Pencil Spaces · Safe Browser
Goodbye screen-time fights.Hello thoughtful kids.
Make Pencil Spaces the only browser on your child’s laptop or iPad. Look in live whenever you like, set the hours once, and let Scout, an AI sidekick, teach them to spot what’s trying to trick them.
Early access for families with kids aged 8 to 13. Coming to Chromebook, Windows, Mac, and iPad.
You didn’t sign up to be the internet police.
Most evenings end the same way. Safe Browser takes the hardest parts off your plate.
The nightly time’s-up fight
You set a limit, then spend every evening enforcing it, and you’re the bad guy every time.
Feeds built to hook them
Autoplay, clickbait, and endless scroll are designed by teams of experts. Your kid faces them alone.
Controls that can’t see
Family Link and Screen Time can block apps and set limits. They can’t show you what your child is doing, or help them judge it.
One browser. Five safeguards.
The only browser
Live view
Scout coaching
Hour budgets
Sunday digest
You set the rules once. We enforce them.
How it works
Three steps, then you’re off duty.
- 1
Make it the only browser
Install Pencil Spaces, then use Family Link, Screen Time, or Microsoft Family to lock everything else. Every minute online now happens in one place.
- 2
Set the hours once
Choose weekly hours for research and for free browsing, day by day. School nights and weekends can be different.
- 3
Look in when you want
Open a live view of any session, or read the Sunday digest. Scout handles the moment-to-moment.
Meet Scout
A sidekick that teaches them to think for themselves.
Scout watches what your child watches and names the trick in plain words, in the moment, without a lecture. Over time, they start spotting the tricks before Scout does.
Spot it first, earn time
Kids earn bonus minutes when they catch a trick before Scout does. Getting sharper is the reward.
Always visible
Scout sits beside the page where your child can see it. It never works in the background.
What Scout says, in the moment
Clickbait
“That shocked face and all-caps title are there to make you click. Is the video as wild as the thumbnail?”
Hidden ad
“This honest review is paid for. See the tiny #ad under the video?”
No source
“This fact doesn’t say where it came from. Want to check it together?”
Autoplay
“The next video starts in 5 seconds. Still learning, or just scrolling?”
Rules without the policing
Look in anytime. Step back the rest of the time.
The rules run themselves, so you only step in when you want to.
Live view
Open any session and watch in real time without interrupting. Your child knows a parent can look in.
Budgets by purpose
Separate hours for research and for fun. Research time counts only when Scout sees it’s research.
A heads-up, not a cutoff
Ten minutes before time runs out, Scout lets them know and saves their place.
They ask, you tap
Requests for more time reach your phone with their reason attached. Approve or decline in one tap.
The Sunday digest
Five minutes on Sunday. Not five hours of footage.
A short summary of where the time went, what Scout spotted, and three things to talk about at dinner.
Moments Scout flags are kept so you can replay them. Everything else is deleted after 7 days.
Sample digest · Oct 13–19
Maya’s week in Pencil Spaces
Research
3h 05m of 3h 30m
Free browsing
2h 30m of 2h 30m
7
tricks spotted
+20
bonus minutes
2
time requests
Volcanoes
Ancient Rome
Fractions
Minecraft redstone
Talk about it at dinner
Ask Maya how she checked whether the volcano video was true.
She spotted a review that was really an ad. Ask what gave it away.
She asked for extra time twice to finish a project. Ask what she’s building.
Our promise to families
Coaching, not spying.
Kids know you can look in.
Live view is silent but never secret, and Scout is always on screen.
Only what happens in Pencil Spaces.
Scout never sees other apps, texts, photos, or the camera.
Recordings delete after 7 days.
Only the moments you choose to keep are saved.
No ads. We never sell data.
Built on the platform schools already use, SOC 2 Type II and aligned with FERPA and COPPA.
Early-access pricing
One price for the whole family.
Hours are shared across all your kids. Every plan includes Scout, live view, budgets by day, the Sunday digest, and more-time requests.
Homework
About an hour every school day
$15
a month per family
25 hours a month, shared
- Scout, the AI sidekick
- Live view and the Sunday digest
- Research and free-browsing budgets
Explorer
Room for weekends and big projects
$29
a month per family
50 hours a month, shared
- Everything in Homework
- A second parent on the account
- Monthly media-skills report
Extra hours are $1 each. 14 days free when your spot opens. Prices may change before launch.
Set the hours tonight.Let Scout handle the rest.
Join the early-access list. We’ll email you when your family’s spot opens.
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Tutor or school? Talk to our team about offering Safe Browser to your families.
Questions parents ask
Does it replace Family Link or Screen Time?
No. You use them to make Pencil Spaces the only browser on the device. Safe Browser handles everything after that.
What does Scout see?
Only what’s on screen inside Pencil Spaces, and only during a session.
What happens when the hours run out?
Scout gives a 10-minute heads-up, saves their place, and ends the session. Your child can send you a request for more time.
Who is it for?
Kids aged 8 to 13, the years when online habits form and parents still set the rules.
Which devices will it work on?
Chromebook, Windows, Mac, and iPad.
When can we start?
Safe Browser is in early access. Join the list and we’ll email you when your family’s spot opens.
Safe Browser is an early-access product from Pencil Learning Technologies. Features and prices may change before launch. The digest and illustrations on this page are samples. Chromebook and Family Link are trademarks of Google LLC. iPad, Mac, and Screen Time are trademarks of Apple Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
