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NyaTurret

wowee, i do love how it drains my battery, removes all of the useful features on my phone except for phone calls (no texting, no notifications, nothing.) i also enjoy how in a tap of a button my device can be locked in a second, without warning, in the middle of what you're doing, and how it always tracks your location, which makes me a bit uncomfortable. this should be considered malware- it literally blocks every single thing on your device. an easy way to make a 13 year old's day a bit worse.

Isabelle Coleman-Foster

if I could I'd give it no stars but it sucks. I can't get rid of the app and my parent has been trying to help me get it off my phone as well and they are also struggling to get the app off. Not to mention, it wants to delete my entire Google account to get it off my phone. It drains battery quickly too. I can't add another Google account without it having to be a school account. The location tracking is really creepy and the screen time thing sucks. Worst app I've ever had.

Khaisi Bradwell

Too be honest I don't like the daily limit, when ever in having fun like for example I'm playing a game and I'm enjoying it and then I forgot that the time limit was still there and when I was in the middle of doing something fun it kicks me out of the game,and when ever you reach bedtime you can't unlock to flashlight,apps or anything at that point but you can call someone I mean that's a good thing if your ever kidnapped but it also drains my battery really fast.

Rylee Ruby

This app absolutely sucks. It's terible. I DON'T recommend using this app. First things first, if u are making an emergency call it only gives you 1 minute to do so. When you are calling 911 or an emergency line they tell you not to hang up, well the app does the absolute worst thing possible after 1 minute, it hangs up. Second, the app drains your battery super fast and then it take hours to charge back up all the way. I have more reasons why this app sucks but don't have enough room to explain

Aaron Aviles

The app works as intended. Nothing wrong there, it's just that anyone that has to go through this experience of restrictions can be extremely frustrating. The issue now is the bedtime feature. It blocks all the apps. You can't message, you can't call and it should just be similar to how when your time is up or locked manually. I've also been using the app while manipulating the Screen Time usage, and usage on apps, thanks to Samsung's mobile updates with multitasking apps.

A Google user

The way it counts time spent on apps is extremely inaccurate. For example, it shows my total screen time as 1 hour and 45 minutes. However, if I look at how long I've spent on apps, it shows me as used 30 minutes each on 4 different apps. Which doesn't work. Also, it doesn't show you how long you've been on certain apps when you first open the app. And maybe let the kids look at the settings their parents put in place for them instead of a "learn more"

Aradhana Kaur

This is a horrible app... 1-No privacy at all, your parents can see EVERYTHING that you're doing. It doesnt even allow Incognito! 2-It gets really annoying when you're doing something important and your phone locks, and you can't text when the phone locks so in order to tell someone something you have to call them. 3-It doesn't let you change the time. If I'm in a different timezone I want to be able to change the time so I don't have to ask my parents about it. An annoying app overall..

A Google user

This is a bad app. All it does is get in the way. I can't open any files stored on my device or SD card that aren't saved to my google account, it won't update the activity for 5 hours, and when I try to do a file transfer onto a new phone, it prevents any apps from being installed. Especially the fact that it requires a parent sign in just to add my account to a school chromebook. Fix this app quick and then maybe I'll think of it as more of a blessing rather than a burden.

Aiden Machia

Terrible app. Apps lock earlier than the set time, I can't do emergency calls when it's locked due to it kicking me back to the lock screen, it won't let me update half my apps, it causes my phone to slow down to almost a halt at times, it keeps my location on no matter what, draining the battery, and it makes itself an administrator, meaning it's not easy to completely get rid of it. All in all, good in theory, terrible in practice.

Random Cat Vids

1st, the PROs: fast, easy install, didn't eat up a bunch of space on my phone, minimal battery usage, app capable of showing various places the phone had been seen at that day, it lacked ability to do so in real time Now the CONS: several different occasions I tested this, had the supervised phone in my hand while checking it's location, giving inaccurate results, like a location it had been at earlier but indicate this location as "updated just now. also, confusing UI, a pain to delet