Open Screen Time Terms and Conditions

Last updated: May 13, 2026

Open Screen Time is beta parental-control software. By using it, you confirm that you are a parent, guardian, or authorized adult configuring controls for devices you are permitted to manage.

Beta Software

The app may contain bugs, delayed syncs, incomplete features, and changing behavior. Do not rely on it as the only safety, supervision, or emergency mechanism.

Parent Responsibility

The Controller user is responsible for:

• Obtaining any required consent before supervising a child device.
• Choosing appropriate schedules and restrictions.
• Maintaining the parent-owned Firebase project.
• Understanding that iOS background execution is opportunistic and may delay interventions.
• Removing the app and deleting Firebase data when supervision ends.

Firebase and Google

The Bring Your Own Firebase model stores family data in a Firebase project controlled by the parent or guardian. If you use automatic provisioning, you authorize Google access so the app can create or configure project resources. If you do not want this, use assisted manual setup.

Limitations

Open Screen Time cannot guarantee that a schedule change applies instantly. Apple controls background execution, push delivery, Screen Time authorization, and device policy behavior. Denying notifications, location, background refresh, or Screen Time authorization can reduce reliability.

Acceptable Use

Do not use Open Screen Time to monitor or control devices you are not legally authorized to supervise.

Changes

These terms may change before public release. Continued beta use after changes means you accept the updated terms.