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Get set up in minutes

Real step-by-step guides with real screenshots. Which one you need depends on your child’s device, not yours. A parent on either Android or iPhone can follow either guide.

Setup guides

Set up an Android child

For when your child’s device is Android, whether you, the parent, use Android or iPhone yourself.

Tasks4Access Set up protection screen on Android, explaining the Accessibility permission
Tasks4Access Create and Assign screen on Android with Daniel chosen, the apps to restrict set to Entertainment and Social, Permanent unlock selected, and a Create task button
  • Add your child and pair their device
  • Turn on Android’s Accessibility permission
  • Create a task and pick which apps it restricts
  • Approve completed tasks to unlock access
View Android setup guide

Set up an iPhone child

For when your child’s device is an iPhone, whether you, the parent, use Android or iPhone yourself.

Apple's own Choose Activities picker, used from the Tasks4Access My Apps screen on iPhone
Tasks4Access Set up protection screen on iPhone with the Screen Time permission explained, the confirmation checkbox ticked, Protection is on, and an Allow Screen Time access button
  • Add your child and pair their device
  • Turn on Screen Time (Family Controls) permission
  • Your child adds apps to “My Apps” on their own device
  • Choose which of those apps to restrict, and set any Always allow apps
  • Approve completed tasks to unlock access
View iPhone setup guide

What you’ll do in each guide

The shape of setup is the same on both platforms. Only the permission screen and how apps get chosen differ.

1

Add & pair

Add your child and connect their device with a 6-digit pairing code.

2

Turn on protection

Grant the one required permission each platform needs, explained in plain language first. The Android guide also covers an optional extra-protection step.

3

Choose what’s managed

Pick which apps a task can restrict (iPhone also enrols apps first).

4

Create a task

Set what needs doing and what it unlocks.

5

Approve & unlock

Review completed work and watch access unlock automatically.

More ways to get help

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App Walkthrough

See the complete parent-and-child experience, screen by screen, on real devices, from creating a task through to it unlocking.

View app tour
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Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers on device compatibility, tasks and approvals, apps and exceptions, billing and privacy.

  • Device compatibility
  • Tasks, approval & rewards
  • Apps, restrictions & exceptions
  • Subscription & billing
View all FAQs
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Troubleshooting

Having an issue? Find the most common problems and what to check first.

  • Restrictions not applying
  • Android permissions/protection
  • Managing apps on iPhone
  • Device showing a protection warning
  • Always allow apps not behaving as expected
  • Removing or changing a device
View troubleshooting help