Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

4.2
131K reviews
10M+
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PEGI 3
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About this app

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls™ is a free app for smart devices to keep you engaged with your family's gaming activities on Nintendo Switch.
◆ A Nintendo Switch console with the latest available system version is required to use this app.

This is recommended for people worried about things such as:
1. Is my child spending too much time playing games?
2. What kind of games is my child playing?
3. Are the games my child is playing age-appropriate?

Below are three special features of the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app:
1. Monitor play time on your console.
Set a play-time limit and the console will notify users that the time limit has been reached.
Parents and guardians can check the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app to see if the time limit has been followed.
It is also possible to suspend gameplay automatically when the play-time limit is reached.

2. Check up on your console's gameplay.
The summary function allows you to easily see what games have been played on the console recently and how much time was spent playing each day.
View daily reports and monthly summaries of play activity. If you choose to receive push notifications, you'll be notified when a new monthly summary is available.
It's an easy way to see what kind of games your family is interested in.

3. Restrict console features.
Nintendo Switch functions can be restricted to prevent the console from playing games above a certain age rating.

Attention:
◆ An Internet connection is required to use this app. Cellular data may be used. A Nintendo Account (for ages 18 and up) is also required.
◆ Restrictions to Nintendo eShop purchases can be set from Nintendo Account settings.
◆ Your use of this app is subject to the Nintendo Account User Agreement available at support.nintendo.com.
◆ In order to make use of all of the features and settings available in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, all registered Nintendo Switch consoles need to be using the latest system version.
Updated on
Dec 12, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
127K reviews
Lucas Lubecki
May 9, 2025
Very basic. Lacks simple features that would allow to control the child properly: 1: Play time limit - no option to set it to 0. 2: Bed time alarm - 4pm is the earliest. What about if I don't want my child to play it before school or early in the morning 3: Biggest upset 😡 - I can not block my child from watching YouTube on his switch!!!. Very very annoying. There should be an option to pick the apps he is allowed to use on his switch.
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David Golding-Ray
January 2, 2025
It does mostly what it needs to. I understand the complications with restricting individual users, so I'll live with the fact that the restrictions apply to the whole console. But there needs to be scheduling for downtime. At the moment, you can specify a time limit for the day and when it should stop for bedtime, I would really like to be able to adjust when it comes on again, currently it turns back on at 6am which is fixed. Add that in, and it gets 5 stars.
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Clint Marney
December 26, 2024
Really useful app, great for monitoring usage only issue is you can not override the time out if password has been entered wrong to many times. Even in parent mode Does not update in real time, can change time allowed, updates console but does nothing. Isnt the whole point of having control of game time and control... Needs a massive update.
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What’s new


Implemented bug fixes.