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Search any channel
Paste a YouTube link or search by name. Guidory finds the channel in seconds.
Free on the web today — mobile apps coming soon
Calm, AI-assisted guidance for families.
Guidory helps parents make more confident YouTube and YouTube Kids decisions with AI-assisted ratings, a clear five-pillar breakdown, and family preferences that personalise the fit — before your child ever taps play.
Free, no account needed. Or see how it works.
- Pillars
- Five
- To start
- Free
- Ad-free
- Always
The fog
You can't watch every video. You shouldn't have to.
The recommendation engine doesn't know your family. It doesn't know that your seven-year-old is sensitive to scary thumbnails, or that your eleven-year-old is ready for harder questions. It optimizes for watch time. You optimize for a person.
Guidory exists for the gap between a channel's first impression and what it actually delivers across many videos. It reads a representative sample of a channel's content with AI-assisted analysis and structured scoring rules, then tells you what you'd want to know before this channel autoplays in your living room.
How Guidory works
Three quiet steps between a channel and a decision.
No dashboards. No parental-control gymnastics. Just the next right answer.
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Read the analysis
A plain-English, AI-assisted summary covering tone, content, ads, and what age it actually fits.
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Decide with confidence
Estimated rating, pillar breakdown, and side-by-side comparison so you can make the call in under a minute.
A worked example
See how Guidory reads a channel.
A real, finished read from Guidory's library — the score, the plain-English summary, and the signals behind it.
What parents get
Built like a reference, not a feed.
Guidory never recommends a video to your child. It hands you the information, then steps back. The decision stays where it belongs.
Channel analyses you can read
A structured, AI-assisted read of a representative sample of the channel — tone, ads, themes, and the age it actually fits.
AI-assisted ratings, plainly explained
A transparent 0–100 estimate built from five pillars and labelled with a Confidence level — never presented as a guarantee.
Side-by-side comparison
Stack two or three channels next to each other when your kid wants to know which one wins.
Save your library
A private shelf of the channels you've vetted, organized by child and by category.
Category guides
Featured lists for science, music, crafts, and bedtime, organised by what Guidory has analysed.
Signals you can read
Every score expands into the specific signals behind it, so nothing is a black box.
Popular parent checks
Channels Guidory has already checked.
A few featured channels with a finished parent-safety read. Open one to see its full analysis.
StorylineOnlineAges 3-10100/100Storyline Online is a children's literacy program that features actors reading children's books alongside illustrations…
Algorithm risk: Lowhigh confidence
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Little Bear - OfficialAges 3-6100/100The Little Bear - Official channel features episodes and clips from the animated series, focusing on gentle storytellin…
Algorithm risk: Lowhigh confidence
YouTube
KidTimeStoryTimeAges 3-8100/100KidTime StoryTime is a reading channel that features engaging read-alouds of children's books, utilizing puppets and hu…
Algorithm risk: Lowhigh confidence
YouTube
Ms Moni - Toddler Learning VideosAges 1-4100/100Ms Moni - Toddler Learning Videos offers engaging and educational content designed for toddlers, focusing on language d…
Algorithm risk: Lowhigh confidence
YouTube
Super Simple Songs - Kids SongsAges 1-8100/100Super Simple Songs offers a wide range of educational and entertaining content for young children, focusing on music an…
Algorithm risk: Lowhigh confidence
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Ms Rachel - Toddler Learning VideosAges 2-5100/100Ms Rachel - Toddler Learning Videos offers educational content designed for preschoolers, focusing on important early l…
Algorithm risk: Lowhigh confidence
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Start from what matters to your family.
Jump straight into a search for the kind of content you're weighing up.
Guidory Plus
Free to use. Plus when you want the full library.
Search any channel, read its full analysis, and save up to ten channels for free. Guidory Plus unlocks the full Algorithm Risk read, advanced family preferences, unlimited comparisons, and unlimited re-analysis.
Free
For curious families
$0forever
- Search any channel or video
- Score, five pillars & basic Algorithm Risk label
- Save up to 10 channels
- Side-by-side compare (2 channels)
Guidory Plus
For families who watch a lot
$4.99/ month
or $39 / year
- Everything in Free
- Full Algorithm Risk: score, ecosystem & drivers
- Advanced family preferences & full confidence
- Unlimited saved channels
- Compare up to 5 channels
- Unlimited re-analysis
Questions
Answers to what parents usually ask first.
No. Guidory is built for parents. Children never use it. It's a quiet utility you check before deciding what's allowed to play.
Guidory analyses a representative sample of a channel's recent and pinned content using AI-assisted review and structured scoring rules, then assigns an estimated rating across the five pillars. Ratings are refreshed on a regular cadence and when material changes are reported.
Yes. Guidory covers both regular YouTube channels and channels available in YouTube Kids. The score factors in what platform the channel is on and what surfaces it appears in.
Never. Guidory does not play video, does not embed YouTube, and does not recommend content to children. We hand you the information and step back.
No. The rating is an AI-assisted estimate and a starting point. The written summary and the Confidence level tell you what the number can't. Parents make the call — always.
Guidory is a read-only tool. We don't track your child, link to your YouTube account, or sell data. See our Privacy Policy for the long version.
Quiet light. For the loud internet your kids are growing up in.
Try Guidory free and check your first channel before bedtime.
Coming soon — Guidory is available today on the web while our iPhone and Android apps are in development.
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