What's new in KidPair

• New“Pick a time” in the break window: from 5 minutes to 24 hours, at most 14 days ahead, up to three per device. The child is warned 5 minutes and 1 minute before, and “Cancel” works to the last. If the phone is off or offline until the start, the break may not begin: the app shows “Waiting for the device”.
• Better“School” → “Apply to other children”: nothing is ticked at first, a warning says what will be replaced, and there is “Undo” afterwards.
• Better“Earlier versions” of a school timetable: you can go back to an earlier one within 30 days.
• NewThe support chat in the app now looks like a messenger, and at the end of a conversation you can rate the help with stars, in the app, on the site and in Telegram.

How to use it: A break at a chosen time

• BetterIn the pairing-code window: the name of the child app, a QR code and a “Send the link” button. The same on the site, in the cabinet.
• BetterThe apps and the site in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Letters come in English for now.
• BetterYou can also delete a child in “Family”: handy if the child's phone was never connected.
• FixedIf the date and time on an adult's phone are wrong, the app says so, rather than saying the phone has left the family.
• BetterThe map in the app now credits OpenStreetMap.

• FixedA phone paired after the rules were set now gets them. Closed apps and permissions come at once, schedules and the daily limit after 30 minutes, so the adult can finish setting it up.
• FixedA phone that was off when you saved a rule gets it when it is back online.
• BetterAdults can see which phone a rule hasn't reached yet.
• FixedA child's chat no longer vanishes in a busy conversation or says the device isn't connected.
• FixedA child's phone no longer stops receiving rules after renewing its link to the server.
• FixedA sheet headed with a class number, such as «Timetable of class 5A», no longer comes out without subjects.
• FixedA photo slightly askew: subjects in the far column no longer slip one lesson down.
• FixedA Russian subject name recognised in Latin letters («Russkiy yazyk») now becomes «Русский язык». Anything still unclear stays empty for you to fill in.
• Better“School is over” comes closer to the last bell if the phone is online. The time comes from the timetable, not from the school.
• BetterThe day's route line on the map is brighter and easier to see.

• NewPiri grows from care: egg → chick (10 care) → owlet (30). Care comes from accepted tasks, “Pet Piri” once a day, 7 days in a row and 6,000 steps a day. Piri answers every tap, and when he grows the child sees him hatch and change.
• NewThe owlet's tricks: a new one for every 15 care, nine in all. “Piri learned something new!” — and on Piri's screen the child can show it any time.
• NewAdults get a “Piri” card: the stage, the care, the tricks and two switches — “Piri grows” and “Steps give care”. The same is in the web cabinet.
• New“Where the school is” in “School”: “didn't arrive on time” is checked by the first lesson of the day, and not in holidays or on days off. After-school classes get “Runs in holidays too”.
• NewA “The break is over” notification when “Until I end it” ends by itself after 12 hours.
• Fixed“Start a break” works even right after the app has been in the background for a long time.
• BetterThe break screen on the child's phone saves battery.
• NewBoth apps are on Google Play for everyone: “Get it on Google Play” buttons on the website's home page.

How to use it: Piri grows

• FixedOn Xiaomi the break screen closes with “Close” and no longer reopens by itself.
• BetterDuring a schedule the break screen offers “Ask for time”.

• FixedA closed app doesn't open in a Samsung pop-up window either: the window folds away and the break screen stays. Tested on a Galaxy A25.
• Fixed“Call” on the break screen works right away.

• NewA “Website filter” per child: adult sites, casinos and betting, scams and drugs don't open; Google and YouTube search is safe. Set up once on the child's phone; KidPair shows where.
• NewChat: ✓ — the message reached the phone, ✓✓ — it was read. Both ways.
• FixedA closed app doesn't open from its icon's menu either (for example, games from Roblox's list).
• FixedThe “New version” sheet also appears when the app has been running in the background for long.

• NewA switch “Deleting apps — only with permission” (off by default): the child asks to delete an app, you get the question, and after “yes” KidPair opens “Delete?” for exactly that app.
• NewA notice when the child deletes an app.
• Better“Always allowed” means always: during breaks and schedules too.
• Better“Allow for N minutes” in answer to a child's ask applies to all of their devices and ends everywhere at once.
• BetterDuring a break the child can't reply to a messenger from the notification shade.
• BetterHow to let the app work in the background on TECNO, Infinix, Huawei, Lenovo and other phones; “Phone is silent” only after 40 minutes of silence.
• FixedThe camera and other allowed apps can ask for their permissions during a break; the map no longer shows false points tens of kilometres away; a rare crash of the child app is fixed.

