How much is parental control?

How much is parental control? It depends on whether you pay per child. SimpleSentinel charges one price for every child and every device in your family.

Apple bills it to your Apple ID, monthly or yearly, with a 7-day trial first, and you cancel it in your Apple subscriptions like any other app. The Founding Family price for the first 1,000 families never goes up as long as you stay subscribed. Sitters and guardians are included.

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

The short version

✓ One device, multiple children

Share one device between children. Each signs in with their own four-digit code and gets their own settings to access what you allow and close what you don't; Web browsing included. Their own chores are there too. Set the device down and it locks itself after a few minutes; wrong-code attempts reach you.

✓ Sitters

"It takes a village." Invite a sitter with a personal link that works on any phone. Activate them or deactivate them at will or on a schedule. You decide what they see, when they can see it, and what they can do.

✓ 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.

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: SimpleSentinel pricing.

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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