Is Khan Academy Kids safe for kids?

Name: Is Khan Academy Kids safe for kids?
Item: Khan Academy Kids
Rating: 9.9
Author: Sprout & Screen

by Khan Academy · iOS + Android · 10,000,000+ installs · 182,681 ratings

9.9/ 10

A rare, no-catch “hand it over.”

Clean on the things that matter most for little kids.

Our focus: ages 2-5

Price

Free

Ads to kids

In-app purchases

None

Data shared

None

Stranger contact

Not verified

Data collected

3 types

The scorecard

Safety & privacy10no ads, shares nothing, deletable
Age-fit (2–5)10band 0-5 vs wedge 2-5
Quality9.4store-rating proxy 4.7/5
Monetization fairness10free, no ads, no IAP

What we found — safety & privacy

No ads shown to children
No in-app purchases — nothing to accidentally buy
Doesn’t share data with third parties
No location or device-ID collection
You can request that collected data be deleted
Contact with strangers / chat — not yet verified (research stage)

Data collected (Android Data Safety): App interactions, Name, Email address — data is encrypted in transit; you can request that data be deleted; committed to follow the play families policy.

Is it right for a 2–5-year-old?

Store age ratings: 4+ (Apple) · Everyone (Google) — within our ages-2-5 focus.

Cost & availability

Free. No in-app purchases. No ads. Available on iOS + Android.

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How it makes money

Free — with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no third-party data-sharing we can detect. So it isn't monetizing your child directly; genuinely-free apps like this are usually funded by a nonprofit, grants, or a paid parent product.

Set it up safe (60 seconds)

Turn on Guided Access (iOS) or Screen Pinning (Android) so a small hand can’t wander out of the app.
Set an OS-level screen-time limit — it applies no matter what the app does.

Bottom line

This is the app we point to when a parent asks whether any free kids' app is actually safe. No ads, no in-app purchases, and — because Khan Academy is a nonprofit — no quiet monetizing of your child. Genuinely educational and genuinely free. If you install one thing for a three-year-old, start here.

Parents also ask

Is Khan Academy Kids free?

Yes — free, with no in-app purchases.

Does Khan Academy Kids have ads?

No third-party ads are shown to children.

Can my child talk to strangers in it?

We haven’t found a chat or social feature, but we flag stranger-contact as “not yet verified” until a human reviewer confirms it directly.

What age is Khan Academy Kids best for?

We focus on ages 2-5. Store age rating: 4+.

How the shelf ranks

Every ages-2-5 app we’ve scored — same rubric, honest numbers.