Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built this after an evening at a restaurant where my toddler got restless, my phone ended up on the table, and I got uneasy — not because of screen time itself, but because an unlocked iPhone is the entire photo library, delete button included. Picture Book shows a curated album read-only: nothing can be deleted, edited, or shared. The free version already works fully with one album; Premium (one-time purchase, no subscription) unlocks multiple albums, a slideshow, and muted video playback. It also has a built-in, illustrated guide to Apple's Guided Access, which is what actually locks the phone into the app. No ads, no tracking, no account, runs entirely on-device. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Happy to answer anything — especially curious how other parents currently handle the "let my kid use my phone" moment.

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8d ago

What's your approach to handing your toddler your phone?

Before I built Picture Book, my approach was "just don't" which worked fine until a dinner where my toddler got restless and I caved, phone on the table, no plan for what happened next.

What bothered me wasn't screen time itself, it was where it usually leads: YouTube's pull, or the hyped-up, overstimulating videos made for kids. I didn't want a solution that just swapped one rabbit hole for another.

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Picture Book: Photos for Kids

Give your kid your photos, not your whole phone

Give your kid your photos, not your whole phone

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What's your approach to handing your toddler your phone?

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What's your approach to handing your toddler your phone?