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Nintendo Switch Parental Controls App v1.1 patch notes
- Thread starter Vanillalite
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Positive
We got granular stats now
Negative
App still blows ass for it's main purpose ie parental controls because shit is still system wide vs per user.
We got granular stats now
Negative
App still blows ass for it's main purpose ie parental controls because shit is still system wide vs per user.
Cipher Peon
Banned
I installed the update the second I found this thread but I still can't see the hours and minutes played of each game I've ever played. So it's still useless to me :/
One app for Online and one for Parental l control...its not like you have to juggle 10 different apps lol.
Toadthemushroom
Member
I have some questions for regular users of the app if I may:
1) How does the granular breakdown look now - do you get stats for each game or is it stats per day like the Wii menu's messageboard feature?
2) Does it automatically apply changes to previous days or is it for new days going forward? I used the app a while back but was disappointed that it only gave playtime per day.
I also wonder whether the app only displays information from Nintendo's servers for the days where the app is active on the Switch and your phone, or whether you can pair the app later and still see your playtimes.
1) How does the granular breakdown look now - do you get stats for each game or is it stats per day like the Wii menu's messageboard feature?
2) Does it automatically apply changes to previous days or is it for new days going forward? I used the app a while back but was disappointed that it only gave playtime per day.
I also wonder whether the app only displays information from Nintendo's servers for the days where the app is active on the Switch and your phone, or whether you can pair the app later and still see your playtimes.
WhatWeLeftBehind
Member
Wish the online app was as good as this app. It's not perfect but it's a hell of lot more user friendly then the dumpster fire of the online app.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
It's user friendly, but it does a piss poor job at parental controls due to shit being system wide vs player by player.
giancarlo123x
Banned
The console isn't strong enough to run these numbers!
Yes go into your profile and it will show.
However mine didn't show until I played a game for over 10 days, before that point all it would show for each game was "played x days ago"
After 10 days it shows "Played for X hours or more"
Yeah, that was my complaint back in March. I turned it on for my kid and then realized I had just locked down my own account as well. I didn't feel like always typing in a password or enabling access or whatever the fuck I had to do each time to unlock my account so I just took it off.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Wow great update! It actually shows you play time rounded to the nearest 5 minutes. It's getting closer and closer to the actual activity log on the 3DS!
Blam
Member
Maybe the Excel machines are finally useful for this.
But not on the device! Beautiful.
It's not like people are only installing Nintendo apps, of which there are several. They actually could do us a favor by helping us save space/clutter and just having a Nintendo app that can covers anything Nintendo service related. Stickers for Super Mario Run do not need its own app. It, parental controls, and Switch Online should be one "Nintendo" app.
caligula13
Gold Member
nice, but my switch and my app are not talking to each other anymore. must be some bug.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yeah my family of 4 all have an account on the Switch, but I can't set controls for each account individually which makes it a PITA.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
lol I know, it makes no sense. I like having it on my phone, but why not both? Well we know the reason why, Nintendo wants to be on your phone and thinking about Switch when you're away from it... but still. Can't we have a proper activity log?
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
... I'm pretty sure it will, as long as your Switch has been connected to the internet the whole time you've been using it.
Updated it. So it does track time spent in the home menu,I thought my play times were longer than they actually were sometimes.
Also, it's strange that when you check a specific day the total time for the day and the more detailed play time don't always match. Different rounding methods?
Also, it's strange that when you check a specific day the total time for the day and the more detailed play time don't always match. Different rounding methods?
What good would that do? Take the Switch away from your kid to check out what games they have been playing? Seems easier to just use your phone and check.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
I see the value of having it on the Switch and on the App... they need to have it on BOTH. Makes no sense why they can't do it both places.
but also its not like having 1 app tho
Eh, it makes sense to have a layer of separation for the parental controls and the system the child is using. The bigger issue is that the non-parental controls stuff like the stats shouldn't be only in the parental controls app.
It doesn't.
I downloaded the app in June and it only shows June and July. But wasn't expecting it.
*****
The new update is nice. Shows which games were downloaded that day and even show which games were any "guests" playing.