Roblox App Not Affected by Screen Time

I was having this issue. I was unable to get Roblox and a few other apps to work even after I had them on the approval list. How I fixed it was by turning screentime off, turning it back on and changing the age limit to a higher age.

Turn off Screentime, Sign out of Apple ID, Sign back in to Apple ID, Turn on Screentime, set limits for Robox, Roblox is now under Screentime limits again. However sometimes when you adjust Screentime settings then Roblox may not be affected again so you need to repeat the reset process again.

From iOS 17.3.1, the screen time magically worked for my kids.

The latest iOS is 17.4.1, it is still working.

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I just noticed this was an issue for my 2 kids: one with an iPad and one with an iPhone SE. I signed out of iCloud on both devices and re-setup screen time on both.

To my surprise it fixed the iPad....but not the iPhone SE. Who knows...but I got a bit closer to it working.

The best way to manage this issue is to block the age restrictions in the apps. It immediately removes the app if you change the restrict to under 12 years old during downtime or block time. You can change it back when it is screen time.

I have a Eero Router and it has a subscription service for a firewall that can block websites and put devices on time limits. You might want to look into a firewall program for your network that you could customize the limits that way.

I had the same issue for controlling the kids time on Roblox and it was fixed through going to the Roblox settings and enabled the Parent Control. After that setup the screen time has considering/managing it too.

What's maddening about this is that it is incosistent, and some days/weeks it doesn't work (either because the screen times are not reported correctly, or just because it doesn't get stopped even when going over the limit) and some days it works just fine, even for Roblox, on both iOS and macOS. On macOS it sometimes has a weird issue where if RobloxApp is fullscreen when the limit hits, it will bounce back and forth between time limit screen and the app, never letting one be clicked into before the other takes over, and usually necessitating a hard reboot. I am going to try rebooting all the devices at the same time (including mine, which I saw somewhere else as a suggestion); I'd prefer not to have to sign out and sign back into iCloud accounts but that might be necessary too.

Thank you for your post, and for all the comments in this forum. I’ve experienced the same problem with Roblox and minecraft. The only way I can make it work, is by resetting the parameters again, and turning on and off the iPad. It need to be done daily, and it’s a big nuisance. My son is only allowed 30min of game a day, i monitor from my phone, and started to give him a 5 min warning. Because the screen time is not reliable anymore.

I don’t think Apple realised how much anxiety and stress this causes parents and children alike. I’m more than happy to delete Roblox , which I have done. But I believe we should be able to trust the product. Or at least have an explanation from the developers why this is happening.

Change the age limit on apps. Roblox is 12+ so if they’re set at 4+ for example they can’t open Roblox.

Been having this same frustrating problem with my children’s devices and Roblox since a year ago, whereby it just suddenly stop locking and still there seems to be no resolution from Apple!

Would really love to hear from someone who has managed to get this to work again.

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

This is a continuous problem. It is still happening. My constructive feedback is that I have been to the help desk multiple times and no one has a fix for this problem. I have tried innovating and found absolutely no way to stop Roblox. It clearly has an hour glass, shows a 1-minute limit, but functions regularly after 1-minute on every pickup.

The only suggestion given (tongue in cheek) by a help bar person was to get rid of the phone entirely—but we cannot as it was obtained and functions primarily as a DME. As such, this screen time glitch is actually a medical issue.

My last post was deleted because it was “not constructive” (most likely because it mentioned class action?). I assume this post will be wiped as well for even containing the words, but this is the most constructive criticism I can muster.

I have reread the terms and conditions. This post does not violate any of the listed terms. However, the last term is quite Orwellian, and it allows any post remove for any reason. Is it 2022 or 1984 here?