Google Family Link

Actually does

• ✓Family plan
• ✓Управление и блокировка приложений70% of reviews
• ✓Интеграция с Google Play, Chrome, YouTube, Поиск20% of reviews
• ✓Parental Controls90% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

• ⚠Location Tracking
• ⚠Фильтрация контента (YouTube, Play, Chrome)
• ⚠Управление паролем и настройками аккаунта ребёнка
• ⚠Уведомления о входе/выходе из места
• ⚠Подача звукового сигнала для поиска устройства
• ⚠Battery Monitoring

Common complaints

• ✗Reports of suicidal thoughts and attempts in children after app installation56% of mentions

  «The child became depressed, one day my daughter stopped leaving her room for 3 days straight, and then I found my daughter with a slit wrist, she was dead»

• ✗Inaccurate or missing location detection25% of mentions

  «Location shows incorrectly or doesn't show at all»

• ✗Bug: app limits automatically extend indefinitely instead of blocking8% of mentions

  «after limiting the app to 20 minutes it automatically extends indefinitely»

• ✗Features not working or working incorrectly (restrictions not applied, requires multiple attempts)20% of mentions

  «when you set the lock/unlock time restriction in the app, it shows the process is running, but in reality it's not»

• ✗App launches slowly (several minutes)8% of mentions

  «started launching very slowly, have to wait several minutes for the app to open»

What people praise

• ★Effectively reduces phone screen time

  «He started going out more often»

• ★App blocking works and keeps children away from the phone

  «set 25 minutes and it worked»

• ★Simple installation and feature setup

  «The app is just awesome»

Where to install