SmartMinutes

Data Driven Tech

In-app purchases

About this app

Turn screen time into homework practice.

Add the spelling list your kid brings home: type it, or pick a screenshot of the homework page
or a photo of the paper and SmartMinutes fills in the words. Before games or YouTube open, your
kid practices those exact words: Learn mode early in the week, Practice mode from memory, and a
real Test mode the day before the test. SmartMinutes tells you how ready they are and predicts the
test score, so Friday's test is no surprise.

HOW IT WORKS
- You choose which apps are locked: games, YouTube, browsers.
- Your kid earns minutes by spelling this week's words, answering math questions, doing
chores you approve, or reaching goals for sports, music and other activities.
- When a locked app is opened with no time left, a friendly popup lets them earn time right
there, then jump straight back in.

LEARNING THAT MATCHES SCHOOL
- This week's school spelling list, with missed words carried into next week
- Built-in spelling lists for grades 1 to 6, read aloud
- Math for grades 1 to 6 organized by Common Core standard (the same codes i-Ready and Simple
Solutions use), getting harder as your kid improves
- One hint per math problem, which costs 30 seconds of screen time
- Study mode: practice the week's words any time, as often as they like: look, cover, spell;
listen and spell; fill in the blanks; or a practice test with the score at the end. "3 in a
row" keeps the hard words coming, and you see how long they studied
- Choose the reading voice and a slower speed for tricky words

GOALS FOR SPORTS, MUSIC AND MORE
- Set the numbers to reach: 21 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds in the next 2 basketball games,
a mile under 8 minutes, 25 push-ups, 20 minutes of piano practice on 5 days, lines for the play
- Basketball, soccer, football, baseball, volleyball, hockey, running, swimming, workouts,
walking, piano and music, theater, dance, art, reading, or anything you name
- Your kid logs each game or practice, you confirm it (or log it yourself from the stands), and
the minutes arrive when the goal is reached

CONTROL IT FROM YOUR PHONE
- Approve chores and games, add or remove time and change locked apps without touching your kid's device
- See every answer, the words they keep missing and which apps used the time
- Alerts when a locked app is opened, a round is missed, a chore is done, a new app is
installed or the lock is turned off
- New apps stay locked until you allow them; Settings needs your PIN

FREE, WITH NO ADS: one kid, one device and your phone, including remote control, alerts, chores
and goals.

FAMILY PLUS: more kids, a phone and a tablet per kid sharing one time bank, your partner's
phone, the full history and test-score prediction, choosing math topics, and chore photos.
$3.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a 14-day free trial, or $59.99 once. One purchase covers the
whole family.

SmartMinutes uses Android's Accessibility service only to see which app is open, so it can lock
the apps you choose and count minutes. It does not read screen content or what is typed.

What’s new

- A new look: a dashboard for parents with today's minutes, progress and test readiness at a glance, and every setting explained in one line
- Take away minutes: pick a reason (chore or homework not done, behavior, a mess) and your kid gets an alert
- Stronger lock: catches apps left open, split screen and floating videos
- The app speaks Spanish