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Screen Time Parental Control
Screen Time is a free to use parental control app that helps parents manage and control the amount of time their kids spend on smartphones and tablets.
From your own phone, you can limit your kids’ daily use, block specific apps, approve new apps, block certain times of day (e.g. bedtime) and reward extra time for good behavior!
Screen Time helps kids understand a healthy limit… and reduces those all too familiar device related arguments!
This is the Android parental control app. From it you can both monitor and control screen time on Android devices, Apple iOS devices and Amazon Kindle Fire devices.
Our app includes both Free and Paid (Premium) features. Our Free version is free forever. Here is what you get:
• Monitor just how much time your kids are spending on their smart devices… from the convenience of your own smartphone
• See which specific apps are being used and for how long
• Receive a notification when your kids try and install a new app
• See which websites have been surfed from your kids device
• Also see what has been searched for from your kids device
• Get a ‘family screen time pact’, to talk through with your kids before (both) agreeing to (great way to help your kids understand)
We also have a Premium version of the app, which actively sets boundaries for your kids screen time. You get all of the Free features plus some really useful Premium features when you subscribe, these include:
• Set a specific daily time limit for your kids’ screen time
• Instantly pause your kids’ devices at the push of a button
• Block certain apps at certain times of day
• Block all activity when it is time to go to bed
• Restrict activity during school hours
• Create other blocked periods based upon your needs
• Receive a daily summary of what you’re kids have been doing on their smart devices
• Set your kids tasks to complete so they can earn additional screen time
• With our monthly, 6 monthly or annual subscription, you can manage all your kids and all their devices. It’s all one price.
• You can share the management with other parents or grandparents as you wish. There is no limit.
All new customers will get a 14 day free trial of the Premium version. There is no obligation to go Premium and no need to provide any payment details until you decide to go Premium.
See our Premium pricing here https://screentimelabs.com/pricing
What parents have recently said:
“A great app! No more arguments, the kids manage their own time... Perfect!” -Parent from the US
“Super App... am very happy... I should have installed much earlier in order to save me a lot of trouble and discussions. 👍 “ -Parent from Germany
“I love this app, my son less so... everything is controlled without going into the privacy of the teenager... and customer service very very responsive... I highly recommend!” -Parent from France
Feedback
If you have any problems please take a look at our help pages, or contact us via the contact page of our website, since we cannot always help you if you post questions in the reviews.
https://screentimelabs.com/help
https://screentimelabs.com/contact
Screen Time is a free to use parental control app that helps parents manage and control the amount of time their kids spend on smartphones and tablets.
From your own phone, you can limit your kids’ daily use, block specific apps, approve new apps, block certain times of day (e.g. bedtime) and reward extra time for good behavior!
Screen Time helps kids understand a healthy limit… and reduces those all too familiar device related arguments!
This is the Android parental control app. From it you can both monitor and control screen time on Android devices, Apple iOS devices and Amazon Kindle Fire devices.
Our app includes both Free and Paid (Premium) features. Our Free version is free forever. Here is what you get:
• Monitor just how much time your kids are spending on their smart devices… from the convenience of your own smartphone
• See which specific apps are being used and for how long
• Receive a notification when your kids try and install a new app
• See which websites have been surfed from your kids device
• Also see what has been searched for from your kids device
• Get a ‘family screen time pact’, to talk through with your kids before (both) agreeing to (great way to help your kids understand)
We also have a Premium version of the app, which actively sets boundaries for your kids screen time. You get all of the Free features plus some really useful Premium features when you subscribe, these include:
• Set a specific daily time limit for your kids’ screen time
• Instantly pause your kids’ devices at the push of a button
• Block certain apps at certain times of day
• Block all activity when it is time to go to bed
• Restrict activity during school hours
• Create other blocked periods based upon your needs
• Receive a daily summary of what you’re kids have been doing on their smart devices
• Set your kids tasks to complete so they can earn additional screen time
• With our monthly, 6 monthly or annual subscription, you can manage all your kids and all their devices. It’s all one price.
• You can share the management with other parents or grandparents as you wish. There is no limit.
All new customers will get a 14 day free trial of the Premium version. There is no obligation to go Premium and no need to provide any payment details until you decide to go Premium.
