Apps With Adult or Mature Content - What UK Parents Should Know
The platform carries content meant for adults, such as sexual, violent or other mature material.
Why it matters
Children can come across adult content by accident through search, recommendations or other users, even on apps they use for something else.
What to check
Use the app's content or maturity settings where they exist, and talk about what to do if they see something upsetting.
Apps with this feature
Features are based on what each of our app guides says. Apps change often, so check the app's own settings too.
Netflix Parental Controls Guide
No minimum age · We suggest 6+
A wider maturity rating is reasonable at this age, but keep a PIN on anything above it, such as TV-MA or R-rated titles.
From our Netflix guide Setting: Viewing Restrictions PINWhere: Account → Settings → Parental Controls → Require PIN for specific maturity levels
Roblox Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 5+ · We suggest 10+
Roblox now includes Restricted experiences that are only open to age-checked users aged 18 and over, so the platform can be more adult than its reputation suggests.
From our Roblox guide Setting: Content maturityWhere: Settings → Parental controls → your child → Settings you manage → Content restrictions → Content maturity
Meta Quest VR Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 10+ · We suggest 13+
social VR apps such as VRChat, Horizon Worlds, and Rec Room have well-documented issues with stranger contact, voice-chat harassment, and adult content in user-created rooms
From our Meta Quest guide Spotify Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 13+
The platform hosts a vast amount of explicit music content and podcasts on mature themes with little restriction by default.
From our Spotify guide Setting: Explicit Content FilterWhere: Mobile: profile picture → Settings and privacy → Content and display → Allow Explicit Content (desktop: Settings → Explicit Content). On a Premium Family plan the plan manager can also switch it per member from the Premium Family page.
Steam Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 13+
the platform also sells adult-rated titles including games with PEGI 18 content
From our Steam guide YouTube Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 13+
Restricted Mode uses automated systems to filter out potentially mature content
From our YouTube guide Setting: Restricted ModeWhere: Profile icon → Settings → General → Restricted Mode
AI Companion & Chatbot Safety Guide
Official age 14+ · We suggest 14+
character-based platforms have repeatedly had role-play drift into romantic, sexual or harmful territory
From our AI Chatbots guide Instagram Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 14+
Reduces the amount of potentially upsetting or mature content shown in Explore, Reels and search.
From our Instagram guide Setting: Content SettingWhere: Settings and activity → Teen Account settings → What you can see → Content setting
Webtoon Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 14+
M-rated series can include sexual content, violence, and strong language.
From our Webtoon guide Setting: Mature Content GateWhere: Settings -> Account -> Show mature content
Discord Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 15+
age-restricted servers and channels are not accessible until then
From our Discord guide Setting: Age group (Account Status)Where: User Settings → Account Status
TikTok Parental Controls and Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 15+
Restricted Mode limits exposure to content that may not be comfortable for everyone, such as mature or complex themes.
From our TikTok guide Setting: Restricted ModeWhere: Profile > Menu ☰ > Settings and privacy > Content preferences > Restricted Mode (or Family Pairing > select your teen's account > Restricted Mode)
Tumblr Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 15+
Tumblr labels mature content and hides it from under-18 accounts
From our Tumblr guide Setting: Safe ModeWhere: Settings -> Content you see -> Safe Mode
Twitch Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 15+
Prevents your child from viewing streams marked as containing mature content.
From our Twitch guide Setting: Content FilteringWhere: Settings → Content Preferences → Mature Content
Wattpad Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 15+
It hosts a very wide range of content, from school-age fanfiction to mature-tagged adult fiction including sexually explicit and self-harm-themed material.
From our Wattpad guide Setting: Mature Content FilterWhere: Settings -> Content Preferences -> Show mature content
Archive of Our Own (AO3) Safety Guide
Official age 13+ · We suggest 16+
so a great deal of sexually explicit and dark-themed writing sits alongside all-ages stories.
From our AO3 guide Setting: Content warningsWhere: On each work / search filters
Bluesky Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 16+
Because the feed can include adult-rated posts from accounts the child has not personally followed
From our Bluesky guide Setting: Adult ContentWhere: Settings -> Moderation -> Adult Content
Crunchyroll Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 16+ · We suggest 16+
The same catalogue also carries series made for an adult audience, with graphic violence or sexual content, sitting alongside family-friendly titles.
From our Crunchyroll guide Setting: Mature Content FilterWhere: Account -> Parental Controls -> Mature Content
Reddit Safety Guide
Official age 13+ · We suggest 16+
Prevents NSFW (not safe for work) content from appearing in feeds.
From our Reddit guide Setting: Content visibilityWhere: Settings > Feed Settings > Adult Content
X (Twitter) Safety Guide
Official age 13+ · We suggest 16+
Content ranges from news and education to graphic violence, hate speech, and adult material.
From our X (Twitter) guide Setting: Sensitive content filterWhere: Settings > Privacy and Safety > Content you see
Call of Duty & Warzone Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 18+ · We suggest 18+
The realistic violence is why it is rated 18
From our Call of Duty guide Chai AI Safety Guide
Official age 18+ · We suggest 18+
Chai AI is built and marketed specifically around romantic and uncensored companion personas rather than general assistance
From our Chai AI guide Character.AI Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 16+ · We suggest 18+
characters can drift into romantic, sexual, or distressing role-play
From our Character.AI guide Setting: NSFW / Content FilterWhere: Applied automatically to under-18 accounts
Grand Theft Auto Online Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 18+ · We suggest 18+
The game contains sustained graphic violence, sexual content, strong language, drug use, and in-game gambling mechanics.
From our GTA Online guide Grok: AI Chatbot & Companions — Parents' Guide
Official age 13+ · We suggest 18+
the app contains AI companions marketed as 18+ plus image tools that have been misused to create explicit deepfakes
From our Grok guide Kick Streaming Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 18+
the platform allows content that would be removed from Twitch or YouTube, including gambling streams, very explicit language, and content that approaches adult-only material.
From our Kick guide Setting: Mature Content FilterWhere: Account settings → Content Preferences
Monkey App Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 18+ · We suggest 18+
which means exposure to adult content or a groomer happens instantly, before anyone can skip.
From our Monkey guide Omegle & Random Video Chat Safety
Official age 18+ · We suggest 18+
where exposure to sexual behaviour is common and instant
From our Omegle guide VRChat Safety Guide for Parents
Official age 13+ · We suggest 18+
The platform's minimal moderation means children can easily encounter adults, explicit content, and harassment.
From our VRChat guide
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This is practical educational content to support families. For case-specific concerns about a child's safety, contact the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000 or your local safeguarding team.