What can I do instead of Screen Time?
What can I do instead of Screen Time? Keep it, and add what it lacks. SimpleSentinel runs on Apple's own Screen Time framework, so nothing you already use stops working.
What it adds: as many named downtime windows as you need instead of one, a clock the child cannot change, a one-tap pause from your phone, chores that lock the phone until they are done, and a message your child cannot ignore. One price for every child and every device.
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.
✓ Scheduled chores that can lock the phone
Type a chore, pick a child, set when it's due, and decide what happens if it isn't done: their phone stays open, goes into downtime until it is done, or locks fully until it is done. Count it done on their check-off or only on your approval.
The feature page: Apple Screen Time alternative.
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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