See our Premium pricing here https://screentimelabs.com/pricing
What parents have recently said:
“A great app! No more arguments, the kids manage their own time... Perfect!” -Parent from the US
“Super App... am very happy... I should have installed much earlier in order to save me a lot of trouble and discussions. 👍 “ -Parent from Germany
“I love this app, my son less so... everything is controlled without going into the privacy of the teenager... and customer service very very responsive... I highly recommend!” -Parent from France
Feedback
If you have any problems please take a look at our help pages, or contact us via the contact page of our website, since we cannot always help you if you post questions in the reviews.
https://screentimelabs.com/help
https://screentimelabs.com/contact
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22,338 total
5 14,109
4 2,770
3 839
2 640
1 3,980
Brandi Hogan
This app is amazing for parents. All parents should install it! I love that I can track and set a time limit for how long my kids are on their electronics. Tracking their history and app usage is great too. Being able to pause it whenever I need too is an awesome bonus. I can't say enough good things about this app. It has stopped all the fighting between is and our kids. We set a limit, they know about it, and I don't have to yell at them to get off. Total game changer.
Rebecca McMullan
We installed this, and it has been great. Can pause play, creating a clear end to screen use. My kids were always saying. "1 more minute!" , and that always ended up being 20 more minutes. Screen time allows us to set clear limits. Can always add time too. I like the new feature of Schedules. We can set off/on times and days to make sure the kids are getting their homework done during the week.Very useful tool for parents!
Jeremy Armes
Does the job very well, and even my parenting friends "get it" around the dinner table. An absolute must these days if you care to care about how your children grow up. I filter access/content via the router at home, but with ScreenTime I can ration the actual device usage, wherever my kids are. The best bit? My 11 year old and my 8 year old accept the "why" about why we do this (grudgingly...). The app just facilitates the "how". Very well done, all at ScreenTime, you get my full 5 stars!
Excellent app to manage children's screen time, and there's the flexibility of giving them free play or pause their play when required. Also good I could choose what apps to include or exclude in the time limits. That allows kids access to the phone function even if they couldn't play games on the smartphone. Couldn't be happier.
Kendell Michel
I can't believe I am paying a monthly fee for this app, but after trying many other free apps, Screen Time is leaps and bounds above the rest. It's so easy to monitor what my kids are doing from the parent app on my phone. I LOVE the pause feature and the ability to block certain apps. Overall, I am very pleased with performance and ease of use with this app. My only recommendations are these: 1) I wish I could set a time limit on a specific app - only 15 minutes of youtube or 30 minutes of Minecraft, etc. 2) Customize notifications from the program -- daily I get a ton of notification emails from screen time. I wish I could elect to pare these down.
Hena Chowdhury
I have been using this app for 7 odd days. Its really easy to use. Being able to pause kid screens from my phone is a great feature. It makes it really easy to get them to mealtimes particularly. We just dont have endless conversations and negotiations. Being able to approve apps before they get installed on children's devices is great too. Overall, I think this has made it possible for me to let the kids have devices. Because I can set up reasonable boundaries. My only problem with it is that it is somewhat clunky on my phone - and the screen hangs sometimes when switching between kids. But that may be my phone rather than the app. Highly recommend this.
User reviews
This app is amazing for parents. All parents should install it! I love that I can track and set a time limit for how long my kids are on their electronics. Tracking their history and app usage is great too. Being able to pause it whenever I need too is an awesome bonus. I can't say enough good things about this app. It has stopped all the fighting between is and our kids. We set a limit, they know about it, and I don't have to yell at them to get off. Total game changer.
We installed this, and it has been great. Can pause play, creating a clear end to screen use. My kids were always saying. "1 more minute!" , and that always ended up being 20 more minutes. Screen time allows us to set clear limits. Can always add time too. I like the new feature of Schedules. We can set off/on times and days to make sure the kids are getting their homework done during the week.Very useful tool for parents!
Does the job very well, and even my parenting friends "get it" around the dinner table. An absolute must these days if you care to care about how your children grow up. I filter access/content via the router at home, but with ScreenTime I can ration the actual device usage, wherever my kids are. The best bit? My 11 year old and my 8 year old accept the "why" about why we do this (grudgingly...). The app just facilitates the "how". Very well done, all at ScreenTime, you get my full 5 stars!
Excellent app to manage children's screen time, and there's the flexibility of giving them free play or pause their play when required. Also good I could choose what apps to include or exclude in the time limits. That allows kids access to the phone function even if they couldn't play games on the smartphone. Couldn't be happier.
I can't believe I am paying a monthly fee for this app, but after trying many other free apps, Screen Time is leaps and bounds above the rest. It's so easy to monitor what my kids are doing from the parent app on my phone. I LOVE the pause feature and the ability to block certain apps. Overall, I am very pleased with performance and ease of use with this app. My only recommendations are these: 1) I wish I could set a time limit on a specific app - only 15 minutes of youtube or 30 minutes of Minecraft, etc. 2) Customize notifications from the program -- daily I get a ton of notification emails from screen time. I wish I could elect to pare these down.
