Keeping an eye on your family’s WhatsApp
Get alerts about possible risks to your kids, parents and grandparents on WhatsApp. Perto analyzes their messages, group chats included, for signs of scams, harassment, inappropriate content and bullying, and lets you know on your own WhatsApp.
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Daily summary · Ana (13)
5 groups checked. No new alerts.20:00
Urgent alert · Grandma Lucia
Possible fake-relative scam, asking for a Pix transfer.
See what to do now ›10:12
Alert · Ana (13)Inappropriate image shared in the group. The image was hidden.
See the messages ›13:05
Alert · Ana (13)Repeated insults aimed at a teammate. Possible bullying. 2 deleted messages were saved.
See the messages ›14:20
Heads-up · Pedro (16)
A new contact keeps pushing him to continue the chat on another app.
See the alert ›14:31
Why Perto exists
Scammers, groomers and abusers all count on the same thing: that no one notices in time.
New contactDon’t tell anyone, ok? It’ll be our secret.23:47
It starts with compliments and gifts. Then come the requests: keep it secret, send a photo, meet up. In the class group chat, things get shared that shouldn’t be, and the bullying happens where you can’t see it.
HighPossible request for secrecy from a new contact
+55 11 9••••-0217Mom, I changed my number. Can you send me a Pix right now? I’ll explain later.10:12
The son with a new number. The fake bank asking for a code. The link to update your account details. By the time the family finds out, the money is gone.
UrgentPossible fake-relative scam, asking for a Pix
Unwanted numberThought you could get rid of me?21:05
Someone you want to keep away starts messaging again. Threats, blackmail, pressure. You want to know right away and have everything saved in case you need to report it.
HighUnwanted number is messaging again. Your sister was alerted too.
Group chats
Group chats are where porn stickers, violent videos, cruel nicknames and screenshots that expose a classmate get passed around. It all moves fast, and sometimes it’s deleted right after.
Inappropriate images, videos, stickers or filesAnything inappropriate arrives covered: violent images open with a tap on Complete, and sexual content is never shown.
Insults, mean nicknames and public shamingWhen someone becomes a target, you find out, whether your child is on the receiving end or joining in.
Ganging up to exclude“Kick her out of the group,” “nobody talk to him”: isolating someone is bullying too.
Strangers in the groupUnknown people joining the class group chat or other kids’ group chats.
Deleted messages don’t disappearIf a message arrived, it stays available for you to review.
7-day free trial. Group chats are included in both plans.
Possible bullying and an inappropriate image in the “7th grade B” group
Secretly reading it allbreaks trust
Pertoflags what matters
Knowing nothingleaves risks unchecked
Close to the people you love, without hovering.
How it works
Your daughter, son, mom, grandpa or yourself. Each number has its own profile, based on age, and its own plan.
With a QR code, just like WhatsApp Web: you scan the code with their phone, and nothing gets installed. While connecting, you choose whether Perto lets them know. No one from Perto asks for codes or passwords by message.
The profile comes preset, or you build your own. Turn alerts on and off, pick the group chats and who else in the family gets them.
Instant alerts when it’s serious. A daily summary at the time you choose. If the connection drops, you’ll know that too.
Takes a few minutes. 7-day free trial.
On your WhatsApp
No alarms over a single stray word. Perto understands context: who wrote it, to whom, in reply to what, and whether it’s someone they know.
Right away, when it’s seriousUrgent things arrive immediately, even in the middle of the night. The rest comes bundled together, without flooding your phone.
How serious, and how sureEach alert says how serious it is and how sure we are. When confidence is low, it says that too.
What to do nowSimple steps for each situation, with the right places to turn for help.
Daily summaryNew contacts, new group chats, what was covered and what wasn’t. At the time you choose.
Daily summary
Today’s summary · Ana (13)
Connected all day
412 messages and 5 groups checked
9 voice messages, 37 images and 3 videos analyzed
Incidents: 1 in a group, still being watched
What’s new: 2 new contacts and the “Julia’s Party” group
Topics: science project, volleyball, Saturday’s party
Open the summary ›20:00
When you open the alert
Grandma Lucia · private chat · new contact
Examples with fictional data.
Profiles
The more independent someone is, the less you need to see. Each profile comes preset, and you can switch any alert on or off, or build a profile your way.
At this age, they can’t yet spot a strange approach. You see the context of every alert.
You decide whether Perto tells your child. If it does, a short message lets them know their WhatsApp was connected and who connected it.
Teens have a life of their own on WhatsApp. You hear about what’s serious without having to read their chats.
You decide whether Perto lets them know. If it does, a short message tells them their WhatsApp was connected and who connected it.
They stay in charge of their own WhatsApp. You find out when something looks like a scam.
The connection is made with their phone, using the QR code. You decide whether Perto lets them know, and they can disconnect whenever they want, from their own WhatsApp.
For you or another adult in the family, like your wife or husband. The connection is made with that person’s phone, using the QR code.
They can disconnect whenever they want, from their own WhatsApp, under Linked devices.
Start from a ready-made profile and pick only what makes sense for each person.
Starting from the Teens profile: 9 alerts on. Change whatever you like.
These are the starting settings. In your account, each person has their own setup, with more than 20 alerts, each with its own rule.
