TurnItOff — Smart parental control for modern families

Pause the screen.
Keep the connection.

TurnItOff lets you lock a child's Android device in one tap, cap daily screen time, set bedtime and study schedules, and see usage — from your phone, tablet, or browser. No nagging. No confiscating the phone.

QR code to download TurnItOff on Google Play

Start your 14-day free trial, then £4.99/mo

Scan with your phone to download on Google Play.

Get it on Google Play Start free trial in browser

Use TurnItOff from Safari on your iPhone — no Android app needed on your phone. Your child's device must be Android.

Or open the parent dashboard See how it works

Android child devices · iPhone parents can use the web dashboard

Screen time isn't just a number — it's the nightly battle

UK children aged 8–14 average nearly 3 hours online every day—and that doesn't include games consoles (Ofcom). Parents are left shouting "put it down," hiding chargers, or giving up. TurnItOff replaces the fight with a calm, remote pause button.

~3 hrs

Average daily online time for UK children aged 8–14 (Ofcom)

1 tap

To pause the screen from your couch, office, or browser

Arguments about "five more minutes" when bedtime schedule kicks in

Features

Built for real families, not feature checklists

Every screen in TurnItOff is designed around one job: help parents set limits without turning into the bad guy.

Instant pause — from anywhere

Dinner's ready. Homework time. Family walk. Tap Pause Screen on the parent dashboard and the child's phone locks immediately — even if you're in another room.

Pause now, in 5, 10, or 30 minutes
Resume with one tap when you're ready
Still reaches their phone when the screen's off or it's been left idle

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Your Family

Jamie's Phone

ACTIVE

🔋 81%

Now 5 Mins 10 Mins 30 Mins

⏸ Pause Screen

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Daily screen-time limit

Set a fair daily cap for each child — for example two hours on school nights. When they hit the limit, TurnItOff pauses the screen automatically. No countdown arguments at the dinner table.

Per-device limit from the Family dashboard
Automatic lock when today's allowance runs out
Extend by 30 or 60 minutes, or unlock for the rest of the day
Works alongside instant pause and bedtime schedules

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Daily limit reached

You've used your screen time for today. See you tomorrow.

Bedtime & study schedules that stick

Link a bedtime or study window once. Five minutes before lock time, your child gets a friendly heads-up — then TurnItOff pauses the screen automatically, with no daily reminder from you.

5-minute warning before a scheduled lock
Recurring schedules (e.g. 8 PM – 7 AM)
Friendly full-screen message, not a lecture
Parent override when you need flexibility

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Bedtime

Screens off until morning. See you at 7 AM.

See patterns, not just block apps

Understand when the screen is busiest with hourly usage charts. Spot late-night scrolling before it becomes a habit — then set a schedule or daily limit that fits your family.

Hour-by-hour screen intensity
Per-device battery & status at a glance
Multiple children on one parent account

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Screen time

Today · Sam's Phone

Peak usage 3–5 PM · 2h 14m total

Tip
Set a daily limit from each child's device card.

Up and running in minutes

Install on the parent's phone (or use the web dashboard). Install on the child's Android device. Pair with a QR code. Done.

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Parent signs in

Create a free account on the web or Android parent app. Manage every child device from one dashboard.

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Child app pairs

Install TurnItOff on your child's Android phone. Scan the QR code to link it securely to your account.

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Pause or schedule

Lock instantly, delay a pause, set a daily screen-time cap, or attach bedtime and study schedules. The child app runs quietly in the background.

We got tired of being the bad guy

TurnItOff started at the kitchen table — like a lot of parent apps do. Our kids had phones. We wanted them to have freedom and connection, but every evening turned into the same argument: five more minutes, then just this video, then a slammed door.

Confiscating the phone worked, but it felt awful. Shouting from the stairs didn't. We looked at parental control apps and found bloated dashboards, per-app blocking we didn't need, and setups that took an afternoon. We wanted something simpler: a calm pause button we could hit from the sofa, and bedtime that just happened.

So we built TurnItOff — lock the screen remotely, set schedules that stick, see usage without spying on every app. Built for UK families, priced fairly, and designed so the parent stays in control without turning every night into a fight.

— Andrew & Yanina

Ready to reclaim family time?

Your first pause is one tap away — on Google Play or in your browser.