IOS 14 - parental controls GONE?
With the new software update, I can no longer use parental controls for my kids’ phones!! Where did it go?!
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With the new software update, I can no longer use parental controls for my kids’ phones!! Where did it go?!
A couple of suggestions / heads up for parental control software users:
Plainly put, the new parental control features suck....
1) After installing a parental control Mobile Device Manager, (Covenant Eyes, Net Nanny, etc) my kid is able to remove it without needing a password unlike the previous IOS software. Literally takes two seconds. Only notification you’ll get is from the parental monitoring app on the parent’s device
This is where Apple’s screen time “Could” back you up if they take the time to allow you to block specific apps indefinitely.
2) Not allowed to block specific apps but I can allow specific apps???? How does that work? If I don’t want my kid on Reddit for example. I can’t go into screen time, and search for the app or put in the app’s name to block it from even making its way into the phone. Okay fine I’ll just block the time limit on the app. Come to find you can still access the app for at least two minutes! There’s no “0” time setting for time limits on apps. I set the one minute, the minute runs out, the kid can get an extra minute by pressing “ask for more time” giving them a total of 2 minutes on the app when I don’t even want one.
the screen time idea is great but when folks can’t block specific apps from even making their way onto devices or set a zero time limit on apps, and lastly create a security or passcode requirement before deleting VPN / MDM profiles, kinda makes it hard to limit what your kid can and can’t see.
I really wish they would add that feature to this new IOS update. Too bad you cant downgrade IOS systems
A couple of suggestions / heads up for parental control software users:
Plainly put, the new parental control features suck....
1) After installing a parental control Mobile Device Manager, (Covenant Eyes, Net Nanny, etc) my kid is able to remove it without needing a password unlike the previous IOS software. Literally takes two seconds. Only notification you’ll get is from the parental monitoring app on the parent’s device
This is where Apple’s screen time “Could” back you up if they take the time to allow you to block specific apps indefinitely.
2) Not allowed to block specific apps but I can allow specific apps???? How does that work? If I don’t want my kid on Reddit for example. I can’t go into screen time, and search for the app or put in the app’s name to block it from even making its way into the phone. Okay fine I’ll just block the time limit on the app. Come to find you can still access the app for at least two minutes! There’s no “0” time setting for time limits on apps. I set the one minute, the minute runs out, the kid can get an extra minute by pressing “ask for more time” giving them a total of 2 minutes on the app when I don’t even want one.
the screen time idea is great but when folks can’t block specific apps from even making their way onto devices or set a zero time limit on apps, and lastly create a security or passcode requirement before deleting VPN / MDM profiles, kinda makes it hard to limit what your kid can and can’t see.
I really wish they would add that feature to this new IOS update. Too bad you cant downgrade IOS systems
Parental controls were moved to Settings > Screen Time in iOS 13 approximately a year ago. See information in Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
IOS 14 - parental controls GONE?