WatchSafe vs VideoVault

Take control of what your kids watch on YouTube. Only approved videos. No algorithm surprises. Subscription required for full access. WatchSafe gives parents approval-first control over their child’s YouTube viewing. Instead of open browsing or unpredictable recommendations, children can only watch videos, channels, or playlists that a parent has explicitly approved. No algorithms. No wandering. Just clear boundaries and predictable viewing. --- HOW WATCHSAFE WORKS Parents choose what’s allowed. Kids can only watch from that approved list. WatchSafe uses a patent-pending, approval-first approach that works with YouTube’s official player—adding structure and real parental control around viewing. --- KEY FEATURES • Approval-First Control Approve channels, videos, or playlists before your child can watch. Preview content first so there are no surprises. • Time Management Set daily limits, schedules, and school-time or overnight viewing blocks. • Short-Form Video Controls Choose whether short-form content like Shorts is available for your child. • Monitoring & Reports View watch history, receive alerts, and review daily or weekly usage summaries. • Multiple Child Profiles Create individual child profiles with their own rules, schedules, and approved content. • Learning-Friendly Options Track educational viewing and support learning-focused goals. • Family Safety Designed with child privacy in mind, including PIN protection and secure access controls. --- SUBSCRIPTIONS WatchSafe requires a subscription to unlock full functionality. Plans are available with monthly and annual billing options. Pricing is clearly shown in the app before purchase. No free trial is currently offered. • Control Includes core parental control features for up to [X] children, with individual profiles and settings for each child. • Control+ Includes everything in Control, with support for additional children, advanced insights, and faster setup tools. Subscription options and child limits are clearly shown in the app before purchase. --- BILLING & SUBSCRIPTIONS Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings. Pricing and billing periods are shown in the app before purchase. --- REFUND POLICY WatchSafe does not offer a free trial. We offer a 7-day money-back guarantee on new subscriptions so you can make sure it’s right for your family. --- IMPORTANT INFORMATION WatchSafe works with YouTube’s official player and does not block or modify advertisements shown by YouTube. Pairing with YouTube Premium may reduce ads. WatchSafe is designed to help parents guide—not replace—their child’s online viewing experience. --- YOUTUBE INTEGRATION WatchSafe connects securely to YouTube’s public API (via OAuth) to let parents search, preview, and approve channels, playlists, and videos. We strictly adhere to YouTube’s Terms of Service—no algorithms, just parent control. YouTube Premium support may reduce ads. Terms of Service: https://watchsafe.app/legal/eula

VideoVault turns YouTube into a parent-curated library for your kid. You decide what gets in. The kid sees only what you approved — nothing else. How it works • In parent mode, paste a YouTube URL — a video, a playlist, or a whole channel — and pick how many videos to import. • Imports go to a review queue. Tap to preview, then approve or reject. Tag, sort, and organize however helps you. • Switch to kid mode (the default on launch) and your child sees a clean, friendly home with the videos you approved. No suggestions. No autoplay into unrelated videos. No way out of the player to YouTube proper. What makes VideoVault different • Approval-only. Nothing reaches your kid until you've explicitly OK'd it. • No algorithm. YouTube's "up next" recommendations are hidden during playback. Your kid watches what you chose, in the order you chose, then comes back to your home screen. • One device, one kid. No accounts. No cloud. No multi-profile system to navigate. Each iPad gets its own library, curated for the kid using it. • You own your data. Everything lives on the device. Nothing is sent to our servers (we don't have any). Export your library as a JSON file at any time and import it onto another iPad. • Bring your own API key. Each install uses your personal YouTube Data API key, so usage is isolated to your family and effectively free. We walk you through the 5-minute setup. Built for the kinds of content that don't expire Educational videos, music, classic shows, how-to channels, nature footage — the kind of YouTube content that's just as good a year from now as it was the day it was published. There's no "fresh content" pressure, no notification spam about new uploads, no sync system. Curate once, watch forever. Parent mode includes: • A 5-tab control panel (Library, Review Queue, Sources, Tags, Settings) • Search YouTube directly from inside the app and add results in one tap • Default tags per source — automatically tag every imported video from a channel • Promoted tags that appear as their own row on your kid's home • PIN-protected mode switch with escalating-timeout protection against guessing • Export and import your whole library as JSON • Demo mode that lets you try the app before setting up an API key What we will not do: • Sell ads • Track your child • Recommend content • Sync your library to a server • Show "new uploads" notifications • Require any account, login, or subscription A tip jar in Settings supports continued development if you find the app valuable.