Apple Screen Time alternative that keeps everything Screen Time gives you
SimpleSentinel is the Apple Screen Time alternative for parents: it runs on Apple's own Screen Time framework and adds what it leaves out.
Screen Time gives you one downtime a day and a clock a child can change. SimpleSentinel gives you as many named windows as you need, a clock that stays locked, a one-tap pause from your phone, and chores that lock the phone until they are done. Screen Time, Ask to Buy and Find My keep working.
One price, unlimited children and devices. 7-day free trial, billed by Apple.
What Screen Time leaves out, and what still works
✓ Multiple downtime windows
Apple's Screen Time gives you one downtime a day. SimpleSentinel gives you as many named windows as you need per child, school hours and bedtime both, each on the days you pick, with a heads-up chime before each one starts.
What Screen Time leaves out, side by side
Downtime: Screen Time, one window a day; SimpleSentinel, as many named windows as you need. Clock: Screen Time, the child can change it; SimpleSentinel, locked to network time. Pause: Screen Time, none; SimpleSentinel, one tap from your phone. Chores: Screen Time, none; SimpleSentinel, chores that lock the phone. Price: one price for every child and every device, on the pricing page.
✓ Pause their phone with one tap
From your phone, pause a child's device right now: a Downtime pause keeps their usual allowances, a Full pause closes everything. It lands in seconds, even mid-game, and Resume brings it back just as fast.
✓ Everything Apple gives you still works
Screen Time, Ask to Buy, Find My, content ratings: keep using every control Apple already gives you. SimpleSentinel runs on Apple's own Screen Time framework and adds what they leave out. There's nothing to lose, only capabilities to gain.
Questions parents ask about this: Is there a workaround for Screen Time, What can I do instead of Screen Time. See also SimpleSentinel reviews.
Pricing
Founding Family (First 1,000 Families)
7-day free trial. Unlimited children and devices.
$9.99/mo
or $99.99/yr
About 28 cents/day for every device & child.
Your price never goes up as long as you stay subscribed.
Regular Price
7-day free trial. Unlimited children and devices.
$16.99/mo
or $149.99/yr
About 41 cents/day for every device & child.
Compare to A locked-down phone @ $1,000/yr per child.
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