A library of kid-safe podcasts — no algorithm, no rabbit holes, no surprises. Just the shows you approve.
Three steps. Curated by you.
Add a profile for each kid in your family — one, two, three, four… You set the name and age range. They pick the color and emoji avatar that makes the profile feel like theirs.
You browse the catalog of kid-safe podcasts and pick which shows go where. For older kids, switch on the full catalog for their profile and approve grown-up podcasts one at a time. Nothing slips into a kid's library without you.
Daily minutes per profile. PIN-protected parent settings with a recovery code you can stash somewhere safe. Kids stay in their library; you stay in charge.
Each kid in PodFocus gets their own profile, their own library, their own listening history — on one app on one device, or shared across devices.
PodFocus was built around real listening: long drives, dinner cleanup, the bath, the bedtime wind-down. It works whether or not you have signal.
You pick what each kid hears. No algorithm, no suggested feeds.
When an episode ends, it ends. Nothing starts playing next on its own.
One 4-digit family PIN locks the parent zone on every device. Recovery code for when you forget.
Per-profile minute budgets. Today's listening visible at a glance.
One app for the whole family. Separate libraries, separate histories.
Episodes saved to the device. Plays in the car, on a plane, anywhere.
Episodes resume exactly where the kid stopped, even days later.
Finished episodes are checked off, and half-heard ones show the minutes left.
Profiles, libraries, and history sync across your devices automatically.
Share a kid's profile to their own iPad. Their library, your control.
Native layouts for both. Background audio, lockscreen, AirPlay, CarPlay.
That's the App Store privacy label. No ads in the app, no tracking, no analytics.
Somewhere around 11, kids' podcasts start to feel young. PodFocus grows with them: turn on one switch in your child's profile and you can approve podcasts from the full catalog, one show at a time.
“Allow parent-approved podcasts from the full catalog” lives in each kid's settings. A younger sibling's profile stays kids-only.
Search covers every podcast, but nothing reaches their library until you add it. Grown-up shows are labelled in Manage Library.
Episodes their creators mark explicit don't appear. Turn the switch off and the shows you've already approved stay put.
Find PodFocus on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
Requires iOS 18 or later — works on iPads back to 2018