For parents who love their kids — and their cartoons

Stop feeling
guilty about
screen time .

LONIO turns any cartoon into a real conversation — and a hands-on activity away from the screen.

Coming soon · Apple App Store review in progress

Your first 3 cartoons are on us. No card required to start.

  • No ads · No trackers
  • Ages 3 – 11
  • Built by parents
LONIO welcome screen — Stop feeling guilty about screen time
The idea

Kids forget most of what they watch .

Watching alone rarely sticks. What happens after the screen goes off is where it counts — the questions, the silly play, the moment they realize you watched it too.

LONIO writes those questions for you. Twenty seconds in the app. Twenty minutes of real connection.

20s
In the app
20m
With your kid
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Extra screens
LONIO onboarding — Kids forget most of what they watch
How it works

Three taps. Thirty seconds .

Then twenty minutes with your kid that actually means something.

  1. LONIO search screen — pick the cartoon and the kids who watched it together
    01

    Search

    Tap the title — or point your camera at the TV. We pick the right episode across streaming, cartoons and YouTube.

  2. LONIO question screen — three age-tailored questions with avatars showing who they're for
    02

    Let's talk

    Six open-ended questions, tailored to each child who watched. No quiz, no scoring — just a conversation that lands.

  3. LONIO activity screen — two hands-on play ideas with skill tags like Fine motor, Creativity, Empathy
    03

    Try this together

    Three hands-on play ideas inspired by the episode. No screens, no prep — just sticks, pillows and imagination.

LONIO kid editor — name, age, gender, question difficulty and favorite activities for Emily
Tailored to every child

Bobby and Emily watch together. They don't think alike.

Set the question difficulty per child — Simpler, Just right, or Harder. Pick a few favorite activities. LONIO uses both to write questions that meet each kid where they are.

  • Difficulty per kid
  • Age-aware language
  • Favorite activities
  • Switches mid-show
Progress that matters

What they're learning .
Not what they're watching.

LONIO quietly maps every conversation and activity across the skills that matter: Empathy, Vocabulary, Creativity, Fine motor and Focus.

LONIO Progress tab — skill counts for Emily, Bobby and Liam
LONIO per-child skill profile — 19 questions explored, 12 activities tried, radar of skills
Why parents love it

Built on the same techniques experts use .

CROWD prompts. Bloom's taxonomy. The Zone of Proximal Development. Fancy names for one simple idea: kids learn through conversation, not lectures.

Simple pricing

Try 3 cartoons free.
Then $39.99/year .

About 11¢ a day for unlimited conversations. Or pay monthly: $8.99/mo. Cancel anytime from your iPhone settings.

Monthly $8.99/mo

Try the full app for a month before you commit.

  • Unlimited cartoons
  • Cancel anytime
★ Best value · Save 63%
Yearly
$39.99/yr $107.88

Billed once. Works out to ~11¢ per conversation.

  • Everything in Monthly
  • 2 free months

Coming soon · Apple App Store review in progress

Tonight, after the cartoon,
have the conversation.

You don't need a degree in child psychology. You just need the right question — and we'll write it for you.

Coming soon · Launching summer 2026