The Australian social media age ban has officially reshaped how families navigate screen time across the country. With the enforcement of mandatory age verification under the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act, parents are breathing a collective sigh…
Boomerang Parental Control returns to iOS. Manage your kids’ iPhone and iPad mobile devices with app controls and screen time management features. Manage all your kids’ devices—iOS and Android—from one app, whether you use an iPhone or Android yourself. What…
I read this recent article about how social media platforms like Instagram do not have any impact on teen mental health via The Verge and it got my blood boiling a bit. Research is not required to see the negative impacts…
A safe browser is not included by default on Android and iOS devices. And the built-in filters do not always go as far as parents would like them to when it comes to keeping their child’s browsing experience safe. Here are…
Apple’s recent announcement of requiring app developers to add more information about data collected is now live. We updated our app to meet these changes and wanted to share exactly what we are collecting from our users. We fully support…
A bit of background In the fall of 2018, Apple released screen time features built into iOS 12 which mimicked many of the core concepts third party parental control apps, like Boomerang Parental Control offered on the App Store. Earlier in the year, following…
Last updated: August 6th, 2020 – 5:12pm PSTGoogle Play removes Boomerang Parental Control – I share our recent experience dealing with Google’s Appeals team. About us We are a team of three Dads with the combined goal of helping families start…
It all started in 2015 when we became early innovators and offered parental control for Apple iOS devices using Apple’s own Mobile Device Management (MDM) frameworks. Boomerang Parental Control offered parents remote control of iOS device screen time, age and…
We are BACK! Boomerang Parental Control is back on the App Store. Apple made changes to their App Store Review guidelines at their annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) back in June 2019 which reversed their decision to ban apps that…
Case Study A year ago, Will Burger, MathU Teaching Emporium CEO and Founder reached out to our team. He shared that Boomerang Parental Control was being used successfully in a pilot program at a local school in South Africa. The…
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