Weekly screen-time schedule planner, printable
Updated 2026-09-12
A weekly screen-time schedule is a set of locked windows, not a minute count: school on weekdays, dinner every evening and a bedtime lock that runs overnight. This planner starts with those three presets, lets you add up to six windows with their own days, times and scope, and prints a seven-day grid your child can see on the fridge. The same six windows can be configured in KlusQuest for an iPhone or iPad.
The planner runs in your browser and stores nothing. Print it, agree to it, then set the same windows in the app.
Plan your weekly locked hours
Our weekly screen-time schedule
- Locked: everything
- Locked: games and chosen apps
- Open: free minutes and coins apply
Windows
- School: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 08:00–15:00 · Everything
- Bedtime: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 21:00–07:00 (overnight) · Everything
- Dinner: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 18:00–19:00 · Everything
Set the same in KlusQuest: Family → child → Screen time → Schedules. Daily free minutes: 60.
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How to use the planner
Start with the three presets. School runs 08:00 to 15:00 Monday to Friday, dinner 18:00 to 19:00 every day, and bedtime 21:00 to 07:00 every night. Rename them, change the days with the day buttons, move the start and end, or remove one. A window whose end is earlier than its start runs overnight, so a bedtime that starts on Sunday evening ends on Monday morning.
Choose what each window locks. 'Everything' is for school and bedtime. 'Games and chosen apps' leaves the rest of the phone usable and only shields the apps you picked, which suits a homework hour or a family walk. Add up to six windows, the same limit as the app.
Enter the daily minutes that apply outside locked hours and print the result. Then open KlusQuest, go to Family, pick the child, open Screen time and Schedules, and enter the same windows. The app then applies the schedule based on your chosen times.
What the printed grid shows
- Seven columns, one per day — Monday to Sunday in half-hour rows from 00:00 to 23:30. A dark cell means everything is locked; a yellow cell means only games and chosen apps are locked; a white cell is open time.
- Overnight windows wrap — A bedtime window from 21:00 to 07:00 paints the evening of one day and the morning of the next, including Sunday night into Monday. This is how the app applies it too.
- Everything wins over games-only — Where two windows overlap, the stricter one shows. A games-only homework hour inside the school window stays fully locked.
- The window list — Under the grid the same windows are listed in words: name, days, times and scope. This is the part to copy into the app, one window at a time.
- Open hours and coins live in the white cells — Daily minutes are the everyday allowance in open hours. Coins from approved chores and homework, proven with a photo, buy extra minutes there at the rate you set. Locked cells stay locked whatever the balance.
Why a schedule beats a daily total
The UK Chief Medical Officers do not set a daily limit; they ask for phones outside the bedroom at bedtime and screen-free meal times. The NHS adds no tablets or phones in the 30 to 60 minutes before bed. Those are windows, not totals, and a printed grid makes them visible to a ten-year-old in a way a number never is.
In KlusQuest the schedule is the fixed frame and the tasks decide what happens inside it. Chores, homework and reading come first, with a photo as proof and your one-tap approval. Coins unlock minutes in the apps you chose, only in the open hours. For the unplanned moments there is the family-time lock: one tap requests a 30, 60 or 90-minute lock for paired devices, which takes effect once the request is delivered over the network.
Questions parents ask
Can the child open Phone or Messages during a locked window?
During an 'Everything' lock, standard iOS Screen Time limits apply. KlusQuest does not guarantee Phone or Messages remain available, as that depends on your Apple Account and Always Allowed settings. Choose 'Games and chosen apps' for a window where the phone should still work for everything else.
What if two windows overlap?
The stricter scope wins in the grid and in the app. If a games-only window sits inside an everything window, the everything lock applies for the overlap.
How many windows can I set?
Six, both here and in KlusQuest.
Is the schedule saved anywhere?
No. The planner keeps your windows in the page until you close it. Print it or save it as a PDF from your print dialog, and enter the same windows in the app.
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Related guides and tools
Sources
- UK Chief Medical Officers — advice for parents and carers: phones outside the bedroom at bedtime, screen-free meal times (7 February 2019)()
- NHS — Sleep and young children (no laptops, tablets or phones in the 30 to 60 minutes before bed; reviewed 31 March 2023)()
- Apple Support — Set schedules with Screen Time on iPhone()