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Age-Signal Readiness Self-Check

New state laws are making app developers — not just the app stores — responsible for asking how old a user is, and for what happens next. Texas is already enforcing. California's duty lands January 1, 2027. Answer five short steps and get a plain-English snapshot of what applies to your app, where, and by when.

Live nowTexas, Utah, Louisiana, Brazil — age-signal duties already in force during 2026
January 1, 2027California AB 1043: every developer must request an age-bracket signal. New York: age assurance for AI companions/platforms
July 1, 2027California catch-up deadline for installs you picked up before 2027
Step 1 of 5
Where do you ship your app?

Pick every store you publish on. The two stores hand age information to developers through different systems, so your answers change below.

Runs 100% in your browser — nothing is sent anywhere.
What kind of app is it?

Pick the closest one. Category decides whether some laws are aimed at you at all — New York's 2027 rule, for example, targets AI companions and platforms.

What can people do inside the app?

Pick everything that applies. Chat and public content are what turn an age answer from paperwork into a real safety duty.

Who is the app for, age-wise?

Your declared posture — the target audience and rating on your store listing. This is the single answer that changes the most below.

Where are your users?

Pick the places you know you have — or could plausibly get — users. These duties follow the user's location, not yours. Not sure? Pick the last box; most small developers sell worldwide whether they planned to or not.

Straight answers, stated plainly

This is compliance information, not legal advice. We are a small software shop in Missouri, not a law firm. We built this checker because these duties land on us too — our own game is 18+ on Google Play — and the only explanations we could find were written by law firms for enterprise clients. If your app makes real money or handles kids directly, pay a lawyer for an hour. This page will still have been the cheapest first pass you found.

Sources, all public, checked November 6, 2026: Texas SB 2420 (App Store Accountability Act) statute text and state-law trackers; Google Play policy material on the Play Age Signals API (returning data for TX, UT, LA, Brazil) and on Brazil's Digital ECA (in force March 17, 2026); California AB 1043 (Digital Age Assurance Act) explainers from Hunton Andrews Kurth and Legal 500; Fenwick's summary of New York's Safe by Design Act; published comparisons of Apple's Declared Age Range and Google's Play Age Signals. Laws in this area are being challenged and revised in public — if a date above ever stops being true, we will re-date this page rather than quietly edit it.