Safety
Built safe for kids by architecture, not marketing
Most “AI for kids” asks you to trust a promise. Inky is built so the safety is structural — enforced in the system, not described in a banner. Here is exactly how it works.
A fail-closed age gate, enforced on the server
Every reading profile carries one of six age bands — from 0–2 board books through 16+ YA. What a profile can browse, see in the community, and generate is filtered to its band on the server, not in the app where it could be bypassed.
The gate fails closed: if a story's suitability can't be determined, it is hidden rather than shown. A parent sets the ceiling band for each child's profile; the system never serves above it. This is an allow-list ceiling per profile — not a blunt one-size filter — so a teen's experience and a toddler's are each tuned to the right level.
See the six bands and what fits each one →
What's true in the product today
Private by default
Your stories and any uploaded photos are owner-only. Publishing to the community is an explicit choice — nothing is shared until you say so.
No ads, no third-party trackers
No advertising in the app and no third-party ad trackers. We never sell your data.
No subscription
Credit packs only — pay for the stories you keep. Credits never expire. No recurring charge, no dark-pattern cancellation.
COPPA-aligned for under-13
Reading profiles for children under 13 are handled under COPPA-aligned rules, with parental controls over what each profile can see.
You approve every page
AI drafts; you decide. Every illustration and page is yours to keep, regenerate, or reject before it becomes a story.
A quality + safety pass runs
Generated stories run through automated quality and fidelity checks before they reach your reader.
Go deeper
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