Fewer arguments.
The rules take effect on their own — at 21:00 it’s closed, after 45 minutes of Roblox too. You don’t enforce anymore, you just decide.
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21:04 · LEO’S ROOMScreen time app for your kid’s iPhoneTonight,
Screen time app for your kid’s iPhoneTonight,
TikTok is off.
Fewer arguments. Clear rules. More time for each other.
No arguing. No shouting. No stopwatch on the wall. familydevice blocks apps on your kid’s iPhone – on a schedule, with a daily limit or through an if-then rule. Built on Apple’s Screen Time, no profile, no reset – and your data stays on your iPhones. You don’t have to enforce anything anymore.
familydevice is in beta. You get an invitation through Apple’s TestFlight — free until you pair a kid’s iPhone.
21:00
Bedtime kicks in
07:00
Apps back on
15 min
More time on request
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NetflixD
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Schoolfamilydevice
Everything open.
Afternoon, no schedule active, no limit reached.
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Instagram♪
TikTok▶
YouTube👻
Snapchatr
RedditR
Roblox□
MinecraftF
Fortnite♫
Spotify💬
WhatsAppN
NetflixD
Discord◉
Camera✉
Messages☎
Phone📚
Schoolfamilydevice
INTERACTIVE · CLICK THROUGH
This is what it feels like on the kid’s iPhone.
⇢ On the real iPhone, through Apple’s Screen Time. Deleting the app, changing the clock, switching accounts: only with you.
Three moments
that come back.
EVERYDAY LIFE · AFTER 4 WEEKS
19:12Dinner.
Three chairs, three plates, no phone. Schedule “Dinner”: 18:30–19:30, all groups, daily.
Photo: Direct Media / StockSnap · CC0 1.0
16:24Friends.
Roblox gets 45 minutes a day, 90 at weekends. They were used up at 16:20. So now he’s outside. That’s not magic, that’s a daily limit.
Photo: Family Moments / StockSnap · CC0 1.0
07:38Morning.
No argument before the walk to school. Schedule “School”: from 07:30 to 14:00 the group is simply off, and you get notified.
Photo: Alex Jones / StockSnap · CC0 1.0
WHAT CHANGESThe app is the tool.
The app is the tool.
The difference is your everyday life.
Clear rules your kid understands.
Your kid sees what’s blocked, why and until when. Instead of tricks there’s a button: “Request more time”.
More peace for you.
You answer requests right from the notification. If someone removes a lock, you find out.
FEATURES · ALL FROM THE PARENT’S IPHONERules that
Rules that
fit your everyday life.
You set everything on your iPhone. The kid’s iPhone enforces it — even offline, even with the app closed. Changes arrive in under a minute.
SCHEDULES
Bedtime, school, dinner.
Start and end times, individual weekdays, across midnight, per app group. After pairing, “Bedtime 21:00–07:00” (the whole iPhone) and “School 07:30–14:00 Mon–Fri” are already there — you loosen instead of building.
DAILY LIMITS
45 minutes of Roblox. 90 at weekends.
Tap the app, pick the minutes, done. Set from the start: 30 minutes of social media, 45 minutes of games, 45 minutes of video, 2 hours of screen time in total — more at weekends. When the time is up, everything is shut until the next morning, and your kid can request more time.
IF-THEN
If the iPhone wakes up at night …
IF the iPhone or an app is used, a limit is used up or your kid arrives at a place, AND it is between 22:00 and 06:00, THEN you get notified, your kid gets a message, and the apps shut until morning. From templates or built freely.
ALWAYS ALLOWED
Phone, Maps, the school app.
Apps that stay open through every block — even when their whole category is blocked.
REQUESTS & HISTORY
Approve from the notification.
“Leo wants 30 min of social media — school group chat.” Approve or decline without opening the app, with a note. The first decision counts. Every request, decision and triggered rule is in the history, with time and name.
FAMILY
Several kids, several parents.
Every kid’s iPhone on a card: what’s blocked right now, limit rings, open requests, protection status. A second parent’s iPhone pairs with the kid’s iPhone, behind your PIN.
ON THE KID’S IPHONEYour kid sees
Your kid sees
where things stand.
The app on the kid’s iPhone needs no PIN — the iPhone belongs to your kid. Instead of tricks there’s a button: “Request more time”, 15, 30 or 60 minutes, with a reason. One open request per group, and a ten-minute break after a no.
BLOCK SCREEN
Blocked right now
Social Media is blocked until 07:00 · Bedtime.
