Kids Zone - Parental Controls

A Google user

Good app but security release not so accessible for parents . We locked ourselves in the app, and now, cannot use the phone at all. We are getting a message to send an email and we need to wait 36 hour till a temp pw is sent back to us to unlock the app. We cannot use 36 hours. We need the phone for work and everything else. There should've been a different route to unlock it.

malbowz 125

We needed an app that would allow our kids to use the phone for age-appropriate stuff but keep them from accessing the internet or other inappropriate apps. Well this is the real deal! It works as described and does a great job in keeping them safe from harmful content through the phone. You can enable/disable any app you have installed and can select from your list of contacts so that you can call/text them while the app is in lock-mode. Just make sure you remember your password! Kudos to the developer for stepping up and helping us unlock the app after we forgot the password! Great developer support and a great app. Pro version is worth the small fee.

Tanya Miller

Up until last phone update, this worked great. Now using android 12 one up 4.0 and nothing works even though the app says it’s blocking. Phone can be restarted, any app used you just have to wait until the “unapproved app” message disappears and then u can carry on using it. You can swipe down for the notifications and settings. But the worst thing is that if the phone is restarted either by auto restart or manual, then the app loses any profiles, PIN numbers and preferences and so you have to start again. And yes I have the full pro version….. shame because this was such a great app that didn’t rely on you having to remove apps that you didn’t want access to but instead you allowed apps that you felt were safe. Like a said, a big shame

Megan

Do not buy!! If I could give it no stars I would. I bought the full version, it does not work! When locked you can still access everything with no issues, make calls, etc etc, this app is completely useless!! It does absolutely nothing it says it does!! And they refuse to refund.

Taija McB

These kids can break any lock. Nice try though. The app at least says it's trying to fix the issue while they play in the pics and when it returns to the home screen it says device lock but doesn't return to the kids mode screen so they were off into my office apps and printing unnecessary pages. My 10month old is faster at getting out the app than the 7 year old.

A Google user

Worked well for a few weeks, installed on an old phone with no sim, so young child could just play on games and other selected apps without going onto general apps, Internet etc. However, it then started locking the phone without us going into the app and we couldn't then unlock it, we were stuck in the app. Needed to turn brightness down, but couldn't get out of app lock to get to settings to do so. You cannot even just turn phone off to clear this, as you cannot turn phone when locked by the app, so had to remove battery. Happened a few more times, felt like a "the robots are taking over" moment, or some virus had hacked control of the phone. Luckily just on an old phone, not our actual phones. Even when tried to uninstall with app unlocked, it then locked itself, and prevented this...like a virus protecting itself! So then had to attempt again, luckily uninstalled now.

A Google user

bug report: My 3 yr old found a bug playing around with "Device Locked, returning to kids zone" screen. When entering this screen and tapping the home button until screen change, the default android home screen appears and allows him to navigate to other apps, he then gets blocked when trying to access another app and gets redirected to the kids zone. This allows him the flexibility to test where else he may get access to.

A Google user

Need to unplug from a few apps but the "unplug your life" apps are too expensive, too quirky, or don't actually keep you away from them? Use this! Block only the apps you don't want, customize your screen to only show those chosen apps, and plug back in with a simple pin code. The best part? The one time premium purchase is MUCH cheaper than the other "proper" unplug apps out there.

Angel G

This app used to be great, and actually stay locked. Now even if it's locked, my kids only have to hit the menu button and it takes it to the main phone screen and out of the phone. I'm not ok with this, and what is the point of having an app that is supposed to lock phones, but doesn't even do that. It's pretty much useless. I see the comments that it is an Android issue, if this is the case, and the app no longer works on droid's, it seems that this app should be removed from the store.

Jeremy Eanes

This application used to work and now, not. Have this installed on my kid's Samsung Tab A tablets and, while the app says it's blocking non-approved apps, it still allows access. I have had to hide all the apps on the tablet other than what they're allowed to use, but these kids are smart...won't be long before they find out they can access all the installed apps from settings. Seemed to work with their older tablets running 4.4. But not on current Android OS. App fix does not work either.