Hand over the phone without handing over the internet.
Ever left your kid with an app and come back a minute later to find they somehow jailbroke their way out and opened Minecraft or YouTube?
YaaFlip is built so that can’t happen.
Not an app download, but more than a mere launcher
Phones give extra features to websites like YaaFlip when you add them to your home screen. With the launcher installed we can send push notifications, hide the URL bar, and tell you how to enable full lockdown mode, which turns YaaFlip into a walled garden that your kid can't escape from to open other apps or websites.
Your kid lists a toy, claims a toy, and gets back to playing IRL.
Take the challenge. Hand it to your kid in lockdown mode and see if they can escape.
They can't. If your kid finds a way, we'll give you 100 free Yaa! Points.*
*Listen, smart alecs, your child has to actually be a kid. No adult children with degrees in computer security.
Two guardrails
No browser — always on
When opened from the launcher, YaaFlip has no browser bar, no tabs, no search, and not a single link that leads anywhere. Not in listings, not in menus, not hiding behind a long-press. This isn’t a setting that can be switched off.
Lockdown mode — enabled temporarily by you
Every iPhone and Android has a built-in feature that locks the whole phone to one app. Apple calls it Guided Access; Android calls it app pinning. We walk you through the one-time settings change and then you can enable it any time with a triple-click. iPhones can even add a time limit!
We think kids’ screen time deserves real guardrails and short visits. YaaFlip exists to get toys into kids’ hands for real-world fun, not to glue them to a device. Film it, flip it, then go play.
How you launch YaaFlip matters
Opened in your browser
Browser address bar and tabs available
Full internet access with a tap.
No push notifications
No lockdown mode possible
Best for parents, at a desk
Opened from the launcher shortcut on your home screen
No browser address bar or tabs
No internet access, even for clever kids
Push notifications can be enabled
Turn on lockdown mode before handing the phone over
Best for kids using the phone
Questions parents ask us
“Can my kid end up on YouTube from YaaFlip?”
Not from lockdown mode. There's no way out of YaaFlip from the inside. We build every release against that rule: if a link to the outside gets into our code, that release can't ship.
“What if they press the home button, or restart the phone?”
The home button is locked, and restarting the phone only brings it back to your lock screen, which needs your passcode. The phone stays locked to YaaFlip until you enter it.
“Is it a download? Is it safe to add?”
It isn't a download. You're adding a launcher shortcut to the YaaFlip website on your home screen. When opened from that shortcut, your phone treats YaaFlip like an app: its own icon, full screen, none of the browser around it. It takes up practically no space, and you can remove it any time by deleting the shortcut.
“Do all phones have the lock?”
Practically. All iPhones have had this feature for over a decade (Settings, then Accessibility, then Guided Access) and essentially every Android (search Settings for “app pinning”). It's the same feature restaurants use to lock kiosk iPads to the menu.
Add the shortcut in 20 seconds
On Android, tap the “Add to your home screen” button we show you. Then turn on lockdown mode whenever you hand the phone over.