Request more timeOK
What’s blocked right now — and until when.
“Blocked until 07:00 · Bedtime”, a countdown during an approval, a progress bar for the daily limit: “30 of 45 today · 15 min left”.
What their parents see.
Under “What your parents see” is what currently goes to the parent’s iPhone — places, movement, network — and under “Your parents get notified” every if-then rule in plain words. No secret surveillance.
Their own usage.
Your kid sees their own screen time, steps and network — no PIN needed.
Where the request stands.
Sent, reached Dad at 14:02, waiting, approved or declined with your note — as a timeline, the last 30 days.
PRIVACYClear rules for your kid.
Clear rules for your kid.
Privacy for your family.
On your iPhones, not with us.
Rules, requests and history live on your devices. The app never connects to a server of ours — we have no account for you and see nothing of your family.
End-to-end encrypted.
Nearby, the iPhones talk to each other directly; on the go, through your own iCloud. Apple only carries encrypted messages it cannot read.
Nothing in secret.
Places, movement and network are off until you turn them on. The kid’s iPhone shows under “What your parents see” what is currently going to you.
The only parties involved are Apple (iCloud, notifications, App Store) and — if you turn on DNS metering — a public DNS service. All the details are in the privacy policy.
HOW IT WORKS · 5 MINUTESNo profile. No reset.
No profile. No reset.
No account with us.
One app, two roles. Your family’s iPhones talk to each other directly and encrypted — nearby directly, on the go through your own iCloud. Apple only sees ciphertext.
STEP 01
The app on both iPhones.
On the kid’s iPhone you choose “This is my kid’s iPhone”, confirm Screen Time access with your Apple Account and set a 6-digit parent PIN. The kid’s iPhone has to be signed in with a child account from your Family Sharing.
STEP 02
Pair side by side.
Like an Apple Watch: both iPhones show the same 6-digit code, you confirm on both. From then on, everything between your iPhones is end-to-end encrypted.
STEP 03
Check protection, done.
The app sets the locks against the usual tricks and only finishes once the Screen Time passcode and “Ask to Buy” are in place. Bedtime, school and daily limits are active right away; whatever is too strict for you, you loosen on your iPhone.
PROTECTIONThe usual tricks
The usual tricks
lead nowhere.
The one limit: anyone who knows the device passcode and the Apple Account password can erase an iPhone. Nobody can prevent that — but you’ll notice: the iPhone then shows as “lost” on yours.
Setup only finishes once all locks are in place. After that, the kid’s iPhone checks them continuously and sends a heartbeat after every 15 minutes of use — even if the app has been swiped away. You set the interval.
protectedAll locks are in place, the iPhone is checking in.
suspiciousNo heartbeat for the time you set (default 4 hours) — Aeroplane Mode, off or erased? You get a notification, at night not before 07:00.
weakenedA lock is missing — you see which one.
lostAccess revoked or silent for 24 hours, for instance after the iPhone was erased.
- Deleting the app — only with a parent
- Revoking Screen Time access — only with a parent
- Signing out of the Apple Account, leaving the family — locked
- Changing the device passcode — locked
- Date & time — stay automatic
- Installing apps — only with a parent
- Website of a blocked app — blocked too, in every browser
- Parent settings on the kid’s iPhone — 6-digit PIN, locked for 15 min after 5 failed attempts
PRICEYou pay per child.
You pay per child.
Everything included.
Downloading, setting up and trying the simulation is free. The subscription only starts when you pair the first kid’s iPhone: €10 a month, €1 more for each additional child. No add-on packs, cancel monthly.
If the subscription ends, the locks on the kid’s iPhone stay in place. Changing rules and answering requests needs a subscription again.
€10per month for the first child
+ €1per month for each additional child
Without a paired child: free.
incl. VAT · via the App Store · cancel monthly
- Schedules, daily limits, if-then rules, “Always Allowed”
- Requests from the block screen, approval right from the notification
- Safety: adult websites, malware & phishing, ads & trackers
- Usage & movement, history and log
- Several kids, several parent iPhones
- End-to-end encrypted, your data stays with you
familydevice is in beta. You get an invitation through Apple’s TestFlight — free until you pair a kid’s iPhone.
iPhone with iOS 17 or later. The kid’s iPhone needs a child account in your Apple Family Sharing, and iCloud on both iPhones for when you’re out and about.
Photo: Direct Media / StockSnap · CC0 1.0