Plain answers
Questions families actually ask.
Short answers, kitchen-table words, nothing hidden. Anything else — call 718-971-4311. A real person.
I have a filter on my phone and videos won't play. Why?
Your filter is doing its job. It blocks YouTube's video servers — and every FilteredTube video, even though it's pre-approved, plays through YouTube's official player. So the app opens fine, but the video itself can't arrive. Ask your filter company to allow these for FilteredTube: filteredtube.app, www.youtube-nocookie.com, googlevideo.com, i.ytimg.com, and www.youtube.com. Prefer a filter that already understands FilteredTube? Ask us about KolboFilter — 718-971-4311.
What is FilteredTube?
FilteredTube is a video service for families who want video without the fight. Every video is reviewed against one written standard before it can appear — so when you press play, the decision has already been made. No feeds, no comments, no rabbit holes. Watching is open to everyone — a free account is only for keeping what you save.
How does approval work?
Every video is judged against one written standard before it can appear — doubt means it stays hidden. There are only three answers: open, hidden, or closed. Doubt never opens a video, and closed is closed — no exceptions, bought or granted. Nothing unreviewed is ever shown, even when systems fail.
What's in the catalog?
Torah — shiurim, parsha, halacha, mussar, chassidus, and more, from the speakers families actually ask for. Jewish music, men's and women's. Kosher entertainment and storytelling. The catalog grows every single day, and every addition passed the same written standard first.
What are the tiers?
Two. Standard shows everything approved. Strict narrows an account to Torah only. Any account can be made stricter with one tap; loosening it back is reserved for the plan owner. The standard itself never bends — tiers only choose how much of the approved world an account sees.
What is Kids mode?
A one-tap way to hand a device to a child. The whole app narrows to kids-approved Torah, a daily watch cap you choose counts only actual watching, and the PIN you set is the only way out. When the day's time is up, the screen locks until a parent unlocks it.
What does the number on the homepage mean?
That number is the exact count of videos approved under the written standard — live from our records, updating as new approvals land. It is never rounded, never estimated, never inflated. When it says 8,510, there are 8,510.
Can the whole family have their own?
Yes — everyone makes their own free account with their own email and password. Each person keeps their own favorites, playlists, followed speakers and history, and nobody sees anyone else's. There is nothing to pay for any of them.
Why one stream at a time?
Each account plays on one screen at a time. Press play on a second device and it will ask you to stop the first — or give each person their own free account, so everyone watches their own thing.
I searched for a video and it isn't there. Why?
Three possibilities. It may simply not be reviewed yet — ask for it: open Library → Requests, paste the link, and the review usually answers on the spot. It may be hidden — the review couldn't be sure, and doubt stays hidden until a deeper look clears it. Or it's closed — it broke the written standard, and closed is closed.
Do ads play?
None from us — ever. No ads sold, no sponsorships injected, nothing interrupting on our side. The honest fine print: some videos play through YouTube's official player, and YouTube may show its own ad on some of those videos. That's the toll of playing by the official rules — we add nothing on top of it.
What devices does it work on?
Any modern browser — computer, tablet, or phone — at filteredtube.app. To install it like an app: on iPhone, open filteredtube.app in Safari → Share → "Add to Home Screen." On Android, open it in Chrome → menu → "Add to Home screen" (or use the Android app from our site). It signs in once and stays signed in.
Signing in, and what an account is for
An account is an email and a password — nothing else, and nothing to pay. You never need one to watch; it is what keeps your favorites, playlists, followed speakers and where you left off, on every device you sign in on. If you forget your password, ask for a one-tap sign-in link by email.
What does The Chavrusa cost?
Nothing. The Chavrusa is our AI world — asking questions in your own words, the Daf Room, the Torah Room, By Topic and the Masmid — and it is free, like the rest of FilteredTube. The only thing it asks for is a free account, and that is not about money: the AI runs on our own machine, and an account is what keeps it answering real people. No card is taken anywhere on this site.
How do I reach a person?
Call 718-971-4311. A real person, for anything at all.