Canopy Kids
Your Plex library,built for kids.
canopykids.app App StoreEntertainment & Media / Movies, TV & Streaming
- Monthly visits
- <5K
- Oct 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- $4.99/mo
- Lower than 67% of peersNiche median $6.99/mo
- Launched
- 8mo ago
- 2026-03-11 · Est.
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Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Product HuntLaunch
Kids mode for Plex — your library, built for little hands.
Mar 18 · 8mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Show HN (3 pts)Launch
Canopy – A kid-friendly Plex client for iOS — I'm a developer and dad who wanted to hand my daughter the iPad without her getting lost in Plex's UI. She navigates YouTube Kids fine — b…
Mar 11 · 8mo agoLaunch page
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Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- I'm a developer and dad who wanted to hand my daughter the iPad without her getting lost in Plex's UI. She navigates YouTube Kids fine — big pictures, tap to play — but Plex's menus were totally beyond her. I already had managed users and rating filters set up, so the content was handled. It was purely a UI problem. So I built Canopy. It's a native iOS app t
Store data
- Rating
- ★ 5.001 ratings
- New ratings last mo
- —
- Price & IAP
- $4.99IAP data not synced
- First released
- 2026-03-1143 MB
Multi-language titles now play in the right language. Fixed • Movies and shows with several audio tracks now start in your language, instead of whichever track happened to be first in the file • Choosing a different audio language in the player now actually switches the audio • Your language choice is remembered, so the next episode starts the same way
Your Plex library, built for families. Canopy for Plex gives your family a beautiful, distraction-free interface to watch the movies and shows you already own — without giving them access to everything in your library. A better viewing experience: - Simple, full-screen video player with big, easy-to-tap controls - Continue Watching — picks up right where they left off - Favorites — save their go-to shows - Age-appropriate browsing with no hidden surprises Parents stay in control: - PIN-protected parental controls — change settings only when you're ready - Filter your library by content rating so only approved content appears - Download videos for offline viewing — perfect for travel or no-Wi-Fi zones - Screen time controls to set daily limits Works with your existing Plex setup: Canopy connects directly to your Plex Media Server. No extra subscriptions. No new content to buy. Just a safer way for your family to watch what you already have. Requires an existing Plex Media Server. Plex Pass not required.
Store assets, rating histograms, install tiers, and screenshots are synced from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Chrome Web Store.
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Domain authority —Domain registered 2026-03-02
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| how to grant access to library kids account plex | 460 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: None · 1 paid tier ($4.99) · Observed 2026-11-09 · Source page
Entry price $4.99/mo, Lower than 67% of peers; “Movies, TV & Streaming” median is $6.99/mo.View pricing benchmark
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Questions & evidence
- How much does Canopy Kids cost?
- Canopy Kids: $4.99/once. Observed 2026-11-09. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does Canopy Kids get?
- Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is Canopy Kids and what platforms does it support?
- Canopy Kids is catalogued under Movies, TV & Streaming: Your Plex library,built for kids.. Supported platforms: Mobile App.
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