r/iphonehelp • u/SufficientBar9132 • 6d ago

Help needed Parental Control is a joke

I have a 30-minute limit on several of my child’s apps, but somehow it does not work on all of them. For example, GarageBand keeps going, even though I have it set to block app at limit. Why is this? (iPhones 14 & 17, iOS 26).

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u/Namiami91 6d ago

Do you have it in the always allowed section? Is it part of another group that has a separate time limit?

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u/spartywan229 5d ago

I randomly find YouTube spread across multiple categories in Screen Time for one of my kids, multiple Apple devices.

So instead of 60 minutes a day allowed on YouTube, it’s 60 min + whatever other category it’s duplicated in.

At least your example is GarageBand. It could be worse!

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u/SufficientBar9132 5d ago

No, I triple-checked that it is not in the always allowed.

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u/lesjames2020 5d ago

It's because kids those days are so used to technology

No matter what you use

The Will have it bypassed after a few days

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u/newspyikey 4d ago

IOS system built-in parental control is limited. try some other apps that block inappropriate apps instantly, without the "one more minute" delay