# Nova: Screen Time Buddy — The Tamagotchi for screen time

> The Tamagotchi for screen time (iPhone/iPad app by Negoci.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nova-screen-time-buddy/id6761410194 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Negoci](https://appshunter.io/developer/1844431867)
- Category: Education, Lifestyle
- Price: $1.99
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 43 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-26
- Data updated: 2026-07-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nova-screen-time-buddy/id6761410194/reviews.md

## What is Nova?

Meet Nova: a tiny alien who lands on your child's phone and gets sick when TikTok or Instagram is used too much. The cure? Reading aloud, playing together, and time away from screens.

No subscription. No ads. No tracking. €1.99 one-time, in 10 languages.

HOW IT WORKS

Just like a Tamagotchi: feed, wash, play with Nova every day. But when your child uses social media, Nova visibly gets sicker. Reading aloud, with built-in voice detection, gradually heals the alien. Earn cosmic accessories for keeping Nova alive: sunglasses, moons, even a black hole.

BUILT FOR PARENTS

• 5-minute setup with a 4-8 digit parent PIN
• Choose which apps to monitor via iOS Screen Time
• Three strictness levels: Mild, Normal, Strict
• PIN-protected settings, full control stays with you

PRIVACY-FIRST

• All data stays on your child's device
• No accounts, no logins, no servers
• Uses Apple's official Family Controls framework
• Microphone for voice detection only (nothing recorded or transmitted)

10 LANGUAGES

English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Swedish.

Made for kids 6 to 12. Loved by parents who want screen time to be a conversation, not a battle.

Questions? nova@negoci.nl
Privacy: negoci.nl/novaprivacy


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.5.1 — 2026-06-08

Meta-data.

### 1.5 — 2026-05-26

No release notes.

## More apps by Negoci

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All apps by Negoci: https://appshunter.io/developer/1844431867

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