These apps on Mon/Wed/Fri, those on Tue/Thu/Sat. Play 30 minutes, rest 5. And when time is up, your child hears your voice — not an alarm.
A schedule-style screen-time manager for parents, installed on your child's iPhone or iPad.
Built-in Screen Time is a blunt tool. RestBud adds seven things it can't do:
• Lock schedules — apps you add to a Lock are blocked all day by default; check weekdays and set one or more unlock windows (say, 7:00–12:00 plus 14:00–16:00 on Mon/Wed/Fri) and they open and close automatically.
• Rest cycles — apps you add to a Rest must take a break (say, 5 minutes) after the play time you set (say, 30 minutes), then unlock automatically, on repeat.
• Daily limits — put several apps on one list and give them a shared daily total (say, 1 hour across three games); once it's used up they all lock until tomorrow, and the parent screen shows roughly how much has been used today.
• Website allow list — turn it on and only the sites you list open (say, YouTube and school sites); everything else is blocked, and your child can see the allowed sites on the home screen.
• Ask for more time — when an app is locked, your child can tap "Ask for 10 more minutes"; approve it on the RestBud home screen and only that app opens for 10 minutes, then locks again. No arguing, no waiting around.
• Device protections — one switch each for built-in iPhone restrictions: no deleting or installing apps, no in-app purchases, date and time locked to automatic, adult websites blocked. No more digging through Settings.
• Your family's voice — when time is up, your child hears a recording of you, not a cold alarm.
The blocked screen is a gentle sprout illustration that even tells your child what time they can play again — not a scary blocking page.
• Set it once and it runs itself: rules are enforced by the system scheduler, even if the app is closed
• A parental gate protects all settings
• Deletion protection: turn it on and your child can't delete RestBud
• Completely free, no account, no ads, no data collection — everything stays on this device; a voluntary tip jar lives behind the parental gate
RestBud is built on Apple's official Screen Time technology.
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Ready for iPhone Duo
• Rebuilt for iOS 27.1: on iPhone Duo, RestBud now fills the screen whether the phone is closed or open, instead of running in a small letterboxed window.
• Everything else works exactly as in the previous version on other iPhone and iPad models.
Version 1.1.20261023
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Information
Seller
RUEI YI WU
Size
8.2 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.