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Looking for a YouTube Kids alternative?

We read several thousand public app-store reviews of kids' video apps from 2026. Here is what parents complain about most, and what Bonbon does about each.

Every video checked first Blocks that hold Your languages, per child No ads of our own

Two ways to build a kids' catalog

Open platformsStart from everything, filter out the worstMillions of uploads come in. A filter removes what it catches. The rest stays.
BonbonStart from zero, let videos in one by oneNothing is shown until it has been checked. The catalog is smaller. The bar is higher.
What parents write

Six common complaints, and what Bonbon does

Paraphrased from public reviews on Google Play and the App Store, March to September 2026.

Something scary got through

The most common low rating: an unsuitable, frightening or simply strange video reached a small child through recommendations.

In Bonbon: nothing appears until it has been checked. There is no open feed, and nothing is recommended from outside the catalog.

I blocked it and it came back

Parents block a channel, then meet the same videos again under another name, or find the block never applied.

In Bonbon: block one video or a whole show, for one child or for all. It stays hidden, including copies we have matched to it.

The little one opens the older one's profile

Profiles with different ages only help if a child cannot switch between them.

In Bonbon: profiles are switched in the parent area, behind Face ID or a PIN.

Everything is in the wrong language

Families abroad and bilingual families get videos in the language of the country they are in, with no way to choose.

In Bonbon: you pick the video languages for each child. Only Kazakh, or Russian plus English: the catalog follows your choice, wherever you live.

The same cartoon, uploaded five hundred times

View-farming channels re-upload and remix the same clips until the feed is full of them.

In Bonbon: videos get in one by one. Filler made to farm views does not.

Too babyish for mine, too old for the little one

One catalog for every child under twelve fits nobody well.

In Bonbon: you set each child's age and the catalog adapts. Bonbon is made for ages 2 to 9.
To be fair

When YouTube Kids is the better choice

An honest comparison has two sides.

You want everythingIt has far more videos than a checked catalog ever will.
You need it on every screenSmart TVs, consoles and the web. Bonbon runs on phones and tablets, and casts to the TV.
Your child is olderBonbon is made for ages 2 to 9.

In short

What is a good alternative to YouTube Kids?

Bonbon is a kids' video app for ages 2 to 9 where nothing appears until it has been checked. Parents choose the video languages for each child, block a video or a whole show in one tap, and set a daily limit. Watching is free on iPhone, iPad and Android.

How is Bonbon different from YouTube Kids?

YouTube Kids starts from an open platform with millions of uploads and filters out the worst. Bonbon starts from zero and lets videos in one by one, so the catalog is smaller and the bar is higher. There is no open feed, profiles are switched only in the parent area, and the video languages are chosen by the parent, not by location.

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