# Xbox Family Settings

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1507406707](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1507406707)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1507406707`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Microsoft Corporation
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (6,329 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.9.07
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2020-09-23
- **Size:** 86 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xbox-family-settings/id1507406707)
- **Website:** [https://www.xbox.com/en-US/apps/family-settings-app](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/apps/family-settings-app)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839)

## Description

**Xbox Family Settings** helps parents manage their children’s Xbox gaming experience from an iPhone or iPad. Add children to a Microsoft family account, set screen-time limits, update content restrictions, and review incoming friend requests in real time.

The app provides convenient parental controls designed to support safer, more balanced gaming at home. Use of the app is subject to Microsoft’s Mobile Gaming EULA and applicable terms of service.

## Rankings

- #24,838 — Overall
- #35 — settings

## Review summary

Users value the basic parental controls and the family timer, but Xbox Family Settings on iOS is plagued by frequent bugs, unreliable time tracking and reporting, tedious login verifications, and frustrating fund-adding processes. Reliability issues persist across updates, limiting practical use despite the intended functionality.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use interface and controls
- Family timer helps enforce playtime limits
- Core parental controls are present and usable when the app works

### Cons

- Frequent bugs and instability: time limits don't sync or apply, and time tracking often doesn't update
- Screen time reporting is unreliable or not showing today's usage
- Cumbersome login/verification processes
- Difficult and slow process to add funds or make purchases
- Recent updates reset settings or reduce usability

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