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For parents

For parents

ScrollBouncer puts a short pause, and a small lesson, in front of the apps that pull your child in. It works best when you set it up together.

Set it up together, not for them

A rule your child helped make is a rule they keep. A rule forced on them is one they'll try to beat. So sit down together:

  • Let them choose which apps Bouncer guards, and what it asks: quick and easy questions, or their exam (NEET, JEE, Class 10 and more).
  • Agree on a routine, like Study Hours on school days and Sleep Time at night.
  • If you turn on Strict Mode, read the steps to turn it off together first, and agree on the waiting time. The app shows the steps in English, Tamil and Hindi before Strict Mode can be switched on.

What it does

  • Before a guarded app opens, it asks one quick question. A right answer opens the app for the minutes you set. “Not now” is always one tap away.
  • Routines: Study Hours, Sleep Time, a daily limit, Focus and Exam Mode.
  • Questions from their syllabus: 9 free exam packs, each labelled with its level (NCERT, CBSE Class 10, JEE Main style, CGL / IBPS pattern, GATE) and whether a teacher has reviewed it yet, plus everyday packs.
  • A wrong answer shows why, and comes back later as a quick review.

What it doesn't do

  • It doesn't read anything. It only sees which app is open. Never messages, the screen, notifications or browsing.
  • It doesn't report to you. There's no parent dashboard and no remote control. That's on purpose: it's their pause, not your camera.
  • It doesn't hide. The app and its notification are always visible.
  • It can't block everything. Instagram in a web browser isn't caught unless the browser is guarded too. Second copies of an app (Dual Apps, Parallel Space) get the same question once they're ticked in Protection, and with Strict Mode on that can't be undone.

Under-18 mode

Setup asks “Are you under 18?”. If the answer is yes, everything stays on the phone: no account, no usage analytics, no notes upload and no weekly coach. The lock, the questions, Learn, routines and stats all still work. The details are in our privacy policy.

Strict Mode, and how to turn it off

Strict Mode is optional and off by default. While it's on, ScrollBouncer can't be uninstalled, routines can only get stricter, and changing the phone's clock doesn't help.

To turn it off:

  1. Open ScrollBouncer and tap “Strict Mode on” on Home, or go to You → Settings → Strict Mode.
  2. Tap “Start 6-hour wait” (or 1 or 24 hours, whichever was chosen when it was switched on). When the wait is over, tap “Turn off Strict Mode”.
  3. Or answer 10 questions: 8 right turns it off at once.

If an app is needed urgently, the emergency unlock on the lock screen still works once a day: a 60-second wait and one hard question open it for 10 minutes. And if you set a time or a schedule, Strict Mode also ends by itself.

Questions?

Write to thesuriya3@gmail.com. A person reads every email.