You pick the channels. Watchling checks every video. A channel you trust can still post a video you don't want your child to see, so Watchling uses AI to read each new upload's title, description and details, works out what kind of video it is, and keeps it or hides it based on the rules you set. The AI does the sorting, so you don't have to. You don't approve videos one at a time, and you don't hope a recommendation engine gets it right.
SET IT UP IN THREE STEPS
1. Choose your child's age. Watchling starts the feed with a ready-made set of channels picked by real people, so it is full from the very first open.
2. Say what you're happy with. Allow the kinds of videos you want and block the ones you don't, in plain language.
3. That's it. Every new upload from those channels is sorted against your rules.
WHAT YOU CONTROL
• Kinds of video, not just channels: allow learning and music, block reaction videos and unboxing, or any mix you like
• Trusted and blocked channels, separately for each child
• A daily time limit
• Separate rules for each child
• A weekly summary: how long they watched, which kinds of video and which channels
• Search: it covers your channels and, unless you switch it off, channels we recommend for your child's age or younger, always within your rules
• Requests: if your child can't find something, they can ask you for it, and it only appears if you say yes
THE SCREEN YOU HAND OVER
A calm, simple screen with big pictures, showing only videos that passed Watchling's checks against your rules. YouTube's autoplay is off: the only time one video follows another is "Play all" on a list you made, which plays only that list and stops at its end or at the time limit. No comments, no chat, no messaging, no uploads, and no way to wander off into the rest of the internet. If something looks wrong, your child can report it: it is hidden from them and sent to you to look at.
BUILT TO BE CAREFUL
Anything Watchling hasn't checked yet stays hidden, and anything it isn't sure enough about waits for your OK. Being over-careful is the default, but automated checks can still get a video wrong: if one slips through, your child can report it and you can block the channel.
We keep as little about your child as we can: a first name or nickname, an avatar your child can dress up, an age band, the rules and limits you set, what they save in Watchling, requests and reports they send you, which videos were hidden from them, and what they watched. A record of a watched video is deleted after 30 days, and their place in a part-watched video after 90. We never ask for a photo, birth date or location. The technical data apps need to run is described in our privacy policy. We never sell your family's data, never show ads of our own, and never build an advertising profile of your child.
HONEST ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO
Videos play in YouTube's own player, so YouTube's ads can still appear before or during a video. We can't switch those off, and we won't pretend otherwise. Watchling controls which videos your child can reach, not what YouTube shows inside its player.
Watchling is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with YouTube or Google.
FREE
Watchling is free to use: no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads of our own.
Questions, problems or a deletion request: compliance@getwatchling.com
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