Privacy
Your family’s trust is worth more than any alert. That’s why Perto works like this:
When you connect, you choose whether Perto sends them a short message saying who connected it. The connection also shows up under Linked devices in their WhatsApp.
To connect, you have to scan the QR code with their WhatsApp. They can disconnect whenever they want, from their own WhatsApp.
Each number has its own plan. Both plans include alerts and summaries. Seeing the chats is only on Complete and depends on each person’s age. For adults, only if they’ve been told.
If anyone opens a chat or the messages behind an alert, the log shows who opened it and when.
Images of violence, accidents or death open with a tap on Complete, and the log shows who opened them. Sexual content is never shown or stored: you get the alert and guidance on what to do.
Messages are kept for 15 days on Essential numbers and 60 days on Complete numbers. After that, they’re deleted.
7-day free trial. You decide how much you see for each person.
Plans
Your 1st number is R$49.90 per month and comes with everything. Each extra number is R$27.90 on Essential or R$39.90 on Complete.
R$49.90 per month
Comes with everything: alerts, the daily summary and the chats.
R$27.90 per month
Alerts and the daily summary, without opening the chats.
R$39.90 per month
Everything, like the 1st number.
R$49.90per month, 1 number
You pay R$0.00 today. The first 7 days are free.
More than 10 numbers? Talk to us.
After the trial, your card is charged monthly through Stripe until you cancel. Add or remove numbers and change the plan for extra numbers whenever you like. Prices are in Brazilian reais (BRL).
Adults’ chats only show up if they’ve been told about the monitoring.
Questions
If you want them to. When you connect the number, you choose whether Perto lets them know. If you do, they get a short message like this: “Your WhatsApp has been connected to Perto for monitoring. It was connected by Marcos, the account holder.”
Either way, the connection is made with their phone, using the QR code, and it shows up under Linked devices in their WhatsApp.
The analysis is automatic, and no one on the Perto team reads your family’s chats. For numbers on Essential, you get the alerts, the messages behind each one and the summaries. For numbers on Complete, you can also open the chats, depending on each person’s age.
Adults’ chats only show up if they’ve been told about the monitoring.
Both analyze one-on-one chats and group chats, send alerts and the daily summary, and show the messages behind each alert. Complete also lets you open the chats just like in WhatsApp, with search, 60 days of history and deleted messages marked, and sends alerts to up to 5 people. On Essential, alerts go to up to 2. The 1st number is always on Complete; Essential is for extra numbers.
Yes. The 1st number is always on Complete and costs R$49.90 per month. Each extra number goes on the plan you choose: R$27.90 on Essential or R$39.90 on Complete. For example, your daughter as the 1st number and your mother on Essential: R$49.90 + R$27.90 = R$77.80 per month.
In your account, you can add or remove numbers and change the plan for extra numbers whenever you like. The minimum is one number.
No. The connection is made with a QR code, just like WhatsApp Web, and it works with WhatsApp on any phone. You only need their phone in hand for a few minutes, while you connect.
You use Perto for 7 days, with your card saved on Stripe. If you cancel before then, you pay nothing. After that, the subscription is charged to your card every month until you cancel.
From your account, whenever you like. Your subscription stays active until the end of the month you’ve already paid for, and it isn’t renewed.
If the message reached the connected WhatsApp, it stays available for you to review, even if it’s deleted later: in the messages behind the alert, on both plans, and marked in the chat, on Complete. The exception is sexual content, which is never stored or shown.
Photos, videos, stickers and voice messages are analyzed too. Graphic images, like those of violence, accidents or death, arrive covered. On Complete, whoever manages the account can open them with a tap, like Instagram’s sensitive content screen, and each opening is logged.
Sexual content also arrives covered, but it doesn’t open: by law, Perto doesn’t store or show this kind of image. You get the alert, who sent it, where, and what to do.
You and anyone you choose, for each number: up to 2 people for Essential numbers and up to 5 for Complete numbers. Alerts arrive by email and on WhatsApp, from an official Perto number you can save to your contacts.
No password needed: you enter your WhatsApp number and get a code from Perto to type on the website. Don’t share that code with anyone. Perto never asks you to send a code by message.
With their phone in hand, you scan the QR code Perto shows you, just like WhatsApp Web. Right then, you choose whether Perto sends a short message saying the number was connected and by whom. They can disconnect whenever they want, from their own WhatsApp.
Yes, the same way: the connection is made by scanning the QR code with their phone, and it shows up under Linked devices in their WhatsApp. They need to know about the monitoring, either from Perto’s notice or from you. Monitoring an adult without their knowledge is not allowed and may be a crime.
It can, yes, just as WhatsApp Web sometimes disconnects: Perto uses the same kind of connection, as a linked device.
When that happens, you get an alert and need to scan the QR code again with their phone. While the number is disconnected, Perto can’t check anything, and the daily summary shows that gap.
No. Perto starts from the moment you connect, and it only covers WhatsApp. Calls, Instagram, TikTok and other apps are left out.
No. Perto helps you know when to talk and how to start. The analysis can be wrong, and it’s no substitute for talking things through or for emergency services. If someone is in danger, call 190 in Brazil.
In a few minutes, Perto starts keeping an eye on the first WhatsApp in your family.
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