Parental Control: Screen Time

Troels

In-app purchases

About this app

Give your child one screen-time budget that follows them across every Android phone and tablet they use. Time spent on the tablet counts on the phone too, so a limit can't be dodged by switching devices.

You set the rules on your own phone. The child's devices enforce them, and you see what happens as it happens.

FEATURES
• One shared budget. Usage from all of your child's devices is added up on the server, and every device sees what is left.
• App Buckets. Group apps, such as games, video or social media, and give each App Bucket its own daily limit.
• Daily limit for all apps. Set a total screen-time cap. Apps in no App Bucket count toward it automatically.
• Different limits for each weekday. Allow more time on Saturday than on a school day.
• Weekly limit. Cap the total for the whole week if you want to.
• Blocked apps. Move an app to the Blocked apps group and your child can't open it on any device.
• Reset time. Choose when the day starts over.
• Bonus time. Give extra minutes with one tap, or approve a request your child sends from the block screen.
• Time requests. When a limit is reached, your child can ask for more time instead of arguing about it. You get a notification and answer from your phone.
• Usage stats. See today, this week or a date range, per app and per day, with the sessions behind the numbers.
• Alerts. Get notified about time requests, a used-up budget, and attempts to tamper with the app.
• Works offline. A child device keeps enforcing the last known limits when it loses its connection.
• Co-parents. Invite up to five parents to the same child. Everyone can change limits and give bonus time.
• Several children. Each child has their own profile, devices and limits.
• No ads. No third-party advertising or trackers.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Install Parental Control on your own phone and sign in with Google or an email address.
2. Add your child and choose Pair device. The app shows a pairing code.
3. Install the same app on your child's device and choose "This is my Child's Device". Enter the pairing code.
4. Give the permissions the app asks for on the child's device. Then set the limits from your phone.

The child's device always shows that monitoring is on. The app icon stays in the app list, and a notification is visible while it runs.

WHY THE APP NEEDS ACCESSIBILITY AND USAGE ACCESS
Parental Control asks for two permissions on the child's device. Both are explained on the device before you grant them.
• Accessibility service. It sees which app is in the foreground, so the app can show the block screen when a limit is used up. It reads only the name of the app on screen. It does not read screen content, messages, passwords or anything your child types.
• Usage access. It measures how long each app is used, so time can be counted against the right limit. It is also a backup for finding the foreground app if the Accessibility service is turned off.

The data goes only to the parent linked to the child. It is not sold and not shared with anyone else. The app collects no location, contacts, photos or message content.

CONTACT
Questions or feedback: [e-mail]
Privacy policy: https://pc-api.trl-tech.dk/privacy-policy.html

What’s new

First release of Parental Control: Screen Time.
- Group apps into App Buckets and set daily screen time limits
- Set a total daily limit across all apps
- Share one budget across all of your child's devices
- Your child can ask for bonus time and you approve it from your phone
- Up to five parents can manage the same child
- 30-day free trial