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WonderWatch
Curated YouTube for curious kids — built by a parent, for parents.
WonderWatch is a free web app that lets your kids watch only the YouTube creators you've approved, with every video rated like a film, no autoplay, and a screen-time clock that stops at zero.
Your kids only ever see creators you said yes to.
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What problem does WonderWatch solve?
Paul built WonderWatch after trying YouTube Kids with his own two kids and running into two problems. Curating by hand felt clunky, and some of the best real-world science and engineering channels weren't easy to get to. And it was too easy to hop from clip to clip every minute, which felt like training a short attention span.
WonderWatch isn't YouTube with a filter. It's a slower, smaller, better-judged YouTube: a hand-picked catalogue, rated like films, where finishing a video is the easy path.
How does WonderWatch keep watching calm?
Rated like films
Every video gets a G / PG / PG-13 rating on a written rubric — not YouTube's tag.
No hopping
Switching videos uses a small hop budget. Finishing one never costs a thing.
Screen-time clock
Daily and weekly limits, visible to the child, hard stop at zero — no grace, no algorithm.
Daily report
An email every evening: what was watched, how long, and which limits were used.
What can my child watch?
Real videos, real ratings. No age hints — that's always your call.
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How is WonderWatch different from YouTube Kids?
YouTube Kids picks videos with a mix of algorithms and human review. WonderWatch starts from a short list instead: creators you approve, every video rated before anyone sees it, and a budget on switching. See how it compares, or read how to make YouTube safer whichever app you use.
How do I get started?
Sign up with your email — no payment, no subscription, no YouTube account needed. Start by picking the creators your kids can watch; the clock and the reports set themselves up from there.
Create a free family accountAlready have an account? Sign in here.
What else do parents ask?
- Is WonderWatch free?
- Yes. Sign up with your email: no payment and no subscription.
- Does my child need a YouTube or Google account?
- No. Children don't have accounts at all. A parent sets up a profile with a first name or nickname, an avatar and an optional picture PIN, and nobody needs a YouTube account.
- Are there ads?
- WonderWatch shows no ads of its own and never will. YouTube may show its own ads inside its player, which we can't control.
- Which devices does it work on?
- Any modern web browser. On an iPad or tablet you can add WonderWatch to the home screen so it opens full screen, like an app.
- Can my child get from WonderWatch to YouTube itself?
- WonderWatch has no search, no up-next and no autoplay, and keeps YouTube's player off the screen until your child taps Play. YouTube requires its player to show some links when a video is paused, so for a fully locked device turn on Guided Access on an iPad, or app pinning on Android.
Who makes WonderWatch?
WonderWatch is built by Paul Firmin, a parent of two in Aurora, Ontario, at Firmin Labs, a one-person studio making small, useful tools for families.
