GardionGuides
What to limit first
Parents arrive with different problems: one evening goes to Roblox, another child will not put the messenger down, a third parent looks for the family laptop in Family Link and cannot find it. Here is a guide per case: what the game or platform can do itself, where it stops, and what Gardion sets. The rule is the same everywhere: a daily limit, hours of access and exact minutes in the report. And it helps that Windows and Android live in one panel.
Games and apps
Minecraft
A world with no ending: one build finishes and the next one is already there.
Roblox
Strangers in chat and dozens of servers with different rules.
Steam
Steam Families limits what happens inside Steam, and only that.
Telegram
The messenger has no child mode at all, so the device sets the boundary.
Devices
Windows
The limit on a computer holds to the end: time is up, the screen locks.
Android
App limits, hours and zones on a child’s phone. Plus an honest map of where Family Link stops.
Honor and Huawei
Five switches against the phone unloading the app from memory.
Samsung
Battery saving that turns the controls off without telling a parent.
Settings guides: game, service, phone
Every game, service and phone brand has its own parental settings, and they live in different places. We went through each menu, and every guide shows where the protection turns on, what it guards against and where it falls short. The overall limit on your child's phone or PC is then set in Gardion.
Games
- FortniteEpic gives you a playtime limit with an email report, chat settings and a PIN for purchases.
- MinecraftYour child's multiplayer and chat are set in their Microsoft account.
- SteamIn a family group your child asks you for playtime and purchases.
- Standoff 2The game carries three age ratings, and the calls on gold and chat are yours.
- Brawl StarsSupercell suggests creating your child's Supercell ID on a parent's email.
- XboxThe console limits screen time and game ratings and waits for your approval on purchases.
- Five games in one guideRoblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, Steam and Brawl Stars side by side.
Services and apps
- YouTubeThe service has three kinds of controls, and kids get around each one differently.
- TikTokOne limit goes on the app itself, and a daily cap covers the whole phone.
- WhatsAppSince 2026 WhatsApp offers parent-managed accounts for kids under 13.
- VKOnly VK Video has a kids profile. For a teen on VKontakte, the privacy settings need a look.
- Google PlayThe store filters apps by age rating and asks you before a purchase.
- App stores outside Google PlayWhy third-party stores won't install on a supervised phone, and what Family Link really controls there.
- BrowserThe site filter in Chrome, Edge and Safari turns on in different places.
- Smart speakersA speaker treats a child like the account owner until you set up voice recognition.
Phones and other devices
- AndroidDigital Wellbeing, Family Link and standalone apps compared.
- iPhoneAll of Apple's parental controls live inside Screen Time.
- SamsungSamsung Kids, Family Link and the Knox folder run side by side on a Galaxy.
- XiaomiHyperOS unloads the control app from memory. A child can also open a Second Space where your rules don't apply.
- HuaweiFamily Link won't run on newer models, so we show what works instead.
- HonorWhether Family Link works depends on the phone's release year.
- realmeKids mode locks the phone when time is up.
- vivoWithout three settings, the system switches parental controls off by itself.
- TECNO and InfinixPhone Master and HiOS auto-start get in the way of the control app.
- TabletThe family tablet is the device most often left without controls.
- WindowsMicrosoft's built-in controls do a lot, yet they let you down in key places.
- TVGoogle TV, Samsung and LG can lock programs, and we show where they stop.
- RouterA router cuts the internet on a schedule and blocks sites for the whole home network.
Start with one rule
14 days free, no card needed. Windows and Android.