Apple screen time. (For the kids)

Magic_x_uk · 9 Aug 2021 at 18:17

Hi.

Looking at screen time which we have enabled on our daughters iPhone.

Unfortunately Chrome is not included in the control measure. Hence her using that more after set time limit.

Is there any way of parental controls for chrome on ios. Or are we better of removing Chrome and carry on with Safari

Thanks

Maccy · 9 Aug 2021 at 18:54

Might be worth sharing the answer rather than deleting this

Magic_x_uk · 9 Aug 2021 at 19:19

Maccy said:
Might be worth sharing the answer rather than deleting this

Good point

Screen time does not include safari or chrome.

Those are separate. And you can give each of those a specific time limit as well.

Found in screen time / add limit / other

Rainmaker · 12 Aug 2021 at 13:37

I didn't realise this. Feek was right (duh

), always share the answer. OcUK ranks very highly on search engines, even non-biased ones that don't tailor results to your own browsing history. There's nothing more frustrating than searching an obscure problem, finally finding a post about that exact thing, and then the OP replying 'never mind, solved it'..... Yes, but HOW?!!!1!!ONE!!

dannyjo22 · 12 Aug 2021 at 19:14

Screen time is pretty poor and very flawed in my experience so far. I set my son up from my ipad and did a good job controlling his screen time and limiting apps individually to a set time per day. I've blocked any whatsapp etc after 19:30.

Now here's the flaw, they can request one more minute. That doesn't notify you, fair enough not a problem it's just one minute but they can keep on doing that forever!! My friends daughter has twigged it, my son hasn't yet but he will. I googled it and there's no fix, this has been an issue since 2019!

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250648426

After setting my sons up I offered to help a friend. She has a worse problem, her daughter can keep turning Screen time off on her own phone and getting around it. Something my son cannot do. I couldn't figure out why!