PlayStation Family

3.6
145 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Simplified family gaming

Download PlayStation Family™ to keep track of your kids’ gaming habits at-a-glance. With an easy-to-use activity dashboard, simple parental controls and real-time info direct to your phone, the PlayStation Family app takes the hassle out of parenting on PlayStation.

Easy setup
• Create child accounts with age-based parental control recommendations. Set daily playtime schedules and spending limits, and manage your kids’ online communication with simplicity.

Customizable playtime
• Define when PlayStation fits into your family’s routine. Whether it’s time for homework, mealtime or bedtime, you’re in control of your kids’ daily playtime. Decide which games they can access by setting individual age levels, ensuring they experience only age-appropriate content.

Activity dashboard
• Get insights into your kids’ gaming activity. See their online status and the game they’re currently playing plus their playtime hours from the past week. Stay engaged and make informed decisions to foster healthy screen time habits.

Real-time notifications
• When your kids request extra playtime, you can approve or decline directly from your phone. You have the final say – anytime, anywhere.

Online access
• Set guardrails for your kids to access online features like voice chat and user-generated content; or make an exception for a specific PlayStation game so they can connect and chat with their friends online.

Spending limits for your kids
• Decide how much they can spend each month, view your own wallet balance and top it up so they can buy and download content from PlayStation Store.

PlayStation terms of service are viewable at https://www.playstation.com/legal/psn-terms-of-service/.

Some features are only available on PS4 or PS5.

“PlayStation”, “PlayStation Family Mark”, “PlayStation Family”, and “PlayStation Shapes Logo” are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Updated on
Sep 11, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.6
143 reviews
Dusti
September 11, 2025
Finally, an app instead of navigating ten different clicks and load time to get to parental controls! I downloaded PS Family on 9/11 in the afternoon. Login was successful, homescreen loaded fast and flawlessly. I was able to quickly toggle between kids on the system and all of the parental controls are right there along with playtime and even the ability to add wallet funds! I added $20 to the family wallet in 3 clicks! As a parent in the digital age with gamer kiddos, THANK YOU!
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Travis Stahlhut
September 13, 2025
I know I'm late to the party, but the app seems to be working on my Moto edge Plus 2023. While multiplying the apps necessary to do the same job, it does make the family accounts more accessible and easy to configure than doing it all through the PlayStation app. For me the extra app seems worth it, I just keep all my PlayStation apps in the same folder so the right one is easy to find for the right occasion.
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Glen and Gemma Rose
September 10, 2025
For anyone with sign in issues using Firefox we had to set its enhanced tracking protection to standard, not strict, just during the sign in process then you can swap it back afterwards. So if you're having sign in issues check your default browsers tracking restrictions in case they are causing you issues. I have yet to use the app in practise but we as parents have been waiting for this exact functionality so if it works as intended then thank you so much for making this happen!
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What’s new

• This update includes fixes and performance improvements.