Is Hindustan Times: Live News App Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by App Store, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with HT Media.
What Hindustan Times: Live News App's age rating means
Hindustan Times: Live News App holds a family-friendly 9+ rating on the App Store. It is broadly appropriate, but a low age rating does not remove every risk: check whether it has chat, ads, or in-app purchases below.
Things for parents to check
- As a News app, Hindustan Times: Live News App can put your child in contact with strangers or user-generated content that is not moderated in real time. This is the biggest supervision concern for younger users.
What parents and users report about Hindustan Times: Live News App
Users frequently complain about persistent ads even with a premium subscription, poor app functionality including crashes and bugs, and unwanted notifications that cannot be disabled. Many also express dissatisfaction with the app's content, citing biased reporting, irrelevant news, and outdated stories.
Summarized from 233 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Hindustan Times: Live News App
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Hindustan Times: Live News App if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Hindustan Times: Live News App on your child's device.
Hindustan Times: Live News App for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Hindustan Times: Live News App safe for kids?
Hindustan Times: Live News App carries a family-friendly official rating (9+) on the App Store. That makes it broadly suitable, but even family-rated apps can include chat, ads, or in-app purchases, so check the factors below.
What age rating does Hindustan Times: Live News App have?
The App Store rates Hindustan Times: Live News App as 9+. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Hindustan Times: Live News App safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Hindustan Times: Live News App from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Hindustan Times: Live News App and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.