Apple Screen Time
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Dec 12, 2025first mention
Oct 31, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use Screen Time (iPhone) to limit it to 20 min a day”
“The screentime controls as part of an Apple family are great”
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“Look into using Screen Time”
Caveats and dissent
“Google's implementation of parental controls is way superior to Apple's”
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Digital minimalism 1 mention
- The UK's War on Anonymity Has Come to America 1 mention
- Ask HN: What kind of setup do you run for your children? 1 mention
- Ask HN: Is there any way to lock apps on iPhone? 1 mention
- YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same 1 mention
- Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person? 1 mention
Also written as Screen Time. Data: apple-screen-time.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I use Screen Time (iPhone) to limit it to 20 min a day”
“Google's implementation of parental controls is way superior to Apple's”
“The screentime controls as part of an Apple family are great”
“Look into using Screen Time”
Can you be more specific? I’m curious. My son is too young to use a phone but I plan to use screentime when he’s ready for a phone. I use screen time for myself, with a 1minute limit for weekdays and 1 hour limit for weekends, for all social media, news and media consumption apps, and my wife has the password (because I have zero self control)
I don't have an iPhone so haven't tried any of this, but can you not treat your kids devices like you would a business's? It looks like normal user device enrollment with device management is optional, hence why I think business probably makes sense. https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/apple-business-manager/axm6a88f692e/1/web/1 The you can force all traffic through a proxy. https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/de