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 …
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 …
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 …
Our Boomerang Parental Control team joined the effort of our competitors in writing the Screen Time API — detailing our collective issue with Apple’s 2018 rejection of apps using MDM (Mobile Device Management) for third party parental controls …
Even with all of the recent updates by Apple and Google provide some built-in features in their latest updates, they do not go as far as required for today’s parental control needs. When it comes to purchasing a …
Hi! This is a huge update for Boomerang which adds a heavily requested feature: Daily App Timer, a further daily limit for specific apps. We also have some bad news for our iOS users thanks to Apple. Scroll on… Per …
Unlike Android devices, iOS does not allow 3rd party apps to block the installation or use of newly installed apps. However, they do have some internal controls that can get you at least some protection. As we mentioned previously, …
Disclaimer: I’m very passionate about this parental control space. So many moving parts, many opinions, approaches and competitors trying to get parent’s attention to educate them about these amazing features. I recently wrote my third email to Apple’s CEO, Tim …
There are not many apps that offer a rich and powerful offering for parents trying to keep tabs on their child’s technology use, Boomerang Parental Control and SPIN Safe Browser can and do. This post explains the differences …
Parents should be aware that their family iOS devices do come with some basic built-in restrictions that can be quite useful for their child’s first iPod, iPad or iPhone. We’ve already covered one of the restrictions in detail …