Four calm steps.
SlowTV is designed so the hard thinking happens once, up front — and the day-to-day experience for your child is as simple as turning on a TV. Channels, not videos. Always on.
Create your free account
Sign up with your email (we send a one-time code, no password) and name your household. That’s your parent portal, on any phone or computer.
Install and pair a spare device
Install SlowTV on a spare phone, tablet, or TV box from the downloads page. It shows a short pairing code: enter it in the parent portal (or scan the square) to link the device to your household. No child account, no login on the device itself.
Pick channels and set limits
From the parent portal you choose which channels are on, what content fills them, the hours the screen is allowed, and a daily limit. Everything syncs to the device live — change it from your phone any time, or just ask the Family Assistant to adjust it for you.
The kid just watches
On the device there are no menus, no thumbnails, and no app switching. Up and down change the channel; that’s it. When the daily limit is reached, the screen calmly winds down on its own.
What the child can and can't do
Can
Change channels, pause and play, and adjust volume — using a remote, the device buttons, or the single hard-to-trigger on-screen channel knob.
Can't
Browse a library, search, get recommendations, open other apps, or leave SlowTV. The back gesture never exits playback — only a parent unlock does.
For grown-ups there's a Family Assistant — a calm chat that recaps what your child watched, explains your limits, and can change the controls for you, with your approval on every change. It's for parents only; the child never sees it.