Screen Time app limits for Roblox not working on MacBook Air

My daughter was given a MacBook Air for Christmas (lucky her). She has app limits set to not allow Roblox on week days. On a week day the app looks "dimmed" and the limit seems to be in place... but the app opens anyway.


I've just spent over an hour to an Apple support specialist who acknowledged that it doesn't work for "downloaded apps" (which Roblox is because it's not listed on the App Store). We played with ALL the settings, all of which were fine and normal. All the other time limit disabled apps do not open as requested.


This leads me to conclude that "Family management" on Apple devices is flawed and needs some immediate attention.


I note that other people have been having similar issues on iPads, dating back to 2022 at least, so I was wondering if there was any solution out there (aside from just uninstalling it).


Any chance of a fix Apple? Also why are the only controls on a "per app basis". I want to limit on a "global time basis" as well.. sure you can play 1 hour of something, but you can't play 1 hour of that game AND 1 hour of another game. Perhaps I've missed an obvious setting... even if I have, I'm not convinced that it would work given my previous experience.





MacBook Air (M4, 2025)

Posted on May 8, 2026 12:55 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Jul 2, 2026 2:09 AM

I have been struggling with this issue for a long time on Mac. It seems Roblox app is using RobloxPlayer which is not getting restricted by the screen time. Go to ~/Applications -> Right Click Roblox -> Show Package Contents, look inside Contents/MacOS. RobloxPlayer doesn't have the Screen Time hourglass icon. I couldn't find RobloxPlayer in my child's activity monitor and Apple doesn't have a way to add manually.


With no other options, I have blocked Roblox at the router level. Added the following in Blocked Sites list, which seems to be working.


roblox.com

rbxcdn.com

clientsettings.roblox.com

api.roblox.com


I still want to allow my child a 30 minutes play and I unblock when he wants to play but it is a hassle. Apple should fix this and allow manually adding apps which are not appearing in the list, or add RobloxPlayer along with Roblox in the list.


16 replies

Screen Time app limits for Roblox not working on MacBook Air

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.