Screen Time Parental Control App Reviews

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App works just like it says. I've had this app for a few months. After figuring out the ins and outs, it works great now. Took awhile to figure things out. But support is always there and promptly answers your questions. Love the bedtime timer, pause feature, all of it. As long as your kids don't close the app by swiping it off their iPad, you will be fine. Took my kids one time to do that before they figured out what happens! I like that you can set certain days and times for screen time, bed time, homework time. Best of all is the ability to add work for the kids to earn more time. Both kids clean the house without being asked. My oldest vacuumed the entire house! Only thing I would like to see added is to put all devices under one time limit. As of now, my oldest has a phone and iPad. When he uses up time on iPad, he will go to his phone. If there was a way to combine both that would be awesome

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Too buggy. This app has made my life miserable. I would rather have nothing at all to monitor screen time for my kid than to hear the constant crying when the apps disappear every 5 minutes - even when there should be 2 hours of time left on it for the day. The only way to get it working without an issue is to turn off the timer and put it in “free play mode” all the time, which basically gives them unlimited time and completely defeats the whole purpose of the app. It worked fairly well during the free trial (there were a few issues, but they were not unmanageable), but it seems like ever since I paid for a month of access the issues have been constant. I was also under the impression that you could lock some apps but not others (like educational apps) when their time is up, but that is not the case. It’s all or nothing. I am canceling my subscription even though I just paid for a month of access two days ago because the constant crying and hassle of having to reset the app every few minutes is just not worth it to me. The iPad is only a year old and has the most current OS so I don’t know what the problem is. I will be looking for another screen time monitor that is not so buggy.

Love this. Works like a charm with our androids. I can pause her access any time, like when supper is ready, or we need to do chores, or she broke a rule. I set up several time blocks, so she can’t access her phone during school hours except to text me, and that it does work when she rides the bus, and when she has homework. Calling is always permitted, in the event of an emergency. With the monthly fee, I track where she is, like to determine how far away the bus is, or if she is playing at her friend’s house like she is supposed to be doing, or if they disappear to the swimming hole. I can block any particular app at any time. The only negative is that the web site tracking app only works with marshmallow or [something else] which we don’t have. She is probably too young to have a phone, but with this app I can control how and when she uses it. Can y’all fix the web site tracking?

Great app. I am very happy I found this app. As a working mom, the days are very busy. As much as I tried to set a timer to control his iPad time.. it was hard to enforce and keep track. And every week trying to look through it to see if he downloaded something new and if it was appropriate. This app lets me set the amount of time he can use per day, it allows me to shut it down at a certain time at night even if he hasn’t used all his minutes, and updates me every time he downloads something new so I can look at it. It allows me to block certain games/apps on his iPad. The 2 BEST functions for me... 1. There is a “kill switch” to shut down his iPad immediately if he’s not paying attention or I need him to do something and he’s not putting his iPad down! 2. If he does something extra good that day or finishes chores, I can “gift” him more minutes on his iPad. It’s a GREAT incentive. All in all, so happy with this app. I highly encourage other parents to use it!

no. it deleted all of my kids apps

Don’t don’t have this app. It’s will share ur location

This is annoying. I’m a child but really parents why would you take away your child’s time time away from awesome games and being able to talk and play with your friends

EXTREMELY MAD. THIS APP IS SO ANNOYING YOU DONT GET ANYTHING FROM IT EXEPT A HEADACHE IT TOOK OVER MY ENTIRE PHONE AND KEPT SAYING MY TIME LIMIT WAS UP WHEN I JUST GRABBED MY PHONE IT CONTROLED WHAT U COULD INSTALL AND UNINSTALL IT WAS LIKE A VIRUS IT WOULD NOT LET U DELETE THE APP OR ANY OTHER ONE IT TOOK SO LONG TO FIND A WAY TO REMOVE THIS APP FROM THE PHONE DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT GET THIS APP IM VERY UPSET 😾

Genius App! Where have you been all my life?. Easy to manage my kids' screen AND ensure they are getting their tasks complete! Set times for certain or all apps to be in bedtime or school mode so they have access to apps they might need. I LOVE the Pause feature which allows me to literally pause all access to their device during dinner time! Easy to set up and easy to use- it motivates my kids to choose a task and complete it for additional screen time minutes and I can approve extra time for them remotely. So when I'm running errands or at work, and they send me an approval request for a completed task (with a pic!!❤️)I can see it's done from anywhere. When their daily time limit is reached, they are LOOKING for more tasks to complete for bonus time. Truly an amazing app that allows me to help manage screen time for each individual child without a lot of time spent organizing or monitoring it. This app has also created awareness for our family of just how much time we spend online and has helped us unplug to do other things.

Terrible app. This app is absolutely terrible it deleted all of my apps TWICE and ruined all of my folders and took me forever to fix and did not even work.

Do not buy. Terrible application. Never connects to kids phone and when it does it makes the kids phone disabled saying it’s the kids fault. Then you have to do a song and dance to get it working again. Don’t buy.

Doesn’t work. I really wanted to live this App, but most days it didn’t track usage. The pause feature is great, but it seemed to stop the app from recording his much time is being used. Example: my son is on iPad right now, it says inactive. He’s been in for about 30 minutes snd the usage time hadn’t moved/changed. Thank goodness this is just our trial period, I would be mad if I paid for a service that didn’t work. I guess back to the drawing board to find a screen time app that works.

Changes. I’m on Day 3 and I’m seeing a big difference in my children. They can’t get on their phones until summer reading and cleaning their rooms are both done(they earn an extra hour when completed). I also pause them when meals are ready. Very helpful in restoring order in my home. My children are 8 and 11. Glad I’m doing it now bc it would have only gotten worse!

Ivnhrt. I don’t like this setup for IPhone. It doesn’t load. There is not an app for ST Kids to download on iPhone. The only app is for the parents. Then there is no phone number for customer service to contact for help. I don’t understand why it takes 24-48 hours to get help. That isn’t helpful. Would not recommend.

Please contact me!!!. I Downloaded this app, set everything up, even paid for the extra stuff. It worked great during the trial but after that it logged me out and now it will not recognize my email to allow me to log back in and change settings. I am very unhappy with the app and their service department. Please contact me ASAP so I can delete this app.

Great App. The app allows us to control our kids tablets. The scheduling and tasks are amazing and ensuring they are done with pictures is amazing. It’s very helpful all around. Time limits allow us to limit not only when but what they have as open as well. I honestly love seeing everything they download, to ensure they are not playing anything negative. Some things I would like to see: Across the board app lock out: I would like the ability to type in names of apps for Screen time to lock out completely. I understand they have to be approved to be used. Having this extra lockout would be nice. Lockout message and time: I couldn’t find if there was an option to set this. Seeing the message appear and disappear in five seconds, isn’t enough time or big enough on tablets. Currently it’s about 3 seconds. Being able to set the message to the main lock screen so they can clearly read it, when the locked window comes up, would be nice. Across the board Scheduling: Knowing when a family has more than one child, they usually all have the similar apps. Being able to lockout a specific app or apps (example: Facebook, Roblox, Minecraft, etc..) to everyone on the list would be nice as well. Messaging: a family message board or even child to adult(s) would be nice for distance, as well as. This would allow the kid to enjoy the app a little more, but I understand this takes away from physical talking a little. I believe it would make the app more fun, to younger kids. Strictly texting.

Not good for iPhone devices. This is app doesn’t work well with iPhone. My child has an iPhone and the app always shows offline or 0 mins used even when he is on his phone. It will block certain apps during bedtime but I cannot set which app to block, it’s an all or nothing type of deal. The worse part is that they don’t have a monthly plan, so I paid for the whole year upfront and now I’m stuck with an app that doesn’t do what it claims to do. If your child has an iPhone, research other apps.

Very Glitchy. Worked ok until I tried to change settings or add a device. The email I get that shows me what apps my daughter has been on, doesn’t reflect what she does on the new devices. Also, I changed her free time schedule for summer and it keeps using the old schedule. I even deleted the old schedule and reinstalled the app.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD. So I downloaded this to control my own screen time as I spend a lot of time on my phone. Within a day of getting it it deleted all of the apps that I had made on shortcuts and deleted all of my widgets. It took me over an hour to fix. I also couldn’t sink my phone which you need to do for school. Let me tell you it deleted hours of work within a span of minutes I absolutely hate this app do not make the same mistake I did. Might I also add that it doesn’t actually work you cannot give your child more or less screen time and when you want to delete it even if you delete the account it still works so you need to go into settings and remove it which might I add is blocked so it’s a mess of an app I REPEAT DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!!!!

Don’t download. It has deleted all my daughters apps even when we restore them it continues to delete. It doesn’t work for IPhones 13-16 os. Even when you download their “fix it “ app

Almost 5 stars. It is a great concept and app. Love the block and how i can see what they are doing. Also that i can give the child more time as payout. It needs modifications though. For example my sister can take it off her phone whenever she wants there is no security to prevent this. I don't live with her and my parents are older so i downloaded it to help them. Also there were no clear instructions as of how the app works i had to figure it out by myself. It would be nice if it had first steps into the app. Like how to add time or why do the apps disappear after sometime the phone is not in use even though they are free to use. My sister complained that it makes her apps disappear as if it was locked when it is her free time to use and its true. You have to go into the app and press "get my apps back" i would be annoyed too. Its nice to help the parents needs but you also have to think about reason why the child would be annoyed. It is supposed to make them want to abide by the rules and if it makes them annoyed of course it would be broken. The nagging causes more trouble to the parents too.

