Transparent by design
There is always a Lantore icon in the tray. Your child sees what is monitored, and a log of the alerts sent about them. There is no hidden mode, and the parent's PIN is needed to switch Lantore off or uninstall it.
Free for now, during the beta · Windows first
Know when it matters.
Talk when it counts.
A quiet extra pair of eyes on your child's online chats, in games, social apps and messaging apps. Lantore is designed to speak up only when something may need your attention. Alerts are designed to show why, and to suggest what to say. Your child always knows it is there.
Lantore is in an invite-only beta, free for now: join the waitlist or enter your invite code. Join the waitlist or enter your code
- Visible to your child, by design
- Starts reading only when your child takes part in a chat
- Nothing kept by us unless it is flagged
- Built around conversation
Our approach
Protection that your child can see, and you can trust
Most monitoring tools work in secret and send you a label. We think kids are safer when they know the rules and when parents get context, not just a scare.
Privacy-first
Lantore starts reading only when your child types, and keeps just the last few minutes of the chat area on the PC, encrypted and deleted automatically. Names are replaced before a private check, and ordinary conversations are forgotten as soon as they are checked. We do not sell data, show ads, or train AI on your child's chats.
Conversation, not surveillance
Each alert explains why it was raised and offers ways to start a calm talk. Older teens get fewer alerts and less detail, because trust matters more than transcripts.
Made for PC gamers
Gaming is a major focus. Lantore works with the games your child already plays on their PC, such as Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft. There is nothing to set up inside any of them, and Lantore works from the outside and is built not to change or interfere with them, so play should stay smooth and their accounts are not put at risk by it.
Social media and messaging too
Chats are not only in games. Lantore also covers Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Messenger and TikTok, in the browser or desktop app on your child's PC, with the same open, calm approach.
Alerts that show their work
Evidence you can check, wording you can use
A bare warning is hard to act on. Lantore alerts are designed to come with the short excerpt behind them, the reason in plain language, and optional screenshots from the moment it happened.
- A clear reason. "Asked her to move the chat to another app after a few personal questions," not just "grooming risk."
- Blurred by default. Screenshots stay blurred until you choose to look, and they expire after 30 days.
- What to say next. Conversation starters shaped by child-safety guidance, so your first words land well.
- Gentle with private topics. If the subject is personal, like identity or feelings, we soften the message and do not suggest sharing it.
How it works
Three tiny steps
- 1
Create your free account
- 2
Download and open Lantore on your child's PC
It links itself.
- 3
You get calm alerts
Not stalkerware
Your child is told. Always.
Software that hides on a device is spyware, and we do not build that. Lantore is installed openly on your own child's PC, it shows a permanent icon, and your child can open a window to see exactly what it monitors and which alerts were sent about them.
The parent's PIN is needed to switch Lantore off or uninstall it, so it is not something a child switches off on a whim, but nothing about it is secret. If you want to monitor someone without their knowledge, or monitor another adult, Lantore is not for you.
Honest about limits
What we can see, and what we cannot
No tool sees everything, and we would rather you know where the gaps are than feel falsely reassured.
Lantore is built to see
- Chat text on screen in games such as Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft, and in social and messaging apps such as Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Messenger and TikTok, in the browser or desktop app on the PC, once your child starts typing in a chat
- What your child types into those chats
- The last few minutes of the chat area on the PC, held briefly so Lantore can see what your child was replying to
- Optional voice chat while your child is speaking, turned into text on the PC, only if you turn it on
- A few screenshots around a flagged moment
Lantore cannot see
- Other players' chat when your child is not involved
- Phones, tablets and consoles (Windows only for now)
- Everything, perfectly. Expect some false alarms and some misses
Right-sized for their age
The older they get, the less you see
Privacy matters more as kids grow. Lantore adjusts what you see, and what your child is told, to their age.
Under 10
You see the flagged conversation with context. Closest supervision.
10 to 12
A summary and a short excerpt. Your child is told which topics Lantore watches.
13 to 15
Alerts for urgent and some serious concerns, with a minimal excerpt.
16 to 17
Only urgent or emergency concerns, with a minimal excerpt. Near-adult privacy.
Questions parents ask
Isn't this just spying?
Spying is secret. Lantore is the opposite: your child is told, sees a permanent icon, can open a window that lists what is monitored and which alerts were sent about them, and gets a say in the setup conversation. Older teens get much less detail on purpose.
