OneLimit vs PearGuard

OneLimit - Child shows you exactly how much screen time you have left today. Your budget ring fills up as you use your iPhone, PS5, Switch, Xbox, or Windows PC. Green means plenty of time. Amber means slow down. Red means almost done. WHAT YOU CAN DO - See your budget ring: One clear circle shows how much time is left across all your devices. - Check your streak: Stay within your daily budget to keep your streak going. How many days in a row can you manage? - Ask for more time: Need a few extra minutes? Send a request to your parent right from the app. They will get a notification and can approve it instantly. - See your devices: Check which of your devices are online and how much time you have used on each one today. - Bedtime countdown: Know exactly when your devices will lock for the night. This app works with "OneLimit: Parental Controls". A parent must set up your account and link your devices before you can use it.

PearGuard is a privacy-focused, peer-to-peer parental control app. The parent device pairs directly with the child device — no accounts, no servers, no subscriptions. Your family's activity data lives only on the devices you pair. PearGuard is designed for families where the child uses an Android device. The parent can use Android or iOS. FEATURES Screen Time Limits Set daily time budgets and bedtime windows on the child device. Per-App Policies Allow, block, or time-limit individual apps by category or one at a time. Activity View See what's been used and when, directly from the parent device. Time Requests The child can request extra time; the parent approves or denies from their device. Privacy First No account creation. No email address. No tracking. No ads. Activity never leaves the paired devices. Open Source PearGuard is free and open source. Source code is available on GitHub. PERMISSIONS Camera — used to scan QR invite codes when pairing with a child device. Photo Library — used to set profile photos.