Tools I've tested

Free settings first, always. When a paid tool genuinely helps, it goes here with an honest verdict, who it's for, and who it isn't for.

Start free: built-in controls

Apple Screen Time and Family Sharing on iPhone; Digital Wellbeing and Google Family Link on Android. Most families need nothing more. Step-by-step guides are coming to my channels.

Coming soon: physical blockers

Tap-to-lock devices and timed lock boxes, tested side by side on price, ease and how easy they are to cheat.

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