ScreenEarned: Learn, Then Play

How it works

You choose what may open

Every app starts out Blocked. For each app, you choose Screen time (costs coins) or Always allowed. Calling, texting, emergency calls and school apps always work.
Your child does a lesson

A two-minute lesson in math or reading & spelling, matched to your child's age and learning plan.
Coins become minutes

By default, one coin is one minute in an app set to Screen time; per app you can set up to 3 coins a minute. Your child decides when to spend them. When they're gone, they're gone, until the next lesson.

Made for kids who can't read yet, too

Your child picks a buddy. The buddy has a see-through belly that fills up with coins. The fuller the belly, the more play time. Questions and help are read aloud, so even a 5-year-old can join in.

Hungry
A few minutes
Nice and full
Stuffed

Short lessons that actually teach something

Math

Adding, taking away and times tables, for ages 5 to 10. The level grows with your child.

Reading & spelling

Spelling patterns like ai/ay and -ed, tricky words, and words that sound the same. Sentences are read aloud. For ages 5 to 10.

With the learning plan you choose what your child practises: up to three focus skills, and what they can already do. The app suggests the next step; you decide.

Wrong isn't wrong: your child gets help and tries again. No red crosses, no scores.

You set the rules

Pick a starting point and adjust what you like. After that you don't have to say no every time, because the rules do it for you.

Relaxed

Up to 120 minutes a day · everything closes at 9 pm, except what's Always allowed

Normal

Recommended

Up to 60 minutes a day · everything closes at 8 pm, except what's Always allowed

Strict

Up to 30 minutes a day · everything closes at 7 pm, except what's Always allowed

Choose your own bedtime; everything stays closed until 6 in the morning, except what's Always allowed
Coins are saved, but your child never plays more than your daily maximum
Calling, texting, emergency calls and school apps always work
New apps start out Blocked too
Settings and app stores always behind your parent PIN
A blocked app opens with your PIN, for a time you choose

Your family's data, only for you

Only you can see it

What your child does in the app goes to your parent account, so you can follow along from your own phone or computer. Stored in the EU. Nobody else sees it.

We don't read along

ScreenEarned sees which app is open, to lock it. We don't read messages or see what your child watches.

Never sold

We never sell data. The free version shows a short, child-safe ad when your child opens an app with coins; the ads aren't personalised. We use anonymous statistics to improve the app; you can turn them off.

Read our privacy policy

Free, or without ads

Free

Everything: the lock, the lessons, the learning plan and the parent panel. With a short ad when your child opens an app with coins: at most once every 10 minutes, and never during a lesson.

Without ads

7 days free

For your whole family: all kids and all phones.

€2.99 a month
€7.99 for 3 months
€24.99 a year (save 30%)

Every plan starts with 7 days free. Cancel anytime.

Coins are always earned with lessons, never with ads.

What ScreenEarned isn't

ScreenEarned is made for children aged 5 to 10. It turns screen time into something you earn. A determined teenager who starts the phone in safe mode or resets it to factory settings can get around it. A video that's already playing in a small floating window or split screen may keep playing for a while. For that, conversations work better than software.

It can't simply be removed: that needs your PIN.
What your child does is only visible to you, in your parent account.
Watching in a browser doesn't help: browsers start out Blocked too.
In kids mode, the phone's settings are behind your PIN. Wi-Fi, volume and brightness still work from the quick settings.
The app store is always behind your PIN, so your child can't install or remove apps.

Questions

When can I use it?

Soon. ScreenEarned is coming to Android, in the Google Play Store. Keep an eye on this website.

Does it work on iPhone?

Not yet. We're starting with Android. We'd like to make an iPhone version later, but Apple has different rules for this.

What does it cost?

ScreenEarned is free, with a short ad when your child opens an app with coins. Without ads it's €2.99 a month, €7.99 for 3 months or €24.99 a year, for your whole family. Every plan starts with 7 days free.

Are there ads?

Only at one moment: when your child opens an app with coins, a short ad may show first, at most once every 10 minutes. Never during a lesson and never on the lock screen. The ads are child-safe (rated G) and not personalised. You can go ad-free for the whole family.

Can my child get around the lock?

We've made it hard: it can't simply be removed, because that needs your PIN. And if your child turns permissions off, everything locks. It isn't impossible, though: see ‘What ScreenEarned isn't’.

Does the app watch my child?

No. ScreenEarned only sees which app is in front, so it can lock it. We don't see messages, passwords or what your child watches.

Can several children share one tablet?

Yes. Each child picks their own buddy when opening the app, and saves their own coins.

Which lessons are there?

Math (adding, taking away and times tables) and reading & spelling (spelling patterns, tricky words, words that sound the same), for ages 5 to 10. Sentences are read aloud. With the learning plan you choose the focus.

Which phones does it work on?

Android phones and tablets with Android 10 or newer and Google Play. Android Go devices aren't supported yet.

Which languages?

English and Dutch at launch. More languages are coming.

Screen time your child earns