Horrible App. This app is absolutely horrible. It doesn’t do what it describes. Very difficult to navigate. I actually paid for 6 months. Had the app for 2 hours trying to manage and navigate through it. I would like a refund. Who do I need to contact?

Do not buy this app. The app took away some of my apps for no reason it will take away widgets

TERRIBLE... as a child user of the app it randomly locks out all apps whether the parental figure has paused the time or not. my mom has never paused my time yet my apps lock out and glitch . my phone is stuck without the apps right now because i accidentally deleted the app from my home screen now i can access it or anything.

Can’t rate it zero so ⟟ have to rate it ⏃ one. If ⟟ could rate it, it would be in the negatives, just like how ⟟ would rate my ex. ⟟ LOVE the fact that as soon as I get on an app after playing ⏃ game for thirty minutes it tells me that I’ve run out of time.

Great app but has a glitch. We loved this app and had it for a year. However my daughter found a glitch. She hits the button on her iPad several times until it turns her apps on and renders the app ineffective.

can’t swipe up. go to the second paragraph to start reading if you would like to save time. i am 14 and my mother has decided to have me download this app so i don’t spend every waking hour of this summer on my phone. which i understand and am completely okay with. i have no problem having an app on my phone which helps my mom track my use, that is okay. but, i always clear out my apps. always. you know on an iphone how you double tap the home button and swipe up on all of your apps to clear them out? yeah, i habitually do that to save power on my phone and feel less cluttered. most people do keep that cleared out, in fact. well with this Screen Time app, if you “swipe up” on it to clear it out in your app switcher, it will DELETE ALL OF YOUR APPS. you have to go back into the Screen Time app to get them all back, and if you’re someone like me who keeps all of your apps in folders, or if you just have some folders in general, getting those apps re-sorted is extremely time consuming and ANNOYING. if you, again, are someone like me who has muscle memory of clearing out your apps and can’t NOT do it, i would HIGHLY recommend a different parental control app. this is just bothersome and very, VERY frustrating. thank you for your time, i hope this helped.

Thank You ScreenTime. Recently bought a Samsung tablet for my 7 year old for Christmas. This would have been his 2nd one as it was intended to be an upgrade since his previous one was not working anymore. He's a straight A student and all around good kid. Nevertheless I found the app ScreenTime and decided to download a few days after he received the tablet. Had no idea the web search feature would go back all the way to the first day of him using it. You can see all, even the searches they delete. Saw that he had been looking at very inappropriate things for his age, so needless to say he no longer has his tablet as I took him along to return it! I thought he was ready to handle it, but unfortunately he was not. Our kids are very curious, so even the simplest search can lead to things they are not ready to see via Internet. Had to have a lengthy conversation and remind him that mom and dad are your source of truth for everything. So a Big Thanks to the creators of Screen Time. This is a must have for all parents with kids they allow to have devices. Only thing I regret is not downloaded it sooner.

Pretty good, but a bit buggy.. (If you want the summary, skip to the bottom) Im a teenage boy, and I admit I used to be way to addicted to my phone. I only ever played Final Fantasy, and my grades were suffering because of it. my parents wouldn’t help, saying it was not their problem, so I took matters into my own hands, only allowing 1hr of game time a day. I would give it a five star review, but like the title says, a bit buggy, sometimes it wouldn’t allow any time, and some days there would be no limit. and as you can imagine, that’s counterproductive when your goal is to STOP addiction. But overall, it worked, when I decided I was less addicted and was confident I could remain unattached to my phone and Final Fantasy, I decided to delete the app, problem was, I had deleted it when Final Fantasy was blocked, and so it remained. I re-installed it, but it still locked me out for the next month, it finally let me back in and I was sure to delete it when I wasn’t locked out, buuuuuut... all my progress was wiped clean. If your kid is suffering from phone addiction, like I was, I HIGHLY recommend this app, but make sure to uninstall it when the apps are not blocked, if you so chose. Sorry for the long text (I tend to write walls of text from time to time. I should build a house out of ‘text’ come to think of it...) but to summarize: good if you or your child is addicted, but if you chose to remove it, do it when the apps aren’t blocked.

0 Stars Not An Option. Such a frustrating experience with them - including several of their tech support personnel and whoever works in billing. There was a problem with the app that couldn’t be fixed. I worked with them for months, going back and forth with emails, screen shots, following their directions to uninstall and reinstall the application numerous times (we have five kids, so multiply by five kid devices and two parent devices). In the end, they were unable to resolve the issue. I asked for a refund, and was told I would have to go through iTunes since my purchase was made through the App Store. They emailed me a link to specific instructions, which I followed. Because their attempts at resolving the issues had taken so long, it was beyond the number of days to be refunded. I was told I would have to file a dispute with iTunes against them since it was beyond the days to be refunded. After telling me that I could be refunded, Screen Time fought the dispute, which caused Apple Credit Card Services to reject my card number for fraud, and therefore turned off all of my apple accounts because it stopped payment on iCloud Storage. It has been a frustrating experience. I would recommend that people look at a different app that has been around longer and that has better guarantees for their customers.

Wouldn’t download app. This is so crazy. The app would not download. Tried a few other apps that loaded perfectly. Has to be a screen time problem.

THIS IS THE WORST APP EVER. One Saturday my dad made me get this app at first I was like ok he’s just managing how much time on using on my phone but I have OCD and if ur like me then u always need to swipe up to so u feel like ur organized but when I did it with the screen time app it deleted ALL my apps and when I go back to the screen time app to get all my apps back it mixes it them up and it annoys me very much because I have a folder for everything and seeing all my apps all mixed up makes me sad because I worked hard on trying to organize them into different folders. It also doesn’t let me go on safari to research things because I’m a curious 12 year old in middle school and sometimes I get in trouble for not doing what my teacher tells me to do because THE STUPID SCREEN TIME APP DOESNT LET ME GO ON SAFARI. It also has been tearing my family apart I rarely ever talk to my family anymore because I’m trying to fix the mess the app created. It also teaches kids to be sneaky and start lying and sometimes a bit sad because kids can’t talk to their friends. So parents, if ur reading please look for another app to manage how much time your child is using on their phone. Thank you and I hope this helped

Nice at first. It was amazing at first. Then my in-laws butted in and tried to delete apps…. Became a hassle and my child couldn’t use his phone anymore. I tired all the faq’s I tried talking to someone. It kept my sons phone locked. Had to cancel the subscription just to get his phone to work again.

I’m a kid. So I’m a kid and I think that this app isn’t bad. I just think it’s inconvenient at times. For example, it blocks me out of my phone when I have and hour left and I spend that last hour I have on my phone trying to get my apps back. It’s a pain in the neck to have to use your phone for something in school but you are blocked out and have to make your entire class wait for you to do Kahoot (who else knows about kahoot?) I also believe that it doesn’t give the kid any privacy. Your parents can see everything you do if they upgrade to premium. As a kid who keeps secrets they don’t want their parents to know about which have to do with their phone, I’m not too happy about this part. Overall, I think it is a good app but it needs some tweaking. Parents might think that this is just a moody teen complaining about how the app is terrible, but I just want it to be more convenient during hours that you may need your phone (like during class when needed for a project) or for the kids who want privacy.

Horrible app. Terrible would give zero stars if I coukd

HORRIBLE. this app is HORRIBLE. The pause feature is basically the only thing that works. And even still, I once had to redownload the app because when I paused my own phone, it DELETED MY NUMBER from ALL OF MY CONTACTS. The link to the screen time doesn’t work, so I can be on my phone for over 4 hours when my screen time is set to 2. I have ADHD and I get time blindness and scrolling paralysis and I thought this would be a good idea. It wasn’t. Also, when my bedtime lock comes off, sometimes it’ll just make me click “tAp HeRe tO gEt YoUr aPpS bAcK” and it doesn’t work. Don’t get this.

Really annoyed. Just got this for my daughter and it keeps locking the app on her iPhone and causing an issue with the app on mine. Paid for the monthly subscription and 2 hours later having trouble with keeping the dumb app working!

Can’t contact anyone! Don’t download. Can’t delete app and have written emails with no response!

Useless app. This app has not been helpful and my tween has repeatedly been able to override any type of settings we’ve used. Please parents don’t waste your time.

False advertising. It worked for a week and now says I have to buy premium to do anything!! All I wanted was a bed time mode for my sons tablet

Bad app. This app didn’t work it was super glitchy and kept blocking my apps for no reason bro

It’s been working well for me for several years. I got this a while ago because my kids wanted to use their fire tablets outside of kids mode. It’s honestly worked really well with few problems on their tablets. It’s not much for “real time” but I’m able to see day to day usage, block the tablet and really caps the time on there for my kids. It’s not easy to turn off from the kids devices. The workaround I found was to change the setting on my phone and then have them reboot, works every time.

Great app!. My husband and I absolutely love this app! It’s so hard to monitor everything your kids do now, we want to make sure they aren’t having to much “screen time” and that they aren’t looking at anything that they aren’t supposed to. Parents have so much going on, now add in monitor your children’s phone usage everyday, there’s not enough time in the day. We searched for an answer and this is it! It’s so easy to use, you can block undesirable sites, limit their screen time everyday, choose what apps take up that limit (so homework or school apps don’t get limited), monitor their web searches, know where they are with the gps tracker, and so much more. You can also quickly and easily adjust the times and options if needed. If you’re looking for help to monitor your kids phones without having to spend hours going through them, this app will give you peace of mind.

