see also: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/819997

[quote='880306022, KevinVB, /thread/794128?answerId=880306022#880306022, /profile/KevinVB'] @Quappi have you had any updates from Apple on the feedback report? We believe we have encountered the same issue. [/quote] @KevinVB unfortunately, no update on that except from this: We can't reproduce this internally. This has just happened again for me recently on the latest iOS 26.4 update. My radars on this topic, feel free to reference them in your feedback requests: FB18997699, FB17272792, FB19018706 I had initially reported this to Apple on iOS 26 beta 1 in June 2025, it’s really frustrating to see that this has not been addressed before the public release of iOS 26 – and we’re facing the same issue still 10 months later…

[quote='811048021, bchew, /thread/811048, /profile/bchew'] "All apps", and then add an exception for us, [/quote] I can no longer reproduce this bug on iOS 26.4 RC – can you confirm?

Thanks a lot for confirming that this is currently investigated! Can you say when this will be addressed? I have reported this horrible regression in iOS 26 beta 1 in June 2025. It’s kinda sad that this didn’t seem to have any priority for Apple to get addressed before the public version was released. In 3 months this bug report will be one year old. [quote='874099022, DTS Engineer, /thread/809410?answerId=874099022#874099022'] This is a known issue that is currently being investigated. If you have already filed a bug report for this issue, thank you. [/quote]

This is still an ongoing issue unfortunately, just had another user complain to me about it personally.

We’re facing the same issue. Is there any known workaround? Feedback: FB21627607

I think there are always ways to go around limitations even if your app is able to enforce them. There are so many tutorials on TikTok etc on how children can trick apples screen time tech. their frameworks are fundamentally rotten that make it very easy to go around.

hello, unfortunately until today the “all apps except“ API is exceptionally broken and unusable. some time excepting an app works, but it’s very unreliable in behavior. we have reported this issue to Apple multiple times, but so far they have not acknowledged neither have they addressed this bug. here are my feedback numbers, feel free to cross reference them in your feedback reports: FB20694446 FB15190710

Hello, we have reported this concerning bug with the first beta of iOS 26 in June 2025. Apple has not yet addressed this bug, neither do they have acknowledged that anyone has taken a look at it. I believe this is yet another confirmation that Apple is not interested in maintaining the Screen Time framework – it’s now in a state where it’s barely usable to build stable apps. here are my feedback number for reference: FB18927456 FB18061981 feel free to cross reference those in your feedback reports!

Hello, we have reported this concerning bug with the first beta of iOS 26 in June 2025. Apple has not yet addressed this bug, neither do they have acknowledged that anyone has taken a look at it. I believe this is yet another confirmation that Apple is not interested in maintaining the Screen Time framework – it’s now in a state where it’s barely usable to build stable apps. here are my feedback number for reference: FB18927456 FB18061981 feel free to cross reference those in your feedback reports!

Hello, we have reported this concerning bug with the first beta of iOS 26 in June 2025. Apple has not yet addressed this bug, neither do they have acknowledged that anyone has taken a look at it. I believe this is yet another confirmation that Apple is not interested in maintaining the Screen Time framework – it’s now in a state where it’s barely usable to build stable apps. here are my feedback number for reference: FB18927456 FB18061981 feel free to cross reference those in your feedback reports!

Unfortunately this is still unresolved on the latest iOS 26.3 beta. fingers crossed for iOS 26.4

Not for us, unfortunately. The issue is present throughout iOS 26, 26.1 and 26.2. Multiple radars filed already, but no response / fix in sight. [quote='868578022, kgaidis, /thread/793747?answerId=868578022#868578022, /profile/kgaidis'] iOS 26.1 seems to maybe have fixed it [/quote]

I’m curious what you mean with that. im also sometimes under the impression that my device is cursed when it comes to screen time, because there are so so many bugs. But then again, it’s not just me: we get user reports every day with complaints about bugs related to the Screen Time API. [quote='868587022, kgaidis, /thread/809410?answerId=868587022#868587022, /profile/kgaidis'] odd side-effect due to my device state [/quote]

Hello, could you please check if there has been an update on our bug reports? They show unchanged on my side, but I am under the impression that something has been changed with iOS 26 / 26.1 / 26.2 beta. This is my radar from October 2024: FB15544362 [quote='822829022, Engineer, /thread/773290?answerId=822829022#822829022'] There's no supported way for you to customize the picker with the APIs currently available. [/quote]