# Kidos - Safe Search

> Safe search & learning games

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480200678](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480200678)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1480200678`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** iComet
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (1,590 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-17
- **First published:** 2019-09-18
- **Size:** 36 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kidos-safe-search/id1480200678)
- **Website:** [https://www.jigsawlab.com](https://www.jigsawlab.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.jigsawlab.com/kidos/privacy.html](http://www.jigsawlab.com/kidos/privacy.html)

## Description

**Kidos** is a child-friendly search engine and browser designed to help families explore the web more safely. Safe Search stays locked on, while ads and trackers are blocked and video is limited to kid-friendly channels without autoplay or comments. Parents can manage allow and block lists, review search activity, set daily time limits and bedtimes, and protect settings with a 4-digit PIN.

Kidos also turns exploration into learning with 16 educational games, daily quests, nearly 200 questions, 28 badges, and 100 collectible fact cards. Children can build healthy habits through progress-based rewards, a growing robot companion, and optional quizzes about topics they look up. Large type and thumbnail previews support easier reading and visual navigation.

## Rankings

- #48,007 — Overall
- #30 — searchable
- #33 — default search
- #41 — search box
- #65 — safe
- #75 — search

## Review summary

Kidos offers a kid-friendly search experience with strong safety features and parental controls, and is liked by families as a safe alternative to YouTube/Google for kids. Common complaints center on practical limits: frequent search restrictions and blocked sites; update-driven UI changes that shrink the content area and hinder usability; ads that intrude on the experience; and issues with data retention and premium features. Overall, users appreciate the safety focus and kid-friendly design, but want improved search results, fewer blocks, better UI, and fewer ads.

### Pros

- Kid-safe with strong parental controls.
- No YouTube or unsafe content, a kid-friendly alternative.
- Positive reception from families; kids enjoy using it.
- Kid-friendly search experience.

### Cons

- Search results are often missing or blocked; users report not being able to search effectively.
- Frequent blocking of websites/services (e.g., Google, brand sites) limits access to useful content.
- UI/UX issues after updates—smaller content area and hard-to-read display on iPad.
- Ads are intrusive or not appropriate for kids.
- Data loss after updates and premium upgrade recognition issues.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1480200678)