ashton lance

ashton lance

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I'm a software engineer and parent who got tired of handing my kids an iPad with no good way to let them watch our own movie and TV library safely. Plex is great, but it's not built for little hands. So I built Canopy — a beautiful, distraction-free Plex client designed from the ground up for kids, with the parental controls parents actually need. I ship every line of code myself and obsess over the details.

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Canopy Kidsp/canopy-kidsashton lance•

8d ago

Launching tomorrow — what do you want to know?

Canopy Kids goes live on Product Hunt tomorrow and I'm pumped. It's a Plex client built from scratch for kids simple UI, parental controls, screen time limits, offline downloads,

I'm a solo dev and Plex parent who built the app I wished existed. Happy to answer any questions about the app, the tech stack, or what it's like building a niche iOS app as an indie dev.

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7d ago

Canopy Kids - Kids mode for Plex — your library, built for little hands.

Canopy is a Plex client designed from the ground up for kids. Kid-safe browsing filtered by rating, PIN-protected parental controls, built-in screen time limits, offline downloads, continue watching, and favorites. A simple, beautiful interface little hands can actually navigate. $4.99, one-time. No subscriptions, no ads. Apple TV app coming soon.
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