Will you read all of my child's chats?
No. Lantore is engagement-first. Lantore starts reading when it sees your child typing in a chat, and it keeps the last few minutes (about 8) of the chat area on the PC, encrypted and deleted automatically, so it can see what your child was replying to. It checks that conversation from about five minutes before to about five minutes after, and it does not read what other players say when your child is not involved, and Lantore is designed not to capture typing outside chat, like documents, searches or passwords. What it does read is handled by software, names and details are replaced, and an ordinary conversation is forgotten as soon as it has been checked. We keep a short excerpt only when something is flagged, for up to 90 days (you can delete it sooner). As part of normal operation, no person at Lantore reads your child's conversations.
Lantore only sends text for checking while your child is chatting, and keeps it only if something worrying is found.
What do you keep?
On the PC: the last 8 minutes or so of the chat area, and, if you allow screenshots, about 30 minutes of screenshots. Both are encrypted and deleted automatically. Also on the PC only: counts of which keys are pressed in games (no text, not uploaded), kept for 30 days.
With us: nothing from a chat that is fine. If something worrying is found and confirmed we keep a short excerpt with names and details removed, the alert and its explanation, a conversation log limited by your child's age group and, only if needed, pictures of the screen, for a limited time. You can delete them sooner.
Lantore only sends text for checking while your child is chatting, and keeps it only if something worrying is found. See the retention schedule.
Does it record my child's screen?
No. Lantore does not make a screen recording and does not read the screen all the time. It only keeps a brief picture of the chat area (not the whole screen) of the games, social apps and chats it monitors: about the last 8 minutes, on the PC, encrypted and deleted automatically. If you allow screenshots, it also keeps a separate set of screenshots on the PC for about 30 minutes, used only to fetch a few moments (JPEG pictures large enough to read) after a worrying chat is confirmed or when you ask. Lantore does not record audio, and it only reads text.
Will it get my child banned or break anti-cheat?
Lantore is built not to inject into, hook, or read the memory of a game. It captures the screen from the outside, the way a screen recorder does. We cannot promise any game's rules never change, so we test game by game and will tell you plainly where something does not work.
Will it slow down my child's PC or games?
Lantore is designed to be light on your child's PC. We are measuring this during the beta, so tell us if you notice anything.
Who can set Lantore up?
A parent or legal guardian of the child. Setup asks you to confirm you are the child's parent or legal guardian, and for your agreement to each thing Lantore does (separately, with nothing optional switched on for you). Lantore is currently available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; see where.
How do I install it?
Sign in and choose who it is for, download the installer made for them, and open it on their Windows PC. It links itself: there is nothing to type.
After you install, Lantore shows a code and opens lantore.com/activate: sign in there to link the PC. Windows may show a warning for new software. If it does, choose More info, check that the publisher is Lantore, then Run anyway. It is fine to say no if anything looks different.
Does Lantore support adults?
Lantore also supports adults, and when a child turns 18 there is an adult support mode: see For adults.
How do I get access?
Lantore is in an invite-only beta, free for now: join the waitlist or enter your invite code. If you have an invite link, open it and you can create your account straight away. If you only have the code, choose Get started and enter it there. Otherwise join the waitlist on the same page: we invite families in waves, and we aim to email you when there is room.
How do licences work?
Most families need one licence per child. A licence protects one person at a time, wherever they are using Lantore. A child can use their licence on all of their PCs. Children who share a PC can share one licence too, because only one of them is on it at a time.
My child uses more than one PC
Link each PC to your child. A child can use their licence on all of their PCs.
Several children share one PC
Best: give each child their own Windows account and link each account to its child. If they share one login, link the PC to all of them: Lantore uses the strictest settings of the group and tells you which child it thinks it was, or that it was the shared PC. They can share one licence.
What does it cost?
It is free for now, while we are in beta. The beta may change or end, and paid plans may come later; they are not final, so we have not published a price. We aim to tell you before anything changes, and nothing is charged unless you choose a plan, subject to the terms. Access is subject to the Terms and may be limited or ended in cases of misuse. More on pricing.
What about Mac, phones and consoles?
Windows is first. macOS and mobile are planned but not available, and we will not claim coverage we do not have.
Start with a calmer way to look out for them
Free for now, during the beta. Set up takes about five minutes, and you will do it together with your child.