• BetterAn ask to end a break or for time repeated within 10 minutes is the same ask: the adults get one.
• BetterDuring a break the child doesn't suggest new goals — they can ask to end the break instead.
• New“Not now” for a goal the child suggested — right on “Home”.
• NewIf location by networks is off on the child's phone or the phone limits KidPair in the background, it shows in “Devices”, and on the child's phone in “Left to set up”, with what to turn on.
• FixedIf a call doesn't connect the first time, the parent app tries once more by itself.

• FixedWhen you call through KidPair — the child or the family — you hear the ringing tone while the other phone rings. Before, there was silence, as if the call was not going through.
• Fixed“A problem in the app” on the child's phone: the same message is no longer sent several times in a row.

• NewUnder “Give” and in the jar's history: “Not on the phone yet”, “✓ Reached the phone”, “✓✓ Masha saw it” — with the time. The same for accepted tasks.
• NewOn the child's “+10 Piri coins in the jar!” screen — a new Piri with confetti.
• FixedWith the child's app open, the coins screen comes up at once — before, up to 30 seconds later.
• BetterTapped “Masha did a task” — “Tasks” opens right at “Accept” and “Return”, even if “Jar” was open last.
• NewRed counts on “Tasks” below and on “Tasks · Goals · Jar”: you see at once where an answer is waiting.
• BetterThe parent app is now called “KidPair: Parental Control”.

How to use it: Piri coins and the jar

• FixedA family call always rings with the KidPair tune at the ringtone volume — whether the child's phone is in hand or locked. Before, some phones only vibrated.
• NewIf KidPair call sounds are off on the child's phone, the adult sees it in “Devices” and the child under “Left to set up”, with where to turn them on.
• Fixed“Hang up” on the child's phone ends the conversation at once, even on a weak connection.

• New“Family” → “Adults in the family” → “What this adult can do”: “Everything”, “View only” (map, places, alerts, screen time, tasks, chat — no changes) or “Custom”: time and rules, places on the map, tasks and coins (none / only their own / all), calling the child and “Sound around”.
• NewA restricted adult sees what they may use, and “Only … can change this” instead of the rest. The child's SOS and calls still reach everyone.

How to use it: A second adult

• New“When the swap works” in the swap settings: when the “Daily limit” is used up (as before), when an app's time is used up, and during schedules — each one separately: e.g. “School” yes, “Sleep” no. The schedule steps aside for the bought minutes, then applies again.
• NewThe swap never works during a break: only you end a break.
• BetterThe child swaps coins right on the block screen, and in the “Jar” the swap card is always there and shows when it works.
• FixedThe map in the website cabinet loads again (the OpenStreetMap tile servers had started refusing the images).

How to use it: Coins and the swap for time

• Fixed“Time in apps”: under the first six — “Show all · N more” opens the whole day, “Minimise” folds it back. Before, “and 12 more” could not be opened.

• NewA round support button at the bottom right — on every tab except the map and the chat. The support window can be folded away and opened again.
• NewEvery question is its own conversation with its own number. “New question” starts the next one; after a quiet day a new one starts by itself.
• New“Past conversations”: read old conversations again, and “Continue this conversation” takes you back to any of them. A red dot means a new answer there.
• NewThe support helper can look at your family's data — only if you answer “yes”, only in that conversation and for no more than a day. That way it finds the cause instead of only answering from the help.
• New“Support code” — for the Telegram bot @kidpair_support_bot: send the six digits and the helper sees your family there too. In the bot, /new starts a new question.

How to use it: Writing to support

• Fixed“Screen time” counts the added minutes: “2 h 38 min of 3 h 45 min”, and “Daily limit” shows “Added for today: +45 min”. Both your “+15 min” and coins swapped by the child count.
• Fixed“Time's up for today” also shows by the count — even before the child's phone says so.
• Fixed“Add time for today” reaches every phone, even if one of them has been out of reach for a while.
• FixedThe daily limit ends on time: the child's phone counts exactly, even when the child stays in one app. Before, a browser or YouTube could run 15–30 minutes over.
• FixedYesterday's report no longer picks up today's minutes.
• FixedSwapping coins for time works only with the “Daily limit”: without one the minutes gave nothing while the coins were spent. Now without a limit the swap isn't offered and no coins are spent.
• FixedThe child's “Tasks” no longer flash “Tasks will appear here” for a moment.

