Think about a phone and what is on it. Let us see what an app is. Then let us see what it does on a phone.

Here is what an app is. It is short for application. It is a software program.

Apps can help people play games. They can help people read the news. They can help people find their way.

People get apps from an online app store. People get them from there. That is all you need to know here.

Some cost real money. Some things inside them cost real money too. Keep that in mind as you read on.

Here is a thing to know. Apps and games can have an age rating.

A child's phone can have time limits. A parent can set them each day on the phone. That is one way a parent can help out.

A parent can set up a phone. Then a child has to ask a grown-up. The child asks before getting an app.

Some phones have settings for this. They let a parent make a child ask first. That is before buying or getting apps.

Remember this. A child asks a grown-up before getting an app.

Words to know

• software: a program
• rating: age label
• app: software program