Is Google Fit: Activity Tracking Safe for Kids?
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What Google Fit: Activity Tracking's age rating means
Google Fit: Activity Tracking holds a family-friendly Everyone rating on the Google Play. 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.
What parents and users report about Google Fit: Activity Tracking
Users frequently complain about inaccurate step counting, with many reporting significant discrepancies compared to other apps or devices. The app is also criticized for inconsistent tracking of distance and GPS issues, often showing incorrect data or deleting recorded activities. Additionally, users express frustration with bugs, crashes, and poor integration with other health apps or devices.
Summarized from 315 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Google Fit: Activity Tracking
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Google Fit: Activity Tracking 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 Google Fit: Activity Tracking on your child's device.
Google Fit: Activity Tracking for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Google Fit: Activity Tracking safe for kids?
Google Fit: Activity Tracking carries a family-friendly official rating (Everyone) on the Google Play. 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 Google Fit: Activity Tracking have?
The Google Play rates Google Fit: Activity Tracking as Everyone. 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 Google Fit: Activity Tracking 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 Google Fit: Activity Tracking 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 Google Fit: Activity Tracking and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.