Tricky setup. Too many requirements.. As a parent, I gave this app way more opportunities than I should have. After installing, even though the app had full control of my sons iPad it didn’t actually monitor his screen time. There would be times it worked and times it didn’t. Like I had it set to stop his activity after an 1 hour 30 minutes. He wound be on it for hours longer and then I would get an email saying his usage for the day was 0 minutes. I’m glad I wasted on money on this app to delete it and pay for a more user friendly one. 🙄

Works like it should. I'm not sure why people are finding apps crashing using this app. We have not had this trouble. It does seem to take apps out of folders and move them to the home screen. I haven't checked to see if that has been fixed yet or not. Overall it works like it should. I have my son's iPad set at 1 hr/day 3hr/day on weekends (he's 6) and then I have various "tasks" set so he can earn more time (20 min extra for unloading/loading the dishwasher, 10 min for remembering to do his homework without being reminded, etc). So far it works perfectly, he uses up his time and either finds other activities to do or quickly earns some extra time so he can finish a show he was watching. You can also use the play button to give some special time whenever you want but that time keeps running when the screen is on regardless of whether or not the kid is actually using any apps. That might be what is confusing some people on how it keeps time. If a kid shuts the app down it will also block all of their "fun" apps until it is reopened ;) I do wish that there was a "parent override" on the child's device. Some way that a parent could allow/extend access to the child's device without being connected to wifi, maybe by entering a passcode. I also wish the kindle version would be fixed. I really would like to have this running on my daughters kindle fire!

My daughter deleted the app within 5 minutes without even trying. Update: I tried the Our Pack app and it was deleted the same way even when the phone was limited by the app. My daughter is just an average kid. Unless you could order your child to not to delete it. It is useless. My daughter is addicted to play games on her Iphone 6. She could play 8 hours a day. We have a hard time controlling her. If we took her phone away, she would cry and refuse to eat. We installed this app and hope to limit her game time to 1 hour per day. It looks like it would work and it looks like it is more advance than other apps available. It is also the most expensive once the trail is over at $4.99 per month. If it works, it worth $4.99 per month. However, my daughter figured out how to delete this app in less than 5 minutes. I installed it back and she deleted it again the next day. She told me she just Googled "How to delete Screen Time" and it came to a two steps instructions right away. That is way too easy. There are many people posting the cracking instructions. Screen Time should make it undefeatable first before release it. Literally all one needs to do is go to Settings, then General, then delete the Screen Time VPN and it disables everything.

Beware!. What a nightmare!! Erased apps, locked my kids phone for no reason and gave me zero information about what apps they’re using. No ability to restrict access to a specific app. Huge waste of time and money!!! Still trying to get it off our phones- might need to factory reset! Awful!!!

Doesn’t open. It doesn’t open. I click on the app and it sends me back to the home screen I can’t even set it up.

Skip. I tried installing this app on my daughters iPhone. A complete nightmare!!!! I kept getting a red flag so I reinstalled the app 3 times. No fix. Horrible customer service and tech support. Move on!!!!!

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Not user friendly. Could not work it out how it works. When I finally thought I figured it out (put on school hours mode, game apps hidden) but when I unlocked the screen time and put in free time mode, nightmare!!!!!!! All the apps out of the folders just loose across 5 pages of the screen. Uninstalled straight away! No thanks!

Pointless and a nuisance. Randomly deletes apps on an iPad when trying to get rid of the app, took our of troubleshooting to fix my apps and delete screen time, not to mention that it's intended purpose is already a possible function in settings > general > usage. 0/10 quit developing

This app is horrendous. Dont even think about getting this app like I want to give it negative starts its stupidly bad. My parents said this app won’t delete my apps and stop looking at the comments so I believed them and soon after all my downloaded apps deleted

Needs some work on IOS. The apps works well for most of the functionality. Most of what you want is in the premium service. Lockout times, daily limit and play/pause functionality works well. The task function doesn't seems to work to well. If the iPad is locked and I approve time it doesn't unlock. The kids cannot complete a task once the iPad is locked, so it'll they run out of time and want to get extra time you either need to turn access on or they need to wait until the next time it is active. Premium advertises that you can see what is used, I cannot see which apps, but I can see they are on , so monitoring is not working as advertised.

Way To Glitchy!!. To many glitches. One minute your in the app and next it takes you out of the app to the website. Devices loosing the apps and when u do get them back their all in a new random order. It's never consistent. Still needs a lot more work. Definitely not worth the $7:99 per month.

???. Don’t know how to use app

Made our lives easier :-). Great app that has made a big difference in our life in managing our son’s online activities in particular the what, when and how long for.

Worst app ever. I have a kid and I've set the time to what I want and every 5 seconds it puts all her apps in the app and I can't get them out. I hate it so much

Terrible app. I don’t normally write reviews good or bad but this app deserve a bad review. After 30 minutes of downloading it, I decided it was not for my family and when I deleted the app, Screentime took over my iPad and deleted all the apps on it! I can’t undo that for the moment and I am waiting on an answer from the company! I see some people had the same review 2 years ago, so nothing was changed in that time! My advice don’t get it!

Great app!. Great app, can't wait to see it develop more over time. Love it!

Something went wrong. After I downloaded this app it deleted my apps it said tap to get them back but 3 minutes later there gone again the only way I could get rid of it was to delete the profile

Not Recommended. Had difficulties setting up this app, which got resolved with Screentime's help. But then after this my son could not access his apps even when he was not blocked. We would then have to enter Screentime to free up his apps, but sometimes Screentime would not let him log in and retrieve them. Just a complete hassle.

Works like a dream!. When your son says to you after 2 days of installing this app "Screen Time is ruining my life", you know it's working!!! Did the free trial. Didn't hesitate to purchase monthly subscription after that.

Horrible. Got his app thinking it was a good trustworthy app by the app cover but when I downloaded it my apps were disappearing and the wifi would turn off and on. It was so creepy. Make sure you never download this app.

Tablet addict son's mother!. That's brilliant! Really easy to use! Really helpful! Thanks !

Just learning. A great idea and very well executed. Thanks.

Do NOT download. This app caused nothing but issues. Constantly locking apps and not allowing me to delete it without locking everything. I downloaded to manage my kids iPad use but it started locking everything before I had set it up.

Used to be good. I renewed in November but lately a waste of time, constant issues with the app telling me my daughter has “inadvertently wiped the app”, she hasn’t!

Developer needs to stop blocking apps unnecessarily. Ever since I downloaded this app for my child, it has constantly removed my child’s apps, even though we never even touched it. We did not swipe it up (IOS) and it still crashed constantly, bringing down most of my son’s apps with it.

Timer with drop outs. Did what it says but with version updates it was temperamental and kept requiring synchronisation which is annoying!

WORST!. I got the app and after a bit I decided it’s not for me. So I deleted it and that was it. The app stayed and deleted all my apps. I reset my phone and still I had VPN. My mum is the best and got it back. I have never hated a app so much. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS.

Nightmare. I installed this app. After doing all processes, whitout any notice, all the apps from my son's ipad were disappeared. I tried to get them back by diong the instructions the main app gave me. But none of them succeeded. After an hour attempt, finally i could do it. But again when my son was playing, all apps disappeard. This time after another attempt, i deleted this app from my son's ipad. Imagine all the worries of my son about his games that might have disappered permanently during the processes which made me unable to install the better one. Nightmare is the name of this app.

Don’t Download. I downloaded screen time and tried to use it, it blocked all my apps- I couldn’t even search on safari! After a while of pressing “get your apps back” for ages, and it letting me go on my apps for about 2 minutes, I had given up. I deleted screen time, but it thought I was a child trying to get rid of screen time! IT RE-DOWNLOADED ITSELF AND TOOK MY APPS AWAY AGAIN!!! I had to go into screen time again and sign in-just so I could log myself out again! Eventually, about a week later I somehow managed to delete screen time and get my apps back, and I don’t even know how, I tried so many times. I wish I could have a star rating lower than one. In conclusion, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!!!!

Best Discipline Tool EVER. Thx to this APP, never has a generation been easier to discipline, control or whatever you’d prefer to call it. No need to shout, scream, yell or nag. If homework’s not done, I block every app, if bedrooms a mess, again even google can be blocked, it’s at your discretion what you choose to allow or not. And the best thing about the APP? I can see all the browsing history, that’s such a relief. Lastly, I can even set a timer for how much screen time is allowed each day. This is every parents best friend. I love it, and I’m in debt to it, for the peace it’s given me. And don’t listen to the bad reviews, my son tells me it’s the upset kids writing them!!

Great idea, terrible execution. The idea is great, but the parental app is sooooo bugy and confusing to use that I gave up. Shame, the idea has the potential to reach millions of users but with this app It is going anywhere but to trash

Please don’t use it. I want to break my iPad after installing this app it works well with androids but it’s a nightmare with IPads and IPhones

Absolutely Terrible. Do not download this app! It deletes all of your other apps and is very hard to delete itself it asks for lots of personal information and is just plain creepy Do not download his app

Useless - don’t waste your time. Doesn’t work on iPad or iPhone These guys need to ensure your software works before releasing it. Great concept but finish writing software before releasing it

WORST. APP. EVER.. I never send reviews but this app has completely messed up my kids’ iPad. I would give it 0 stars if I could but had to give 1 as a minimum. Do not use this.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD😭. Do not download this app! It is so bad 😭 every time when I open a app it waits for about 5-10 seconds then closes all your apps and you have to try to get them back but it repeatedly closes every app and locks it! Please don’t get this app and consider another.

