Project KirkDevices
What Kirk can see depends on the phone in your child's pocket, not the phone in your hand.
Yes or no. No asterisks, no "limited", no hedging.
| Feature | Child on iPhone | Child on Android |
|---|---|---|
| Need Help button | Yes | Yes |
| Location captured at the moment of a Need Help press | Yes | Yes |
| Alert delivery states (Sending, Retrying, Sent, Seen) | Yes | Yes |
| Alert history with maps | Yes | Yes |
| Unlink alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Risk levels (Low, Medium, High) | Yes | Yes |
| Five interface languages | Yes | Yes |
| Daily screen time summaries | Yes | No |
| App time limits | Yes | No |
| Background location tracking | No | No |
| Message reading | No | No |
| Photo or camera roll access | No | No |
| Call logs | No | No |
| Browsing history | No | No |
Screen time on Android has not shipped
Screen time summaries and app time limits are available today only when the child is on an iPhone, where they are built on Apple Screen Time. If your child is on Android, Kirk gives you the Need Help button, location captured at the press, alert history and maps, and unlink alerts — and no screen time data at all.
Why there is any difference at all
Apple and Google expose different capabilities to apps. Apple provides Screen Time, a system framework Kirk can build on. Google's platform does not expose the equivalent to Kirk in the same way, so the feature is not there.
Kirk shows nothing rather than zeros
Where a capability does not exist, Kirk hides the section entirely. A screen full of zeros reads like a quiet day. That would be a lie, and it is the kind of lie a parent would act on.
Requirements
What you need to run Kirk
Minimum versions
- iOS 16 or later
- Android 10 or later
Orientation
On iPhone, Kirk runs in portrait orientation only.
Mixing platforms
The parent app has every feature on both iPhone and Android, and a family can mix platforms freely. What each adult sees is decided by each child's phone.