Every video checked
before your child
ever sees it.
Kidzy scores each video against five independent safety layers — in 15 Indian languages — and only shows what clears the bar you set. No account. No tracking. Nothing about your child ever leaves the phone.
Safe-looking apps still hand children the open internet.
A child taps one suggestion tile and they're somewhere nobody vetted. Autoplay queues up whatever holds attention longest. And nearly every safety filter on the market reads English — while most of what an Indian child is shown is not in English.
One tap and they're gone
Suggested videos, channel links and end screens are all exits. A four-year-old doesn't know they've left the safe place.
Built to not be stopped
Infinite feeds and autoplay are engineered to hold attention. That's the opposite of what a small child needs.
Filters that only read English
Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu — written in native script or typed in Roman letters. Most filters see none of it.
Five layers, one score, your threshold.
Every video gets a safety score before it can appear. You choose how high that score has to be — and you can change it whenever you like.
1 · Words
Title, description and tags are matched against a blocklist you can edit —
remove ours, add your own. Obfuscation like g.h.o.s.t is unpicked
before matching.
2 · Language
15 Indian languages in native script and romanised spelling — because a parent in Chennai needs Tamil covered, not just English.
3 · Behaviour
Content that pushes children to copy dangerous stunts, watch compulsively, or respond to manufactured distress. Conventional filters look straight past this.
4 · Channel
Publisher reputation and history. Unknown channels are structurally capped — they can't reach the top band no matter how clean the title looks.
5 · Thumbnail
On-device image analysis reads text inside the thumbnail and measures how dark it is. The image never leaves your phone.
= Your threshold
The five layers combine into one score. You set the bar — strict for a four-year-old, looser for a nine-year-old. It's your call, not ours.
Built for Indian households first.
Most children's content in India isn't in English. Kidzy matches both the native script and the romanised spellings people actually type into a search box.
Nothing important is decided by us.
What suits a four-year-old doesn't suit a nine-year-old. That isn't a judgement software should be making on your behalf, so Kidzy doesn't.
Safety level
Set how high a video must score. Move it any time.
Blocked words
Edit our list. Add words that matter in your home.
Watch limits
Daily limits and break reminders — off unless you turn them on.
PIN protected
Rate-limited against guessing. Your child can't change any of it.
We don't collect your child's data.
Not carefully — at all.
The industry standard is to collect data and promise to handle it well. We think that's the wrong shape of promise. There is no collection mechanism to misuse.
What stays on your phone
- Watch history — encrypted with AES-256
- Your settings and blocked words
- Parent PIN — stored only as a hash
- Video cache, cleared after 30 days
What we never collect
- Name, age, photo or gender
- Email, phone or location
- Advertising ID or device fingerprint
- Analytics of any kind — there is no SDK
Uninstall deletes everything
Because we hold no server-side copy, deleting the app deletes the data. There's no retention window and no backup to purge. Android backup is disabled so your child's history doesn't travel to Google Drive or to a new phone either. Read the full policy →
How Kidzy compares.
| Kidzy | Typical kids' video app | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian language filtering | 15 languages, both scripts | English, usually |
| Behavioural-harm scoring | Yes | No |
| Parent sets the strictness | Any level, any time | Fixed age buckets |
| Editable blocklist | Yes | Rarely |
| Child data collected | None | Account + usage data |
| Analytics SDKs | None | Typically several |
| Works offline after setup | No — video needs a connection | No |
| Screens the ads shown | No — see below | No |
The last two rows are ours to own. We'd rather list them than let you find out later.
What Kidzy cannot do.
Please read this before you rely on it. A parent who over-trusts a filter is worse off than one who was never given it.
It can't watch the video
Kidzy reads titles, descriptions, tags, channels and thumbnails. It does not analyse video frames or audio. A video that looks fine and turns unsuitable partway through can pass the filter.
It can't screen ads
Video plays through YouTube, and YouTube may show advertisements. Those come from Google, not from us, and our filter cannot inspect them.
It isn't a substitute for you
No automated filter is perfect. Kidzy substantially reduces risk — it does not remove it. Please stay in the room.
Found something that got through? Tell us — reports are genuinely how the filter improves.
Frequently asked.
Is Kidzy free?
Kidzy is in development and hasn't launched, so pricing isn't settled. What we can commit to now: we will never fund it by collecting or selling data about your child. That option is off the table permanently.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no login, and no password to remember. You set a parent PIN on the device during setup, and that's it.
Where do the videos come from?
YouTube. Kidzy uses the YouTube API Services to fetch videos from a curated set of vetted children's channels, then applies its own safety assessment before anything is shown. Video content remains subject to YouTube's terms.
Can my child get out of the app into YouTube?
Preventing exactly that is a core design goal. Playback is contained, and the app doesn't offer a route into open YouTube. Nothing is unbreakable — but a child tapping around will not find an exit.
What happens when my child hits the watch limit?
Playback stops with a gentle break message. Limits are off by default — you turn them on and choose the length, because a limit you didn't choose is one you'll resent.
Does the filter work if my child searches in Tamil?
Yes. That's a substantial part of why Kidzy exists. It matches both native script and romanised spelling — தமிழ் and tamil typed in Roman letters both work.
Which Android versions are supported?
Android 11 and above. Encryption relies on the Android Keystore, which is meaningfully stronger on recent versions.
Is there an iPhone version?
Not yet. Android first, since that's the majority of the Indian market. If Kidzy finds an audience, iOS follows.
Want to know when it's ready?
Kidzy is in development. Send us a line and we'll tell you when it launches — no marketing list, no drip campaign, just one email when there's something to try.