Can a family share one tablet between several children?

Skie for Parents · Updated

Short answer

Skie is built for one device per child, so a shared tablet follows one set of rules. If one tablet must serve everyone, set it for the youngest user and keep it in a common room. A better answer is a second, low-cost tablet, or reassigning the tablet when it passes to the next child.

A single tablet on the sofa is how many families begin. It works until the children want different things.

Skie ties rules to one child and one device. It blocks extra Android users and work profiles on the managed tablet, so each child cannot have their own login. That means every child using it sees the same apps, the same windows and the same filter.

If you share it, plan for that. Choose the app list for the youngest child who will use it. Place it in a common room. Use a study window and a night window that suit the whole house. Be open with the older child that it is a family device, not theirs.

A better plan, if the budget allows, is one device per child. A low-cost Android tablet for the younger one is often enough, and you manage both from the same dashboard with different rules.

If a tablet is handed from one child to another over time, use reassign in the dashboard. It moves the device to the new child, clears the old child's data and keeps the device history.

If the tablet is for adults too, such as a parent using it for work, keep it unmanaged and give the children their own.

Pricing for several devices is on request.