Screen Time - Media Time Manager at Mac App Store analyse

What We Liked: Our family adores our iDevices, but we (the adults) know that life doesn’t revolve around a screen. There are family members to take care of, meals to make, chores to be done, books to be read, homeschooling to be completed, games to play outside, the list goes on and on! Young children don’t always seem to realize this though. I love that Screen Time helps parents to set clear boundaries and guidelines for screen usage in their homes that their children can look to for a consistent policy on the amount of time they can watch television, play with the iPod, etc. for. It can be all too easy as parents just to snap when the kids have had ‘too much iPod! Screen Time can help everyone be on the same page. I really appreciate that you can time multiple children at the same time, so if you have one child on the iPod and another on the iPad – no problem. They can each have their separate timers ticking away. And who can dislike the fact that you can even encourage children to do more around the house to earn more time on the iPad! You have to love that. What We Didn’t Like: Some of the small round buttons were very hard to tap on. They have a very small touchable area and it’s tricky to get the touch JUST right. I’d love to see the tappable space enlarged. Overall: If you’re looking for a tool to help you manage your children’s screen time and guide them into maintaining a healthy balance of activities with a minimum of fuss, Screen Time can help. In fact, it might become a vitally important app in your collection of family management tools. Disclosure: I received a promo code so that I could review this app.

I always found it hard to keep track of how much time the kids spend watching tv and playing on the computer. This app helps me monitor this time. Also, I like how you can add time by doing jobs around the house.

Concept is great however i was looking sown thing more for my 13 year old son to have it in the background so i can know how much time he uses his iPod, not one that i would need to monitor back to him all the time. Thanks anyway

I was want to put an allowance time lock to my 13 years old sons iPhone. And I love the idea that we can reward him with more time. But I didnt know that someone has to manually start/stop the timer.... It would be amazing if the timer starts as soon as the iPhone is unlock....

This is a rip off. Im frustrated that I paid for this. Its a glorified timer. What child will voluntarily turn a timer ON every time that they begin using their device. I was under the impression the app would immediately begin timing each time the iPad is on and being used. But no, the adult has to literally start and stop the timer each time! I can do that myself with ANY timer. Dont waste your money!!!

App doesnt work as promised. You have to reset the timer each day, but it doesnt automatically come on. Nice idea, failed execution.

This is a clever use to make a couple dollars out of nothing, doesnt have any real use for it.