KidsWatch for Plex

For parents

Your kids' own Plex, with you in charge

Watching on someone else's Plex server? Choose what your kids can watch, set screen time and bedtime, and pause it all from your phone.

Ask your server ownerTake a look around

Your controls live in your phone's web browser. There is nothing to install. Your server owner sets up KidsWatch first.

KidsWatch for Plex

RowanKids level
Today
47 minof 2 hr

1 hr 13 min left · Ends 8:00 PM

WatchingMaple Club on the TV
Pause
Add time
128titles Rowan can watch
Example family · Try Pause or Add time

Less managing, more living

What you get

Make the everyday rules once. Change them when life happens.

01 / Titles

A say in what they watch

Pick an age level, then allow or block any movie or show. Grown-up titles never show up for kids.

  • Toy StoryRated GMovie · Allowed
  • FrozenRated PGMovie · Allowed
  • Jurassic ParkRated PG-13Movie · Blocked

In the app, you'll see the real cover art from your own Plex library.

Tap a title to allow or block it.

Titles are shown only as rating examples. KidsWatch for Plex is not affiliated with their owners.

02 / Schedule

Screen time that keeps itself

Set daily minutes and watch hours for school days and weekends. Time only counts while a video is playing.

Next 7 days
  • Today Tuesday3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
    2 hr
  • Wednesday3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
    2 hr
  • Thursday3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
    2 hr
  • Friday3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
    2 hr
  • Saturday8:00 AM to 8:30 PM
    3 hr
  • Sunday8:00 AM to 8:30 PM
    3 hr
  • Monday3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
    2 hr
03 / Quick controls

One tap when plans change

Pause for dinner, add 15 minutes to finish an episode, or push bedtime back for movie night. Undo is right there.

  • + 15 minutes today
  • + 30 minutes today
  • + 1 hour today
  • Bedtime 30 minutes later

15 minutes added Undo

04 / Activity

A clear picture

See today's time at a glance, a 7-day chart, and every video that was stopped and why.

Last 7 daysMinutes
42Wed 60Thu 38Fri 95Sat 80Sun 55Mon 47Today
EarlierToday--- Daily limit
Stopped
Maple ClubSunday · Outside watch hours
Playback Error

"alex" asked to stop your playback from this server: That's all the screen time for today. See you tomorrow.

Example of the message Plex shows when time runs out. Plex adds the server owner's name.

Their Plex, with your rules

What your kids see

  • The app they already know. The normal Plex app on their TV, tablet or phone, signed in to their own account.
  • Just their movies and shows. Only the titles you allow appear. They do not see KidsWatch itself. To them, it is just their Plex.
  • A clear stopping point. When time runs out, the video stops. If you pause watching, they see “A parent paused Plex” with the time it ends.

A quick checklist

What you need

You bring the family.
Your server owner sets it up.

  • Your own Plex account

    One that already watches from the server. You sign in to KidsWatch with it.

  • A free Plex account for each child

    Use an email address you check and keep the password to yourself. A Plex Home profile alone will not work.

  • A server owner willing to install it

    The person who runs the Plex server you watch from. They need Plex Pass and a little time to set it up.

Keep your account for you. Rules follow your child's own account. If they watch on your account, they see what you see, so put a PIN on your profile.

Give it a moment. Videos stop at the next check, usually within a minute, not the very second time runs out.

Start here, together

Share this with your Plex server owner

Your server owner has to install KidsWatch before you can use it. Here is a short message you can send them. Select it, copy it, and paste it into a text or email.

A ready-to-send message
Hi! Could you take a look at KidsWatch for Plex? It's a free app you install next to your Plex server. It would let me give the kids their own Plex accounts, choose what they can watch, and set screen time myself, so you don't have to. You still approve each child.

It needs Plex Pass on your account and Docker. Here's the page for server owners:
https://kidswatchtv.com/plex/server-owners

Thanks!

Or just send them this link:

See the server owner page