by-step guides for every router.

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Set Up Home Shield — Free

Point your router DNS to Shel™. Blocks bad sites for every device on your WiFi — TVs, consoles, smart speakers. No app needed. Takes 2 minutes.

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Tap "Allow"

Install Shel™ on phones, tablets, or streaming devices. The bleep engine catches profanity from any app in real time — streaming, music, and games. Requires Shel™+.

⏱ 30 seconds
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Your whole home is protected

Home Shield covers every device on your network 24/7. Personal Shield follows kids off WiFi and bleeps content in real time. Both layers work together automatically.

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Simple Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.

No contracts. Cancel anytime. Free tier stays free forever.

What's included in each tier

Free Forever
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Home Shield

Configure your router once. Shel™ filters bad content for every device on your WiFi — automatically, 24/7.

  • ✅ Every device on your WiFi
  • ✅ Smart TVs, consoles, smart speakers
  • ✅ Guest devices too
  • ✅ No app needed on each device
  • ✅ Custom block & allow lists
No subscription. No credit card. Free forever.
Shel™+ Required
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Personal Shield

Install the Shel app on any device. Real-time bleep engine catches profanity the moment it's spoken — on any app, any show.

  • 🎧 Real-time bleep in under 200ms
  • 📺 Fire Stick — protect your TV
  • 📱 Phones & tablets, on or off WiFi
  • 📚 35,000+ titles pre-mapped to the millisecond
  • 👧 Per-child profiles, switch anytime
7-day free trial · From $6.67/month

Choose your plan

Basic — Free Forever
$0/month
Home network protection, free forever. Upgrade for real-time bleeping.
  • Home WiFi DNS filtering
  • Blocks inappropriate sites for every device
  • TVs, consoles, smart speakers — all covered
  • Free forever — no card ever
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No credit card. No signup required.
Shel™ Family
$8.33/month
For bigger families and more devices.
  • Everything in Shel™+
  • Up to 6 family profiles
  • Priority support
  • Early access to new features
  • 7-day trial — card required
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$99.99/year · Auto-charges after trial · Cancel anytime
Real families
What parents are saying
"My kids watch Stranger Things and I don't have to stress about every other word. It just... bleeps it. The show keeps playing. No drama."
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Jennifer K.
Mom of 3 · Beaumont, TX
"We activated our Fire Stick in under 2 minutes — entered a 6-digit code on our phone and it connected instantly. My husband couldn't believe it was that simple. Finally something that actually works on the TV."
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Marcus & Dana T.
Parents of 2 · Houston, TX
"My 9-year-old loves music streaming but some of those songs are rough. Shel™ turns every explicit song into a clean version automatically. It's like having the clean version without having to find it."
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Rachel S.
Parent · Dallas, TX
FAQ
Common questions
Yes. The app works on any network — home WiFi, school WiFi, cellular data, hotspots. It runs directly on the device, not through your router.
No. Shel™ processes audio in real time and never stores recordings. It detects words and bleeps them — nothing is saved or sent to our servers.
Shel™ works with any app that plays audio on your device — streaming video, music, podcasts, games, and live content. If it makes sound, Shel™ can bleep it.
Val™ is Shel's wellbeing monitor. It watches for patterns — late-night usage, sudden increases in screen time, heavy exposure to explicit content — and alerts you before small things become big problems. No messages read, no audio recorded.
Yes via our web app at shel.app/pwa. A native iPhone app is coming soon — Apple is reviewing it now. The web app installs to your home screen and works like a native app.
No. Shel™ uses Android's accessibility service, which children cannot disable without the parent PIN. On Fire Stick, it requires the parent PIN to switch profiles.

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