Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

Name: Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…
Rating: 4.7 (28743 reviews)
Author: Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Supervise Children's Gameplay

Free

29k Ratings
Ages

16+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Language

EN
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Size

83.2
MB

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls™ is a free app that allows you to easily monitor your child's use of the Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch console. (Please note: A Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch console is required to use this app.) ◆ Set a daily play time limit You can set how long you'd like your child to be able to play for each day. It's possible to choose different settings for each day of the week, and you can also set it so that the game on the console is suspended as soon as the play time limit is reached. ◆ Manage your child's GameChat settings If you choose to allow your child to use GameChat, you can manage which friends they can chat with and decide whether they can use video chat. Note: The GameChat feature can only be used on Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. ◆ View your child's play activity You can easily check which games your child plays and for how long. You'll also receive a monthly overview of their gameplay activity. ◆ Set restrictions based on your child's age You can choose to restrict the games your child can play and the features they can use based on their age. Attention: ● In order to use the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, a parent or guardian (aged 18 or above) needs to have a Nintendo Account. ● You can set purchasing restrictions, including restrictions on purchasing products and services in Nintendo eShop, in the Nintendo Account settings. ● In order to make use of all of the features and settings available in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, all linked Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch consoles need to be using the latest system version. ● Please see support.nintendo.com for details about the GameChat feature.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

29k Ratings

5star review - deffo worth the download
12/01/2019

Carmel91
I would deffo recommend this app, it does what it says it does. It reminds my child on his screen (top corner so doesn’t disturb game play too much) makes a little bell noise so that they look at it and realise that it’ll soon be the end of game play. The reminders are good as let’s my son know it’ll be over soon and won’t be too upset by the game turning off. 5stars in my opinion as u can set what ever time you wish for your child to play for. Lots more options too! Happy parent :)
5star review - deffo worth the download
12/01/2019

Carmel91

I would deffo recommend this app, it does what it says it does. It reminds my child on his screen (top corner so doesn’t disturb game play too much) makes a little bell noise so that they look at it and realise that it’ll soon be the end of game play. The reminders are good as let’s my son know it’ll be over soon and won’t be too upset by the game turning off. 5stars in my opinion as u can set what ever time you wish for your child to play for. Lots more options too! Happy parent :)
Useful, but flawed
14/06/2018

Durzel
This has the makings of a slick application, but it is woefully inconsiderate of simple, practical considerations.For example:- Usage and time of day restrictions apply to the whole Switch. If you've got more than one child using it and one of them burns through the usage credit, well tough luck for the other one.- No matter how many parent/guardians you have in a family group, only one of them can actually link a Switch. The rest might as well not bother using the app as it doesn't function at all without linking - you simply cannot get past the linking step to do anything, even if you're registered under an account that IS linked.- There is no facility to suspend operation on demand. Child refusing to come to the table for food? Nothing you can do except to physically take it from them if they're within the usage/time of day parameters. The app pushes new settings to it instantly so no reason it can't suspend on demand.- Child been really good today? You can't give them extra time unless you change the usage/time of day rules persistently, "disable alarms for today" in the app or "temporarily disable parental controls" on the Switch, which lasts for as long as it doesn't go to sleep (no "you can have an extra 30 mins" etc)This stuff is pretty fundamental, but curiously absent.
Useful, but flawed
14/06/2018

Durzel

This has the makings of a slick application, but it is woefully inconsiderate of simple, practical considerations.For example:- Usage and time of day restrictions apply to the whole Switch. If you've got more than one child using it and one of them burns through the usage credit, well tough luck for the other one.- No matter how many parent/guardians you have in a family group, only one of them can actually link a Switch. The rest might as well not bother using the app as it doesn't function at all without linking - you simply cannot get past the linking step to do anything, even if you're registered under an account that IS linked.- There is no facility to suspend operation on demand. Child refusing to come to the table for food? Nothing you can do except to physically take it from them if they're within the usage/time of day parameters. The app pushes new settings to it instantly so no reason it can't suspend on demand.- Child been really good today? You can't give them extra time unless you change the usage/time of day rules persistently, "disable alarms for today" in the app or "temporarily disable parental controls" on the Switch, which lasts for as long as it doesn't go to sleep (no "you can have an extra 30 mins" etc)This stuff is pretty fundamental, but curiously absent.
Nearly perfect
15/07/2020

jsniper31
This app has been a game changer in managing screen time and the ability to restrict timings individually each day is great but I do have a couple of suggestions. The first would be to add a start time as I don’t want the kids playing until 8am but the default is 6am. This would allow us to change the schedule each day more specifically. Secondly it would be helpful if when I disable alarms for the day I can turn them back on and when there seems to be a connection issue turning on the alarm there should be a background refresh from the cloud so it can be turned on when connection resumes
Nearly perfect
15/07/2020

jsniper31

This app has been a game changer in managing screen time and the ability to restrict timings individually each day is great but I do have a couple of suggestions. The first would be to add a start time as I don’t want the kids playing until 8am but the default is 6am. This would allow us to change the schedule each day more specifically. Secondly it would be helpful if when I disable alarms for the day I can turn them back on and when there seems to be a connection issue turning on the alarm there should be a background refresh from the cloud so it can be turned on when connection resumes
Ummmm...
12/05/2024

Iplaygames5647373
Okay, to start off, we use Nintendo Switch lites often because my daughters enjoy playing together. But, one of my daughters accounts is linked to another and had parental controls on it. We've tried multiple times to try and fully disable it but the app is impossible to use. Another point I would like to make is that the app and website is a mess, it tells us to enter a password here but nothing comes up to enter the password in and on the website it says that the pin is in a specific place, but it isn't so my daughters can no longer play together and they are really upset by this. Sort you app and website out. I'm really disappointed by this.
Ummmm...
12/05/2024

Iplaygames5647373

Okay, to start off, we use Nintendo Switch lites often because my daughters enjoy playing together. But, one of my daughters accounts is linked to another and had parental controls on it. We've tried multiple times to try and fully disable it but the app is impossible to use. Another point I would like to make is that the app and website is a mess, it tells us to enter a password here but nothing comes up to enter the password in and on the website it says that the pin is in a specific place, but it isn't so my daughters can no longer play together and they are really upset by this. Sort you app and website out. I'm really disappointed by this.

・ If the Parental Controls PIN is successfully entered on a console, you can now check this information under "Play Activity" in this app. Additionally, if you enable PIN entry notifications in the notification settings, you'll receive a push notification when the PIN is entered on the console. ・ Other small feature improvements and bug fixes have also been made.

Version 2.4.0 24 Mar

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Provider: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Size: 83.2 MB
Category: Lifestyle
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

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