This app is poorly designed and has many issues. The way the screen time function works is poorly executed, and does not accurately reflect the time spent on the app. Since it is based off internet connection rather than time on the app itself, the time drains even when the app is not in use. Closing out the app can slow the rate at which the time depletes, but sometimes even that doesn’t stop it. Receiving a notification will result in the time for that app being used up, which is especially annoying for social networking apps such as Discord or Facebook. Not only that, but the time appears to drain in 5-minute increments. This results in the time being drained even faster. Not only that, but the filters are very inconsistent. Sometimes applications and websites will randomly be blocked or unblocked, such as Wikipedia. At random points in the day, my device will claim that the connection is not stable, yet later it will work just fine. Oftentimes the notification alerting that the user has 15 minutes left for an application does not send, resulting in further confusion for the users. Another issue is with the bedtime feature. For some reason, the Bedtime feature is set using the time on the guardian’s phone rather than the child’s. Normally this wouldn’t cause any issues, but if the child happens to be in a different time zone than their guardian, for example, if the guardian were to be on a business trip, the start and end of Bedtime would start at whatever time was set in the guardian’s time zone. This could result in the child losing internet access significantly earlier or later than scheduled. Not only that, but this also affects the time at which the limits refresh. Combined with this app’s inability to accurately measure time, this results in the time draining in the middle of the day, and then disabling apps for the next 24 hours. Use literally any other software to monitor your screen time. Just not this dysfunctional garbage. Not to mention you apparently have to pay for this nonsense? Not surprised at the 1.5 star rating.
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