No individual channel approvals
You can't create your own list of trusted channels. YouTube Kids decides what's 'kid-friendly' — not you.
YouTube Kids alternative
Tubsy as a YouTube Kids Alternative: You Decide What Your Child Watches
YouTube Kids is well-intentioned. But parents who really want to decide what their child sees need more than a filtered mode.
Filters are not the same as decisions.
YouTube Kids tries to reduce risk. Tubsy starts from the other side: nothing appears until a parent has allowed it.
The key difference
A filter can still guess wrong. A parent-approved library does not have to guess.
YouTube Kids is useful for many families because it is simpler and more child-oriented than regular YouTube. But it still depends heavily on automated filtering and broad age settings.
If you want to decide exactly which channels, playlists, and videos your child can see, you need a different model: a positive list instead of a filtered feed.
Where filters reach their limit
What YouTube Kids Can't Do
The problem is not that YouTube Kids is bad. The problem is that it was built as a safer YouTube mode, not as a parent-curated media library.
No targeted video blocking
Block individual videos from a channel? Not possible. It's all or nothing.
Content still inappropriate
Despite filters, inappropriate content regularly slips through. YouTube Kids can't guarantee quality control for billions of videos.
No real time limit
YouTube Kids does have a timer, but it's easy to bypass and offers no cross-app control.
Side by side
YouTube Kids vs. Tubsy
YouTube Kids
- Filtered content by YouTube's algorithm
- No individual channel selection
- Inappropriate content still possible
- Limited time limit feature
- Only one profile per app install
Tubsy
- Only content you've approved yourself
- Full channel, playlist, and video control
- Nothing unknown gets through
- Daily time limits per child profile
- Multiple profiles for multiple children
How Tubsy replaces the guesswork
You approve what belongs in your child's YouTube world
Tubsy keeps YouTube useful but removes the open-ended feed. Your child sees a small, intentional library instead of a constantly changing recommendation machine.
Find good content
Search for channels, playlists, or individual videos that fit your child.
Approve it once
Add the content to the right child profile. Everything else stays hidden.
Let each child watch differently
Use separate profiles for different ages, interests, and limits.
The YouTube Kids alternative you've been waiting for.
Keep the good parts of YouTube and remove the parts that make parents uneasy: open search, surprise recommendations, and endless next videos.
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