Nintendo Switch Parental Cont…

4.2
132K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image

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.
◆ 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.
Updated on
Jun 3, 2025

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
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
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

4.2
128K reviews
Leo Pitt
May 18, 2025
Very basic, and much better than nothing. Needs an option to set when downtime ends - at the moment you can specify that play stops at e.g. 4pm, but you can't set when it starts which means the child can start playing at 6am. I'd like to be able to limit the start time to e.g. 9am. Also should have per-user limits. On the plus side, it's simple to use.
Did you find this helpful?
David Golding-Ray
January 2, 2025
It does mostly what it needs to. I understand the complications with restricting individual users, so I'll live with the fact that the restrictions apply to the whole console. But there needs to be scheduling for downtime. At the moment, you can specify a time limit for the day and when it should stop for bedtime, I would really like to be able to adjust when it comes on again, currently it turns back on at 6am which is fixed. Add that in, and it gets 5 stars.
7 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
Erika Do
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.
18 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?

What’s new


Improvements and design updates have been made.