BackToLife Parent
Parental control, no Reels
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
BackToLife Parent is a parental control for your child's social media: it removes what hooks them (Reels, Shorts and infinite scroll) and helps you protect them from what's dangerous, like strangers and content that isn't right for their age.
Looking for a way to remove Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts or TikTok's For You feed from your child's phone without banning social media? BackToLife Parent is built for exactly that.
WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
Instagram has no button to turn off Reels. Blocking the whole app causes fights at home, and counting minutes doesn't change what happens inside. What hooks teenagers isn't social media itself: it's the endless videos and the recommendations designed to keep them there. BackToLife removes exactly that and keeps the rest: talking to friends, searching and learning.
WHAT IT REMOVES
The Reels tab, Shorts and TikTok's For You feed, always
Explore, suggestions and AI-generated posts
Reels in the feed, autoplay, stories, likes and comments, if you want
Ads on Instagram and YouTube
WHAT IT KEEPS
Their chats and messages with friends
The accounts they choose to follow
What they search for on purpose
SAFER
By removing Explore, For You and suggestions, your child only sees what the accounts they follow post and what they search for, not what the algorithm pushes at them. When you set up the app, we also guide you to turn on Instagram's official protections for minors: private account, messages from strangers and age-appropriate content.
WHAT YOU CAN DO FROM YOUR PHONE
Choose which social networks they get: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X
Different filters for each network: you choose what is removed, network by network
Different schedules for school days and weekends
Block apps on their phone when needed
See how much time they spend, when and on which network
Several children on the same account
Your child can't turn the filters off. On their phone they'll see: "Filters are managed by your parents".
NO SPYING
BackToLife doesn't read their messages or conversations. You see usage, not content. No ads and no selling data. Parenting isn't surveillance.
GETTING STARTED TAKES 2 MINUTES
1. Download BackToLife on your child's phone and BackToLife Parent on yours.
2. Link them with a QR code.
3. It comes with the recommended filters already on. Adjust them if you want.
WHO IT'S FOR
For parents who are about to give their child a first phone or first social media accounts and want to get it right from the start. Also for families where the phone is already a daily battle.
BackToLife was born in Madrid, made by a young team that grew up with these platforms and knows exactly what makes them addictive.
BackToLife Parent requires a subscription.
Questions? Write to info@backtolife.site or visit backtolife.site
Privacy Policy: https://backtolife.site/privacy
Terms of Use (EULA): https://backtolife.site/terms
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What's new in 1.2.4
• Invite other parents: share your code from Settings. A parent who signs up with it gets a free month of Premium right away, and when they link their first child you get yours, up to three months.
• Have an invite code? Enter it when you sign up and your first month of Premium starts at once.
• Hide AI Posts for Instagram and TikTok: the posts those apps label as made with AI disappear from your child's feed. The recommended setup turns it on.
• How the app works now explains what happens if your child tries to remove the app.
• A new Privacy screen in Settings lets you switch product analytics off for your account.
• When something could not load, the app says so and offers Retry instead of showing an empty list, and a rule editor never saves over a rule it did not load.
• Your children's photos and your own show without a connection, and the app makes fewer background requests.
The developer, BackToLife, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- ASOC JUNIOR EMPRESA SYNKRO
- Size
- 74 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Parental Controls
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Yearly $8.99
- Premium Yearly $49.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 BackToLife. All rights reserved.
