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Shulamit74
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December 9, 2013
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Ios 7 kids apps parental gate/permission

  • December 9, 2013
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Hello!

I'm developing an app for kids for ios and android.

After uploading to appStore, my app was reviewed and i recieved the following message:

Apps primarily intended for use by kids under 13 must get parental permission

or use a parental gate before allowing the user to link out of the app or engage in commerce

How can i add this parental gate to my app?

I saw some examples online (very few) for other developing languages, of a pop-up with a password, but nothing came up for air.

thanks!

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
December 9, 2013

We have used a couple of techniques. One is to put up a set of numbers and ask the user to type a sequence of four numbers, which we show as words (the keys are just the numbers). That has been approved in a few apps.

The other technique we used hasn’t been submitted to the app store yet, I don’t think, shows a “parents” button that you have to drag into a corner as indicated by some text that briefly appears when you touch the button.

So, a parental gate can be anything you like, it just has to present a question that is hard to guess what the answer is, you need to be able to read and understand some instructions, and the hope is that very young kids won’t guess what to do.

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Shulamit74Author
Participant
December 9, 2013

Thanks for your answer!

I wish apple would give some examples themselves instead of us having to guess what to do...

I think we will make a "drag into the corner" test, and i hope apple approves it.

Leafcutter
Leafcutter
Inspiring
December 9, 2013

As another example we used a simple multiplication question (i.e. 5x4) with a keypad to enter the result.  This was approved but obviously depends on the target age of the kids using your app (and the arithmetic skills of parents)

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