WARNING:DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP TO CONTROL YOUR OWN SCREENTIME. THIS APP WAS A NIGHTMARE. I downloaded in hopes of reducing my screentime & gaining a healthier lifestyle, but it blocked my internet & refused me my apps. Other reviews said that their apps were deleted, but luckily my mom figured out that I connected it as a VPN & disabled it before any apps were deleted. It kept on saying “Screen time in monitoring you activity”, & other creepy stuff, & why I tried to delete it at first, it WOULDN’T delete. Thank goodness my mum disabled it. This app was so creepy that I carefully swipe past it every time i see it in the app store & fear of accidentally downloading it again & not being able to delete it. Please, for your own sake, listen to all of these reviews & DON’T DOWNLOAD THE APP, you will regret it if you do.

Outstanding. Really happy with the level of service received . Initially we were having technical difficulties however since that has now been sorted I am now at ease knowing I am able to view what's going on with my child's tablet. Thanks guys x

Often crashes. Good features if it works.

Fewer fights...hurrah!. Automatically limits the time my kids spend on technology. And I fight with them about it less! Thank you, thank you, thank you! How much would I pay to have fewer arguments at home? $5/month feels like a bargain. Some teething issues with set up, but I have been thoroughly impressed by response from support team; quick and effective (so far).

DO NOT GET THIS APP. This app was horrible. Me and my family used this app and we had to accept this app from going into the hard drive of our iphones. It locks you from using any apps you download and you get stuck in a loop of not being able to use your apps and deleting this app to re installing itself. It’s scary and shouldn’t be good for your phone. Use the settings screen time instead IF YOU EVER GET THIS APP LISTEN UP PLEASE. If you have an Apple IPhone or IPad, here’s the steps to getting back all your apps. Don’t make the same mistake that I did Settings > General > Device Management. It will show Screen Time. Press it and press REMOVE

Why would anyone do this. Why would you do this at all, this is running peoples life’s, it erased all my apps and I can’t enter safari it totally destroyed my ipad

not very good. Tried this on a few iPads, I work as I.T. support so I'm fairly open to new apps and making them work. Basically on the 14day trial of premium it locked up the iPads, the app was locked and the online instructions to unlock didn't work. I spent an hour trying to fix it but unfortunately had to remove it before the kids came home from school.. It looked good, just doesn't work for me. Seems to run a VPN, but for some reason the wifi got knocked out and most of the apps disappeared. All back to normal after uninstalling the app, disabling the VPN and restarting. Shame, it seemed to do what I wanted...

Great work Screen Time!. Fantastic app, helps manage and keep control of your child's device. Our children have adapted well to the system and know their boundaries. Thanks 👌

The good and the bad. Happy with how it works and its various features, and that I control it from my device, but absolutely gutted after 2 months or so to find that my son can simply log into the guest account on his Samsung tablet and be restriction free! The screen time app has no control over it and I have no idea he's on it or what he's up to... completely defeats the point of the app... seriously disappointed in a Samsung... can the screentime app develop something to deal with this?

Great concept, poor execution. I was so excited when looking at the features of this app, however we have had nothing but dramas with it. Deleting apps off 2 children's phones, sending constant notifications, app not working, counting huge amounts of time for phone use when it was in 'bedtime' mode. Very very unfortunate 😢.

Frustrating. Come back they said - give us another go we have improved. I cannot see how - I am just as frustrated as when used over 6 months ago. I have managed to get going on one child's iPad, but not on a second iPad of same model and OS. This app is supposed to free me of managing the kids time on their devices - all it has done this evening is put me on their devices for over 2 hours!

DO NOT INSTALL Ruined my iPad. All was going well, the app temporarily 'erased' apps during the set time. But when they reappeared, all folders were permanently gone and apps just came back alphabetically ordered. Even worse, not all the apps have come back! There is a fix but I would have needed to know about it before this happened and there's nothing at all in the setup instructions about installing the fix before it destroys everything. Now there are 12 pages of apps that need to be sorted back into manageable order, and many that are just not there. So much for limiting screen time.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD. It didn’t work and it takes ages to find out how to unsubscribe. It blocked ALL apps and if u un instal it it only makes it worse because you can’t re install it to shut it down. I would rather eat my own teeth then deal with this app again!

Useless. Hopeless. VPN, which isn't mentioned in description, breaks Internet making the whole thing useless. App reports iPad as locked when in use, doesn't lock or unlock when commanded to and blocks apps when app is in play mode. Hopeless. I don't think this was ever tested at all.

Just no.. This app doesn’t let you choose which apps you want to keep and which to restrict. I was so disappointed because it didn’t help and only made my life harder causing glitches, apps to disappear, things I set up to disappear and it doesn’t even work with the new iOS 14 update which is SO ANNOYING!! It also sends creepy messages and it always says “screen time is monitoring your activity” and other really weird things. It just never left me alone! It also requests permission to things it doesn’t even need! I’m sorry but it’s a terrible app and so so not worth the price. It’s just a bad app with a good idea but it’s made horribly. DO NOT BUY THIS. I REPEAT DO NOT USE IT OKAY. I promise you’ll regret it.

Fantastic in Theory. Such a buggy app. Would routinely lock out devices and then not allow them to be logged back in. Ended up having to uninstall, which was very difficult. Pity because it was an amazing idea.

Hard. It’s hard to set it but but it is worth it.

Don’t download this app. After downloading this app I have had multiple problems, with my device including losing more then half of my apps and I can’t get them back after deleting the app. Also when I’m searching the web it just goes straight onto this website, saying sorry we couldn’t get your details. I wouldn’t recommend this app.

Too many glitches and work arounds. Took my child 2 days to work around this. It inconsistently monitored and limited time on the device. Has some great ideas and potential options but too inconsistent to make any changes to behaviour.

Do not get this app. This is the worst app ever i signed up and then I swiped up the app and it made all my games disappear plus if you just try to delete it all your games disappear and when you get them back the app is back to

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Worst app. This app shows us that our parents dont trust us and this app also took some of me and my sister’s time away even though we didnt use our ipads

Doesn’t work as advertised. Installed it on my phone as the parent and the. My sons iPad. Once we had it all set up I tested the pause feature which should not allow him to do anything and he was still able to open apps. He could even delete the app without any issues. Not a good app. Especially for paying a monthly subscription.

Worst thing ever. Don't get this app it bugs and you lose all your apps I recommend not to get this app

Earth to control. This app has helped make sure my child gets her chores and school work done. I am only giving 3 stars because it does glitch out a lot and locks her apps out even when she hasn’t swiped the Screen Time app away and I haven’t locked her out.

App. I hate this app! It’s so stupid! Take it down now!

Not worth it. App worked a little but is very clunky and slow. Not recommended as it can drive you bananas if you can't make changes fast.

Uh HELLO?. Recently my brother put this app on my tablet and for the stupidest reasons he would lock all my apps just so I can come down for dinner!! This is not fair 😠

HORRIBLE. it locked my sisters phone and I can’t do anything now. have to get a new phone

Décevant. Je suis très déçue de cette application. Au début tout fonctionnait bien mais j’ai du reset la tablette de ma fille et la fonction de blocage ne fonctionnait plus. J’ai tenté de contacter le service à la clientèle et tout ce qu’ils me disaient de faire était de déconnecter et reconnecter l’appli. Ça ne fonctionne toujours. Très déçue parce que j’avais un abonnement et au départ c’était parfait.

Worst app ever. This is the worst app ever if you guys have made ur iOS 14 themes on ur lock screens this deletes all of ur work and doesn’t let u use anything including the wifi or texting or calling on ur phone worst app ever never try this

trash. absolute trash

don’t get this all. i cant get my apps cause of this stupid thing. causes more issues than anything i die recommend it !!!!

this actually sucks. everyone whose parents forced this app, do a factory reset on your phone. your welcome

Lost ALL my data. I lost everything and I can’t get into the App Store in my iPad. I’m on my phone. I can’t uninstall it and it deletes all the apps. And you can’t even go safari. If you try to get your apps back it will say that you can’t because the safari password is invalid. How stupid

Awful. Awful app my mom blocked my phone. Unblocked it and now I have to reorganize my whole phone!!!! My mom downloaded this app and now I have NO privacy😡 DELETE THIS APP AND NEVER GET IT BACK TRUST ME!!!!

This Sucks. This app glitches ALOT and will lock my iPad for a full 24 hours randomly. Without my mom even pressing the button. It does it’s job like 4% of the time. As I’m writing this all my games are locked because the app glitches.

DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!. My dad put this app on my phone and ever since it has been changing my account information on iMessages without my permission and blocks all my apps without me or my dads permission. It also changes where my apps are on my phone and takes away my widgets. Don’t recommend for the price and a definitely a waste of money. DO NOT USE THIS APP!!!

Horrible app. This app is horrible. I can’t access any of my apps anymore because a restriction has been put on them. I can’t re download this app for some reason it sucks. Don’t get this ap you’ll regret it.

Best app!. I use it for my son. Its works great! I’ve tried other app and its seems like we are gonna keep using this app for now. Easy to use and understand!

Don’t download it. If you install the app it won’t let you install nor delete anything

Worst. Had the “free” trial but wasn’t working that well at all - it kept deleting all the apps on my daughters phone. Decided to just pay for the premium thinking it would actually work then and it deleted her device on the app and I couldn’t get her back on. Tried to speak with someone about canceling and not to be charged for this disgrace of an app and a month later still waiting for something to be done ? Do not download this app!

