Kids access to ipad? Lock single apps?

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My kids use my ipad for gaming (recently found out, that “gaming” has become an official verb in English).

I don’t want to give them my passcode, but I also don’t want them to have access to my passwords or notes.
I think I also don’t want to register their faces in FaceID, as this allows basically the same things.
It is still officially my ipad and I use it regularly (for example right now).

I was hoping that I can disable the general passcode for my ipad and enable “Require FaceID” for specific apps, but that feature only works with passcode enabled.

I could just unlock the ipad for my kids, but I am not always available, for example they are allowed to get up early on weekends to play, but I try to sleep in.

Any suggestions?

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iPad is a single user device. Apple won’t anticipate or Solve for your use case unfortunately.

To use an iPad you either have to not have a passcode at all or the user needs the passcode/Touch/faceID.

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That’s what I thought :frowning:
They have an older ipad for themselves, but understandably want to use the more powerful devices.

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I’ve never used it, but Guided Access is supposed to lock an iPad to one app.

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You can keep the iPad unlocked and restrict usage to only one app with guided access. I covered it here: How to Stop People from Snooping on Your iPhone | appsntips

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You can set Restrictions under the setting Screen Time.

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Ah, that seems interesting!
Would I set the time limit for “locked” apps to 1min? It seems to be the minimum.
Or how would ich do this?

(My understanding is that I would disable the screen time feature when I am using it, and enable it afterwards).

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I want to restrict usage to multiple apps. My understanding is that guided access does not help in this situation.

I am also very happy with disallowing a couple of apps. Maybe I can use the shortcuts automation idea and start from there.

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Yeah Guided Access will only work with one app. The solution @caro suggested is the only one I can think of that will work. You can also tie this with Focus Mode feature and create a gaming focused home screen that only shows the games your kids want to play.