Roblox App Not Affected by Screen Time

So very strange but make sure you turn on screen time using the device you want to control. When using my iPhone to turn it on Roblox is still available. When I do it from my Son's iPad it is blocked. It's almost as if the config stored in my iCloud is corrupted somehow, but when enabled locally on the iPad it works. Will see if it sticks......

Guys. Your kids are clicking “ignore app limit for the rest of the day” when their time is up. This is not a roblox issue.

I have downtime set up from my device, to have my child’s devices “shut down” at a specific time and not wake up until the time I choose. This is only accessed from my device by passcode, or her devices- but only if she has the passcode, which she does not.

but she was spending too much time on her screens so then I set up app limits and gave her a little time daily on each app. I set it up for her 2 main ones, not realizing I need to just set it up for the entire device. So she got through those 2 and moved to another, so I set a limit for that and when she got to another app I was like NO, and had it all shut down.

So then I go to her device and she has complete access to app limits. No passcode needed. I set it up on my phone for me and when you reach the limit, you get 3 options- 1- ignore for 1 more minute 2- ignore for an hour 3- ignore for the rest of the day.

This is not a roblox issue. They are not bending the app limits- your children are. This is absolutely an apple issue. If we can set up downtime for our kids devices, we should be able to control the app limits.

I had the exact same issue till yesterday: The Roblox, Youtube, Youtube Kids, Minecraft could not be blocked by the Screen Time on my kid's iPad Pro with the latest iOS 16. No matter what I did with screen time remotely or locally, the issue could not be solved.

The quick solution I did to make it working today:

Turn Off Screen Time (remotely) -> Sign Out kid's Apple ID (In my kid's iPad) -> Sign In kid's Apple ID (In my kid's iPad) -> Turn On Screen Time (remotely) -> Check the Always Allowed page and remove the unwanted apps

In the last step, I found those apps appeared in the Always Allowed page, which I could not find before signing out Apple ID. After I removed them, the screen time started working with these games.

If your kid can ignore the time limit from his own iPad, you may try the following:

Turn Off Screen Time (In the kid's iPad) -> Turn On Screen Time (remotely)

Note: always use your own devices to turn on the screen time for your kid's iPad.

If still there is some issue, try to log out Apple App Store and then re-login in you kid's iPad.

Hope this help.

I also had this issue but realised that Roblox was somehow in the Always Allowed list, meaning that any limits are ignored.

You can check this on the Parent device by going to:

Settings > Family > (Childs Name) > Screen Time > Always Allowed then simply remove it from the ALLOWED APPS list.

This worked for me, hope it does for you too!

I master cleared my kid's iPad (updated to the latest iOS and performed a full iCloud backup before clear). After I restored the iPad, the screen time worked as expected for all apps including Roblox. Also there is no app that can be added to "Always Allowed" category magically by kid.

The problem of master clear and restoration: some apps require re-login after restoration, like Roblox, Minecraft, Genshin Impact, etc. Make sure you record down their username and password before performing master clear.

I found out my child had place Roblox and YouTube on the always allowed section under screen time. Once I deleted it from there, it now is blocked once again during screen time. Hope this helps!

@Adrian97c look at the thread above “I found out my child had place Roblox and YouTube on the always allowed section under screen time. Once I deleted it from there, it now is blocked once again during screen time. Hope this helps!”

I was having the same problem. I realized that Roblox was listed in the ‘always allowed’ section of the settings. Once I deselected that Roblox app in this setting, the time limit immediately worked for Roblox, much to my son’s distress.

I have found a *roundabout* way of blocking Roblox whenever needed. Change allowed Apps age to 9+ (in Content Restrictions in Content & Privacy Restrictions) and Roblox disappears completely. It is a hassle having to do it, but when screen time limit kicks in and all apps (apart from bloody Roblox!) get blocked, might as well take the extra three steps and change app limit to 9+. And - voila! - Roblox can't be used.

"Try turning off “share across devices” on the screen time menu. It fixed the issues for me."

This one man. After I turned it off. It does work. Roblox App Not Affected by Screen Time - Apple Community

I tried the suggestion of signing out of my kids Apple ID on her iPad and then signing back in and it worked. After re-enabling screen time from my iPhone, Roblox is now blocked when I turn on down time. I’m not sure how it got to this point but hope it doesn’t happen again.

I had suggested using a firewall or router service before but I wanted to add some further information because you can block it this way along with several other apps that have been listed in several of these posts.

I have EERO from Amazon. I use the paid program for 100$ a year. My network and every device I owned was compromised in 2020. I wasn’t sure where I picked up the problem or how it was introduced so I wanted very detailed control over any connections or device interactions to my Wi-Fi network. After paying thousands to replace everything 100$ a year to try to keep control was worth it to me personally. So I’m not sure what comes with the free version with the purchase of a EERO router but that would be a personal judgement call based on your homes needs.

First the app can be downloaded from the Apple Store and kept on your main device. Your setup will make you the administrator, but you can add a second person to make changes if you have another adult in the house to add the app to their phone.

I am clueless with other routers and how they can be customized through a web page, so I needed something that I could figure out through something simple in an app like way of preferences.

To set up a Profile to individualize what can be blocked or have a scheduled pause timeframe you have to connect the device(s) to the main Wi-Fi connection that allows it to see other connections on the network. Anything that you don’t want to be able to interact with anything else should be given the guest network which is also password protected. It doesn’t matter which one it is connected to if you want to apply pause or block the device.

For many of the issues I am seeing in this post I think you would need to go with a profile and add any devices that you want to have limits applied to control the connection. Roblox is listed as an app that can be blocked directly under games along with game systems and game companies. You can block YouTube and social media directly by just selecting them in the block apps section of the profile settings to apply to all devices assigned to that profile. That allows you to use certain web connections on the adult devices set up under a different profile. You can block or allow sites and control content types by age groups. You can further manage the device by time by setting up a scheduled pause that will block any Wi-Fi connection during a certain time. If the device has cell service then further turn off the app under cellular settings from connecting when not connected to Wi-Fi.

I know it is something that costs money and not part of the Apple Settings. So I know this will not be the right solution for everyone. It is however the best way I have ever found to really control my home network as a network systems dummy. It has also given me a control freaks dream way to micro manage things that I can’t stop any other way. Everything I own is Apple except for this router, so I’m very pro apple when possible btw.

I hope this helps someone!

Try turning off “share across devices” on the screen time menu. It fixed the issues for me.

Solution:

Go to screen time and scroll down to turn off Share Across Devices. Once you do this, the screen time will reset so you will have to add new schedule and add back those allowed apps.

This worked for me.

As of today screentime still doesn’t affect Roblox…I have noticed that that when screentime is ON Roblox remains available. When screentime is OFF Roblox not available. A work around is to change the age setting to 9+ which hides the app (regardless of screentime is on or off) So in summary; turn on screentime and change age to 9+ to stop Roblox been played when screentime is on. Do the opposite to make it available (turn off screentime and change the age setting to 12+).