Parental controls for YouTube

YouTube Parental Controls, Without the Chaos

Real parental controls for YouTube: give your kids the videos they love, with the supervision they need. All the fun, only the videos you approve.

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100% Parent-Approved Library0 Auto-Play Surprises2 min Setup Time14 days Free Trial

Built by Parents, for Parents

No autoplay rabbit holes • No surprise content • Just safe, supervised YouTube

Parent-Approved Only

Every single video is personally approved by you before your kids can watch

Zero Ads or Comments

No advertisements, no comment sections, no inappropriate content surprises

Smart Time Limits

Automatic time controls that actually work - no negotiations needed

AI watches videos for you

We read the transcript of every video and check it against 21 things parents told us they didn’t want their kids seeing: gambling mechanics, parasocial pull, hidden ads, cruelty played for laughs. Most of it never trips YouTube’s filters, because you have to listen to catch it.

27%

of YouTube videos watched by kids 8 and under are made for older audiences.

Common Sense Media & Michigan Medicine, 2020

No algorithm

No feed, no recommendation rail, no autoplay. Inside Watchly there’s nowhere else to go — just the library you built.

Zero ads

No pre-roll, no mid-roll, no banners, no sponsored anything. The video you approved plays — and nothing else.

Designed for parent’s sanity and child’s safety

Part of that: we never sell or rent your data, or your children’s. It’s in our privacy policy in capital letters.

Meet Watchly

Supervised YouTube That Actually Works

1You build the library. Hand-pick videos or import entire playlists, and approve content before your kids can watch it.
2They get their own space. Kids enjoy a YouTube-like interface they already know and love — every video parent-approved and safe.
3You set the rules once. Automatic time controls that actually work — no negotiations needed.

Set up in 2 minutes. Works on all devices. Kids love it. Parents trust it.

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AI Safety Review

Every Video Rated Before They Watch

Even creators you trust post things you would not approve of. Subtle objectification, harassment, bullying: those are three of the 21 themes the Watchly AI checks every video for.

✓Safe, Caution or Unsafe on every video
✓21 named themes, checked one by one
✓Read from what is actually said in the video
✓You still decide what goes in the library

See all 21 themes

What Kids Can't See

No Comments. No Ads. No Algorithm.

No comments section. No algorithm. No autoplay rabbit holes. Just safe content that you've approved.

✓Comments completely removed
✓Parent-approved content only
✓No algorithm manipulation
✓Time limits that work

Parental Controls

Limits You Set Once

Give each child a daily watch time, a bedtime window and intermission breaks partway through. The app enforces all three, so the end of a session is not something your kid negotiates with you.

✓Daily watch time per child
✓A bedtime window that closes on its own
✓Intermission breaks partway through
✓Enforced by the app, on every device

See how the controls work

Profiles

One Profile Per Kid, One Pause Button

Each child gets their own profile, with their own library and their own limits. From your phone you can see what any of them is watching right now, and pause it while it is playing.

✓A separate profile for each child
✓See what each child is watching right now
✓Pause any child’s screen instantly
✓A PIN keeps them in their own profile

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From One Worried Parent to Another

Tanya Gans • Founder of Watchly • Mother of Two

“As a mom of two, I was exhausted from constantly monitoring what my kids watched on YouTube. Every time I looked away, the algorithm would serve up something inappropriate or just plain weird.”