DO NOT USE THIS APP. This app randomly and VERY FREQUENTLY stops working. All of the blocked/restricted apps will still work on your child’s device but it will show on the parents device as blocked. Constantly (once or twice a day) will need to delete and repair with child’s phone before it starts working properly again. Complete waste of time.

bad app. horrible don’t recommend

REMOVE IT FROM APP STORE. THIS APP SUCKS I hate it I hate it I hate it. My mom is literally stalking me and not letting me talk to my friends and set my screen time to 1 hour a week. I HATE THIS. Pls pls pls remove it from the App Store. It’s ruining my life 😭😭😭😭

Literally Making Teen Lives Everywhere Hell. Parents are able to track where the iDevice is and read all of the iDevice’s messages. This app is causing teens to hate their parents because their parents are absolutely disrespecting the teens privacy.

Excellent!. My kids would write all the same reviews that other kids wrote but us adults love it. We can control their time from anywhere, give them tasks to earn more time and control different apps. It’s 4/5 only because we have had some glitchy troubles and had to uninstall/install once but is great otherwise!

Do NOT recommend. Will not work properly on either of my kids’ phones. Absolutely no reply from customer support. Horrible app, horrible support. Avoid.

Not exactly the best. If you have to use this to be a good parent, you’re not a good parent, regulate screen time yes but do it on your time, if an app has to do that for you, you are not a good parent, if you don’t have the attention to tend to your childs safety online, you’re not a good parent, don’t download this as it it glitches out all the time either blocking all apps or just not letting you get them back for hours on end Not very reliable 1/5 stars

Whenever i swipe on the screen it deletes my apps. Whenever i swipe on the screen it deletes my apps

Great app, would give five stars, if.... I like the app. It does exactly what it says and I am happy with that. No add, no useless stuff. Great! I would have given 5 stars if it was also possible to set a daily limit time on specific apps. But after trying many apps on the Play store, I came back to this one and took a paid version. Good job, team!

It’s okay. I like it, I deleted it and my phone stopped working I have to get a new phone and my insta and snap are no longer working so school has been really hard and now I hav to get a new phone.

Awful. My parents use this and it’s life ruining

Great app. Works great with little ones. It would be nice if it had a take a break feature where you could set how much time of continuous play they can have so after 45 min they would have to take a break for 15 min. Otherwise they burn through there minutes too quickly.

How to remove the app it is garbage. Go into your settings on an Apple device and click general then go to device management and then click remove management then it will uninstall this garbage app don’t download it in the first place I wasted my calling minutes so now I can’t call anyone.

I can’t find the kids app anymore…help? I’m on apple. Help please- where is the kids app in the apple App Store ?

no❤️. your wrecking my life

Trash. This is so bad it did automatically and broke my phone I can’t turn on wifi off le plz don’t download

Destroyed my iPhones Data. Horrible, first it shows that you’re parents don’t trust you. Secondly it would delete my apps here and there and my GMAIL and my SCHOOL WORK (drive, classroom, safari) and on too of that it completely locked my phone. Then i was somehow able delete the app but the vpn was still there and still locked everything. Went to reinstall it and it wouldn’t even let me. Now i tried to reset my phone completely and it wasn’t working either!!

SUCKSSSS🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿. This app is ruining my life BRUH like my mom legit stalking me with this, smh delete this trash app

TORTURE!. Do not get this app it is terrible

When the free trial is over you cannot control your child’s device. The seven day trial is now over and I cannot change the settings on my child’s tablet. I wanted to allow him to use his device and I have no access to the settings. The app is nice but it’s veeeeery expensive to go premium. I would have paid a one time amount for the app but $7 a month is just absurd. (5years x 12 months x $7 =$420, it’s not worth that, seriously) So I decided I would use the app without all the extra features, but now, I cannot disable the limit or increase it as I please. I am very frustrated! I told my kid he would be allowed an extra tablet time, and I cannot disable the app!

Useless app. Such a useless app, I got the premium and paid for it, set the limit for 1 hour a day and my child was on it for 3 hours still going. It doesn't work at all , do not buy it , the free version the first few days worked better than the paid onez

Terrible. Really awful. It has some good features, but they aren’t worth anything if they don’t work. It was totally unreliable. Glitches constantly. Only lasted 24 hours before I removed it.

Garbage. It deletes my apps then I can’t even text because it takes all my wifi away.

Great app. I have tried almost every parental control app I could find and this is the best. I found this app very useful. I have it on my ipad and my kids on their samsung tablets and it works well. I love the fact that we can add activities that the kids must do to have more screen time. It works for us and the kids play the game of doing those activities for more time : washing the dishes, playing outside... J’ai essayé presque toutes les apps de contrôle parental et celle-ci est la meilleure je trouve. Elle fonctionne très bien. J’aime beaucoup l’idée de pouvoir ajouter des tâches que les enfants doivent faire pour avoir plus de temps. Ça fonctionne pour notre famille : les enfants prennent même plaisir à faire ces tâches comme un jeu où ils gagnent quelque chose (du temps) : faire la vaisselle, ranger leur chambre, aller jouer dehors (oui, il faut un peu les forcer parfois...). Bref, super app !

Lolol. Loving the one star reviews from kids. This worked great for my kids on their mobile devices. They are at home a lot since carona and this app allows me to encourage them to do their homework and chores all while making sure they are not using inappropriate apps while I’m at work.

This app sucks. My mom put this app and it’s thé most garbedg app ever U dont like!

Why Does This Exist????. Ok! So I have a screen time limit on my phone already!! And I don’t like it and it is not fair because I’m a teen and shouldn’t have it on my phone!!! This shouldn’t exist!!!!! But the app is good!!

Question?. I want to try first I like to pay monthly but my concern is that cancellation.If I choose monthly payment can I cancel anytime no charge?

Awful. Probably one of the worst apps I’ve ever downloaded it locked me out of everything and it’s very confusing!!! DO NOT RECOMMEND

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Good app. Overall, this app works pretty good. It gives me screen time and when screen time is over, it locks me out of my apps, but I can still use messages, FaceTime, calling, Apple Music, and more apps that came with my phone. However, I don’t like that when you close out of the screen time app (meaning you double tap home button and swipe the app up) it locks you out of your apps. When you go into the app and get your apps back, they are all unorganized and I like them organized. I take the time to organize and move them back into folders, which takes up screen time. That’s the only problem with it. Otherwise, this app works really good and you can earn extra screen time for doing tasks like tidy your room and do your homework and do something kind. It’s a great app! 👍

bad design.. The screen time app makes my brand new iPad feel glitchy because if the ipad does not log on to the WiFi, screen time automatically blocks all the apps even if they aren’t blocked through the parent app. This happened several times at school and it’s quite frustrating. This may not be intended by the developers, but it has happened several times, across several devices in our family. In the promotional video it says something to the effect of “this will put an end to those stressful arguments”...well, personally, I think it causes them way more often. Also, once the apps are “un-blocked”, screen time re-arranges every app on the Home Screen, and it frustrates me because I had them all organized in a specific order, and having to put them back every day is quite a hassle. I’ve seen a couple people deal with this.

Excellent App. Best we've found for helping to monitor and keep tabs on what your child is doing with their device! These devices are meant as tools, and they are powerful tools at that! You wouldn't give your 5 year old child full access to a table saw. Then when you did let your child use it, you wouldn't do so without making sure there were protections in place and making sure your child was completely responsible with using the tool without hurting themselves. These devices can be similarly dangerous--in different ways. This app helps you make sure your child is safe and responsible. And I highly recommend the advice given by the creators of the app--communication with your child is key!!

Success!. The proof is in my 11 year old son's text message just after we installed Screentime on his phone: "Hi Mom. I will do anything to delete screen time. I PROMISE, I will stick to the one hour game rule if we just delete it. I will do anything. I will do laundry, I will help with the garden, I will clean everybody's plates for a week, I will do anything to delete screen time!!! 😢" Screentime has eliminated the constant tension created by our kid trying to skirt our house rule that limits his gaming (1.5 hrs per day on school days.). Until Screentime, our beloved, crafty kid could always finds a way to beat the system and game US. Guess what? Screentime makes that impossible. He can get more time if he completes assigned chores but other than that, there's really no way around it. The limit we set is the limit he has no way around. He has come to accept it and when he maxes out his time, he does things such as (insert audible gasps here) go OUTSIDE and play, interact with his older sister, and even reach for a book!!! Hallelujah! Screentime does what it says and we are very pleased. Well worth the subscription price. Thank you for inventing this.

Revolutionized my children’s relationship with their iPads. What an app! My wife and I have regained control of our children’s minds. Screen Time has enabled us to control exactly how much time our kids get on these addictive devices and done it in a way that is both educational and helpful. The way the apps disappear when their time is up is awesome. The fact that they can “earn” extra time by completing tasks we’ve created like:”read 2 chapters” or “ collect eggs from coop”, or “do something kind” is fantastic. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t recommend this app enough for those parents who would like to regain control of their kids time and development

This is horrible for apple products. My daughter who is 13 is clearly having trouble with her time on her iPad but i noticed it seemed that her apps were disappearing out of the blue and without warning concluding that neither me or my husband were controlling her apps. We noticed also that when she was in a place without wi fi it kept turning off but it would get worse than because both of us couldn't get them back at all without wifi but she only plays it without wifi. Usually when there is wifi she can get her apps back but its getting worse to the point were the data of how long she played it was far incorrect so i called the company but they said "well your daughter needs to stop opening the app." I said the only way to get her apps back is to open the app! They hung up! So far this is the worst parent control app i have ever seen i can find things a million times better! Have a nice day!

