Protection · App Approval

Approve new apps first

New apps stay locked until you say yes. Your child can ask from their phone, and you answer from yours.

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What it does

When App Approval is on, any newly installed app is blocked until you approve it.

Your child can tap Ask for an app, and the request lands in your Alerts and on the web dashboard. Approve it, decline it, or approve it with a daily time limit.

You can also add apps ahead of time, so the ones you already trust are ready to go.

What your child sees

A “Waiting for your parent” screen on new apps, and an Ask for an app button on the eGuard home screen.

How eGuard checks it

The device reports whether approval is switched on. New apps and requests show up in your alerts, so nothing is installed quietly.

How verification works

Parent app

On Android and on iPhone

Android phones and tablets

Applied by eGuard

eGuard switches it on for you, then checks the device really has it.

iPhone and iPad

Applied by eGuard

eGuard switches it on for you, then checks the device really has it.

Questions about app approval

How quickly does my answer reach the phone?

Usually within about 5 minutes, the next time the phone checks in.

What if I decline by mistake?

Change it any time from the Apps tab. The new decision reaches the phone at its next check-in.

Turn on app approval in a few minutes

Free for one child, with every setting checked on the device.

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