Not great for Apple – Screen Time Parental Control Review

I really wanted to like this app. I have been using the iPhone’s free screen time tracking in family sharing, but it wasn’t accurately measuring screen usage. I really liked this app’s task options. I got my teen to read a book to get more screen time, without even asking! But on the iPhone, it didn’t function on her device (8 plus) very well. It kept locking her out before she even reached the limit. It kept sending me a message that she had a issue with her app and must of swiped it away, even after I showed her not to close it down but to keep it running. Additionally, for Apple, you can’t see what apps they are actually using. It just shows and Apple and the time amount they used it. That isn’t helpful. Even more annoying is that, at the time limit, it would shut off the WiFi (she doesn’t have cellular yet). Without the WiFi it wouldn’t send me the request for more time, or if I granted Free Time, it wouldn’t tell her phone and allow her to access her apps. We tried it out for a few days; we deleted it from device management and deleted and re-installed the app. Still with issues. She hated it from the start, but for all of the teenager reasons. I thought it would be a great tool to truly limit screen time (unlike the Apple screen time), but I don’t think we will continue. Tech support was great! Fast and responsive when I first raised my concerns. But ultimately their fixes didn’t work. I hear it is great for android. But Apple isn’t there yet. UPDATE: thanks app developer for the response. We may try it again in the future if the issues are resolved. Such great potential.
Review by AnnoyedAunt on Screen Time Parental Control.