About this app

QKid is a kids learning app which provides relevant and age-appropriate news in an informative, engaging and entertaining manner!

Flip through a newspaper - print or online, and you will not be able to avoid the sensationalized, violence-filled headlines! Where’s the real news? The latest in science and technology? The direction of world politics? Climate change, natural calamities, environmental sustainability? The inspirational achievements?

IN QKID!

QKid curates and collates news that really matters, news that can get children interested in current affairs and news that gives them an idea of the direction the world is heading in. Because our children deserve better!

The news is broadly categorized into National news, International news, Science and Technology news and Sports and Entertainment news.

NEWS THAT KIDS CAN USE!

News are updated daily. Kids don’t have patience to read the full news article, so we summarize the news and present it in short and crisp way. They can learn about all the major events that happened in the world by reading these articles for just 15 minutes every day. The app is designed in a very child-friendly format which makes it easy to navigate to the section of interest.

MORE THAN JUST NEWS!

• There is a word puzzle game for mindful entertainment. More of such puzzle games will be added in the future.

• Short Stories that connect to the major news items of the week, written in simple, engaging language.

• Feature Articles and Videos gives a new-dimension to the news article and give a deeper knowledge.

• In-app dictionary(beta) to find meanings of words which they don’t understand, quickly.

Our content is not related to any curriculum, nor is it designed to make the child a topper in any one particular stream. It is a holistic approach which broadens the child’s view of the world, keeping him or her abreast of the latest developments in the world while also providing quality reading material in the form of informative and entertaining stories. Our goal is make the content to be easy reading but at the same time impart general knowledge to kids.

Our team requests all parents to ask their kids to use the app as there are huge benefits for their over-all growth. Help us make QKid the best news app for kids! Thanks!

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read from external storage.