I bought my son an Ipad even though both my wife and myself use android. He's 9 years old so I set both of us up with an apple ID and me as the manager of the family share. I dont have another apple device, my son's iPad is the only one. It doesn't seem like I have a way to approve what kids buy or download on the iPad without another Apple device.
Any work arounds ?
The short answer is there are no workarounds. While you can use Family Sharing in an Apple Music context on an Android that's about the extent of it. You can't use it to manage his iPad and certainly not with the Screen Time features you would want to use. You could set up Screen Time but it would have to be done from his device and you would have to use his device to adjust settings and grant Ask To Buy permission.
Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy - Apple Support
The short answer is there are no workarounds. While you can use Family Sharing in an Apple Music context on an Android that's about the extent of it. You can't use it to manage his iPad and certainly not with the Screen Time features you would want to use. You could set up Screen Time but it would have to be done from his device and you would have to use his device to adjust settings and grant Ask To Buy permission.
Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy - Apple Support
Yeah im pretty surprised that Apple has such a limitation. I guess Google probably has the same limitation in the reverse scenario. I was hoping it could have been done via web browser
Yeah, it is what it is. I can think of a handful of reasons but we're not supposed to speculate in these discussions so I'll leave you to think of your own. :-)
Managing a child's iPad via Family Share with non-Apple device
