Parental Control App - OurPact

After trying 4 different apps that did not work properly, and being super frustrated I finally tried this and 99.9% of everything is working!! I will say you can not expect perfection out of these but this is pretty close. And of course it depends on what you need it for. I need it because I got my 11y an iPhone and the main purpose is for safety and instant connection during our schedule. First day with it she was texting me in class 🤦🏼‍♀️. This app allows me to put a schedule on her phone and it completely removes all wanted apps during the scheduled times like school and sleep. A lot of apps claim to do this, b*rk controls all apps but not texting. Texting portion is crucial for us. Some apps just don’t work or can’t be supported by all phones it’s been a rough journey. I have the new iPhone 16. During school the only apps I have working are the phone for emergency, notes and calculator. I do not want to control her like this forever I want to use this app to ease her into the phone e experience for the first year or 2 and hopefully it can help! I also was able to adjust settings to make sure she doesn’t do a factory update or search inappropriate things, etc. the one issue I ran into so far is after I created schedule and app limits I wanted to go back and allow her clock for alarm, and it hasn’t translated over to her phone yet, hoping it will. Also I haven’t yet had to delete this app, I have heard about these device management apps deleting all apps it controlled with it. So when that day comes 🙏🙏🙏

I have used OurPact Premium for over 8 years on three of my boys devices. My oldest son sure hated it. I was able to prevent him from having access to Snapchat and TikTok till he graduated high school. If he could find a way around the controls, I’m sure he would have but he couldn’t change anything. I also use OurPact with Apples family security. Not sure if I need too but I like using both. I have praised OurPact for years and tell anyone that needs a service like this to get it. But…. The reason for not giving 5 stars is the current Log in issue and being signed out. I homeschool my two pre-teens so they are home with me all day and I like to give access but take some apps away at different times of the time. We have schedules set but if they finish work early before say our 3pm “School” schedule turns off, I can’t just quickly log onto the app and grant them an hour. Or when they have lunch, I want to grant 30 min. I have to log in EVERY time. This has been going on for a month now. I have sent customer service an email and they apologized and said it’s being worked on. They suggested I save my log in info so I don’t have to type it in but for whatever reason, it doesn’t save my log in info. Face recognition would be nice to log in for something quick. If it doesn’t get fixed soon, I sadly will have to leave and find another app to use.

Update: The first install took me a while (long!) to set two phones. Indeed one phone success and one phone failed. Today I tried to reinstall on the second phone. It worked very smoothly and took very little time! Hmm...not sure what happened at first trial but it’s very easy now. Finally my kid and I figured out how to organize apps!!! I am changing my review raising from 2 to 4 stars! One is saved for the installation instruction and the monthly fee. But 7 bucks still worth for two phone. Initial review: I was so excited to have the control over my kids phone to monitor their phone usage. The concept is good and app is easy to use. The problem I have is the apps are reorganized in alphabetical order. App says premium service will eliminate this issue. So I downloaded and when through all the process of installing till late night... guess what all apps are scrambled! My kids are not so happy about it. This is no good as it has bad impact on my relationship with my kid. I want to be a cool mom who knows what I am doing. The second, I still couldn’t figure out why I only was able to pair one phone and not the second one for premium service. So one phone has premium control and the other phone has the basic control. Another late night to figure this out while kids are sleeping. I work full day so only night time is available for me to do this lengthy installation/paring process. Hope I can hear some advice and I fall in love this app so I can give five star.