An answer for the screen-time question at the storytime desk.
Safe screen time for kids 3–12 that instills growth — no ads shown to kids, no child data sold, free for every family. There's nothing for your library to buy, host, or disclose. You can vet every line yourself in five minutes.
Tasks, Coins, Games — That's the Loop
Parents set routines and tasks
Chores, reading goals, wellness habits — configured once.
Kids earn Kudo Coins
Completed tasks earn coins. Educational games earn them back.
Screen time self-regulates
Fun games cost coins. No timers, no fights — kids budget themselves.
Free plan available for families — tasks, games, wellness tools, and the parent dashboard cost nothing.
What You're Recommending
Media mentorship is part of the job now, but almost nothing free clears your bar — no ads to kids, no purchase pressure, real privacy. KudoKids does, and the free plan is the real product, so a recommendation never turns into an upsell.
It clears the vetting bar you already use — and you can check every line
Your standard disqualifies most of what parents actually have on their tablets: ads aimed at kids, characters that pester children to buy, casual data practices. KudoKids is built the opposite way, and none of it takes your word for it — open a free account and verify each claim in minutes. No card, no demo call.
The free plan is the whole product, so it sits on a resource list — not a budget line
Free Explorer includes the routines and tasks, the full library of games, the wellness tools, the parent dashboard, and a first companion. Premium is a parent's choice that unlocks the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras — it never puts a wall in front of the learning, and it is never purchase pressure on a child. Families sign up directly at kudokids.org: no license, no procurement, no patron data, no committee.
Join as a Founding Partner During Beta
Beta
Founding partner benefits
Early access + discounted licenses
Public Launch
Standard partner benefits
New partners only
What You Get as a Partner
Free Premium Passes to Share
Give the families you serve full Premium access at no cost to them — a real gift, not a discount code.
A One-Page Safety Facts Sheet
Plain-language answers to every line on your vetting checklist — ready for the file, ready to hand a parent.
Nothing to Disclose
Community partners have no financial relationship with KudoKids — no affiliate link, no commission. It stays curation, not marketing.
A Ready-Made Storytime Handout
A printable, brand-clean handout and a resource-list line you can forward or post as-is.
Vet It in a Free Account
Check every claim yourself in minutes — no card, no demo call — before you recommend a thing.
Reach the Founding Team
Questions from the desk get a real human, not a support queue.
Three Steps to Get Started
Apply
2-minute form.
Get Your Materials
Receive your Letter of Understanding, disclosure materials, and referral link.
Start Recommending
Introduce KudoKids to the families you work with.
Help Us Reach One Million Families
Every child deserves screen time that builds something real — not just families who can afford it. Every Premium upgrade and Lifetime purchase directly funds keeping core features free for every family. That is how we reach one million families together.
Apply as a children's librarian
Apply in two minutes to get your safety facts sheet, a printable handout, and Premium passes to share. You'll sign a short Letter of Understanding — there's no financial relationship and nothing to disclose.
Common Questions
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.
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, the wellness tools, and the parent dashboard. KudoKids is founder-funded, with a stated commitment to keep the core app free for every family.
Honestly, not yet — it's live in early access, and the big review pipelines are paused. What exists today: it's recommended by child-development experts, therapists recommend it to families they work with, and the safety practices are stated plainly enough to check against any vetting checklist in minutes. We'll provide a one-page facts sheet for your file.
KudoKids never competes with books or storytime. It's built for the screen time already happening at home, and it's engineered to point off-screen: coins are earned by doing real tasks and routines, and parents can make coins buy device time they configure. That's media mentorship — guiding the use that exists — not screen promotion.
Nothing. No license, no procurement, no patron data, no integration, no committee. Families sign up directly at kudokids.org. The entire ask is one line on a resource list or one handout at storytime.
There's no patron data involved at all — the library never touches a signup. Families create their own accounts directly with KudoKids, which does not sell children's data and shows kids no ads.
Ready to partner with KudoKids?
Apply in 2 minutes. Sign your Letter of Understanding and start recommending KudoKids to the families you serve.