What we filter

You set the bar. We do the listening.

Eight filter categories, four age presets, and a confidence score for every verdict. Tune the dials until the playlist matches your family - without losing the songs that matter.

Eight categories, explained

What counts. What doesn’t.

Every category has a list of what we catch - and a list of what we deliberately leave alone, so the playlist still feels like music your kid actually wants to hear.

Profanity & slurs

Word-level lyric scanning in English, including masked spellings and rhymed substitutes. More languages coming soon.

✕We catch this

×Direct profanity (f-word, s-word and friends)
×Slurs based on race, gender, orientation, religion
×Censored spellings (f**k, sh!t) and homophones
×Leetspeak and rhymed substitutes, refreshed weekly

✓We leave these alone

✓"Crap", "darn", "heck" - only if you enable "mild" tier
✓Words that share letters but aren’t profanity (e.g. "shifty")
✓Reclaimed terms in context, when artist intent is clear

Smart by age

Pick an age. Get a sensible starting point.

Four presets that match what most parents actually want at each age - then tune from there. None of it is locked.

3+Tiny ears

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

✓Violence

✓Drugs

✓Mature

✓Scary

✓Ads

✓Comments

6+Curious

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

✓Violence

✓Drugs

-Mature

✓Scary

✓Ads

✓Comments

9+Tween

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

✓Violence

✓Drugs

-Mature

-Scary

✓Ads

-Comments

12+Almost teen

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

-Violence

✓Drugs

-Mature

-Scary

-Ads

-Comments

A real scan

One song, six dimensions.

Here’s how a typical pop track gets evaluated. The high profanity score gets it flagged for radio-edit swap - every other dimension is well below threshold.

"Drive Fast (Album Version)"

Highway Twins · 3:08 · Pop / Indie

! Flagged

confidence 0.86

Profanity

0.921 word in verse 2 (radio edit drops it)

Sexual

0.08Romantic, no explicit content

Violence

0.04Clean across lyrics & video

Drugs

0.38One champagne reference (celebratory)

Mature themes

0.21Light heartbreak, resolved

Scary visuals

0.02Bright, indoor, no strobes

Our recommendation: Swap to "Drive Fast (Radio Edit)" by Highway Twins - same vibe, same arrangement, clean across every dimension.

Things we deliberately don’t filter.

✓Sadness, anger, or strong emotion when expressed appropriately
✓Songs about identity, race, gender, or social justice
✓Mentions of religion, prayer, or spirituality
✓Romantic affection ("I love you", "kiss me goodnight")
✓Music your kid finds important to who they are

KidSafeTube is a parental tool, not a censor. We block what you tell us to. Defaults err on the side of "let the song through".

Set the dials. Press play.

Start with an age preset, fine-tune in minutes.

Coming soon How it works

What we filter

You set the bar. We do the listening.

Eight filter categories, four age presets, and a confidence score for every verdict. Tune the dials until the playlist matches your family - without losing the songs that matter.

Eight categories, explained

What counts. What doesn’t.

Every category has a list of what we catch - and a list of what we deliberately leave alone, so the playlist still feels like music your kid actually wants to hear.

Profanity & slurs

Word-level lyric scanning in English, including masked spellings and rhymed substitutes. More languages coming soon.

✕We catch this

×Direct profanity (f-word, s-word and friends)
×Slurs based on race, gender, orientation, religion
×Censored spellings (f**k, sh!t) and homophones
×Leetspeak and rhymed substitutes, refreshed weekly

✓We leave these alone

✓"Crap", "darn", "heck" - only if you enable "mild" tier
✓Words that share letters but aren’t profanity (e.g. "shifty")
✓Reclaimed terms in context, when artist intent is clear

Smart by age

Pick an age. Get a sensible starting point.

Four presets that match what most parents actually want at each age - then tune from there. None of it is locked.

3+Tiny ears

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

✓Violence

✓Drugs

✓Mature

✓Scary

✓Ads

✓Comments

6+Curious

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

✓Violence

✓Drugs

-Mature

✓Scary

✓Ads

✓Comments

9+Tween

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

✓Violence

✓Drugs

-Mature

-Scary

✓Ads

-Comments

12+Almost teen

✓Profanity

✓Sexual

-Violence

✓Drugs

-Mature

-Scary

-Ads

-Comments

A real scan

One song, six dimensions.

Here’s how a typical pop track gets evaluated. The high profanity score gets it flagged for radio-edit swap - every other dimension is well below threshold.

"Drive Fast (Album Version)"

Highway Twins · 3:08 · Pop / Indie

! Flagged

confidence 0.86

Profanity

0.921 word in verse 2 (radio edit drops it)

Sexual

0.08Romantic, no explicit content

Violence

0.04Clean across lyrics & video

Drugs

0.38One champagne reference (celebratory)

Mature themes

0.21Light heartbreak, resolved

Scary visuals

0.02Bright, indoor, no strobes

Our recommendation: Swap to "Drive Fast (Radio Edit)" by Highway Twins - same vibe, same arrangement, clean across every dimension.

Things we deliberately don’t filter.

✓Sadness, anger, or strong emotion when expressed appropriately
✓Songs about identity, race, gender, or social justice
✓Mentions of religion, prayer, or spirituality
✓Romantic affection ("I love you", "kiss me goodnight")
✓Music your kid finds important to who they are

KidSafeTube is a parental tool, not a censor. We block what you tell us to. Defaults err on the side of "let the song through".

Set the dials. Press play.

Start with an age preset, fine-tune in minutes.

Coming soon How it works