How to control our children's mobile on Android and iOS

parental control

The Kings or Santa Claus may have brought a child from our house their first smartphone. We say child but we do not specify an age because nowadays it is not very clear or when it stops being a child, nor what is the recommended age to use this type of device. What must be clear is that It is recommended that a minor with a mobile phone and internet access must undergo a minimum parental control about your access. Today we are going to see how some parents, even being very clumsy in the world of technology, can have this control.

For this before we needed yes or yes third-party applications, now from the device's own configuration we have access to several options to control various parameters.

How to proceed with an iPhone

Apple terminals have a wide range of options to control the children's device, whether it is borrowed or the child's own.

To begin with we have to go into Settings and click on usage timePress Continue and then choose "This is my [device]" or "This is the child's [device]."

With this we can control both the time the terminal is used and which applications are being used, in this way monitor and control everything the child does with the device. You can also prevent your child from installing or removing apps, purchases within apps and more.

iPhone captures

You can restrict the use of built-in apps and features. If you deactivate an app or function, you do not delete it, but instead temporarily hide it from the home screen. For example, if you turn off Mail, the Mail app won't appear on the home screen until you turn it back on.

You can also prevent the playing of music with explicit content, as well as movies or TV shows with specific ratings. The apps also have ratings that can be configured through content restrictions.

We can also restrict responses or Siri online searches, to avoid unwanted searches. Your device's privacy settings allow you to control which apps have access to information stored on the device or to hardware features. For example, you can allow a social network app to request access to the camera, so that you can take photos and upload them.

How to do it if you have Android

A good method for this on Android is to create multiple users from Settings / Users. From this menu we can restrict various parameters including calls or sms. This method is ideal for when we temporarily leave the terminal to a child, usually it will go into one or two app.

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Google play also allows you to activate parental control. This is interesting because we can disable content by age, in this way filter apps to avoid those with sexual or violent content.

The level of this control can be carried out both in Apps and in games, movies and music. This option is accessible from the settings / parental controls menu of the Google Play App itself.

If these options are not enough, we have access to several applications that can help us in this taskThere are countless but we are going to recommend some of the most useful.

YoutubeKids

One of the most popular applications for both adults and children is YouTube itself, but as we well know YouTube uploads everything, and yes what we want is that our children do not have access to adult content. It is best to download the YouTube kids application, where they will only have access to Family Friendly content.

YouTube kids

The application itself has options to know or control the time our children spend watching video, as well as blocking content that we do not want them to see. This application is available for both iOS as Android.

Google Family link

This application created by Google itself is used to remotely control children's mobile phones. With this app you can monitor the time your child spends looking at the mobile, and also about how much of that time they spend with an application.

With this you will be able to know the type of use you are giving your device, and you can set time limits so that they are with the mobile on or even block certain applications.

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With this application we can also know at all times where the configured device is, establish limits on the visibility of the content that will be found in the Google Play Store or configure Google's SafeSearch to Block adult searches or those with inappropriate content for children.

Uses and options

These are some of the most useful options of this application that is available both for iOS as if to Android:

  • Location: You can activate the location history of the device to know that a private map of the places your child goes to is generated with the devices where they use the linked Google account.
  • Use of applications: You can see the activity of the applications used on the devices with the linked account. Which apps have been used in the last 30 days and how much.
  • Screen time: You can configure the number of hours that the mobile screen can be turned on from Monday to Sunday. There is also the option Time to sleep, which establishes some hours in which the mobile phone is no longer allowed.
  • Applications: You can see the applications that have just been installed and those that are installed on the mobile, and block those that you do not want to be able to use.
  • Device settings: You can manage permissions and settings of the device on which the linked accounts are used. You can add or delete users, enable or disable the permission to install apps from unknown sources, or the developer options. You can also change location settings and monitor the permissions granted to device applications.

Qustodio

This parental control App allows you to limit the time your child spends with the devices, control the web content you access and block the applications you use. You can too see in real time what your child is doing with the smartphone at all times. The free version of the application allows you to control up to one childTo add more shoots, you will have to go through the paid version. Here you can download it for iOS.

Qustodio screenshots

The prices of the paid version range from € 42,95 per year for the cheapest version, to € 106,95 for the most expensive version.


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