Frequently asked questions,
answered honestly.

Beacon is content intelligence for kids' screen time. We summarize every video your kid watches on YouTube, YouTube Kids, and TikTok with plain-language summaries, theme tags, and severity-labeled concern flags, so you can see what they're actually absorbing without watching every video yourself.

YouTube, YouTube Kids, and TikTok today. Kids browse those services inside Beacon Browser, a free app for iOS and Android. Watch events sync to your parent dashboard automatically.

No. Kids need to browse YouTube, YouTube Kids, and TikTok inside Beacon Browser (a free iOS and Android app) instead of the native apps. Capturing what was watched requires our own browser. Once installed, watch events sync to your dashboard automatically.

Bark and Qustodio operate at the container level. They alert on apps, sites, and messages, and limit screen time by category. Beacon operates at the content level. We tell you what's actually in each video your kid watches. They answer "was TikTok used today and for how long?" We answer "what was the kid actually watching, and was it the kind of content you'd want to see more or less of?" Today that's information. The roadmap is using that information to make finer-grained control decisions than container-level tools can.

Summaries describe each video factually, capturing what's actually in the content. We don't give parenting advice or imply judgment; the interpretation is yours. Concern flagging deliberately errs on the side of under-flagging because a false alarm destroys trust faster than missing a mildly concerning video.

Violence, profanity, sexual content, substance use, dangerous behavior, mental-health concerns, hate speech, predatory tactics, harmful misinformation, AI-generated junk, and thematic inappropriateness for the child's age. Each flag is labeled high, medium, or low severity with a short factual reason.

Not today. Beacon's current focus is helping you see what's actually being watched. Traditional parental controls are on the roadmap: app and website blocking, screen-time limits, per-channel allow / restrict, and in-browser break reminders. Once those manual controls are stable, content-driven automation follows: auto-restricting apps during weeks dominated by low-quality content and granting extra time during weeks of educational content, using the same content signal you already see in the dashboard.

Free forever for 1 child with a shared timeline and 100 videos per month. Pro is $14.99/month or $149/year and unlocks unlimited children, full per-video summaries, concern flag details, channel profiles, daily email digests, and a 500 videos/month cap. New signups get a 7-day Pro trial.

Free plans support 1 child. Pro plans support unlimited children, all sharing the 500 videos/month processing cap.

Watch history is stored on the parent's account and never shared. Video summaries are generated by third-party AI services (disclosed in the privacy policy). You can delete your account and all associated data at any time, and we'll surface deletions across our cache promptly.