For families · iOS · in development
Set the limits together. Your kid runs their own day. Using less earns a reward they picked — and nothing changes unless you both agree.
Get early access
Four steps. Five minutes to set up.
Daily limits you negotiate, a reward your kid picks, and a PIN for each of you.
They pick how long — 20 minutes, say — take a short pause, and the apps unlock. A warning before time's up. No surprise cutoffs.
Every minute under the limit is progress. Setting aside future time — up to a week ahead — earns it faster. No streaks, no penalties.
A check-in after week one. After that, anything can change — as long as both PINs agree.
Parents get limits that hold. Kids get rules they helped write.
Nothing changes without both. There's no parent backdoor — that's the point.
Your kid sees everything you see. No secret reports, no reading messages.
A few one-minute unlocks a day for texts and little checks.
Kids always know how much time is left. Two-minute warning before it ends.
A cutoff the family chose — and can move, even tonight.
No accounts, no tracking. Nothing about your kid ever leaves the phone.
of parents rate the parental controls they already use 3 out of 5 or worse.
NYT Wirecutter survey of 750+ parents, 2026Apps are designed to be hard to put down — that's not on your kid. Parental controls answer with more surveillance, and kids answer by getting around them. ScreenDumb gives kids a say, and rules they own are rules they keep. Not zero screens. Intentional ones.
A heads-up at launch — or raise your hand to test it before it ships.
No spam. Free to try · iOS · Launching 2026