A YouTube Kids alternative where parents choose the channels
Most kids’ video apps are driven by recommendations: the app decides what plays next. COONI works the other way round. You choose the channels, and your child only sees videos that fit the rules you set.
COONI is an independent app, not made by YouTube or Google. Videos come from YouTube and play in the official YouTube player, but what appears is decided by you.
Step by step
Pick the channels
Allow the channels you trust from suggested kids’ channels or by searching. With "Only channels I allow", nothing else appears.
Hide single videos
Keep a good channel but hide the one video you would rather skip, with "Manage videos".
Block topics everywhere
Scary, Halloween, pranks, dangerous challenges and "brainrot" are blocked by default across every channel.
Set screen time
Choose a daily limit and show your child a small timer. When time is up COONI shows a friendly "Time for a break!" screen.
Lock it with a PIN
Every rule change needs your 4-digit Parent PIN, so little hands cannot undo your settings.
Questions
Does my child need an account?
No. Only the parent creates an account, with a Gmail address. COONI never asks for a child’s name, age, photo or contact details.
Is there an app like YouTube for kids where parents choose the videos?
Yes. COONI shows YouTube videos in a YouTube-like home for kids, but only from the channels you allow and only videos that pass your rules. It is free to start and works in the browser on phones, tablets and computers.
What devices does it work on?
iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and computers. Open cooni.online in the browser and add it to the home screen to use it like an app.
How much does it cost?
COONI is free, and watching videos is always free. COONI Plus adds extra parent tools, such as your own blocked words and allowed viewing hours.
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More guides
- How to block a YouTube channel for kids: Block a YouTube channel so your child never sees its videos, or allow only the channels you trust. Step-by-step with COONI, free.
- How to block certain YouTube videos without blocking the channel: A good kids’ channel can still have one video you would rather skip. Hide just that video and keep the rest of the channel. Free with COONI.
- How to block brainrot on YouTube for kids: Hide fast, nonsense "brainrot" meme videos, scary Halloween clips and pranks on YouTube for your child. Step-by-step with COONI.
- How to hide YouTube Shorts for kids: Stop your child watching endless YouTube Shorts. COONI hides short clips by default, keeps Shorts apart and never plays them automatically.
- How to set YouTube screen time for kids: Set a daily YouTube time limit for your child, show a countdown timer and end with a friendly "Time for a break!" screen. Step-by-step with COONI.
- How to make YouTube safe for kids: Make YouTube safer for your child: allow only channels you trust, block scary videos and brainrot, hide Shorts and set a daily limit. Free with COONI.
- How to block all YouTube channels except the ones you choose: Let your child watch only the YouTube channels you pick and block every other channel. "Only channels I allow" in COONI, free, step by step.
- How to stop your child watching inappropriate videos on YouTube: Your child found a video you do not like? Block the channel, hide the single video or block the whole topic, step by step with COONI.
- How to see what your child watches on YouTube: See the videos your child watched recently and how long they watched today, then block anything you do not like. Step by step with COONI.
- How to stop your child leaving a kids’ YouTube app: The YouTube logo on an embedded video opens YouTube. Lock your iPhone, iPad or Android device to COONI with Guided Access or App pinning so your child cannot switch apps, and know what the lock cannot stop. Step by step.
- How to let your child watch your own family videos: Put birthdays, trips and first steps on your own YouTube channel, then allow it in COONI so your child can watch their own memories again. Step by step.
- How to block Cocomelon on YouTube for kids: Block the CoComelon channel so its videos stop showing up for your child, or keep it and hide only the episodes you want to skip. Step by step with COONI, free.
COONI is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.