HT201269 Stop apps from transferring between devices

I gave my son my 4s when I got my 5s. I really only want him to be able to use it as an iTouch and have access to his games that've been downloaded for him. I've deleted all of my apps off of it and have turned off automatic downloads but for some reason my apps keep showing up on the 4s. In addition his games keep popping up on my 5s. I still want to be able to download a game for him on my 5s and somehow sync it to his 4s but I'm not even sure that's possible with my ultimate goal. What do I need to do to accomplish this? Please help!! I've been trying to figure this out for over a month and he begs me everyday to get it fixed.

jkimmey,
Have you tried assigning applications to specific Desktops? If not click and hold an application in the Dock and assign the preferred Desktop:

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