Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

4.5
136K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls™ is a free app that allows you to easily monitor your child's use of the Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch console.
(Please note: A Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch console is required to use this app.)

◆ Set a daily play time limit
You can set how long you'd like your child to be able to play for each day. It's possible to choose different settings for each day of the week, and you can also set it so that the game on the console is suspended as soon as the play time limit is reached.

◆ Manage your child's GameChat settings
If you choose to allow your child to use GameChat, you can manage which friends they can chat with and decide whether they can use video chat.
Note: The GameChat feature can only be used on Nintendo Switch 2 consoles.

◆ View your child's play activity
You can easily check which games your child plays and for how long. You'll also receive a monthly overview of their gameplay activity.

◆ Set restrictions based on your child's age
You can choose to restrict the games your child can play and the features they can use based on their age.

Attention:
● In order to use the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, a parent or guardian (aged 18 or above) needs to have a Nintendo Account.
● You can set purchasing restrictions, including restrictions on purchasing products and services in Nintendo eShop, in the Nintendo Account settings.
● In order to make use of all of the features and settings available in the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, all linked Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch consoles need to be using the latest system version.
● Please see support.nintendo.com for details about the GameChat feature.
Updated on
11 Aug 2025
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Data safety

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No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.5
132K reviews
Erika Do
30 August 2024
Really bare bones controls. You can set hourly limits on a console, and you can set an alarm for bedtime, and you can see a general idea of how much of each game was played each day, but that's it. It's unclear how well these settings work. For example, I set bedtime at 8pm, but when I look at the time played, it has red text saying the game was played past the set time. It doesn't say when the hours happened, so I can't know if she went over by five seconds or somehow kept playing for an hour.
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Eric Fong
17 August 2025
Update made this app and Switch unusable. When in airplane mode, you cannot get the unlock pin. Was on a long international flight and my kid couldn't play Switch since we couldn't connect to the internet. Also, you cannot set the play time to 0. Shortest time is 15min. Finally, the app now often fails to connect to the Switch.
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Amanda Brown
11 August 2025
I loved this app until the update that happened with the Switch 2 release. We have a Switch 1 and 2. The time extension is only 30 minutes at a time and makes adding an extra 2 hours for 1 day very clunky and frustrating! If I could delete this app and use something different I would!! Please return the time extension process back to the old way that made an extension an easy process, not repeating the same process of extending 30 mins at a time, 4 times just to give my children 2 extra hours!
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What's new


・ The play activity display has been improved.
・ The "Parental Controls Tips" section has been added to the bottom of the alerts menu.
・ Fixed a behaviour that caused the menu to slide when changing time settings.
・ Other small improvements have also been made.