How to use it: Time for today

• NewPiri coins and the jar: one jar for all the child's phones and tablets, with a history of what came in and what was spent.
• NewGoals: the cinema, ice cream, a toy — with a ready picture or your own photo and a price in coins. The child picks a “Main goal” and sees how far there is to go.
• New“Get it”: the coins are set aside, you confirm, and after handing it over you tap “Handed over”. “Not now” — the coins go back to the child.
• New“Extra jobs” — optional tasks to save up faster; “Credit right away” — coins without “Accept”. The child can ask for another task and suggest their own goal.
• NewWhen coins arrive, Piri celebrates with the child and the coin spins in 3D.
• BetterTasks are more compact: the child sees “Today” and “Extra jobs” with the done ones folded; the adult sees what needs checking first, and a new task or goal opens with a button.
• BetterChoices are clearer across the app: the chosen one is filled with colour and ticked. Buttons are bigger and clearer.
• BetterAll of this is in the website cabinet too.

How to use it: Piri coins and the jar, Goals, Tasks

• NewWhen creating a task — “Repeat”: every day, on weekdays or on chosen days.
• NewThe child gets the task again on each such day; yesterday's unfinished one goes away by itself.
• NewThe “Repeating” list and “Stop repeating” are in “Tasks”.

How to use it: Repeating tasks

• New“Add time for today”: +15 min, +30 min or +1 h to the daily limit — without the child asking. “Sleep” and other schedules stay.
• NewRewards for tasks and swapping them for time: your own rate and a daily maximum. The child swaps them for minutes themselves — in the app or right on the “Time's up for today” screen.
• BetterHome shows when the child's time is up or a schedule is on.
• BetterYou can attach a screenshot or a video in the support chat.
• BetterStep-by-step setup for Infinix, Tecno and itel phones.

How to use it: Swapping for time

• BetterEverything essential from the adults' app is in the cabinet at kidpair.net, with the same names.
• Fixed“Arrived” and “Left” alerts no longer fire from a sudden jump in coordinates when the phone briefly loses its position.

• New“Write to support”: a chat with the developer right in the app (“Settings” → “Write to support”) and on the website.
• NewThe KidPair helper (AI) answers common questions at once from the help; any of its answers can be reported.
• NewHarder questions go to the developer — his answers look different and come as a notification.

How to use it: Support

• New“Steps” on the child's page: today, by the hour, for a week and a month.
• New“Delete a child” — if a child was added by mistake or for a test (in “Devices”, for the family's creator).
• Better“What adults see” in the child's app mentions steps too.

How to use it: Steps

• New“KidPair code”: your code or fingerprint before important actions.
• New“New sign-in”: an alert when someone signs in to the family on a new phone or the website.
• NewTrip history: walking, by vehicle or by bike — and how many steps. The child sees “Steps today”.
• NewFind a new place by its address.
• BetterMap: while the child stays put — one spot instead of scattered points.
• FixedFingerprint or face unlock when opening the app works again.

How to use it: KidPair code, Steps

• New“After school” in Lessons: classes with days and times. With a map place you're told if the child didn't arrive on time.
• NewOne class can be on different days at different times.
• BetterThe day's timetable is on top, the rest folded away.
• BetterThe child's app tells about a new version itself, and the wording fits girls and boys.
• BetterA steadier link to the adults: “offline” shows up less often.

How to use it: After school

• NewThe app tells you about a new version itself and updates right inside.
• NewLessons: paste the bell schedule as text from a message — the app reads the lessons and times itself.
• BetterWhen one adult answers a child's call, it stops ringing on the other phones right away.
• BetterMessages about the child use the right gender.
• BetterThe home-screen widget is more compact: everything fits in two rows.
• BetterThe child's phone stays connected more reliably while the screen is off.
• FixedAfter an SOS alarm the phone's volume returns to what it was.
• FixedReturning to the app no longer shows the children as “offline” for a moment.