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For iPhone and Android · Parent plan
You shouldn’t have to choose between cutting your child off from their friends and giving them unrestricted access to social media. With SocialLite, you can build boundaries together, keeping them connected while helping protect them.
Friends and follows, without suggested posts.
Filter out suggested posts from accounts your child doesn’t follow, so their feed stays focused on friends and accounts they’ve chosen. These controls work inside SocialLite on supported platforms.
Remove short videos, or set a daily allowance.
Turn off Reels, Shorts and Spotlight inside SocialLite. For Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, you can also set a daily allowance by number of videos or minutes. When it’s used up, the short videos stop and the rest of the app stays available. Controls vary by device.
Choose the social apps they can access.
Choose which supported social apps your child can use inside SocialLite. Start with the ones you’re comfortable with, then adjust access together as they grow. Manage those choices from your own phone.
Set regular breaks for bedtime and homework.
Schedule recurring breaks from SocialLite. Set times for sleep, homework or family meals, then update the routine from your parent account.
See how they spend their time in SocialLite.
View time spent across supported platforms in SocialLite. Spot patterns and use them to talk about healthier habits together.
Approve new contacts on Instagram and Snapchat.
When your child tries to add someone new on Instagram or Snapchat, a request will come to your phone to approve or decline.
A heads-up about potentially concerning content.
Planned alerts for potentially harmful content, including drug-related or inappropriate material, to help you know when to check in with your child.
Hide Reels, Shorts and other distracting feeds.
Choose which supported feeds your child can access in SocialLite, while keeping messages and other social features available.
Manage their settings from your phone.
Link your child’s account with a code. Choose their SocialLite settings from your parent account and adjust them as your family’s needs change.
Set regular breaks for bedtime and homework.
Schedule recurring breaks from SocialLite. Set times for sleep, homework or family meals, then update the routine from your parent account.
See how they spend their time in SocialLite.
View time spent across supported platforms in SocialLite. Spot patterns and use them to talk about healthier habits together.
Approve new contacts on Instagram and Snapchat.
When your child tries to add someone new on Instagram or Snapchat, a request will come to your phone to approve or decline.
A heads-up about potentially concerning content.
Planned alerts for potentially harmful content, including drug-related or inappropriate material, to help you know when to check in with your child.
Choose an app. Explore the controls.
Choose the parts of Instagram that stay.
Removes the Reels tab and stops reels playing in the feed. Posts, stories and messages are untouched.
Removes the search and Explore page, so they only see accounts they already follow.
Removes sponsored posts from their feed.
Removes “suggested for you” - posts from accounts they don’t follow.
Skips the ads that appear between friends’ stories.
Removes the stories row across the top of the feed, and the story viewer with it.
Removes the main feed entirely. They can still message and use their own profile.
Instagram opens straight into their DMs - no feed, no reels, no Explore.
Hides their saved-posts collection.
Stops them adding or switching to a second Instagram login. The account switcher disappears from their app.
Hides comment threads and the comment box under posts. Captions and likes stay.
With Block Reels on, you can allow a daily number of reels and a time limit. Once either limit is reached, they stop until tomorrow. The rest of Instagram keeps working.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in Instagram each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether Instagram appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Make room for videos they choose.
Removes the Shorts tab and stops Shorts playing. Subscriptions and search still work.
Empties the recommended-videos home page. They can still search and watch their subscriptions.
Removes the suggested videos beside the player, so one video doesn’t lead to five more.
Removes the suggested-video cards that cover the last seconds of a video.
Removes the ads before and during videos.
Hides the comment section under videos.
With Block Shorts on, you can allow a daily number of Shorts and a time limit. Once either limit is reached, they stop until tomorrow. The rest of YouTube keeps working.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in YouTube each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether YouTube appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Keep the focus on conversations.
Snapchat’s endless short-video feed doesn’t exist in SocialLite. There is no tab to open and no way to turn it back on.
