Is Khan Academy Kids safe for kids?

Name: Is Khan Academy Kids safe for kids?
Item: Khan Academy Kids
Rating: 9.8
Author: Sprout & Screen

by Khan Academy · iOS + Android · 10,000,000+ installs

9.8/ 10

Safe pick — 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
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): Name, Email address, App interactions — 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.

View on the App Store →View on Google Play →

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

Clean on the things that matter most for little kids. There’s very little to flag 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.