Best app for this category. I've tried a few apps. This is the only one that worked for me. Others were too easily thwarted by my text savvy son. Also has pretty good flexibility with different times (school day, evening, and bedtime). It's too bad that Apple doesn't allow per app control but as it is it's pretty good since you can block any non-default apps. Definitely read through their FAQ on how to set up iOS correctly so I can't be forwarded (you should also block safari since that's the default app and doesn't fall under the daily limits). There was initial resistance with my son but after gradually introducing this app things have been a lot more peaceful an device limits more easily managed. I definitely recommend this app.

Solid App - Use with dialogue to your kids.. Not only has the ap eliminated the need to constantly police my children's time on their phone, but when combined with communication regarding developing better time management skills and budgeting phone usage, this is a great ap that has made everyone in the family more aware of the amount of time they spend on the phone. The inherent limitations on the ap are iOS related, but I feel that the developers have put together work arohndsxwherecthey can. And the customer support has been top notch with a personal response everytime we have had a question or a concern. I highly recommend.

Constantly Blocks My Apps. When I had my LG G Flex phone, it was fine. I hated it at first because I couldn’t be on my phone as I please. As a 13 year old I love my phone time and I like chatting with my friends, which was limited with screen time. It wasn’t until we read a passage in ELA about the how much teens spend on devices. After I told my mom thank you for getting screen time. However, when I got my iPhone 5s it constantly blocks my apps. I hate it, I understand hate is a strong word, but it’s true. I would recover my apps, then clear all my screens (if you know what I mean) and I’d get an alert, “you have an issue” or “your phone is isn’t working properly,” or whatever it was. Many days my I would want to throw my phone. But really I just wanted to express my extreme dislike for the app. This is a okay app, however I recommend a different app.

Good on many levels. I've been using this app for a couple months now. After the evaluation period, it was already clear that it was making life a lot easier -- both for me and my son -- by structuring how much time he could spend on his device and on what. Less arguing all the way around. And so I bought the premium version. It takes a little configuring (for example, make sure to control settings so that the child cannot delete the app), but overall it is straightforward. The features are just what I would have asked for. I am unhappy that it doesn't work for iOS, but that is not the feature of the developer here.

Great tool for managing screen time. I first installed this on my son's tablet after growing tired of arguing when our 30 minute time limit was up. After the free trial, I let the app lapse only to realize a few weeks later that it was totally worth the very modest price. We now manage screen time without the drama and my son is very responsive since the limits are clear and the message to our it away comes directly from his device. I would highly recommend this to any family who limits screen time! Also beware that many of the low star reviews are from disgruntled kids (which means it's working).

App has issues. I downloaded the app, and followed all the instructions to set up the app, and not knowing that app has issues to work on IOS devices, i started the app. I clicked to pause my sons ipad, and the app locks it. That worked fine. Then when i clicked to allow play time, it doesn’t work. I then go to the support page to find out that the app is having issues working correctly on IOS device. That might be important to let users know when they download it. When running the app there is a little assist that pops up asking if you need help. That assistant should of told me not to activate the app till it is fixed. After uninstalling the app in a complicated way from my son’s ipad, I did the same on mine. Just be aware using this app. I gave it one star because screen time speaks of what the app can do, but not letting you know that its temporarily out of order for IOS. That would of saved me the discussion i had with my child when he thought i broke his ipad.

Controls the kids' screen use. I've used this app for my three teenage boys for about six months, and I'm very happy with it. I am able to limit their screen use for games and surfing to a couple of hours a day, and not during bedtime and while at school. They are able to telephone, call, and email whenever they like so we are always able to communicate. Two of my sons are on the spectrum and used to spend every waking moment on the phone or laptop. We use Apple's parental controls on their laptops, and screen time on their phones. Now, getting them to eat, exercise, do chores, and interact with others is much easier. I use this app to reward daily exercise with additional screen time. When we travel I can also allow more screen time if I choose. This app makes parenting spectrum kids much easier!

Love it!!. Children love discipline!! Electronics were getting out of control in our household with my son. Especially his phone 😤. This app allowed me to put a time limit on his phone. Also, he can do different task to buy himself more time. I made the task things he needs to improve on; Chores, hygiene, fitness, playing with his dog, grades, and things 11 year olds are supposed to do. It’s working so far, have a happier kid too, and his eyes are actually on me now when I talk to him. Plus, knowing he only has so much time he is more inclined to put his phone down and save some time for later. The only downside, has nothing to do with the app itself. I just had an issue buying the premium through iTunes! So, if upgrading I would recommend buying through the site and not an iTunes subscription. Plus, it doesn’t cost as much! 👍🏻

Not for iOS. I have installed and uninstalled this app no less than 5 times on my son's iPad mini over the past 18 hours to no avail. I have recreated him as user on the screentime management interface 3 times in an attempt to rectify and enable the app, but that did not work either. I even hard reset the iPad several times, still no luck. First, the geolocation does not work, no matter what location settings are enabled. Turning it on and off, starting and restarting the app - nothing works so I gave that up as something that just does not work. Then, the app installs on the iPad the first-time but then just minimizes itself the whole time so the user can't open the app. You have to uninstall the app and restart the device to install it again just to see the initial screen before it minimizes itself continously again. Lastly, all games and apps installed prior to installing screentime then disappeared from the iPad. I installed the layout app as suggested in support documents - well I tried, layout app refused to install and made no difference regardless of how the installation instructions was followed. The only way I could get the apps back was to delete the screentime app, delete the profile it created and restart the iPad. I tried to chat with support but they could also not resolve any of the issues. The app may work on other operating systems but on an iPad mini, it's just more frustration than worth the cost. Not recommended for iPad mini.

Take control of your life.. I learned about this app on PBS and came searching. Here's my experience so far. Decreased & controlled my child's usage from a shocking 5-6 hours to a voluntary 2-3. The first free month revealed the usage amount which blew us away. We set limits on bedtime. It worked. When the free time was over, I waited a bit & then decided it was worth it. The paid version for iPhone is unfortunately limited & cant be used to limit per app. However, for summer, when camp is out, I have assigned an overall 4 hour use, and can REWARD extra time for room cleaning, dog walking etc. The BEST feature is that if I call the kids & they can't pick their head out of their device, I can PAUSE their access immediately. Guess what? People around here are taking it more seriously & I have some parental control back.

Quite annoying. As a kid,I must admit that I am pretty addicted to my electronics so when my parents put screen time on my phone I didn’t mind it, I started paying attention at school and spent more time outside rather than stuck in my room messing around with my phone. The thing is screen time has this little thing that just makes me wanna screech in anger! You see one day when I was playing an online game on my phone with a few friends, my phone suddenly got blocked. I checked out the app to see what was going on and screen time just said “oops sorry screen time accidentally blocked your apps, tap here to get them back”. And I did as the instructions said, once I got my apps back and got to playing again the same darn thing happened, so I did as the app said. And it happened again, and again, over and over. Must I admit I did this for quite a while until I went to complain too my mom. And this is something that has been happening on the daily which is why I give screen time two stars.

Good concept, failed app. This app is great, when it works, but I keep finding my son playing with his iPad when it should be locked and limited. When I try and reboot the app it keeps telling me there are problems connecting so it goes ahead and let my kids play. I've had to resort to locking up the devices just as I had before. The app is so cumbersome to delete and set up every time there's a problem, that it's just not worth it. Especially since there's a monthly fee On another note, the app is very poorly integrated with Apple voiceover, so anyone requiring voiceover, or who has visual difficulties, will find this app almost impossible to use. Very poor accessibility features I was very excited to see this app, but very disappointed after using it for the last week. I downloaded this app because I was looking for something that I could monitor, and limit the use on my children's iPad.

Best child lock app in iTunes. First off, I don't ever write reviews. Unless they are really good or really bad products. I have tried almost every child lock app in iTunes, this app is hands down the best for my families needs. We set daily limits of an hour for our kids. We can reward them for good behavior or doing chores for extra time, all from the screentime app. There is a fee for the premium service but in my book it's worth every cent. No more yelling at the kids to get their attention. They don't answer me by the second time I called their name I turn their iPads off from my phone. I did have a problem setting up my kids iPads but Oliver was a huge help! Thank you.

Amazing app. We bought My 10 year old daughter her first phone. I didn’t mind her being on it at first but lately I’ve noticed that it is affecting her day to day activities, she seems distant and distracted. I wanted something affordable and easy so I can Monitor her screen time. I downloaded the app on both our phones and right away I loved it! I set a timer each day 1-2 hrs daily and all her apps become disabled when her time is up. She can text and make calls only. I added a bunch of tasks that can get her extra time. Each time she completes a task (wash dishes, tidy up your room) she can get extra time. Sometimes on weekends or long trips I give her extra time/free play for as long as I choose. I would recommend this app to ALL parents!

Does exactly what I need it to do!. I’ve been looking for a screen time monitoring app and this is JUST what I needed. This takes the pressure off me to constantly keep an eye on how much time each of my 3 kids are spending on their devices. The time is set, and when the apps disappear, there is groaning and moaning but they get over it very quickly and move on as opposed to throwing a fit in front of me for literally taking it out of their hands. They can also reference the app on their device to see how much time they’ve used/how much they have left and decide whether they’d like to save it for later. Also, the “chore” list is genius! They can make their bed, clean their room, take out the trash, or any custom chore you enter for extra time. The request is sent to your own phone to approve. So simple! My husband and I love it.