No sponsored snaps, no ads between Stories. Built in, not a setting - so it can’t be switched off.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in Snapchat each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether Snapchat appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Planned filtering for content inside Snapchat. This is not available yet.
Planned controls for seeing and approving who your child can add and be added by. This is not available yet.
Choose between messaging and a wider experience.
TikTok opens into their messages. No For You feed at all.
Removes the discover page, so nothing is pushed at them from outside their follows.
Removes suggested accounts and videos.
Removes the search bar.
Removes the record and upload button - they can watch and message, not post.
Hides comments on videos.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in TikTok each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether TikTok appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Choose access and limit open-ended discovery.
Removes Reddit’s firehose feed of new posts from everywhere.
Choose whether Reddit appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
A separate daily Reddit limit is not available in iPhone parent mode yet.
Choose access and set a daily boundary.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in Facebook each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether Facebook appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Individual feed controls for Facebook are not available in iPhone parent mode yet.
Decide whether X is available, and for how long.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in X each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether X appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Individual feed controls for X are not available in iPhone parent mode yet.
Set access and time for LinkedIn.
Set how many minutes your child can spend in LinkedIn each day. This applies to the whole app inside SocialLite.
Choose whether LinkedIn appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Individual feed controls for LinkedIn are not available in iPhone parent mode yet.
Decide whether Pinterest is available.
Choose whether Pinterest appears in your child’s SocialLite. Turn access off to remove it from their available apps.
Individual feed controls for Pinterest are not available in iPhone parent mode yet.
iPhone parent controls shown. Android options vary. See the platform FAQs
Other tools      | |
|---|---|
| Limit or block whole apps | Remove the feeds inside them |
| Social access pauses when an app is blocked | Messages stay available through SocialLite |
| Family controls, focus or monitoring | Feed controls, downtime and usage insights |
A general comparison. Features vary by product, plan and device.
| What matters to your family | SocialLiteParent plan | Apple Screen Time | Google Family Link | Opal | BePresent | Bark | Qustodio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main approach | Remove short-form feeds | Built-in family controls | Google family controls | Personal focus | Habits and accountability | Monitoring and family controls | Broad parental controls |
| Removes Reels and Shorts while keeping social access | Yes, through SocialLite | Not listed* | Not listed* | Not listed* | Not listed* | Not listed* | Not listed* |
| Parent manages a linked child account | Yes | Family Sharing | Parent-managed | Not listed* | Not listed* | Parent-managed | Parent-managed |
| Scheduled screen-free time | Downtime schedules | Downtime | School Time + Downtime | Scheduled sessions | Blocking sessions | Screen time routines | Limits + restricted times |
| Control app access | Parent-managed settings | App limits + restrictions | App blocking | App + website blocking | App blocking | App + website blocking | App + web controls |
| Check the details | Features · Privacy | Official features ↗ | Official features ↗ | Official features ↗ | Official features ↗ | Official features ↗ | Official features ↗ |
* “Not listed” means this feature was not documented in the official sources reviewed, not that it is technically impossible. Features depend on device, setup and plan. Reviewed September 6, 2026.
App limits, downtime and content restrictions through Family Sharing. Useful alongside SocialLite for device-level controls.
App limits, blocking and schedules for supported Android devices and Chromebooks. SocialLite adds controls for the feeds inside its supported platforms.
Focus sessions and scheduled app blocking for personal use. SocialLite’s Parent plan adds a linked child account and feed controls.
App-blocking sessions, rewards and shared accountability. SocialLite gives parents control over their child’s supported social feeds.
Content alerts, screen time routines and app blocking. SocialLite’s current Parent plan focuses on feed controls; safety alerts are coming soon.
App limits, web filtering and activity reports. SocialLite focuses on removing supported short-form feeds while keeping social access.
To run your family’s account, we store account details, family links, settings, and device and usage information. You can request account deletion in the app.
Social platforms still handle content through their own services and privacy policies.
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