I have been using this app for 7 odd days. Its really easy to use. Being able to pause kid screens from my phone is a great feature. It makes it really easy to get them to mealtimes particularly. We just dont have endless conversations and negotiations. Being able to approve apps before they get installed on children's devices is great too. Overall, I think this has made it possible for me to let the kids have devices. Because I can set up reasonable boundaries. My only problem with it is that it is somewhat clunky on my phone - and the screen hangs sometimes when switching between kids. But that may be my phone rather than the app. Highly recommend this.
Thank you for listening and putting the free play mode back in, especially in such quick order! Back to 5 stars for screentime labs!---Updating 5 to 1 star after latest update. As others have said, the Free Time Mode functionality needs to be added back in. We use this all the time! Otherwise I will have to look for a new app which I would prefer not having to do. ---Original Review--- By far the best parent control app for devices and kids. Developers continue to make significant and usable enhancements and fixes. I recommend to every fellow parent when the topic of protecting your kids online comes up.
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Sorry we didn't realise that Free Play was that important to so many parents. Thanks to your feedback, we understand now and we've added Free Play Mode back into Screen Time. When you see the update, then just update the app on your (the parent's device).If that makes a difference to the rating you've given our app please update it :-) Update: These guys listened and brought back Free Play Mode in 23Dec2017 update. So they are back to 4*. Previously: I searched high and low for the Free Play mode. Wondering if I'm missing something. So disappointed with the new update. Free Play allowed me to give the kids a given time to play, and I don't need to monitor them as it will auto blue screen when the time is up. Or when the kid wants to search for something on his phone and I can just give him 5min immediately with a quick tap. Schedules is a nice touch, it has its benefits, I can see a time set for "homework" as being useful. But it cannot replace Free Play mode. I am paying for this app. The only app on my phone which I'm willing to pay for. Bring back Free Play Mode or I'll pay some other app which can meet my needs.
I have been using this app for almost two years. I keep waiting for it to be available for use on their laptops as well. So far no luck. This only works on tablets and phones so now my kids avoid the restrictions by using their laptops instead. I think it is time to move on to something that covers all of the electronic devices they have.
This app is brilliant. My eldest child hates it with a passion, but until she learns to self limit then this is a must! Love how we can limit/allow different apps, so we can keep mindfulness apps available to kids who need to chill 😎 Very highly recommend! Any problems that come up are fixed very quickly, and the support team are great.
UPDATE: back to 5 stars. Thank you for listening to everyone's feedback and bringing "free time" back quickly. Old: And with this update i can no longer add "free time" without changing the settings itelf.. where did my easy add time go? What if I'm in the car 30 min past bedtime and want to give them ONLY 30min? No... I have to turn off the settings and remember to turn them back on myself in 30. You say "free time" was no longer needed. I used that more then anything else in that app and clearly a lot of other people used it as well. Frankly, I'm going to stop being a paid user if it doesn't come back and quickly. You removed half of the reason I agreed to pay.
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Hey Ashley, glad you're happy again :-) At the moment your review is still showing as one star ;-) It didn't accumulate times across screens, which seemed odd. Also, my child was not able to bank time for a later date. So she felt compelled to use up her screen time on a daily basis.if those things don't bother you, it's a fine and easy apple to use. Install and uninstall were easy. And in all fairness, we tried it for just a few days, maybe we missed a setting and the things we thought the app didn't do were just settings we didn't find.
Screen Time Labs December 28, 2017
Sorry Ankie, that's not a feature that we have and we don't advertise that we have it. It's something that we'd like to add in the future, but it's very hard one to make perfect especially when kids can take their devices offline. As promised, the free play mode has been restored as has my 5 star review. I use this at the request of my wife. She works from home but is easily distracted. I also use this for our children. Most of he one star reviews are kids who's parents are using this app. I have also recommended this to other parents and they love it as well.
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Hi Michael, it looks like it's still showing 2 stars on your review at the moment :-) Update: FREE PLAY is back! Thank you for listening to our concerns. You all worked very fast with the update. I love thw app again. Thank you! Old: The free play is gone and I used it all the time. Why fix something that's not broken? Very unsatisfied with this Update! Bring it back please!
