Any question, told as a true story.
Your child asks about anything. Curio researches it, writes it and narrates it as a short podcast, with no ads inside.
Kids ask. You answer. No screen needed.
“Why does the moon change shape?”
You are cooking, driving or tired, and a video could pull them into something you did not choose.
- 9 min
of a fast-paced cartoon left 4-year-olds doing worse on focus and self-control tasks than after drawing or watching a slower educational show.
Lillard and Peterson, Pediatrics, 2011 - 3.5%
chance that a toddler following YouTube's recommended videos meets an inappropriate one within ten clicks, in a study of videos aimed at young children.
Papadamou and others, ICWSM, 2020 - Why?
Preschoolers were more satisfied by a real explanation than by a brush-off, and often asked again when they did not get one.
Frazier, Gelman and Wellman, 2009 - 69
preschoolers had brain scans. More screen use went with less developed white matter in areas that support language. This shows a link, not a cause.
Hutton and others, JAMA Pediatrics, 2019
These studies look at children and screens in general. None of them tested Curio, and Curio makes no health or learning promises.
Read more on the Curio blogAsk. Wait a moment. Listen.
01Ask
Type or say a topic. Choose who is listening and how long.
02We make it
You can leave the screen. Curio tells you when it is ready.
03Listen
Play it anywhere, even with the screen off. It stays in your library.
From a few words to a story you can hear.
Real places, real animals, real science. A new free podcast arrives every day.
Sea Turtles and the Long Way Home · The Ganga: A River's Long Journey to the Sea · Why We Have Seasons · How Bats See with Sound
You stay in charge.
- No ads inside
- Nothing interrupts a podcast, and nothing is sold to your child.
- Every topic is screened
- A safety screen runs on the topic before anything is made.
- A PIN for grown-ups
- Settings, purchases and profiles stay behind a PIN that you set.
- A profile for each child
- A nickname, an avatar, an age group and languages. Delete a profile and its history goes with it.
Good things to ask.
Does my child need an account?
No. A grown-up creates the account and the profiles. For each child, Curio keeps a nickname, an avatar, an age group, languages and what they listened to.
Who decides which topics are allowed?
Every topic goes through a safety screen before anything is made. Settings, purchases and profiles are protected by your grown-up PIN.
Can I delete what you keep?
Yes. Delete one profile, or the whole account, in the app under Settings. You can also email us and we will delete it within 30 days. How to delete your account.
What do the lengths mean?
Podcasts come in 3, 6 or 10 minutes. Each one is written for an age group, such as 5 to 7 or 8 to 11.