Apple Screen Time app limits not working

Apple if you read this, please take responsibility and fix this issue! I've 4 kids and > 10 devices (parents incl.) so it's no option for me to reset all this devices one by one. Sreentime was always a great tool to manage screentime of the kids but now it's useless.

The most frustrating, ongoing, unresolved issue.

Four kids, 10 devices, 100% wipe out on all app limits - sometimes three times a day!

Five or six hours of apple telephone time and four hours of reconfig for wll

devices to finally be told that I’ll need to wait for a software update.

Horrible, horrible, horrible.

Apple this is appalling.

I have the same problem. I tried the procedures below (as well as others) to no avail. Screen time limits, app limits, downtime limits are 100% broken. (And I know it's not my kid's devious workarounds....)

It’s been over a year now and this issue STILL has not been corrected. Countless updates, yet no fix to this issue. We will be moving to a new carrier soon and it looks like we won’t be getting iPhones since the whole reason was so I could control my kids screen usage. You’re losing customers, Apple.

All 3 phones that I am attempting to add limits too are on 16.6.1. No limits applied stay for more than 5 minutes. I have been an apple user since the beginning and this is very aggravating as Im well aware of how the product works. In my mind this is a case of Occam’s razor. The simplest reason why this is happening is because apple wants it too. Blocking time blocks usage and limits income producing opportunities. Either that or they are completely inadequate at programming software. I dont think that one is believable……

androids up!

Apple at least has finally admitted that it’s broken. It’s broken in sooo many ways though. Almost seems like they need to rewrite the code from ground up.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/31/screen-time-is-broken/#:~:text=Many%20parents%20are%20reporting%20that%20Screen%20Time%20limits%20applied%20to,public%20beta%20of%20iOS%2017.

My daughter’s phone just got stuck in downtime for over a week. Turning screen time completely off and confirming it was off from all parent devices too didn’t help. Even resetting all phone settings didn’t help.

Apple is responsible for most arguments between my daughter and I in the last year. I’m not exaggerating.

If this isn’t fixed soon, we’re ditching our iPhones for Samsungs.

Anyone install iOS 17? Any reports of app limits working or not with the new iOS? 16.6.1 did not help and killed our batteries (as will iOS 17, I presume).

I was waiting to take the 17 plunge until I read some positives. Going to start shopping android next week if the new software doesn’t address screen time.

That’s not a solution, it’s a work-around and it’s a poor one at that. Flat-out avoiding features that don’t work as designed may meet YOUR immediate needs but won’t be a fix for everyone in every situation.

If it is fixed that should be pushed to iOS16 too as a lot of devices are not getting iOS17 and this "feature" has been around for years. I expect it to work on an iPhone X or a iPad 5th gen as they were sold with the function advertised! Really shady if they only fix it in iOS17.

IOS17 doesn't fix the problem: I've updated all of our devices and still have the same issues as before.

We keep being told that it'll be fixed in the next version but it never gets resolved. At this rate the easiest fix will be wait for all my children to turn 18.

APPLE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CHILDREN’S SAFETY.

This screentime issue has been going on for a year with thousands of people describing the same issue.

thwre is a new update almost every month to fix bugs but NOTHING has been done to address the screentime fault issue.

Exact same issue here. I don’t understand why Apple can’t fix this. We pay enough for these phones only to be forced to upgrade when there are limitations to what updates can be downloaded and subsequently affect performance. My thought was that this was an update conflict and that Apple has been negligent in fixing it because, “hey you need another new phone for hundreds of dollars!”. So tired of all these glitches. This is an important feature and when it worked it worked really well. I’m not keen on resetting my phone because I don’t trust that I won’t lose important things.

Anyone have any updates on this. I’ve been battling with screen time and the settings for months, thinking I was doing something wrong. But I seem to be having the same issues as everyone posted about below. Any resolutions from apple?

The screen time app is defective. And apple is aware of this since a long time.

Uncountable parents struggling, tensions within families, too much time spent trying to fix it. Frustrations.

And apple doesn't comment or admit this, unless you call apple support.

The app isn't even included on the list off apps, programs and products which one can select to provide feedback.

The same thing. The only advice from Apple support I got was to reset all my devices, which is not acceptable - there are 5 devices in a family and, according to people from this thread, the fix will work only until the next iOS update.

Shame on Apple - paying 1k per device, paying for family subscriptions and then get has such problems makes me think twice about the brand of the next phone, tablet or laptop.