Updated from 1 to 5 stars!! I had originally complained about the free play being taken away. But this company listen to consumers and brought back our favorite feature! I do not mind paying for this app it has solved so many issues in our home with regards to our childrens devices. The new schedules is a nice addition and being able to enable phone calling at bed time is an added piece of mind. Especially having teens that go to friends houses. I no longer have to enable the whole phone! Great product Screen Time! Keep it up!
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Sorry we didn't realise that Free Play was that important to so many parents. Thanks to your feedback, we understand now and we've added Free Play Mode back into Screen Time. When you see the update, then just update the app on your (the parent's device).If that makes a difference to the rating you've given our app please update it :-) This is really good app if you want to have a control what your kid is doing on its device. One thing that i'm missing is some kind of parent app whitelist. It is possible to temporary unlock app, but it is for a short time period.
I love this app so far! It's easy to use, fair, and I love that it is so detailed giving minute to minute updates on what your kids are doing on their phone if you look at the app. I have only used it for a few weeks but nothing bad to say so far!
One star right back to five star, thank you so much for bring back free play. I love the schedule feature. This is the best app on my phone. It allows my child's phone to work for me not against me. Any parent worried about the affect giving a child a phone just needs this app. Wonderful.
After an update the app stopped signing me out. I love how I can pause my son's tablet when he isn't listening and the bed time feature. Two features I really wish I had was a time limit for pausing and the ability to control the volume on his tablet from the parent app
Screen Time Labs December 10, 2017
Hi Sean, that's weird. Is that on the parent's app? If so can you get in touch with our support team using support@Screentimelabs.com and they will try and help fix it. Thank you for bringing back the free play button! I love the app, but hated when they took away the free play button. It is back now, so easy to use to reward my kid & allow him to stay up a little longer when school is out without completely changing settings.
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Sorry we didn't realise that Free Play was that important to so many parents. Thanks to your feedback, we understand now and we've added Free Play Mode back into Screen Time. When you see the update, then just update the app on your (the parent's device).If that makes a difference to the rating you've given our app please update it :-) My kid is upset because I blocked certain apps, including the Android app store. I think this app is amazing, since I can block specific things, such as the app store and internet. I'm not worried about bypassing cell restrictions because there's nothing to access with! I'd like to have more detailed information and pull screen shots from the phone and have GPS, but those are just a few things I'd like added for a subscription.
Doesn't even deserve one star. 😝Update SUCKS!! 😠 💩 💩Causes parents more work (ie have to remember to turn timers back on). Free Play was FABULOUS!!! 😃 The new timers are for the birds and more complicated. 🤔😠😠 Also had to go through and reset restrictions on apps. The update gobbered everything up. GET RID OF THIS UPDATE!!! ☠☠☠
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Sorry we didn't realise that Free Play was that important to so many parents. Thanks to your feedback, we understand now and we've added Free Play Mode back into Screen Time. When you see the update, then just update the app on your (the parent's device).If that makes a difference to the rating you've given our app please update it :-) A credit to the developer. People wanted a removed feature brought back. Took awhile for them to finally respond but they did. 3 product is a 4 but poor response from negative feedback gets a 3. For what you pay for the service that should be better.. Since the update I am not happy with those of some features. Not going to renew. The loss of the free time mode was the biggest mistake they made
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Sorry about that Jeff, can you let us know what you mean about the poor response to negative feedback please? I love this app! It's very easy to use and I can monitor everything my teenager does on her phone. Her attitude has improved greatly since she knows I will shut down her phone if she gets mouthy. I wish there was a way to see her location - THAT would make it perfect!!
It's the best parental control app out there. The only reason I have it 4 instead of 5 stars is because it doesn't work well with iOS. We had an instance where both iOS and Android was being used. With iOS it creates a VPN, which doesn't always connect properly. But I wouldn't blame the app for the issue but rather iOS.
Perfect way to provide controlled access to Android tablet. I don't enable Chome, but allow Wikipedia app instead. Update 2018:still loving it. Allowed me to give my 12 yo son an Android without concern.
We all make mistakes so well done for listening to your users and returning free play mode so quickly. It really is a great app and I am very happy to restore my 5* rating
God damnit you parents think that taking away a kids freedom is a good think but in reality it is not. I hate when I'm kicked off my phone or tablet because it is one of the only ways that I can make myself feel better and when I'm feeling lonely I try to watch something to lift my spirits but no, I can't because this stupid waste of time and space app is blocking me. So if you are a decent person many you will realise how stupid this app is. If you don't you are a stupid and coldhearted parent.
