The good screen, ages 3 to 10
Their day, their people, a book that ends.
J'attrape un gros poisson !
I catch a big fish!
Not a stranger’s next video. Their own Saturday with Papi.
Your child tells what happened today. Parler draws it with the people they love, reads it aloud in your family’s languages, and sends it to Mamie.
No card · iPhone, iPad and web · No ads, no feed, nothing to scroll
Parents know the problem. They still need the screen.
3 in 4
parents call too much screen time a big problem.
Mott Poll, US parents, 2025What we do: make the screen about your child's own life, with no strangers and no ads.
51%
of 2–4 year olds now watch YouTube every day, up from 38%.
Pew Research, US parents, 2025What we do: every book has an ending, and no stranger's video lines up after it.
60%
of parents feel guilty about their child's screen time.
Lurie Children's, 2025What we do: give you something they made. A book to read together and send to Mamie.
The American Academy of Pediatrics now points at design: autoplay, endless scroll and targeted ads. Parler has no endless scroll, no ads and no autoplay into strangers' videos. That’s our reading of it; the AAP has not reviewed Parler. Read the research, including what it doesn’t prove.
More than a language app. A place for their day.
Morning
My day
Picture checklists they say out loud and finish alone.
Daytime
Make things
Draw, scan a real book, make a card for someone.
After school
What I did today
They tell it in the language that comes easiest. It becomes a book.
Evening
Sent to Mamie
Grandparents read it, hear it and send a heart back.
Feeds don’t end.
Books do.
A book has a last page. After it, your child can read it again, tell a new one, or stop. No other book or video starts on its own.
- Who made it: Your child
- Who's in it: People you approve
- When it's over: The last page. Nothing plays next
- What's left after: A book Mamie can read
| Video apps | Parler | |
|---|---|---|
| Who made it | Strangers | Your child |
| Who's in it | Anyone | People you approve |
| When it's over | The next one plays | The last page. Nothing plays next |
| Ads | Often | None |
| What's left after | Nothing | A book Mamie can read |
Raising them in two languages?
About 1 in 5 US school-age children speak another language at home. Books about Mamie and Sunday lunch, in your family’s language, give them a reason to keep it. ChildStats.gov
See language pagesYou stay in charge
Only a parent can add a photo of a person. Only people you approve are ever drawn. Only people you choose can see a book.
How we handle your family's dataIs this a language app?
It's more than that. Parler is a place for a child's own day, and language is often why families start. Each child tells stories in the language that comes easiest and reads them in the languages your family wants to keep. It also works for a family with one language at home.
Are real photos used in stories?
No. Everyone in a story is a cartoon. A parent can upload a photo only to draw someone's cartoon look, and every look is approved before it's used in a picture.
Does my child need an email or password?
No. Kids sign in with a short code a grown-up gives them. On a class iPad they tap their character and their picture password instead.
Is it an AI storybook maker?
Not the usual kind. Your child tells the story, about something that really happened. AI tidies the words and draws the pictures, using only people you approved.
What do I pay for?
Only new pictures: a new page, a redraw or a cover each use 1 of your pictures, and each person's first cartoon portrait is free. The price is on the button before you tap. Words, translations, voices and reading scores are free.
Can grandparents follow along without the app?
Yes. Send a book by email and it opens in any browser, no account needed. Or invite them as family viewers to see what you choose to share and send hearts back.
Start with today.
14 days free, no card. After that, pay for pictures. Reading stays free.
First Page free · Storybook $9.99 a month · Bookshelf $19.99 a month · See all pricing