# KidScreen

7 Hacker News commenters recommended KidScreen and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it because parents pick every video on a child's shelf, so no recommendation algorithm chooses what the child sees. Critics say the landing page gives too little detail to judge the product before signing up.

## Why people recommend it

- Parents hand-pick every video (5 comments): "no video appears on the child's shelf because of an algorithm. It is there because the parent added it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280686)) "nothing appears in the catalog unless real parents have actually watched the video and approved it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47347966)) "A parent can add any public, embeddable YouTube video they consider appropriate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280642))

## What people warn about

- Landing page lacks product details (6 comments): "The complete lack of any available details must be stopping many potential users." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272446)) "putting the explanation behind an account hides the information people need before they can trust the product" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280641)) "the landing page provides not an iota of evidence that I will get that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274976))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [PBS Kids](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pbs-kids.md): 7 recommend
- [YouTube Kids](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-kids.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "KidScreen", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kidscreen/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).