Partner brief

Children's librarians & family programming staff · KudoKids partner brief

“Which apps are actually good?” Parents ask weekly.

Media mentorship is officially part of the job now — but the review sources keep pausing, and almost nothing free clears the never-runs-ads, no-data-sold bar. So the question hangs in the air at every storytime.

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What it is

KudoKids is safe screen time for kids 3–12 that instills growth.

Live now on the web, iOS, and Android — a growing library of games and routines that turn the screen time kids already get into time that grows them.

HeartKindness, gratitude, and naming what they feel

HeadReading, STEM, and money smarts

GritRoutines, chores, and finishing what they start

Free for every family — routines, the full library of games, and a first companion are included. Premium adds the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras kids earn through their routines, plus KudoKids AI, a parent-only assistant — never a wall in front of the learning. Premium on the web: $11.99/month or $99.99/year (app-store prices may differ).

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How it works

Effort in, rewards out — and parents decide what they're worth.

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Set the routine

Parents pick the tasks and responsibilities that matter this week.

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Kids earn Kudo Coins

Finishing tasks earns coins — visible progress, not nagging.

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Parents choose the reward

Coins buy rewards parents set — including off-app screen time.

Earned, not handed over

The Kudo Coin — kids earn it, parents decide what it's worth. Everyday effort becomes rewards a parent actually approves of.

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The cast

A full roster of companions, each one cheering kids on.

These are the faces of KudoKids. Every companion has its own personality — and thousands of sayings that guide, encourage, and celebrate kids as they grow.

Every family starts with a companion for free — Premium unlocks the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras kids earn through their routines, plus KudoKids AI, a parent-only assistant, and it's always a parent's choice, never purchase pressure on the child.

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Children's librarians in focus

How it lands in the children's room.

Your resource list

On your resource list, never your budget

No license, no patron data, and no financial relationship — community partners earn nothing from a referral, so one line on a family-resources list stays curation, not marketing.

Vet it yourself

Check it against your own vetting list

Open a free account and verify every line in minutes — no card, no demo call. The entire ask is one line on a family-resources list or one handout at storytime.

Home — a real screen from the app

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Why this matters

Three kids you already know by sight.

The kid who didn't choose the tablet

Not the child whose parents shopped for a tablet — the child for whom the tablet is simply what there is. The most screen time of anyone you serve, the least say in what's on it.

Children 0–8 in households under $50,000 averaged 3h48m of daily screen time; at $100,000 or more, 1h52m. Common Sense Media (2025) census — figures from the report.

Still holding the book

You know the one — still holding it after everyone scatters, asking what happens next. Then home, to a house where the books ran out or the adult who'd read them works nights.

Modeling 60 commonly read children's books, researchers estimated children read to daily meet ~1.4 million more words by age five. Logan et al. (2019), JDBP.

Nobody in there with her

Not a neglected child — a normal one, on a screen no adult is inside. The parent isn't absent; they're cooking dinner. No one will ever see where those hours went.

Across 57 studies, restrictive and active parental mediation showed small but statistically significant associations with lower media use. Collier et al. (2016), Dev. Psychology.

Research behind the design — these researchers have not evaluated KudoKids, and we claim no results for children who use it

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Safe by design

Built to earn a parent's trust — and keep it.

We never show ads in the app

No banners, no ad breaks. YouTube or sites a parent allows can show their own.

Friends, only if you want them

Friends stay off until you turn them on, and you choose how new friends are approved.

No child data sold

We never sell children's data. Ever.

Parents stay in charge

From the parent dashboard, you approve rewards and set screen time.

No ads*No child data sold Ages 3–12

*ads can be shown via the YouTube and web browser features if a parent turns them on.

Recommended by child-development experts.

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Honest answers

Two questions librarians are right to ask.

Q

We don't endorse commercial products — isn't this an endorsement?

No — there's no financial relationship, no vendor deal, no contract, and nothing your library buys or hosts. The framing is the one libraries already use: one vetted option on a family-resources list, alongside others.

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“Free” always turns into a paywall trap — we've seen this movie.

Free Explorer is the whole product minus the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras — a family that never pays a cent keeps the routines, the full library of games, and the parent dashboard. KudoKids is founder-funded, with a stated commitment to keeping the core app free for every family. No procurement, no contracts, no patron data — families sign up directly.

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Forward this

Two sentences for the desk — one line for your list.

If you want an app that's actually built for kids, look at KudoKids — it's free, it never shows ads in the app, and it never sells children's data.

Kids earn Kudo Coins by doing real tasks and routines, and you decide what the coins buy — including screen time.

KudoKids (kudokids.org) — free app for ages 3–12. Kids earn Kudo Coins through tasks and routines; parents decide what coins buy, including screen time they configure. KudoKids never shows ads in the app or sells child data.

Swap in the wording that fits how you talk to families at the desk — the last line drops onto a family-resources list as written.

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Next step

Vet it yourself, then add one line to your resource list.

Open a free account and check every claim in this brief against your own vetting list — no card, no demo call, and no cost to you or the families you serve.

kudokids.org/partners

Scan to open on your phone kudokids.org/partners/librarians

For the one-page facts sheet and a printable storytime handout, apply now → kudokids.org/partners/join

No ads*No child data sold Ages 3–12

*ads can be shown via the YouTube and web browser features if a parent turns them on.

Live now on the web, iOS, and Android. Recommended by child-development experts.

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