How can I lock my child's phone at night?

How can I lock my child's phone at night? Give the phone a Bedtime window: pick the nights, and it goes quiet at that time without you lifting a finger.

A heads-up chime plays before it starts. The clock on the child's phone is locked to network time, so there is no sliding the time back to end it early. Need it earlier tonight? One tap on your phone pauses it right now. Calls keep working.

One price, unlimited children and devices. 7-day free trial, billed by Apple.

The short version

✓ 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.

✓ The clock is locked

A child's phone keeps network time from the moment it's linked, so there's no changing the time to end downtime early or skip a chore. Screen Time has no such lock; SimpleSentinel does, on every child's phone, all the time.

✓ 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.

What still works during a lock

Calls to and from you keep working. Apple keeps the Phone app reachable no matter what. Your emergency alarm and a No Ignore message still reach the screen. A pause stays until you lift it, through restarts and through a scheduled downtime window. SimpleSentinel never reads what your child types, watches or browses.

The feature page: app to lock kids' phone at night.

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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