The questions you'd ask if I were standing here
Real questions parents have asked. Honest answers, including the things SafeFeed doesn't do.
What even is SafeFeed?
It's a private video feed for your kid that you fill yourself. You share videos to it from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, or your camera roll. Your kid opens a separate app on their device and sees just those videos — no algorithm, no autoplay, no ads. Runs on Android, coming to iOS.
What can I share?
Anything you can find and share from YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, Instagram, X, or your camera roll. Funny cat reels. Soccer training drills. Guitar tutorials for the song they're learning. Inspirational athletes. Worship music. Teacher-assigned videos without handing them a YouTube account. Movie clips. Cooking demos from Grandma. If you can share it from your phone, SafeFeed can deliver it to theirs — without opening the door to everything else.
How is this different from YouTube Kids?
YouTube Kids uses an algorithm to recommend videos, and research shows kids encounter inappropriate content within 10 clicks 45% of the time*. SafeFeed has no algorithm. Every video in your child's feed was chosen by you — there's nothing to scroll into and no related videos pulling them somewhere else.
*Source: Don't Forget The Bubbles, 2022 (peer-reviewed pediatric review on social media and child safety).
Will it work with Qustodio / Bark / Circle / Aura / Norton Family / Screen Time / Family Link?
Yep. They do different jobs and don't fight. Those tools handle "no" — keeping your kid out of stuff they shouldn't see. SafeFeed handles "yes" — giving them something good when they pick the device up. I run Family Link + SafeFeed on my own kids' setup. Full breakdown of each tool here.
Is it actually safe for kids?
Designed that way from day one. Your kid never types in an email or personal info — just a nickname and age range, both entered by you. The kid app doesn't collect advertising IDs, doesn't run third-party analytics, and shows zero ads. COPPA and UK GDPR-K compliant. The only content that reaches them is what you specifically sent — there's no path for SafeFeed to serve them anything you didn't pick. Settings has a one-tap "delete my family's data" — no email-the-support-team gymnastics.
How do I install it?
Parent app on your phone, kid app on your kid's device. Sign up in the parent app, add your kid, get a 6-digit family code, type it into the kid app. Done. Step-by-step on the download page if you want it visual.
What platforms can I share from?
YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, and your camera roll. Hit the standard Share button in any of those, pick SafeFeed, video shows up on your kid's device a few seconds later.
Wait — does SafeFeed see all the videos I share?
Briefly. The video has to pass through our system to get from the source platform to your kid's device. Once every recipient confirms they got it, we delete the file — usually within minutes. The metadata (title, source URL, who sent what to whom) sticks around for 12 months so you have a history view, then it's gone too. We don't sell it, scan it, or use it for anything other than getting it to your kid. There's no analytics company in the loop.
How much?
$4.99/month or $44.99/year (which is 25% off if you're committed). Base plan covers one admin parent, one sharer (so two adults total), and up to four kids. Need more? Extra kid accounts are $1.99/month, extra sharer slots are $1.99/month. The free trial is genuinely free — no credit card required to start. You only get charged if you decide to keep it after 30 days.
What happens when a video ends?
It ends. Black screen. The kid taps back to the feed to pick something else, or they put the device down. No "next video," no countdown, no algorithm guessing. This is intentional — autoplay disappearing is the single biggest behaviour change you'll notice in your kid.
Can my kid send videos back to me?
Not yet. The kid app is receive-only on purpose right now — keeps the surface small, keeps the privacy story simple, and means there's no back-door for content I didn't think about. Two-way messaging is on the roadmap; I want to ship it carefully.
What if a video stops working?
Sometimes Facebook or TikTok or whoever changes how their videos are delivered and our delivery system breaks for a few hours. When that happens, the parent app pops up a banner ("Facebook sharing temporarily unavailable — we're working on a fix") and you can hit "Notify me when fixed" — we'll push you a notification when it's back. Live platform status here.
What does SafeFeed NOT do?
Doesn't block other apps. Doesn't limit screen time. Doesn't monitor texts or social media. Doesn't track location. Doesn't tell you when your kid is at school. It's deliberately just a video app — because every parental tool I've used that tried to be all-in-one was bad at most of the things. Use SafeFeed for videos, use a real blocking/monitoring tool for the rest.