Easylock Parental Controls

Easylock replaces the flood of "ask for more time" requests with one simple exchange. When your child's apps lock, they can ask you once. You tap Give 30 min, pick another amount, or say no. Everything on their phone unlocks at once, for as long as you decided, and locks itself when the time runs out.

HOW IT WORKS

On your child's phone, Easylock uses Apple's Screen Time controls to lock the apps you choose. You set a daily limit, lock times such as homework and bedtime, and how often your child can ask for more. When the limit hits or a lock time starts, the apps show a lock screen with one button: Ask for more time.

On your phone, the request arrives as a notification. Answer it from anywhere. You can also give time whenever you like, without waiting to be asked, or unlock the phone in person with your parent PIN.

ASKING IS RATIONED, NOT ENDLESS

You decide how many times your child can ask: once each time the phone locks, a few times a day, every few hours, or any time. Once the asks are used up, the button disappears and the lock screen says when they can ask again. Extra time you give does not reset the count.

ONE ANSWER UNLOCKS EVERYTHING

Built-in Screen Time sends a request for every single app. Easylock locks and unlocks the phone as a whole. One yes means your child can get on with what they were doing, and you get on with your day.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Requests and answers travel through your own iCloud account using a private family code. There are no accounts to create, no servers of ours, and no tracking. Which apps are limited never leaves your child's phone. Requests are deleted automatically after two days.

BUILT FOR FAMILIES

- Works with Family Sharing, so your child can't delete the app or turn it off without you. - Up to 8 named lock times, each with its own days and hours. Bedtime on school nights only, for example. - A second parent can join with the same family code and answer requests too. - Always-allowed apps stay open: Phone, Messages, and whatever else you choose. - Custom amounts from one minute to 12 hours. - Lock now: lock a child's apps for an hour, the afternoon, or the rest of the day, from wherever you are. - One child, all their devices: an iPhone and an iPad follow the same rules and the same locks.

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