12/23 review: Screen Time Labs has responded to the mob of angry parents and brought back Free Play in time for the school holidays. Thank you!! That is great customer service and deserves some loyalty. Now just don't touch our other favorite stuff and we'll be golden! :-) 12/22 unhappy review (edited for brevity): Happy subscriber until the latest update. Without Free Play mode, I can't use this app. It will have to go unless you can fix it in a day or two. Original review: My kids would just play all day and all night without this. I can set limits, control when they can use certain apps, and send "5 minute warning" type messages. Really useful, no complaints at all.
We have used this app to control my daughter's screen time for a few weeks and so far she hates it but it is very useful. As a parent, I'm glad that we have it. I set her limit with several tasks that she can do to increase her time and it is motivating her to get things done. So far, so good.
This app ruined my daughter's phone. We had to do a hard reset to get it to work again and she lost everything, had to start over from scratch.
Screen Time Labs January 3, 2018
We're really sorry to hear that Lori, did you contact our support team to help get the problem fixed? Recent updates have removed features. Gone is the ability to tell kids reason for Pause before it sends to them, also gone is the Free Play time that would be so useful now on winter holidays during normal school hours i cannot Free Play without modifying the programmed School Time blocker, also the button for Contact Us in app does nothing so im writing here instead of in app support.
Screen Time Labs December 25, 2017
Hi Karl, please uninstall the Screen Time app from your device and reinstall it then you'll be able to use the contact us button again and we'll look into the problem you're having. The free play mode should work regardless of the school time blocker that is set. I've put this up to 4 stars as the free play function has been brought back, and it is back to being a very good product. The last star is held because this mess should never have happened and I'm not convinced it won't happen again. We had contact with Screen Time several months ago querying how free play worked with remaining daily limit and were told that's how most users want it, and I remember being unconvinced. This latest episode shows that Screen Time desperately need to do some research in to how their product is actually used, as they clearly have no clue. I hope that they do this and that future developments are in the right direction.
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Sorry we didn't realise that Free Play was that important to so many parents. Thanks to your feedback, we understand now and we've added Free Play Mode back into Screen Time. When you see the update, then just update the app on your (the parent's device).If that makes a difference to the rating you've given our app please update it :-) We lost our daughter when we bought her her first smartphone. She became moody and withdrawn. We tried taking her phone of her at set times in the day and the night only to catch her sneaking down to find it in the middle if the night. It was scary and stressful. Screentime allows us to easily control her access. There is no room for argument about how long she has or hasn't used her phone for and best of all, she is smiling and talking to us again. Cannot recommend this app enough to parents of kids who struggle with electronic devices.
The app does exactly what promises: full control and supervision of child activity. Some configuration problems on Huawei P8 Lite, but hopefully solved. Money well spent.
Updated 23/12: Fab free play is back. Very quick response from the developers. Couldn't be happier with the app. Will continue to recommend to everyone with children! Previous review 21/12: Bring back free play mode! Have paid for the premium service for well over a year. Will definitely be cancelling this if it is not restored. The new schedules is complicated and unnecessary. If you click to cancel the schedule then the time still counts towards daily limit. So you need to extend this too - extra steps for the parent which you then need to go back and cancel. I have been extremely happy with this app until the most recent update.
Didn't work.. My child was able to uninstall and reinstall so it wouldn't block the apps.. Also the apk download... No good. They make it hard to get your money back
Thank you for bringing back free time. The app is really useful for controlling when and how much screen time my children get. I also like the emails so I can monitor which apps they are using.
Screen Time Labs December 23, 2017
Our pleasure :-) Your review is currently set to 1 star, if you feel like our app is worth more than that now that Free Play mode is back then it would be great if you could change it. Because you made dumb changes suddenly and tried to sell them as "enhancements". Yes the free play button. Never do that again. You must wow me to return to 5 now. This app ain't cheap.
I really like this app and have recommended it to several friends. However some glitches have arisen recently that are a nuisance and so I couldn't give the 5 stars that I would have given otherwise. Hopefully I'll be sorted soon. And my recommendation stand. This is a great app!
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What's New
You spoke, we listened. With this update we are bringing to you Schedules, the much-requested new feature that lets you block your kids’ devices in advance, at a time YOU choose. It gives you all the screen time control you’ve had in the past, just with more flexibility. From now on, you will be able to set schedules to ensure your kids are unplugged when they’re supposed to be. This update also includes performance improvements and a few minor fixes to our new look.
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Updated
December 23, 2017
Installs
1,000,000 - 5,000,000
Current Version
3.8.1
Requires Android
4.1 and up
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