FamTiVi vs ReadInstead

FamTiVi is intuitive suite of tools to help organize video viewing for you, your family, and friends. Our crowdsourcing platform allows people that have the same needs and thresholds for quality to share and find pre-curated playlists, saving you the time of having to construct a playlist from scratch. Furthermore, FamTiVi allows you to schedule video viewing, so you and your family members can watch videos during pre-defined screen time hours. DISTRACTION-FREE WATCHING FamTiVi gives you and your family a clean and predictable space to watch online videos you've pre-approved. It is built to emulate old-school TV as much as possible – channels up/down and fast-forward/rewind. Family member profiles only see videos selected by the primary user. CURATE YOUTUBE VIDEOS INTO PLAYLISTS Primary users can add YouTube videos and organize them into themed playlists, shows, and channels. Family members do not browse YouTube directly; they only watch what you have approved inside their TiVi Station. CREATE PERSONALIZED TIVI STATIONS Each family member gets their own set of Tivi Channels — a simple, safe environment built entirely from curated videos. This ensures intentional, age-appropriate viewing without random suggestions. BUILD SHOWS AND CHANNELS Turn curated videos into scheduled shows and assign them to channels. Create different types of content for each child — learning shows, calm time channels, creativity shows, or weekend fun. SCHEDULE HEALTHY SHOWTIMES Choose when family members can watch. Set morning shows, after-school shows, or weekend channels. When it’s showtime, the content plays. When time ends, viewing stops automatically. This supports healthy routines and predictable screen time. FULL WEB DASHBOARD FOR PARENTS Primary users can manage everything through the FamTiVi web dashboard: • Add YouTube videos • Discover high-quality online content • Build playlists, shows, and channels • Set screen time schedules • Manage multiple children • All settings sync to the mobile app THIS MOBILE APP This app is designed to only view the Channels and Shows that have been configured on the website. WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE FAMTIVI • Filter out Shorts Videos. • Stays in Playlist, so family members don’t go off topic • No random feeds, minimize distractions • Only calm, intentional viewing mediated thoughtfully curated playlists • Start your family’s TiVi Stations today and guide your family member’s YouTube experience with confidence and clarity.

You opened YouTube to watch one specific video. By the time you found it, three other thumbnails had pulled at you, autoplay had queued the next thing, and the speaker was already four minutes in at a pace you did not set. The content is good. The interface is the problem. ReadInstead turns the videos you already trust into full articles you can actually stay with. The same creators, the same talks, the same lectures and interviews and long-form thinking - in a quiet reader where the medium stops moving and you set the pace. Reading is not slower than watching. What changes is your attention. Video carries you through. Reading asks you to stay. One channel, no edits, no autoplay countdown - just the argument and you. This is not a summarizer. It is a faithful reformatter. The article is structured for the page, with headings, paragraphs, examples, and the reasoning that connects one idea to the next. The creator's reasoning stays. Their examples stay. Their conclusions stay. The AI is a typesetter, not an author. FIVE READING SHAPES, ONE SOURCE The article takes the shape that fits the read. - Textbook - definitions, structure, study-ready recaps - Newspaper - conclusions first, built for scanning - Analytical - premises, evidence, the shape of the argument - Essay - a reflective read that keeps the speaker close - Detective - the idea unfolds like an investigation The mode changes structure, not what the creator said. DESIGNED FOR READING - Search YouTube, browse channels, or paste a URL - Start with a video you would genuinely like to read - Choose full, medium, or brief length - Read in 26 supported languages - Save articles to your library - Resume reading across devices - Customize font, size, line height, and theme - Use Focus Mode when you want the interface to disappear Articles end. No autoplay after the last line. No recommendation feed under the page. CALM BY DESIGN ReadInstead does not run advertising or third-party tracking SDKs, and there are no third-party analytics SDKs inside the app. No streaks, no notifications pushing you back, no engagement traps. The app is built to be opened, used, and put down - and to be a place you actually want to return to, on your own time. WHAT THIS IS FOR For the reader who already knows reading feels better. For the saved-tab list that keeps growing. For the lecture you wanted to take in, the interview you wanted to think about, the talk you would rather sit with than scroll past. Same creators. Quieter medium. Articles that end. ReadInstead is free to start. Previously generated articles stay in your library permanently. readinstead.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/