Google Family Link
★ 4.0AndroidGoogle Play
What it actually doesGoogle Family Link is a parental control application that helps ensure your family's safety online.
30%Marketing ≈ reality25%Stability97%Live project
Actually does
- ✓Family plan
- ✓Ограничение экранного времени90% of reviews
- ✓Управление и блокировка приложений70% of reviews
- ✓Интеграция с Google Play, Chrome, YouTube, Поиск20% of reviews
- ✓Родительский контроль и управление разрешениями80% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Фильтрация контента (YouTube, Play, Chrome)
- ⚠Отслеживание местоположения на карте
- ⚠Управление паролем и настройками аккаунта ребёнка
- ⚠Уведомления о входе/выходе из места
- ⚠Отображение статуса батареи устройства
- ⚠Подача звукового сигнала для поиска устройства
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»