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by Tintly 23d ago
Yes, there’s a free 24-hour trial, so you can try it out
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by Tintly 23d ago
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Hey, thanks for all the comments. I made KidScreen for my two daughters. They both have their own iPads, and I wanted them to have separate video shelves with only the YouTube videos I chose for them. How it works is very simple: I create o
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by Tintly 1mo ago
KidScreen is a free web app: a parent creates child profiles, pastes the exact YouTube links approved for each child, and gives each child separate sign-in details. The child gets a finite shelf containing only those videos, with no search,
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by Tintly 1mo ago
It is a browser-based, parent-curated shelf that works together with parental controls.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Thanks — I will take a look at it.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
I agree that claiming universal control would be misleading. KidScreen does not intercept other apps or devices; it only controls the shelf inside KidScreen. Whether that narrower model is useful depends on how a family manages the child’s
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by Tintly 1mo ago
KidScreen cannot become the default inside the native YouTube apps on phones, Apple TV, PlayStation, or other platforms. It works only where the child opens the KidScreen web app in a compatible browser, and the parent still needs device-le
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by Tintly 1mo ago
That is my view as well. KidScreen does not prescribe how much a child should watch; it gives the parent control over the exact videos available.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
It is for families who already choose to use some video and want tighter control over exactly what is available.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Agreed. KidScreen does not replace parental responsibility, supervision, or device-level controls. It is a convenience layer that makes a parent-approved shelf easier to maintain and use.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
That is fair criticism. If someone has to register just to understand what the product does, the public page has failed. The short version is: a parent adds exact YouTube URLs, and the child gets a finite shelf with no search or endless fee
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by Tintly 1mo ago
It is a free web app and installable PWA, not a native App Store application. The parent manages the shelves in a browser; the child signs in once on their device and can add KidScreen to the Home Screen.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
That is already the manual model: the parent creates a separate shelf for each child and adds videos based on that child’s interests. There is intentionally no automated personalization or recommendation system deciding what to add next.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Books are great too. I do not see books and video as mutually exclusive; a small amount of parent-selected educational or creative video can be useful. KidScreen is about making that choice intentional, not maximizing screen time.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
That is an interesting direction. KidScreen is currently built for individual families, not school administration, so it does not yet have the provisioning, classroom management, or compliance features schools would need. If you have a spec
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by Tintly 1mo ago
YouTube Kids whitelist mode is useful, but KidScreen starts from a different idea: I add exact videos one by one to each child’s separate shelf. I am not approving an entire channel or asking an algorithm to select from a catalogue. Nothing
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by Tintly 1mo ago
KidScreen removes the YouTube browsing experience: there is no search, no feed, and no algorithm choosing the next video for the child. I add the exact videos myself, and the child sees only that finite shelf. On my children’s iPads I use K
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Thanks — that is a useful request. Co-parent access is not exposed in the current version. Separate parent invitations would let both adults manage the same shelves without sharing one account, and that is the direction I would take if I ad
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Nice approach. I chose a web app for the same portability reason: the child signs in once in a browser and KidScreen can be added to the Home Screen. That reduces platform-specific work, but it still does not guarantee that every device or
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Yes — this is exactly how I use it on my children’s iPads. I install KidScreen as a Home Screen web app, block the regular YouTube website and other video sources with Screen Time, and allow KidScreen together with its `youtube-nocookie.com
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by Tintly 1mo ago
You are right. A family product should explain who built it, how child access works, what data it stores, and what the embedded YouTube player can still show. I am an independent parent building this for my own family first, and the current
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Agreed. Trust should not depend on registering first. Screenshots, a short demo, a clear explanation of the flow, and the YouTube limitations belong on the public page. “Free” and “simple” are not enough on their own.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
Exactly. A parent can add any public, embeddable YouTube video they consider appropriate — it does not have to be labelled as children’s content. Engineering videos, documentaries, and “how it works” videos fit the model well. KidScreen doe
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by Tintly 1mo ago
That is a good catch. I assumed a free sign-up would feel like low friction, but putting the explanation behind an account hides the information people need before they can trust the product. I should make that explanation public. Thanks fo
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by Tintly 1mo ago
You are right. Being free does not remove the need for trust. I built KidScreen for my own family and released it for other parents, but the public page should clearly show how it works, who built it, what it stores, and where its limits ar
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by Tintly 1mo ago
yt-dlp gives you much stronger offline control. KidScreen is streaming-only today and remains subject to YouTube availability, embedding, and regional restrictions. If reliable offline playback is essential, KidScreen is not a replacement f
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by Tintly 1mo ago
KidScreen is not an offline or download solution like USB or Plex; it streams public videos through the embedded YouTube player. Its narrower purpose is to make the parent’s approved list the child’s default shelf.
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by Tintly 1mo ago
That is fair. KidScreen does not solve offline playback or broken YouTube downloads. It solves a narrower problem: the parent chooses exact videos and the child gets a small, finite shelf instead of search or an endless feed. The landing pa

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