Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls™ is a free app for smart devices to keep you engaged with your family's gaming activities on Nintendo Switch.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Lifestyle	Free	Nintendo Co., Ltd.	iPhone, iPad, iPod

◆ A Nintendo Switch console with the latest available system version is required to use this app.

This is recommended for people worried about things such as:
1. Is my child spending too much time playing games?
2. What kind of games is my child playing?
3. Are the games my child is playing age-appropriate?

Below are three special features of the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app:
1. Monitor play time on your console.
Set a play-time limit and the console will notify users that the time limit has been reached.
Parents and guardians can check the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app to see if the time limit has been followed.
It is also possible to suspend gameplay automatically when the play-time limit is reached.

2. Check up on your console's gameplay.
The summary function allows you to easily see what 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.
It's an easy way to see what kind of games your family is interested in.

3. Restrict console features.
Nintendo Switch functions can be restricted to prevent the console from playing games above a certain age rating.

Attention:
◆ An Internet connection is required to use this app. Cellular data may be used. A Nintendo Account (for ages 18 and up) is also required.
◆ Restrictions to Nintendo eShop purchases can be set from Nintendo Account settings.
◆ Your use of this app is subject to the Nintendo Account User Agreement available at support.nintendo.com.
◆ In order to make use of all of the features and settings available in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, all registered Nintendo Switch consoles need to be using the latest system version.

Reviews

To have control
Achencgr

The idea of the app is good. To keep track of your child’s game time. I thought it would lock the switch up once the time is up. NO! It just a reminder that you have how many minutes left. Once it passed the time your child can still play on it whether or not using the app. SO what’s the purpose of this app??? The app only tells you how many minutes your child has play. EVEN AS THERE IS A PIN OPTION BUT WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PIN WHEN THE SWITCH DONT EVEN LOCK UP. PLEASE improve the options of locking up the switch when the time is up. Simple reminders don’t work on 12 year olds!!!!!

Not a great fit thus far
momof1done

Maybe I’m doing this wrong, but none of this is working for my 8 year old except for the time. Otherwise it makes me put in a code every time he wants to play games I already approved during a time I already approved.

Stopped working entirely
Oddity1234

No longer works. Shows no playtime for the whole week. I've done every troubleshooting I can think of.

Barely any control
Digibard

There is no way to control the start time. The max hours is 6, which is fine for school days, but not weekends or holidays. And the controls only work for a single account. And there is no way to just shut it down remotely… you have to physically take it from the children. It’s quite obvious that nobody who worked on this app has children.

Great except!!!
JCZeldaFan

This is a great application. The only thing that could make it better is if you could set a time period such as from 12:00 to 4:00 pm before chores and other school work.

My child hates me because of this dumb app
hdhhdhdbcd

The parental controls make the switch very unfun for my child and he said “Take your fun drained switch back hope your happy with your decision you pretty took all, the fun out of it the switch” And he gave it to me he was very depressed and didn't want to talk to me or my husband and the controls are very unpleasing and not so smart too much controls too much mysfuntion it'll be better without the controls now pretty much 60 pr 70% of kids hate their parents because of this. you think your financial gain is better than love from their kids and happyness from parents. This app is garbage

Excellent
fang tiger

Hey, this app is great, I used it to prank my friends and set time limits on them and man it was fun!

Cannot block viewing of Mature eShop titles
Sean'siPad111

I allowed my kids to browse the Nintendo Switch eShop and found that ALL Switch games were being displayed, including numerous M (Mature) games. Those “M” games have provocative graphics in the eShop even if you don’t click on them - eg the depictions of women for Grand Theft Auto (GTA). So I downloaded this app, in hopes that I could allow my kids to browse a version of the eShop in which only games appropriate to their age level are displayed. I set everything up and selected the option to restrict viewing in the eShop. To my dismay, the M games (and their provocative imagery) are still displayed when my kids browse the eShop, on their account! All that the “restriction” does is block a kid from seeing any MORE information about one of those games. For example, if I browse the eShop using my daughter’s account, GTA is still displayed right at the top of the eShop (with the image of the 3 scantily clad women); if I click on it, the eShop displays a screen saying sorry, you can’t go any further, this content is restricted. That’s all that the “restriction” accomplishes. If I enable restrictions, the eShop should not even display the restricted titles. At all. !!!!! Come on Nintendo, I expected so much better from you.

questions and bit concerns..
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So for the past 2-3 years I’ve had my switch and 2020 during February, the Nintendo suddenly just went offline and will not connect to the internet. We’ve powered it off completely, went into the settings and even brought it to a place for help, but sadly didn’t work. The parent controls went missing when I got my new phone, and now the Nintendo is not letting me put controls on without the internet and I’m extremely concerned and puzzled on what to do. I’ve tried everything and this is my last hope.. overall a great app and I recommend using this.