A worthy work in progress.... The power of Personal Technology can be an incredible blessing, but also a curse in the wrong hands- especially immature hands. It MUST be put in its proper place, which the makers of ScreenTime are accomplishing quite well!! Counteracting the heady power and often dangerous freedoms given by these devices is no easy task (for us adults, let alone immature children!) and there will be kinks to work out. But the fact is, no child actually NEEDS a personal electronic device, thus, it's a LUXURY item. In the real world, luxury items are the natural consequence of good decisions, responsibility, and maturity! ScreenTime helps parents make the awesome privilege of technological freedom and the power of technology commensurate with the child's maturity and choices! Thank you so much, and keep up the good work! For our family it's: Safe device, or NO device! Mom of four, ages 5-13

This is what we, as parents, need to help our kids.. My wife and I were worried regarding the heavy use my kids (2 kids) have of their iDevices. One expert (Psichology speciaslist in Education) in México recommended us this app so we can have, not just control but a way to negotiate with the kids showing them the benefits of a responsible use. In the beginning was not an easy task (nobody wants to be watched and controlled) but as soon as they understand what we as a family are looking for, they "board the ship". By the way, if your kid is good at tech, he/she will try to override the app and will give you some headaches but also a good understanding of the app functions.

Great Ap. I have been using it for a month and love that I can limit apps and screen time from anywhere. To assume your children are able to self regulate is naive. I restrict use to 4 hours a day and if they are not able to budget that time wisely then it just clicks off. However, I am still able to keep their reading apps open if I like or allow them to use the phone feature. So I can still reach them when needed. It also allows me to ground them instantaneously from their phone without me being present to physically take it. My kids use alarm clock and calendar so if I take it away then it's dependent on me to know all their schedules.

Review for Kindle, Samsung, and iPad. On my Samsung device - This app works like magic. It's amazing. I can limit my son to certain hours of the day, block bedtime and/or home school times, restrict specific apps, and give him tasks to accomplish to earn extra time. It's absolutely perfect. 5 stars On my Kindle device - It crashes the device every time I install it. It won't work at all. 1 star On my iPad - It installs fine. It doesn't crash the end device. (Yah!). But it doesn't do as much - won't restrict apps, etc. And for some strange reason, even though it's supposed to limit my daughter to a certain amount of time per day, it does not. And it also won't turn off at bedtime like it's supposed to; it just keeps running. But the iPad version is brand new so I am sure Screentime will receive updates to fix this issue. 2 stars

Great app, too expensive. The app does a great job doing exactly what it claims to do....for the most. Pros: You have complete remote control of your child's device, such that even if they turn it on, they still can't access their apps. The scheduling features are nice, allowing you to choose the time and day for you to be more restrictive during the week vs the weekend for example. Metrics, tons of metrics, from time per app, usage graphs, etc... great for a few test lean six sigma projects. Cons: App is required to be on both devices and the app has to be open. If your child double taps the home button and swipes the app away to close it, then all the app icons disappear, crying ensues, this also disrupts communication with the parent device, and now you have a real situation. Not something unplanned for, a few on the screen directions, and you're back on track, but it can really ruin a date night.

Not useful with Apple products at all!. The utility of screen time on an iPhone is almost 0. Basically it allowed me to set a time limit for my children for overall use of the phone, but not see which apps they were spending their time on or set limits by app. In addition the device management really only worked if the app was open. If my child swipe the app as they frequently due to close all the open apps it would basically freeze their phone. This is not helpful. The app should be able to just be run in the background and not be controlled whether it's swiped or not. My children could not restart it unless they were connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi. Cellular Data did not work. So, when my highschooler was traveling with her cross country team she was completely paralyzed and unable to do her homework on the Internet. This app is useless and I had to remove it from my children's phones said that they could actually use their phone. Do not pay for this. Find a different app that works better with iPhones.

Highly recommend. We are long time users of this app... overall it is a life saver. My son is 13– not very money motivated but highly screen time driven. The ability to set up tasks with various time allotment is great! It has truly helped to incorporate new chores and new foci in his day— recently— I wanted to encourage Joey to keep a gratitude journal— I added it to his list of tasks and gave it high value in terms of time on screen! He now has adopted journaling as a part of his daily routine and actually took his journal on a family vacation—another example is how we slowly added component parts of laundry chore— he now is able to do his laundry from bring it downstairs— start washer— move to dryer— fold and put away— this was developed over 3 years— just this weekend he did the entire family’s laundry Bc of a snow day and extra home time for him— I could go one— There are some features I would love added — one in particular—limiting time on certain apps IE fortnight— or at least a counting of how much on each app— It can be glitchy at times hence not a perfect rating but overall we have been loyal customers for at least 4 years and plan to continue 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤜🏼

Great tool. Screentime was recommended to me by a friend and I have now recommended it to other friends. This is an excellent tool for parents. This app is definitely worth the money. I can remotely grant my kids screen time or take it away. They have learned to earn screen time and submit their chores for approval. Apple does not allow screen time to track which app is being used (just the times the screen is on) but the kindle does show which app they are on. It does lock up on my daughter's iPhone a lot. It will lock her out when she shouldn't be. Apple does not allow screen time to shut down iMessage, so when this happens she can let me know so we can troubleshoot it. Even with this minor annoyance, it is still worth every penny.

Best tool for keeping your kids phone/iPad use in check. My kids *hate* screen time. <-- and that's the world's greatest endorsement for this sort of app. For me it's the best tool in the world. I get notified when they install a new app, I can limit their use of any app (great for killing phone bloatware). I can prevent them from changing settings and limit their use during school hours. It's especially effective at getting them to respond when you just yelled downstairs for them to finish their chores. No response? Hit "pause" and send a message. Instant response from the kids. Ignore the negative reviews. They are mostly fro, kids who hate this app.

An alternative to taking phone away. I have used this app for one month now and it has been worth every penny. My son was spending a ridiculous amount of time playing games while neglecting homework, sleep, etc. I was going to get him a "dumb phone" for texting and phone calls but then I learned about this app and decided to give it a try. After a bit of trial and error, I figured out how to set limits on certain apps while still allowing access to text/phone features. He also has unlimited access to all apps for 30 minutes a day, and he has learned to budget his time. There is a bit of a learning curve with this app, but don't give up- it is well worth the effort! The app is kid-proof too. I do not think kids can circumvent it unless they know your password. Also, if you have trouble refreshing (at times there seems to be a lag), try restarting your kid's phone.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!. I downloaded this for my daughter bc she needed to space out her time on her phone. A friend told me about this app so I downloaded it. Immediately, it took away ALL OF HER APPS! She started to freak out, and so did I. She had 4 hours left in her phone, in the middle of the day, and we had to restart both of our phones. She had all of her apps (she had A LOT) rearranged nicely by color. And next thing you know, they’re sorted terribly. It randomly deletes her apps in the middle of the day. She has to restart her phone every 15 minutes! I repeat, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! I also considered deleting this app bc of how frustrating it was, so I looked at the reviews. Nice to know that it’s rated 2.1 starts and over half of the people downloaded this app rated it 1 star, including me. Looking at what reviews people have written about deleting the app, ok too scared to. I don’t want my daughters apps being deleted permanently! It seems that once deleted, you cannot get them back. If you made it to the end of this long, long rant, thank you. I feel the need to aware parents and children of how trash this app is! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!

Good idea, trouble executing. I bought the trial and actually paid for a longer term membership but could never get the installation to work. Installed on my phone and child’s phone but could never get it connected or working. Support was responsive by email within 24 hours but they don’t have any option for telephone support and some support staff offered synchronous support via text or WhatsApp but it would take days of emails to arrange. When they sent instructions or preprepared support, it had directions for an old version. Of iOS so some of the settings things that needed to change actually weren’t located where they said and one had been eliminated from the phone Settings. THETE IS NOT TELEPHONE Support OR IMMEDIATE ‘chat’ based support. The support is located in England and only open during business hours there, so if you are in US it can be difficult to access support and have your child’s phone with you. I should have made sure that it was working with free version before buying. But, the support experience was frustrating with no phone or chat and the time change. I now switched to a different program and it installed and worked immediately within 5 minutes.

Control over the screen monster. Finally control over their phones without nagging. I give my girls an hours of screen times and they can earn more time by completing tasks and checking those off in the app for me to approve. They can still text and call when screen time expires which is great to always get a hold of them. I love being able to pause their phones at any time and send a message like "you haven't finished your homework". You'll see kids enter negative reviews here. That means it's working lol. Overall it's a great reminder that in our house it's not ok to spend all waking hours on screen time

Great app for parents!. I used another app before this but couldn't do as much as I can with this one. I love how there can be multiple children and devices on one account. The pricing is also not bad. I got a year of service cheaper than with the old app I had that did very little. I love how I can control the amount of times he can spend on his decieves so its's not a free for all and I like that I can add things for him to earn extra time which get's his choires done a little quickly. My 9 year old son hates this app however because it doesn let him do whatever he wants. He doesn't like having parental controls on rated things which I love because I know he can't watch things that are over his age group. Me and my husband both love this app and will continue using it.

I love this app!. This app allows me to shut down my child's iPad play when they are not behaving and it also allows me to reward them with extra play when they are behaving. Now, when I'm not able to watch them do their homework, I know they are not playing on their iPad because I have control over it. I don't hear "one more minute mom, let me finish this game" anymore because when I tell them to do something and they ignore me I can shut down their game LOL, mom wins!!!! I can also reward them for good behavior. Do an extra chore for mom, do an extra chore for dad, earn extra minutes on your iPad. And all they have to do is shoot me an email through the app to let me know they finished a task and wherever I'm at I can approve it or deny extra minutes.

