Get the KiddoTurn app

KiddoTurn is in a free beta on iPhone and Android. It isn't in the App Store or Google Play search yet: you join as a tester, and we send you a personal invitation. Install the app on your own phone and on your child's phone.

1. Ask for an invitation

Email us the account each phone uses to install apps:

• iPhone: the Apple Account (Apple ID) email.
• Android: the Google account email signed in to Google Play.

If your child's phone uses a different account from yours, send both. We usually add testers within one working day.

Parent on iPhone and child on Android, or the other way round? That works too — just tell us which phone is which.

2a. Install on iPhone (TestFlight)

1. Install TestFlight, Apple's free app for beta testing, from the App Store.
2. Open the invitation email from TestFlight on that iPhone and tap View in TestFlight (or enter the redeem code from the email in TestFlight).
3. Tap Accept, then Install. KiddoTurn appears on the Home screen like any other app.
4. Repeat on your child's iPhone with the invitation for their Apple Account.

Requires iOS 16.4 or later. TestFlight installs updates for you; keep automatic updates on.

2b. Install on Android (Google Play)

1. After we confirm that you're added, open the tester link on the phone, signed in with the Google account you sent us.
2. Tap Accept invite, then Download it on Google Play, and install KiddoTurn.
3. Repeat on your child's phone.

During the beta Google Play may show the app as "com.gynsus.kiddoturn (unreviewed)". That's expected for test versions; updates arrive through Google Play as usual.

3. Set up your family

1. On your phone, open KiddoTurn and sign in with Apple, Google or your email. Choose Create family and add your child.
2. Tap Add device for your child. On your child's phone, open KiddoTurn, choose This is a child's device and scan the QR code (or type the 6-digit code). Confirm the pairing on your phone.
3. On your child's phone, follow the protection set-up: allow Screen Time access on iPhone, or turn on KiddoTurn's accessibility service on Android. Then choose which apps should pause.
4. Create a first routine, for example "Morning" with a ready-by time, and use Test protection on the child's phone to check that the apps really pause.

Joining another parent's family? Ask them to send you an invitation from Family → Invite an adult instead of creating your own family. More help is on the Support page, and you can also manage everything from a computer at kiddoturn.com/app.

Tell us what you think

The beta is free. In return we'd love to hear what works and what doesn't: reply to the invitation email, write to hello@kiddoturn.com, or use Send Beta Feedback in TestFlight. Please don't include your child's full name or other personal details.