ScreenTimeNext

Screen time doesn't have to end in a fight. ScreenTimeNext gives that moment a countdown, a warning, and somewhere to go next.

Screen time doesn't have to end in a fight.

ScreenTimeNext is a parental control app built around the hardest ninety seconds of the day: the moment the tablet has to go down. Instead of an app simply vanishing, your child gets a calm countdown, a warning before the end, and a screen that asks one question — what are we doing next?

HOW IT WORKS

1. You set the time. Start a session from the dashboard and a countdown begins, with a live timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

2. You pick what to limit. Apps, categories, or all web browsing — chosen with Apple's own Screen Time picker, so your child's app list never leaves their device.

3. Time ends gently. Gentle warnings arrive before the end. When time is up, the blocked apps show a transition screen instead of a blank wall.

4. Your child chooses what's next. Family time, outside, free time, clean up, or a meal. Choosing is what closes the screen — so the ending has a destination, not just a stop.

FOR THE PARENT

• One dashboard: how much time is left, what your child chose, and a tap to add or take back minutes
• Add time when it's earned. Taking minutes back also shortens today's budget, so a longer session doesn't quietly become a longer day
• Decide it yourself when it matters. Pick the next activity in Settings and your child is told rather than asked
• Slide to remove every restriction for the rest of the day — one deliberate gesture, never a stray tap

PRIVACY

ScreenTimeNext uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your child's app selections are handled by iOS as opaque tokens: the app cannot read which apps they are, and never stores, logs, or transmits them. There are no accounts, no servers, and no analytics. Nothing leaves the device.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Screen Time permission, granted once by a parent
• ScreenTimeNext limits the device it is installed on

ScreenTimeNext is not a monitoring tool. It doesn't report where your child goes or what they type. It does one thing: it makes the end of screen time predictable, and gives it somewhere to go.