Here is where you'll find restrictions for installing and deleting apps, but - more crucially for this guide - in-app purchases. Tap on "In-app purchases" and then select "Don't Allow", and now no one will be able to purchase in-app bundles or subscriptions at all. Finally, you'll be at the screen you want to be on. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, now toggle the switch on at the top of the screen and then select "iTunes & App Store Purchases". Here you'll find a group of four controls which include the Downtime feature, app limits, an option to choose which apps can run as much as they want, and then a restrictions option. Since the launch of Screen Time baked into iOS, Apple has grouped together restriction controls all in one place within the main Settings app. Pocket-lint How to turn off in-app purchases on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad So, if you're a parent and you want to make sure your child can't subscribe or purchase anything within their favourite games with your money, this simple guide will help you restrict those. Most of the time, progress within games can feel slow and arduous without making payments to buy in-app currency, gems or whatever else games offer for money.Īnd because parents are far more willing to download free games than paid ones, these in-app purchases (often quite sneakily included) can end up in big credit card bills. Without the controls in place, it can often lead to parents being charged hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds (or dollars) because their child has become a little too engrossed in a game, and impatient to make progress.Ī lot of it boils down to some games restricting features, or hampering the experience somehow when it's not paid for.
(Pocket-lint) - Ever since the dawn of free-to-play or "freemium" games - especially those with subscriptions - managing in app purchases has been something of a necessity for parents.
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