Sway.ly is the free companion app to Sway.ly’s family social media support service.
To use it, you’ll need an established Sway.ly account and to install the Sway.ly App across your family’s devices (phones, tablets, etc.).

Sway.ly is a revolutionary, AI-powered app that helps families support safer social media use by reducing exposure to potentially challenging content — without restricting or monitoring private activity.

Designed with and for teenagers, so they actually want to use it and won’t try to turn it off — Sway.ly approaches social media safety in a completely unique way:

• ALERTS you and your family if you’re overexposed to harmful content on social media
• EDUCATES families on the physical and mental health impacts of that content
• EMPOWERS you to take control of your social media algorithms
• REWARDS and celebrates users as they improve their feeds

Key Features

• Daily filtering across 36 content categories
• Smart alerts are sent to both parents and kids
• Recommendations on who to block or unfollow
• Positive account/influencer suggestions
• Weekly reports to help families use social media better
• Conversation guides for tricky topics
• Expert content from trusted partners like Internet Matters

Sway.ly is especially effective at identifying and alerting users to the long-term effects of exposure to harmful content, subtle but insidious categories that most tech platforms and parental control tools ignore, but which can have serious consequences.

What the experts say:
“Tools like Sway.ly show what’s possible when we combine smart technology with empathy. By helping families understand what’s in their social feeds, and offering trusted, practical steps, Sway.ly empowers, not controls.”

–Cath Knibbs, Online Harms Consultant, Trainer, Speaker, Author, and Psychotherapist