Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

About this app

As a parent, do you sometimes ask yourself questions like...

Does my child spend too much time playing games?
What sorts of games does my child play?
Can I restrict games according to my child's age?

If so, this might be just the app for you!

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls™ is a free app that allows you to easily monitor your child's use of the Nintendo Switch console.
(Please note: A Nintendo Switch console with the latest available system version is required to use this app.)

With Nintendo Switch Parental Controls, you can:

1. Monitor your child's play time on the console.
Set a daily play time limit, which notifies your child on the console when time's up for the day. You can also check this app to see how long they've been playing. If necessary, you can also use the "Suspend Software" feature to make the console go into sleep mode when the set time is reached.

2. Find out what games your child plays.
Nintendo Switch Parental Controls provides convenient reports that show you what video games have been played on the console recently and how much time was spent playing each day.
View daily reports and monthly summaries of play activity. If you choose to receive push notifications, you'll be notified when a new monthly summary is available.
This will help you learn what games your child enjoys most.

3. Set restrictions to ensure your child can play safely, no matter their age.
Easily restrict features of the Nintendo Switch console as appropriate for your child. This includes restricting games above specific age ratings.


Attention:
● In order to use the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, a parent or guardian (aged 18 or above) needs to have a Nintendo Account.
● You can set purchasing restrictions, including restrictions on purchasing products and services in Nintendo eShop, in the Nintendo Account settings.
● In order to make use of all of the features and settings available in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, all linked Nintendo Switch consoles need to be using the latest system version.

Ratings and reviews

Please update/repair the following: #1) Needs a panorama option to set limits for multiple Switches. #2) Sometimes setting limits does not synchronize to the Switch. The Switch makes the update sound, but it would still be disabled or not be disabled. It's frustrating when this doesn't work because it frustrates me as the parent to enforce rules, and it frustrates my kids when their Switch doesn't get unlocked when I said it's supposed to. Other than that, it's a good app, and works otherwise.

Better than just looking over your kid's shoulder...but not by a lot. Very few options for controlling which apps your child can access, and very primitive notification settings (monthly summaries are useless to me, but I cannot turn them off without turning all other notifications off too). Doesn't have a block list that I can find--pretty weird to have a parental control app that can't block specific programs.

It's good, it just needs individual user settings. For example, if one of the Nintendo Accounts has a Nintendo Switch Online profile, and the rest don't, and someone clicks on that profile, they'll be able to access online play. Fix this please. I do like how it automatically sets a pin when you set up the switch. I don't like the verification of the email address. What if you deleted that email address?

What's new

Small improvements have been made.