One-tap iPhone lockdown for parents

Hand it over. You're still in charge.

One tap locks your kid's phone into an age-appropriate mode. No Screen Time workarounds. No setup hell. No drama.

Built on Apple's own APIs PIN + Face ID No jailbreak, no MDM
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Phone's wide open. A toddler with opposable thumbs. What could go wrong?

The problem

You hand them the phone. Five minutes later, they're in everything.

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Screen Time is buried in Settings, confusing to set up, and kids already know the workarounds.

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YouTube, Instagram, games, messages β€” one unlocked phone and they've found all of it.

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Nothing works in one tap across a toddler, a tween, and a teen at once.

4

Every parental app is ugly, technical, and zero fun to actually use.

Five lockdown presets

Five presets, loosening as they grow

Each one is a starting point you can fully customize. Pick a preset, hand over the phone, walk away β€” no exit without your PIN or Face ID.

🍼AGE 0–4

Toddler

Most restrictive by default. Pick the handful of apps allowed β€” or lock it to nothing at all.

πŸ‘¦AGE 5–9

Young Child

Approved apps only. They can read now, so keep it locked.

πŸ§’AGE 10–11

Pre-teen

The strictest teen preset β€” most apps blocked by default. Open up only what they’ve earned.

πŸ§‘AGE 12–13

Tween

The middle ground. Block social and the risky stuff, keep the rest.

πŸ§‘β€πŸ¦±AGE 14–16

Teen

Loosest of the five β€” everything’s allowed except the apps you block. They’ll suspect everything; they just can’t prove it.

No way out without your PIN or Face ID β€” and Apple won’t let any app block Phone, so emergency calls always work.

Coming with Family by Blood

Stay in control,
even from across the house

The next wave of tools β€” usage reports, tamper alerts, and per-child profiles β€” arrives with the Family by Blood tier, launching soon.

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Usage & attempt reports

See which apps they opened β€” and which ones they tried to open while locked.

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Two-parent tamper alerts

Both parents pinged the moment someone tries to break out of a mode.

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Every kid, one app

Separate profiles and settings for each child, switchable in a tap.

The handoff ritual

Three taps to peace

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Pick a preset

Toddler through Teen β€” five presets, each already configured for that age.

2

Hand it over

Tap the lock. A big LOCKED πŸ›‘οΈ animation seals the phone. You see "You're covered." They see "nice try."

3

Take it back

Your PIN or Face ID is the only way out β€” so only you decide when screen time ends.

Apple Watch

Run the whole lockdown from your wrist

No reaching for the phone. Lock any mode, add time, hit Death to brick it on the spot, or Set Free to hand it back β€” with a live countdown on their screen.

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Kid Defense πŸ‘ΆToddler Protected 1:00
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Lock any mode

Pick any of the five presets straight from your wrist β€” the phone locks on the spot.

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Add time

Earned a few more minutes? Stretch the clock without touching the phone.

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Death

One tap bricks the phone instantly. Everything off, emergency calls only.

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Live countdown

The timer ticks down on their screen too β€” so there’s nothing to argue about.

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Set Free

One tap ends the session and hands the phone back.

Pricing

Two tiers. No nonsense.

Start free of friction at ninety-nine cents. Upgrade when the whole flock needs covering.

Peasant
For the one-phone household
$0.99 / mo
or $9.99 / year
  • βœ“ All five presets β€” Toddler, Young Child, Pre-teen, Tween, Teen
  • βœ“ One-tap Tap to Protect
  • βœ“ App Locker β€” choose exactly which apps are allowed
  • βœ“ Adjustable session length
  • βœ“ 4-digit PIN + Face ID
  • βœ“ Apple Watch controls β€” lock, Β±time, Death, unlock
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How it stays clean & legal

Serious about safety. Serious about your data.

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Inside Apple's rules

Built on Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Local Authentication β€” Apple's own frameworks. No jailbreak, no MDM, nothing that vanishes overnight.

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Parent-owned by design

No child accounts β€” you install Kid Defense and control all of it. Any data it handles about your child's device stays for you, the parent: it's never sold, never used for ads, and we don't collect personal information directly from kids.

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Plain-English privacy

COPPA, CCPA, and Screen Time disclosures a human can read. See the full Privacy Policy.

Coming to the App Store

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