How to limit volume on iPad? (iOS 10.2+)

My son has autism and loves to watch videos on iPad. However, he loves turning the volume all the way up, no matter how much I turn it down or ask him to turn it down. There is no reasoning with him on this. The second I turn my head he turns it all the way up, and it drives me crazy. I've gone to the restrictions part of settings and enabled the "Do not allow changes" part of the "Volume Limit", but that didn't do anything. The volume can still be changed very easily.

You can't tell me after all these years Apple doesn't have a way to set a max volume on a device??

Posted on Aug 4, 2017 8:56 PM

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neubsdad

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Posted on Apr 30, 2018 7:01 AM

I have a 12 year old with severe Autism. Like a lot of the other posters my son will not turn his iPad down and it is incredibly frustrating that I cannot limit the external speaker volume of the ipad through the iOS software. I ended up putting 2 pieces of scotch tape over each speaker and it reduced the output volume by at least half. It is an unfortunate solution to a problem that Apple could easily fix themselves, but it worked for me. Obviously you'd need to have the iPad in a case that the child cannot open or remove easily. I hope this helps someone.

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Sep 15, 2018 12:05 AM in response to marcin35

This is not solved. Your selling it for $10.

Feb 3, 2019 10:18 AM in response to Z mann R2

Oh and Apple, thanks for NOTHING!

Jun 2, 2018 12:50 AM in response to mkmartel

I was having the same issue and figured out how to get it to work.

1. Ensure restrictions allow changes to volume limit (temporarily)

2. Set Volume Limit under Music in Settings

3. If Sound Check is not turned on under Music also turn this on

4. Go back to restrictions and change volume limit setting back to don't allow

The problem is that the child can turn off Sound Check which then allows them to increase the volume.

marcin35

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Sep 15, 2018 3:20 AM in response to makeapplegreateagain

I have recently made the app paid (with free trial) but this does not change the fact that the app solves the problem. You can set the volume limit that works on the main speaker.

At the beginning, the app was free because it did not generate huge costs. I had to pay only app store fees, they were not big money so I paid it with private money. However, now I want to translate app into additional languages. This is a big expense and I do not want to cover it out of my own pocket. I'm not a businessman. I do mobile apps in my free time, I do not have any extra budget for it.

But if you think this $7 (not 10!) is so expensive, no problem. Write, I will make special promotions for you and other participants of this form.

Aug 27, 2018 8:52 AM in response to mkmartel

Same question also. I done all the restrictions possible on my son's Ipad but the volume level always never worked. Now I see only works with headphones.

Hope iOS 12 maybe has some changes to this.

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How to limit volume on iPad? (iOS 10.2+)