FamilyControls
Supports authorization and privacy-preserving selection of apps, categories, and web domains for Screen Time features.
Technical overview
How Monk Mode fits into the iOS Screen Time stack.
This page separates implementation terminology from the customer journey. It summarizes the framework and extension responsibilities behind blocking, monitoring, reporting, shield presentation, and subscription state.
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Framework responsibilities
Native controls, separated by concern.
Exact implementation details can change as Apple updates iOS frameworks and review requirements.
ManagedSettings
Applies supported shields and restrictions to selections authorized by the user.
DeviceActivity
Schedules monitoring windows and responds to supported activity thresholds without exposing private app content.
DeviceActivityReport
Provides privacy-scoped usage information for the app's screen-time and activity views.
Stripe + Firebase
Stripe handles secure web subscription billing, while the signed-in Google account connects the resulting entitlement to Monk Mode.
UserNotifications
Delivers supported reminders and session notifications after the user grants permission.
Extension boundaries
Small components with specific jobs.
Device Activity Monitor
Receives supported schedule and threshold callbacks, then coordinates restriction state with the main app's saved configuration.
Shield Configuration
Builds the supported title, message, icon, and action labels shown when a selected app or category is shielded.
Shield Action
Responds to shield buttons and routes supported close or access-request actions without reading private content.
Activity Report
Renders the approved usage contexts used by customer-facing analytics screens.
Platform boundary. Monk Mode can only use controls and data Apple exposes to approved Screen Time APIs. Third-party app interfaces and iOS behavior may change, so selective in-app controls must be verified against the current app version.
Data boundary
Usage metrics are not message content.
Screen Time frameworks provide scoped activity information. They do not grant Monk Mode access to private messages, photos, passwords, or the content viewed inside another app.
User authorization
Screen Time access begins only after the person approves the relevant iOS permission.
Scoped selections
Apple uses privacy-preserving tokens for selected apps and categories rather than exposing a person's private content.
Revocable access
Screen Time permission remains controllable through iOS. Web subscription billing remains controllable through Stripe.
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