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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.
◆ 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
◆ 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
Mar 19, 2026
Data safety
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- No data shared with third partiesabout how developers declare sharing
- This app may collect these data typesPersonal info, App activity and 2 others
- Data is encrypted in transit
- You can request that data be deleted
Ratings and reviews
153K reviews
Erika Do
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August 30, 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.
46 people found this review helpful
Ashley Forrest
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August 24, 2026
This app is extremely helpful at setting limits for my kids playtime, but I would personally like more options. Like right now I can set the bedtime and time their allowed to start play in the morning and hours total. However with school starting I would like to be able to have more options for "start" times so they don't just run in the house to get on their devices. So if I could choose different times all throughout the day, that would be best.
Pete Reno
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July 11, 2026
Better than nothing but not useful for more than one user. If you have multiple children using the same switch then you're not able to set time limits for each child's account. Time limits are set per device. Another limitation, the app keeps track of how long a user played a game but it doesn't keep track of when they played. In terms of a parental control app, this app has limited functionality and capabilities. I am surprised and disappointed Nintendo is under-delivering on this app.
3 people found this review helpful
What’s new
・ You can now find more information whenever a parental-controls PIN is successfully entered on a system by accessing Play Activity in this app.
・ You can now receive notifications whenever a PIN is entered by turning on PIN Entry in the app's notification settings.
・ Other small feature improvements and bug fixes have also been made.
