child-time

What's new

child-time is in beta and improves every week. The newest changes are on top.

November 14, 2026 — Windows program 1.0.2

  • Lighter on the network. The program checks in with the server less often — and several times less often when nobody is at the computer. Messages still arrive within about 10 seconds, new limits within half a minute.

November 14, 2026 — notifications in your language

  • Telegram and phone notifications follow your dashboard language. Task approvals, “more time” requests and the buttons under them now arrive in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Kazakh or Russian — whichever language you use in the dashboard. Open the dashboard once and the setting is picked up automatically.

Service note: on November 13 sign-in and syncing were unavailable for several hours because our hosting reached a traffic limit. It's fixed, the limit has been raised and no data was lost. Sorry for the trouble.

November 11, 2026 — Windows program 1.0.1

  • Limits keep working without internet. The program now remembers your latest rules and applies them when the connection drops or the PC starts offline. Earned minutes for the day are kept too.

How to update: the dashboard and website update by themselves; the Windows program doesn't yet. To get the latest version, open the dashboard → ⚙️ Account → “Remove program from this PC”, wait a minute (the computer must be on and your child signed in), then install it again on the child's computer. Your children, rules and history stay in your account.

November 12, 2026 — parent dashboard

  • Add time with one tap. A new “➕ Add time” button on each child's card gives +15, +30 or +60 minutes for today — no need to wait for a request. Your child gets a message, and the minutes appear on their timer within seconds.

November 11, 2026 — parent dashboard

  • Is the computer online? Each child's card on the Overview now shows when their PC last checked in — and warns you if the program has been silent for several days.
  • Quick phrases in chat. “Dinner in 10 minutes”, “Time for homework” and more, one tap away.
  • Easier on a phone. Long lists — the activity log and the task catalog — now fold by day and by group.
  • Dark theme you can read. Faded labels and coloured text in the dark theme were fixed.
  • Smarter categories. More games and apps are recognised in the weekly planner (Minecraft Java, Valorant, Teams, VS Code and many others).
  • Dates your way. Dates follow your country's format, and the browser tab title follows your language.

November 10–11, 2026 — parent dashboard

  • Second parent in Telegram. An adult with full management access can connect their own Telegram and gets task approvals and “more time” requests too. How sharing works.
  • Safer account. Changing the password or deleting the account now asks for the current password; signing out also stops notifications on that device.
  • No accidental deletes. Removing a child, a rule, a task or a class asks for confirmation first.
  • Child's phone link is more reliable. The code is no longer replaced every time you open the window, and it survives email confirmation in another browser.
  • Word game limit. New word games earn minutes a set number of times a day (2 by default).
  • Faster and more accessible. The sign-in screen loads about a third less code; every section passes automated accessibility checks; long reports are no longer cut off.
  • Per-app minute limits. A single game can be limited to a number of minutes a day, not only by hours.

November 2026 — website

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