YouTube Parental Controls & Everything Watchly Does to Keep Kids Safe
Six feature families, built together, so you can finally hand your kid a tablet without the lecture. Browse everything Watchly does, then start a free trial when you're ready.
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Six feature families
YouTube Parental Controls
Daily time limits, weekly schedules, intermission breaks, and remote pause. Every minute, on your terms.Curated Video Libraries
Hand-pick every video, or start from pre-made collections. Build a YouTube your family actually trusts.Kid Profiles with PIN
Emoji avatars, 4-digit PINs, and age-appropriate rules. Each child gets their own safe space.Ad-Free YouTube Player
No pre-rolls, no mid-rolls, no sponsored clips. No recommendations, no comments. Just the video.AI Video Content Filter
AI reads every caption and scores each video against your family rules. Set limits once; we enforce them.Watch History Monitoring
See every video watched, by which child, when, and for how long. Full transparency, zero guesswork.Homeschool YouTube Libraries
Build a YouTube library per subject — math, science, history, reading, art. Parent-approved videos, zero distractions.14-day free trial • No card required • Cancel anytime
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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
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
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
of YouTube videos watched by kids 8 and under are made for older audiences.
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.
Why these features matter
Each feature handles a different failure mode of standard YouTube: surprise recommendations, ads no kid should see, unlimited watch time, anonymous profiles, unreadable transcripts, and zero visibility for parents. Watchly stitches the solutions together so you configure once and trust it every day.
Related: See how Watchly stacks up against 26 parental-control apps
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