Paired Parent

Download the app

This is the parent app — the one that goes on your phone.

Android will warn you. Here is what it says and why.

This app is not from the Play Store, so Android asks permission before installing it. You will see something like “For your security, your phone is not allowed to install unknown apps from this source.” That message appears for every app installed this way. It is not a judgement about this one.

1. Tap the download above. Your browser may ask if you want to keep the file — you do.
2. Open it. Android will offer a Settings button.
3. Turn on Allow from this source, then press back.
4. Tap Install.

Then what

Open the app and it walks you through setting up: pairing with your child's phone, notifications, locking the app, and what you are willing to share. It takes about a minute.

The app on your child's phone is not installed from here. That one is set up separately, on a phone that has been reset, and it cannot be added to a phone already in use.