You pick the exact videos. Your child watches them in the KnowGately Kids app — no search, no feed, no recommendations, no comments. The next video does not start on its own.
Works with webpages and PDFs too. Start with one link and a paired child device.
The material is good. The platform around it is the problem.
Assign the exact video. The Kids app removes access to Shorts, open search, comments, the general feed and unrelated navigation.
KnowGately has no ad inventory. YouTube may still serve ads inside its official embedded player.
Set a daily learning minimum, then let a reward subject unlock when the learning goal is reached.
Give one approved page. KnowGately keeps navigation within the parent-approved scope and filters obvious advertising requests and labelled ad containers.
We make a best-effort attempt to reduce advertising without breaking the page or violating provider policies. Some provider content may still appear.
Imagine exploring space together. Here is how a resource travels from you to your child.
Add your child, pair Kids using a code and create a Space subject. Choose a video about the Moon and a PDF worksheet.
Set a daily goal of 15 minutes. Optionally add a separate reward subject with a chosen cartoon that becomes available after this goal.
Your child opens the assigned video and worksheet in Kids. Selected materials are in one place, with access governed by your rules.
Check recorded time and completed materials in your dashboard. Talk about what your child discovered and choose the next topic together.
Materials you choose in Kids, such as a cartoon in a separate subject. You can make access depend on learning time in one or more subjects. Rewards are optional.
This example assumes the allowed hours and reward time limit also permit access. A reward does not unlock other apps or the whole device.
10 more minutes of learning
Time and completion describe activity in the app. They do not, by themselves, confirm understanding.
Same video, different surroundings.
| What changes compared with opening YouTube in a browser | YouTube in a browser | KnowGately Kids |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides what plays next | The recommendation algorithm, from the first video on. | You. The child opens the video you assigned, nothing else is queued. |
| Shorts, feed, search, comments | Always one tap away. | Not part of the app. There is no address bar and no open search. |
| Leaving the page | Any link leads anywhere. | Only within the scope you set for that page; other links are blocked and logged. |
| Learning goals and rewards | None. | Daily minimums per subject; a reward subject can stay closed until they are met. |
| What you can see afterwards | Watch history, if it is on. | Time per subject, completed materials and blocked attempts to leave. |
| Ads | YouTube’s ads. | KnowGately adds none. YouTube may still show its own ads inside the official player. |
Kids works on Android and Windows 11. It does not block other apps on the device — that depends on the operating system’s own controls.
Installing Kids alone does not block every other app or browser. Whole-device restrictions depend on the operating system and additional setup. Always check the settings on your child’s device.
Use the parent dashboard in a browser, including on iPhone, or the Parents app on Android.
Your child needs the separate Kids app. Android is available on Google Play. Check Windows 11 release availability below.
Windows 11 · Get it from Microsoft Store
Kids for iPhone and iPad is not yet available to download.
Choose the resources your child can use, set learning goals, pair their device, and follow progress from one place.
Prepare a focused set of material for a learner without sending them into an open feed, search page, or unrelated recommendations.
Organize subjects and resources around your family's rhythm, then see learning time and completion across flexible learning days.
Review or delete family data and disconnect a child device. Read below about privacy and where our safeguards apply.
KnowGately is designed around the child-privacy and online-safety principles reflected in COPPA, the GDPR and the EU Digital Services Act. These are ongoing engineering commitments—not a blanket certification.
A verified adult account records versioned consent before a child profile or learning activity can be created. Consent can be withdrawn and paired devices revoked.
Collection is minimized, private family files stay in EU-hosted storage, and parents can review or permanently delete family data.
KnowGately has no child-facing ad SDK, does not sell child data, and does not profile children for ads or automated decisions. A parent-selected external provider may still show its own permitted content or ads.
Children open adult-assigned material in the Kids app. Unapproved navigation and external escape paths are blocked; when access is unclear, KnowGately blocks it.
We review these safeguards as laws, platform rules and the product evolve. Current behavior and limitations are documented openly.
KnowGately is built by a one-person studio: a software developer whose own children learn at home. There is no feed to optimise and no ad inventory to sell, so the product only has to do one thing well — keep the child on what you chose. Questions go straight to the person who built it.
Write to support@maremma.devYou do not have to rebuild a set every day. Added materials stay in their subjects. Start with a video you know or your own PDF; you are responsible for choosing the content. Add more materials and adjust the rules later.
Installing Kids alone does not block every other app or browser. Whole-device restrictions depend on the operating system and additional setup. Always check the settings on your child’s device.
Plan for an internet connection: YouTube videos and webpages need it. Do not assume all materials will be available offline. Remote pauses and rule changes cannot reach a disconnected device until it reconnects.
Yes. Each child has a separate profile, materials and rules. A device is paired with one child profile — a shared tablet does not automatically recognise who is using it.
One child, one device, one video you already trust. Add structure later.