The best parental controlses, according to hackers
3 parental controlses recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
- Most recommendedApple Screen Time17 people recommend it
- Least regretGoogle Family Link15 recommend, 8 criticize
All parental controlses
- Apple Screen TimeBuilt into iOS, it lets parents set app limits and downtime easily. Caveat: critics say kids often get around it and it breaks after updates.17recommend
- Google Family LinkFree Android app letting parents limit apps, websites and screen time, seen as easier than Apple's options. Critics say it cannot block YouTube Shorts.15recommend
- Apple parental controlsFree built-in controls that some parents find adequate for kids' accounts and app limits, but critics call them buggy, hard to configure, and unreliable.8recommend