KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 13 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  12,394

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows XP

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  October 21, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version KidZui - The Internet for Kids 3 KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1 KidZui - The Internet for Kids 3

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Publisher's description of KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

Expand your kids online experience with KidZui, the Internet for kids. KidZui is a graphical Web browser designed just for kids with access to over a 800,000 kid-friendly Web sites, pictures, and videos. Real parents and teachers review content for KidZui so your kids can surf independently. Kids build avatars to express themselves online while earning points for exploration and discovery.

Version 3.1 adds social features, increases approved content to 1.5 million items.

Editor's review of KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

• 5.0 stars

• "KidZui vets Web for kids"

• Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt
• Reviewed on: December 8, 2008
• Version reviewed: KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

KidZui seems like a kiddified browser with social networking rolled in. Children can find their favorite YouTube videos, rate content using tags, and share opinions with other KidZui friends, all from a colorful interface with big buttons and labels. KidZui is anything but a standard kids' browser, though, and what makes it so unique is precisely why it's such a safe tool for children.

KidZui is a closed system, not filter-driven, so all content that's available has been approved by editors into a whitelist database. Kids can explore the Internet by using the search/URI bar, or search by a left-nav sidebar that's organized by topics including science, movies and TV, games, sports, and animals. Just below the search bar are three tabs, for Web browsing, Photos, and Video. The latter two work much like Google's Image and Video searches, where you type what you're looking for into the URI bar and the tab automatically narrows it down to the specific type of content that you want.

Parental registration is required before your child can create an online identity. Kids can customize their avatars to a limited degree in the free version, with more options available via upgrading. Free KidZui is fully functional, but the paid upgrade definitely offers more. Among the additions, children get more content rating tags, more avatar clothing, and more backgrounds, while parents get the ability to block individual sites, can view an unlimited history of the child's browsing, and can force-add sites to their children's favorites list.

KidZui offers kids one of the safest methods we've seen to use the Web, while parents get the peace of mind that their children are learning and having fun while remaining the final arbiter of the Internet experience.

User reviews of KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

• Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 13 votes
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• 2 stars

  Version: KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

  "It's safe, but other than, sucks"

  by allendemelon on March 22, 2009

  Pros: Keeps kids from going sites that are wrong for them
  Includes fun stuff that kids can do

  Cons: Lag, and i don't mean just small doses of it, it is to the extreme, believe me, i have tried it myself, and the lag is just incredible
  Websites have to be added by the parents themselves, so if no nothing have been added as allowed,

  Summary: (Cons continued) your child cannot enter any websites whatsoever.
  
  Bottom line, you'd be best off installing a filter system on your regular software instead of Zui

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• 4 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

  "here is everything your children want in a safe place"

  by monisiti on February 7, 2009

  Pros: easy to find everything for children,safely

  Cons: can't download

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• 5 stars

  Version: KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

  "Perfect; Fun"

  by will3216 on January 26, 2009

  Pros: Safe easy cool parental controls.

  Cons: I dont really no of any.

  Summary: Fun and Safe I would Recommend it to anyone.

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

  "Love this site!"

  by sieverst on January 23, 2009

  Pros: Kids get a little freedom on the Internet while browsing in completely safe sites. Monthly summary of child's exact site(s) usage and time spent on Kidzui.

  Cons: Can't think of any.

  Summary: Love the fact that this site is free and is about protecting kids on the internet while allowing them access to thousands of websites.

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• 5 stars

  0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: KidZui The Internet for Kids 3.1

  "Brilliant for my kids."

  by Seamus Mckenzie on December 18, 2008

  Pros: control control

  Cons: would like more screen for games

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