Learn Before Play

Screen time works better when the bargain is clear. Learn Before Play lets a parent choose up to 2 games, video apps, or social apps that should require a small learning challenge first. When a selected app is opened, the child completes a short set of math questions directly on the device. Correct answers are verified locally. Finish the challenge and the selected app is available for the reward time chosen by the parent. BUILT AROUND A SIMPLE EXCHANGE • Choose up to 2 launchable apps to protect. • Pick math difficulty from Level 1 to Level 4. • Choose 3, 5, or 10 questions. • Choose a 10, 20, 30, or 45 minute reward. • Wrong answers never count. • The child can always choose “Not now — go Home.” PARENT CONTROLS • Protect settings with a 4-digit parent PIN. • Re-lock all protected apps immediately. • Reset local activity counters. • See whether the Android app gate is active. • Preview the child challenge before using it for real. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The current version has no account, advertising, analytics, cloud sync, or backend. App choices, learning rules, reward timers, and activity counters stay on the device. Android app backup is disabled. ACCESSIBILITYSERVICE DISCLOSURE Learn Before Play uses Android AccessibilityService to detect when apps selected by a parent become the foreground app and to show a local learning gate before access is granted. The service is configured not to retrieve accessibility window content. It does not read screen text, messages, passwords, or typed text, and it does not automate actions inside other apps. The service can be disabled at any time in Android Accessibility settings. Learn Before Play is not device-owner or MDM software and does not claim to be impossible to disable or uninstall.