VidCove has a free plan with no expiration and a Premium plan for families that need larger libraries or more detailed controls. Families can start with a free trial and continue on Free after canceling renewal and letting the trial expire. Both plans keep the core approval-first experience: parents choose the content, children use their own profile, Shorts can stay blocked, and the watch history remains available to the parent.
Free includes one child profile and up to five approved YouTube channels for that child. It also includes five podcast shows per child, three movies or television series from a connected Plex server, daily screen-time limits, co-parent sharing, push notifications, channel discovery, and complete watch history. These are ongoing limits, not features that disappear after a trial period.
The free plan supports channel-level approval, the global Shorts block, and the same phone, tablet, browser, and supported TV experience as Premium. Parents can browse vetted channels by age or interest, add a channel they already trust, and respond when their child requests something new. Both parents can use separate logins while managing the same approved family library.
Premium removes the child, YouTube channel, podcast, and Plex content caps. It also adds custom YouTube playlists, movie collections for Plex, and Strict Mode for families that want to approve videos one at a time instead of allowing an entire channel. Per-channel screen-time limits make it possible to give different daily budgets to particular channels and playlists.
Premium reporting adds Activity Insights, watch-history analytics, and a weekly email digest with the child's top channels, total watch time, and notable activity. The complete underlying watch history remains available on both plans. The Free plan retains the basic whitelist and daily screen-time controls after a Premium trial ends.
Premium can be billed monthly at $7.99 or annually at $79.99, which is shown as $6.67 per month when divided across the year. A new paid subscription starts with a seven-day trial. The card is not charged during those seven days, and a parent can cancel before day eight without being charged. Annual and monthly subscriptions provide the same Premium features.
One Premium account covers the household, including unlimited child profiles and both parents through co-parent sharing; families do not need to buy a separate plan for every child or screen. If a family returns to Free, the account keeps its data and the first child's first five YouTube channels, five podcast shows, and three Plex items remain within the free limits.
A limited Founding Parent option is also displayed when spots are available. It is a one-time $100 payment for Premium access for the life of the product rather than a recurring subscription. Monthly, annual, and lifetime purchases have the 30-day refund policy described in the pricing FAQ, and subscriptions stop at the next billing or renewal date after cancellation.