One mainstream learning app states in its own listing that it has no ads and no subscriptions, and another says plainly that it is a subscription app. Between those two sentences sit five questions worth asking any app your child wants.

Cancelling and requesting a refund are two different actions on two different screens, and only one of them is inside the app. Apple's own steps, plus what Blinkist's listing promises about the first 14 days.

Yes, but only for books you downloaded while you had a signal - and opening a book is what downloads it. Here is the claim Google makes, the ten-minute boarding check, and the two cases where offline still fails.

Scanners give you a picture of the page for free and ration the letters inside it. Adobe's listing states the limit in pages - 5 before, 100 after - and another app marks its paid-only features in the description itself.

An antenna receives whatever is broadcast at your address; a streaming app shows a lineup decided by contracts, plans and blackouts. Here is what Pluto, Fubo and Spectrum say about it themselves, and what to check.

An instalment plan is not a subscription, so there is no recurring charge to switch off in settings. Here is what Afterpay's own listing says you can control, why the monthly product is a loan, and the order to work through.

A meeting link from three days ago is usually not in the meeting app - it is in your inbox, the calendar event, a chat thread or the SMS tab. Here is the order that finds it fastest, and the two habits that end the search.

Ask to Buy makes every purchase on a child's iPhone - in-app or not - wait for a parent's approval, regardless of the app's age rating. Apple's own steps, plus the three purchases it does not cover.

The timeline is a live preview; the export is a re-render built from your settings. CapCut's own description names the three dials - resolution, frame rate, smart HDR - and a filter catalogue it updates weekly. Here is what that explains.

Google Maps rebuilds a running trip around live traffic, which is why stops added after you press Start tend to vanish. Here is the order that works - plan, reorder, then drive - and the three causes to check.