View and limit your child or teen's Apple Cash activity

With Apple Cash Family, you can view your child or teen's balance and transactions, choose who they can send money to, and lock their account.

View and manage your child's Apple Cash account

  1. On your iPhone, open the Wallet app and tap your Apple Cash1 card.

  2. Tap the More buttonthe more icon, then tap Apple Cash Family.

  3. Tap the child's name.

    iOS 18 family organizer's view of child's Apple Cash balance, transactions, and more.

If you're the Apple Cash Family organizer

You can:

  • View your child's Apple Cash balance.2

  • View your child's transactions.

  • Choose who your child can send money to:3

    • Everyone: no restrictions

    • Contacts Only: anyone that's added as a contact for your child*

    • Family Members Only: anyone in your family group

  • Turn on "Notify Me When [name of family member] Makes Any Transaction" to receive notifications when a family member makes a transaction.

  • Lock Apple Cash so your child can't make purchases or send and receive money.

*You can use communication limits in Screen Time to manage their contacts and set other limits.

If you're a parent or guardian who's not an organizer

You can:

  • View your child's Apple Cash balance.

  • View your child's transactions.

  • Turn on Notify Me When [your family member] Makes Any Transaction to receive notifications when they make a transaction.

View your child's transactions

  1. On your iPhone, open the Wallet app and tap your Apple Cash Card.

  2. Tap the More buttonthe more icon, then tap Apple Cash Family.

  3. Tap the child's name.

  4. Tap Transactions to view their transactions.

If you're the family organizer, you can tap Request Transaction Statement to request a copy of your child's transactions. The transaction statement is sent to the email associated with the organizer's Apple Account.

iOS 18 family organizer's view of child's Transactions screen showing Request Transaction Statement.

If your child is over 18 years old and they take ownership of their Apple Cash account, you won't be able to view their Apple Cash activity.

Learn more

See how to set up and use Apple Cash Family.

  1. Apple Cash services are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Apple Payments Services LLC, a subsidiary of Apple Inc., is a service provider of Green Dot Bank for Apple Cash accounts. Neither Apple Inc. nor Apple Payments Services LLC is a bank. Learn more about the Terms and Conditions. Only available in the U.S. on eligible devices. To send and receive money with an Apple Cash account, you must be 18 and a U.S. resident. If you’re under 18, your family organizer can set up Apple Cash for you as part of their Apple Cash Family account, but you may not be able to access features that require a supported payment card. Security checks may require more time to make funds available. Apple Cash Family accounts can only send or receive up to $2000 within a rolling seven-day period. Tap to Cash transactions can only be used to send or receive up to $2000 within a rolling seven-day period. Other limits apply, see Terms and Conditions for details. To access and use all Apple Cash features, you must have an eligible device with Wallet that has the latest version of iOS.

  2. Transactions and comments sent by children using Apple Cash Family are visible to parents, guardians and the family organizer. Adding Apple Cash into third party financial management services gives those services visibility into the account activity they request access to.

  3. Sending and receiving money with Apple Pay and the Apple Cash card are services provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more about the Terms and Conditions.

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