Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

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PEGI 3
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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 system.
Together, two parents or guardians can monitor a child's play activity, set daily play-time limits, and more.
◆ A Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch system is required to use this app.

■ Set a daily play-time limit
You can set a timer for how long your child can play for each day. You can select different settings for each day of the week, and even set it so that the game is suspended on the system as soon as the play-time limit is reached.

■ Manage your child's GameChat settings
If you allow your child to use GameChat, you can manage which friends they're approved to chat with and decide when they can use video chat.
◆ The GameChat feature can only be used on Nintendo Switch 2 systems.

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

■ Set restrictions based on your child's age
You can set up age-based restrictions on the games your child can play and the features they can use.

Attention:
● To use the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app, a parent or guardian (aged 18 or above) will need to have a Nintendo Account.
● Purchasing restrictions, including restrictions on purchasing products and services in Nintendo eShop, can be set up in the Nintendo Account settings.
● 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 systems need to be using the latest system version.
● For details about the GameChat feature, please visit support.nintendo.com.

User Agreement: https://accounts.nintendo.com/term_chooser/eula
Supervise Your Child's Play
Updated on
Sep 7, 2026

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
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  • 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

157K reviews
A Google user
January 1, 2020
Five star potential but not there yet, I love the control it provides, it alerts the kid first that time is up, if the kid ignores the warning you can suspend the software, great. I can restrict access to games by age rating, even better. My issue is that the restrictions apply to the console, not an individual user, so when I restrict the kids, I restrict myself too. Because of this I have to change the settings every time I want to play, at some point I'll end up forgetting to switch back.
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A Google user
February 22, 2020
Nintendo should update or engineer software so that the switch can be located remotely. My child's device was stolen from a hotel room and although I'm able to see when the console has been on the Internet through syncing data notifications via my app I'm unable to locate it. I've also seen via the app that the person who has stole it has attempted to remove restrictions I've put in place as I've seen that incorrect pins have been entered.
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Colin Stuart
November 3, 2026
Not the worst app for basic functions, but there needs to be more granularity in the time limit settings. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all let you set a start and stop time in their parental control apps. How hard would it be for Nintendo to do the same? What if I want all game devices to get locked at 2:00 PM regardless of how long they were played? Can't do that here, since "bedtime" only starts at 4:00 PM or later.
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What’s new


・ Parental controls can now be shared. This allows two parents/guardians to monitor a child's game system together. Parents/guardians can each use their respective devices and apps to view a child's play activity, set daily play-time limits, and more.
・ Other improvements and bug fixes have been implemented.