One wallet. Every game.
Roblox, Minecraft, Steam and the rest draw from one daily allowance. Time counts only while a limited game is actually frontmost.
A calmer way to manage gaming
Turn game time into something they can earn.
Less policing. More ownership. GG Time turns one shared gaming allowance into a simple family economy—with rewards, reductions, and a parent iPhone.
1 shared allowance
∞ teachable moments
0 limit spreadsheets
THE TOP THREE
Rules that feel fair enough to follow.
Reward the real world.
Contribution becomes a clear currency: add time for effort, save it for later, or occasionally reduce today when a boundary is ignored.
Parent from your iPhone.
Send rewards and rule changes privately, confirm them with Face ID or your passcode, and see when the Mac has applied them.
THE ACTUAL PRODUCT
One boundary. Two very different views.
Kids get a clear, friendly moment on the Mac. Parents get the numbers and controls they need on iPhone—without hovering over the game.
CHILD’S MAC
GGbot makes “time’s up” unmistakable.
PARENT IPHONE
Today’s allowance at a glance.
THE REAL PROBLEM
Gaming is not the enemy. Daily negotiation is.
A timer can stop a game. It cannot teach the emotional skill of stopping—or turn family contribution into something a child can see, value and choose.
01 · THE FIVE-MINUTE LOOP
The fight is rarely about five minutes.
For bright, deeply absorbed kids, stopping can feel less like closing an app and more like being pulled out of a world mid-sentence. Then come the bargaining, the raised voices and the promises nobody quite trusts tomorrow.
GG Time changes the referee. The family agrees on the economy; the app keeps the count. Parents can stay parents instead of becoming a human countdown.
02 · THE MISSING MIDDLE
Apple gives families limits—not an economy.
Screen Time can schedule downtime, set app limits and let a child ask for more. What it does not provide is a simple family wallet where contribution earns game time and an occasional consequence can reduce it.
GG Time fills that middle. Keep the clarity of a limit, then add the flexibility of rewards, reductions and saved minutes.
03 · BEYOND BIGGER WALLS
Most tools build a taller fence.
Firewalls, blockers and stricter controls begin with stopping. GG Time begins with a tiny economy: contribute, earn minutes, choose how to spend them, and live with the trade-off.
The lesson travels beyond the screen. In our family experience, concrete rules and visible exchange have been especially helpful for neurodivergent kids learning the emotional side of contribution and choice.
Family experience, not a clinical claim. Every child is different.
CAPITALIST GAMING ECONOMY*
A tiny market for the moments that matter.
Minutes become understandable. Effort has value. Choices have opportunity cost. And “Can I play?” finally has an answer that does not depend on who is most tired.
*With dramatically fewer spreadsheets than actual capitalism.- ContributeHelp, practice, finish
- →
- EarnMinutes enter the wallet
- →
- ChooseSpend across games
- →
- LearnStop, trade and try again
HOW IT WORKS
Set the rules once. Adjust life as it happens.
Pick the games
Put selected Mac games into one shared daily allowance.
Agree on the economy
Decide what earns time, what saves for later and what can reduce today.
Let GGbot count
The app tracks active play, gives friendly warnings and holds the boundary.
READY PLAYER FAMILY?
Fewer fights. Better choices. Same great games.
GG Time is currently built for Apple-silicon family Macs, with a companion iPhone app for parents.