Great app to track/limit tablet screen time. I've used this app for about a year and love it. I can see what apps are on my kids' tablets and how long they spend on each app. I can set a limit of how much time they can have per day, and make certain apps not count toward their total. I can send them a message that displays on their tablet. I can set up tasks for them to do to earn more time. The only issue I've had is that the app won't refresh if they're not in wifi. Before going on a car trip I add more time, and have them log onto their tablets so the totals update. It is possible to turn it off with a simple swipe, but your settings will default back (for example, if you set it so certain apps don't count toward time). I absolutely love this app and the control it gives me.

It is SO buggy and it’s the worst app ever!!!. Hello I am a 10 year old girl and I got a new iPhone 10 a few months ago. So my mom set up parental controls on it. I had screen time on my old phone but it didn’t work so I was fine with it! But For months I have Ben saying that it was a super bad app! It was going out on me at like ALL of my zoom calls for school and extra activity’s but my mom said “no screen time no apps” it’s the worst thing EVER!!!! I know parents are reading this saying you need time off your phone if your so upset! But you need to see a kids side of the story NOT just YOURS!!!!!! I am on Vacation and there is not a lot to do but play on my phone I have Ben at the beach so I have a HUGE sunburn on my face shoulders and back so it will hurt me to do anything else, so I lay down on my bed and play games on my phone! Parents I know what your thinking but sometimes you can have your kid be mad and frustrated with this app and than they will get mad at you so please this app is misery and torture to some kids so just listen to your KIDS side of the story! Please!!!!!

Does not work for iPhone using cellular data.. First off....the praise. Great UI and perfect functionality for controlling your kids screen time. Now the problem. Installed on both of my boys new iPhone SE's. The app works flawlessly when connected to WiFi. However, if the phone is outside with cellular data and their time runs out, the child will lose all their apps as intended. The phone switches to a VPN and has no internet. If you try to send a Play command or add time, the phone will not receive it. Bottom line, there's no way to unlock the block. Find my iPhone will not work and you can't locate your child even if location sharing is on. Support was VERY responsive. I tried all their suggestions but it's a known problem and no fix for now. If they fix the issue so the program works with cellular data, it will get 5 Stars. Right now, it's unusable.

Stupidest app ever!. I am on the receiving end of the app. I am really mad at it actually here is why. It drained my battery very quickly. The other day I used it my phone for only 25 minutes out of the whole day and by the time I went to sleep, it was at 56%!!! That is out ragious... also, I close out my apps all the time and sometimes I would swipe screen time. It was very rude saying if u don't open it, your apps will be gone. It had happened a couple times. The. When I tried to delete the app, it took my apps, then when I tried to get my apps back, the app locked itself. I went onto my parents phone and it said that you had to do it on the child's phone. Which it was blocked so it wouldn't let me get my apps back. I ended up deleting my profile from my parent phone and now I am finally free! Basically it is a stupid app, it wastes ur battery and it is a hassle to keep. DO NOT GET THIS APP!!!

Best app of its kind.. This is an excellent app! I have three children, each with their own device. After trying several apps that promised to help me control their use of their tablets - but didn't - I finally found Screentime. It does exactly what you want it to do: it monitors time on each app, allows you to selectively block apps, set daily use limits, block usage during specific hours of the day and week and reward your children for doing chores or other good behaviors in real time. So far, the app has been bug-free on my kid's devices and the iPhone app that I use to monitor their tablet use works great. Updates on your child's use of their tablets are also sent via email if you want to receive them. Finally, I also like that the user interface is clean and intuitive. There's no learning curve to getting started. Can't recommend it enough!

DO NOT USE ON APPLE DEVICES. I have spent the past hour trying to download this onto my phone and my daughters iPad. The program is very glitchy, keeps looping back on itself, freezing and will not let me finish the installation. It did however install enough to completely block up her iPad. Using the help suggestions on their website I have completed the process of restoring her apps several times. But that is also glitchy and will not complete. So at this point my daughter has lost almost all of the content on her iPad. I read in earlier comments that users are having the same problem. I regret ever trying this app! I have sent a help message to the help center. I have since received a reply from app support. Their response was pretty quick. But nothing they recommended helped. I ended up having to wipe her iPad clean and restoring it from a previous backup. In theory this app sounds perfect but nothing I tried could get it to completely install and function.

I got my child back!. I think it’s really funny to read the one star reviews by kids. Especially when they are trying to pretend to be parents. I’ve actually come back a couple of times to read what they write. I have been using this app for about three months now. I have complete control of my sons device. If you take the time and learn how to use its features, you’ll really love it. Not only can I disable the whole thing remotely, I can choose which apps he uses for how long. A perfect example: My son loves to play a zombie game. It’s called plants and zombies. I have his tablet set up so he can have two hours a day of free time. Once the two hour time limit has been reached, all of the fun apps are disabled automatically however, all of his learning apps are still available. As soon as the time limit is reached, you will see him switch to ABC mouse or several Spanish learning games. He has about five apps that will continue after the fun time limit has been reached. I highly recommend this app. I recommend the paid version as it keeps complete control. I get an email every day with his use report

Horrible app, doesn’t work. My mom put this on my phone so i wasn’t up at night on it. She then deleted it from her phone because I didnt need it anymore. My phone stopped shutting down at night so that was good. I didn’t delete the app because I didn’t even know that my mom didn’t want to use it anymore. She told me she deleted it on her end, and so I tried to remove it from my phone. When I deleted the app I got a message that “i have swiped out of the app, open screen time to get your apps back”. I COULDNT OPEN SCREEN TIME BECAUSE I DELETED IT. All my apps were gone. I had to reinstall the app so that I could get them back. So now screen time is stuck on my phone forever and I cant delete it without all my other apps being gone too. Also, when you swipe out of your apps just to clear it, you can’t swipe out of Screen Time or it removes your apps. ALSO, even when screen time isn’t on my moms phone, the app just randomly shuts off all my apps. I have to go into the screen time app and wait like a whole minute to get my apps back. DONT GET THIS APP AND HELP ME REMOVE SCREEN TIME!!!!!!!😭

Changed our lives. This app works really well. My kids hate it but we love it. It has really helped them to be more aware about the amount of time they were spending on their phones. Now they monitor their own screen time and save time in case a friend might text. The app works really well. We have had no issues with glitches. I especially like the app history and website history. We inadvertently found out our teen was searching some inappropriate subjects. Also it is so easy to customize schedules (different for weekends and weekdays). Being able to pause and add extra time has also been great. We have recommended the app to friends and they have been as thankful as we have to find this app. Can’t recommend it highly enough! Thank you screentime!

Needs tweaking. I purchased this app for my 3 children and it’s works ok. They do use several apps for school and this app would lock them out even if I placed those apps as approved. The VPN I can’t stand!! We have iPhones so I don’t need this to track them and I think this abound be an option not a requirement, along with other “requirements” for use of this app. My kids were so frustrated not that it was installed but because of how often it would remove ALL of their other apps. I did like that you could pause the phone if your child was disobeying or “couldn’t hear you”. This literally put the phone on a pause and was not useable. I’m not trying to run my child’s phone but limit what apps are being used like social media usage, when they need to have their phones put away etc. I do regret making this purchase. It’s not bad but it needs quite a bit of work.

No more arguing!. Fantastic app which allows us to easily control the amount of time kids spend on their devices. THe ability to allow a given amount of time without a specific schedule is so important. THey can spend their 1 hour anytime they choose and then there is no whining about how the 7-8pm time wasn't fair today because blah blah blah and I need more time. With this app, they choose when and where to use their allotted time. Love also the ability to reward tasks, or to easily allow extra time from my phone or ipad anywhere, even if out to dinner! The customer service has also been great - I asked a few questions and got personal feedback in real time. Fantastic!

Kids can work around app blocks. I appreciate the plan to block any and all apps on my teens’ phones, but unfortunately one of my teenagers was able to work around these blocks to her detriment. We blocked all social media and chat apps on their phones, but when they received notifications from either these apps or from text messaging, they were able to swipe that notification to view and reply regardless of whether it was outside of their time limit, past the bed blocker time, or completely blocked altogether. Furthermore, any usage of the app in this way was not recorded and reported in my daily screen time usage report. So we had no idea it was happening. My daughter was able to work around her app blocks and communicate with someone who turned out to be a predator on google hangouts for several months. Please help us keep our kids safer by tightening up security on your app.

A dream of a parental control in a difficult world of kids and tech. This application has been a huge positive as parents. My seven year youngbson in particular was a challenge beforehand, deferring homework over arcade games, waking up ahead of me to sneak video game times, etc. Once Screentime was installed we had an ability to make the application a huge controller so we as parents weren't the bad guys limiting their ipad use- it was the application now built in to its use. Secondly, we were able to reinforce positive behavior, bonusing them extra minutes when warranted, or having the capacity to shut their screens off when necessary. I have recommended this application to more than eight friends and acquaintances.

Works well for us. I’ve been using Screen Time for a couple months now and it works very well. It was hard to find good parental controls for iPads. I tried mypact first but could never get the software downloaded and working correctly. Screen Time was so much easier! I’ve got 3 kids with iPads and it easily allows me to control their usage and it shuts off at a set time every night, regardless if they hit their limit or not. At first they hit their limit everyday but after a week or two they adjusted and now rarely use their full iPad time each day. I hope in future updates it will allow us to control specific apps but for now, It’s cost effective and works exactly how I need it too. Thank you Screen Time. You’ve helped our family out considerably.