Application monitoring

This section describes how to monitor your child's use of applications from your account on My Kaspersky.

About application monitoring

With application monitoring, you can restrict access to applications on your child's devices and view the history of application usage.

Application monitoring offers the following features:

• Age restrictions

  This feature blocks applications whose content is not appropriate for the child's age. Age restrictions are determined according to international age-appropriate ratings.

  On your child’s Android devices, Windows computers and Macs, Kaspersky Safe Kids blocks startup of apps and programs that are not appropriate for your child's age.

  For your child’s iOS devices, age restrictions are not applicable.

• Application category restrictions

  You can restrict your child's access to applications that belong to specific categories. For each category, you can set one of the following options:

  • Allowed. Your child can open and use applications in the category.
  • Forbidden. Your child can't open or use applications in the category. When your child tries to open an application, Kaspersky Safe Kids blocks it from starting.

    Application use cannot be restricted on your child's iOS devices.

• Specific application restrictions

  You can restrict your child's access to specific applications or allow an application that belongs to a forbidden category. You can set one of the following options for an application:

  • Allowed. Your child can use the application. Select this option if you need to allow an application that belongs to a forbidden category.

    The applications that are added to the list of exclusions for Device Control, are automatically added to the allowed applications in Application Control. When you remove an application from the list of allowed applications in Application Control, it is automatically removed from the list of exclusions in Device Control, and the child will not be able to use this application when the child's device is blocked. However, when you remove an application from the list of exclusions for Device Control, it is not automatically removed from the list of allowed applications in Application Control.

    Applications that are added to list of exclusions for Device Control are assigned the Works, even if the device is blocked label.

  • Limited. Your child can use the application for a limited time. When selecting this option, you need to set the time limit, for example, 2 hours per day.
  • Forbidden. The child can't open or use the application.

  Application use cannot be restricted on your child's iOS devices.

• Application use reports

  You can find these reports on My Kaspersky in Kids → Applications → Reports.

  You can view the list of applications your child opened and time spent using them. Kaspersky Safe Kids records the history of application use if the App monitoring switch is turned on.

  Reports are available only in the premium version of Kaspersky Safe Kids. App use statistics are unavailable for your child's iOS devices.

How to turn application monitoring on or off

Application monitoring is not available for computers running macOS.

To turn application monitoring on or off:

1. Go to the Kids tab.
2. Select the profile of the child.
3. Go to the Applications subsection.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. Use the App monitoring toggle switch to turn monitoring on or off.
6. Click the Save button.

Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the Internet.

How to turn blocking applications by age restrictions on or off

To turn blocking of applications by age restrictions on or off:

1. Go to the Kids tab.
2. Select the profile of the child.
3. Go to the Applications subsection.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. Make sure that the App monitoring toggle switch is on. If the toggle switch is off, flip it on.
6. Click the Edit link in the section that describes how Kaspersky Safe Kids uses age restrictions.
7. Use the Block apps by age restrictions toggle switch to turn blocking on or off.
8. Click the Save button.

Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the Internet.

How to set up access to application categories

Setting up access to applications or application categories is not available for iOS and macOS devices.

If you have previously set up access to an application regardless of its category, changing the access settings for the category of the application will not affect the previously specified settings.

To set up access for application categories:

1. Go to the Kids tab.
2. Select the profile of the child.
3. Go to the Applications subsection.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. Make sure that the App monitoring toggle switch is on. If the toggle switch is off, flip it on.
6. Click the Edit link in the section that describes how Kaspersky Safe Kids uses application categories.
7. In the Application categories window, perform one of the following actions for an application category:
   • To allow the child to access applications of the selected category, select Allowed in the drop-down list of this category.
   • To forbid the child from accessing applications of the selected category, select Forbidden in the drop-down list of this category.
8. Click the Save button.

Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the Internet.

How to set up access to applications regardless of their category

Setting up access to applications or application categories is not available for iOS and macOS devices.

By default, Kaspersky Safe Kids blocks some browsers that are not fully compatible on Windows and Android devices and also apps that can be used by children to bypass the protection settings you have set. You can edit the application access settings at any time using the instructions below.

To set up access to an application regardless of its category:

1. Go to the Kids tab.
2. Select the profile of the child.
3. Go to the Applications subsection.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. Make sure that the App monitoring toggle switch is on. If the toggle switch is off, flip it on.
6. Select a child's device.
7. For applications on the device for which you want to allow or limit access, click the link to the right of the application name with the current access type.
8. Perform one of the following actions for the specified application:
   • To allow the child to access the application, select Allowed in the drop-down list.
   • To forbid the child from accessing the application, select Forbidden in the drop-down list.
   • To limit use of the application, select Restricted in the drop-down list and specify how many hours a day the child can use the application.
9. Click the Save button.

Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the Internet.

How to allow apps on a blocked device

You can make apps available even when a device is blocked due to a device time limit. This feature is available on Android devices only.

To allow apps on the blocked device:

1. Go to the Kids tab.
2. Select the profile of the child.
3. Go to the Device use subsection.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. Make sure that the Device use toggle switch is on. If the toggle switch is off, flip it on.
6. Select a child's device.
7. In the lower part of the device information block, in the Apps available when the device is blocked section, click Select apps.
8. For apps to which you want to allow access when the device is blocked, select the corresponding Available on blocked device check boxes.
9. Click the Save button.

Within a few minutes, the new settings are applied on the child's devices if they are connected to the Internet. When the device is blocked due to a device time limit, the selected apps will still be available according to the specific application settings. Usage information of the selected apps will be displayed in the application usage reports but will not affect the device usage reports.