YouTube Kids

An app made just for kids

YouTube Kids - A Safe Video App for Children

"YouTube Kids" is a family-friendly video app tailored for children, providing a safe space to explore various topics through curated content. With parental controls, parents can manage their child's viewing experience, set time limits, and create personalized profiles. The app features a wide range of videos aimed at promoting creativity and learning, ensuring that kids aged 4 and up can discover new interests in a secure environment. Ideal for guiding young adventurers in their digital journey.
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App stats

Version: 10.04.2 (Last updated: 2025-02-04)
Version code: 160402030
Creation date: 2015-02-23
Permissions:
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
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Size: 46.17M

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App summary

A video app made just for kids
YouTube Kids was created to give kids a more contained environment filled with family-friendly videos on all different topics, igniting your kids’ inner creativity and playfulness. Parents and caregivers can guide the journey as your kids discover new and exciting interests along the way. Learn more at youtube.com/kids

A safer online experience for kids
We work hard to keep the videos on YouTube Kids family-friendly and use a mix of automated filters built by our engineering teams, human review, and feedback from parents to protect our youngest users online. But no system is perfect and inappropriate videos can slip through, so we’re constantly working to improve our safeguards and offer more features to help parents create the right experience for their families.

Customize your child’s experience with Parental Controls
Limit screen time:
Set a time limit for how long your kids can watch and help encourage their transition from watching to doing.
Keep up with what they watch: Simply check the watch it again page and you’ll always know what they’ve watched and the newest interests they’re exploring.
Blocking: Don’t like a video? Block the video or whole channel, and never see it again.
Flagging: You can always alert us to inappropriate content by flagging a video for review. Flagged videos are reviewed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Create individual experiences as unique as your kids
Create up to eight kid profiles, each with their own viewing preferences, video recommendations, and settings. Choose from “Approved Content Only” mode or select an age category that fits your child, “Preschool”, “Younger”, or “Older”.

Select the “Approved Content Only” mode if you want to handpick the videos, channels and/or collections that you’ve approved your child to watch. In this mode, kids won’t be able to search for videos. The “Preschool” Mode designed for kids 4 and under curates videos that promote creativity, playfulness, learning, and exploration. The “Younger” Mode allows kids 5-8 to explore their interests in a wide variety of topics including songs, cartoons, and crafts. While our “Older” Mode gives kids 9 and up the chance to search and explore additional content such as popular music and gaming videos for kids.

All kinds of videos for all kinds of kids
Our library is filled with family-friendly videos on all different topics, igniting your kids’ inner creativity and playfulness. It’s everything from their favorite shows and music to learning how to build a model volcano (or make slime ;-), and everything in between.

Other important information:
Parental setup is needed to ensure the best experience possible for your kid.
Your kid may also see videos with commercial content from YouTube creators that are not paid ads.The Privacy Notice for Google Accounts managed with Family Link describes our privacy practices when your kid uses YouTube Kids with their Google Account. When your kid uses YouTube Kids without signing into their Google Account, the YouTube Kids Privacy Notice applies.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great concept for providing kid-friendly content.
  • Commercials are minimal or non-existent, making it better for kids.
  • User-friendly interface for kids to navigate.
  • Parental controls allow blocking of channels/videos.
  • Supervised accounts enable independent use by children.
Cons
  • Recent layout changes are not kid-friendly and harder to navigate.
  • Inappropriate content slips through despite blocking attempts.
  • App frequently glitches and fails to open properly.
  • Lack of options for offline video saving and playlist creation.
  • Difficulties with the app's interface, especially around blocking content.
Most mentioned
  • Request for the old layout or improvement on the current one.
  • Issues with inappropriate content appearing despite restrictions.
  • Problems with app glitches and crashing.
  • Request for better parental control features, like keyword blocking.
  • Difficulties related to navigating the app or accessing videos.
User reviews
Bad.... its difficult to switch settings and control the content set within app. I can't even set a default language so my kids aren't getting content that's in Chinese Russian or Spanish. It's frustrating because I'd look for them to be able to watch fun things but I hate that I have to go and manually block every chanel just so my kids don't get confused about language. They need to grasp English before anything else. I wish it was easier to get exactly what I need out of this app...
by Gregory Bush, 2025-02-02

Listen, we've used this app for a long time. My kids are quite upset at the updated setup. It definitely isn't as kid-friendly or inviting by losing some of the fun music and details... and the layout has made it seem to them that they've lost content that was approved for them, and even I cannot find it for them. Please consider adding a feature to use the layout it previously had. Additionally, this would be an opportunity to use a few different formats or themes to make good of it.

Decent, but some questionable videos. I don't let my child watch unsupervised. The new layout is AWFUL. My child is struggling with it and we really want the old layout back. Please fix it! It's not doing auto rotate any more? And the home screen is not child friendly, OR adult friendly. Finding her favorite videos is much harder now.
by Catherine Ludvigsen, 2024-12-12
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