# Yoto Guardian

> Parental controls and library manager for Yoto players — quiet time, daily limits, playback rules, audiobook uploads with AI metadata, and a live dashboard.

Yoto Guardian is a free web app that gives parents real-time control over their children's Yoto audio players. Features include quiet time scheduling, daily listening limits, instant pause, per-card playback rules (auto-skip tracks, stop after chapter), and a library manager for uploading custom audiobooks with AI-generated metadata. Requires WiFi connection for real-time enforcement.
Yoto Guardian is an independent product built by Coe Code LLC and is not affiliated with Yoto Ltd.

## Key Facts

- Price: Currently free (no subscription required)
- Platform: Web app (desktop and mobile browsers)
- Requirement: Yoto players must be connected to WiFi for real-time enforcement and tracking
- AI metadata: Available with a configured Anthropic/OpenAI key; server-provided AI access may also be available
- Library upload formats: MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, and Opus

## Features

- [Help & Features](https://yotoguardian.com/help): Complete feature documentation — quiet time, daily limits, schedules, live dashboard, library manager, playback rules
- [Pricing](https://yotoguardian.com/pricing): Current pricing and feature availability

## AI

- [AI Product Overview](https://yotoguardian.com/ai): Machine-readable product overview for AI agents and assistants

## Guides

- [Parental Controls Guide](https://yotoguardian.com/guides/parental-controls): Complete reference — quiet time, daily listening limits, playback rules, schedules, live dashboard
- [Bedtime Rules Guide](https://yotoguardian.com/guides/bedtime-rules): Step-by-step setup for quiet time schedules, per-day overrides, transition cards, and bonus time
- [Library Management Guide](https://yotoguardian.com/guides/library-management): Uploading custom audiobooks, AI metadata generation, supported formats, playback rules
- [Security Guide](https://yotoguardian.com/guides/security): AES-256-GCM encryption, JWT tokens, CSRF protection, children's privacy

## Markdown Docs

- [help.md](https://yotoguardian.com/docs/help.md): Markdown version of Help & Features
- [privacy.md](https://yotoguardian.com/docs/privacy.md): Markdown version of Privacy Policy
- [security.md](https://yotoguardian.com/docs/security.md): Markdown version of the Security Guide

## Pages

- [Homepage](https://yotoguardian.com/): Product overview, features, and sign-up
- [Pricing](https://yotoguardian.com/pricing): Pricing information (free, all features included)
- [Privacy Policy](https://yotoguardian.com/privacy): How Yoto Guardian handles your data, Yoto credentials, and children's information
- [Terms of Service](https://yotoguardian.com/terms): Terms of service