What the kid sees
- A grid of parent-approved channels — and nothing else
- 🎲 Surprise me and ❤️ My list
- Keep watching across the family's devices
- 📥 Offline downloads — kid asks, parent approves; works with no Wi-Fi
- Fullscreen player with no ads and nothing to escape into — subtitles on demand
- NEW badges when an allowed channel has fresh uploads
- Gentle time warnings, friendly break & bedtime screens
- Fully D-pad navigable on TV
What parents control
- Channels & playlists — search, add, or import & share whitelists
- Discover with AI — describe what you want, get verified channel suggestions
- AI content screening (optional) — your house rules, enforced on new videos; bring your own key or local model
- Screen time — sessions, breaks, bedtime, extra-time grants, pause-for-today
- Time price tags — educational cheap, junk food expensive
- Live stats per device, with a remote pause button
- All from the parent's phone, fingerprint- or PIN-gated
- Everything stays on your devices — there is no server
1
Install the APK
on the TV and on the parent's phone
2
Scan the QR
TV shows it, phone scans it — paired in a minute
3
Add channels
curate from the couch; the TV syncs instantly
Free forever — but not maintenance-free
YouTube changes its internals every few weeks, and each time it does, playback breaks for every family until the app is updated and re-shipped. Donations fund that ongoing work.
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