FilmScout alerts parents 30 seconds before flagged scenes in movies. Calibrate each category to your family's values, then skip, turn the sound down, or talk it through.
Press play prepared.
Every movie, scored and sorted
Most kids see their first PG-13 (USA) movie long before they turn 13. A sleepover, a tablet, an older cousin. I would rather be on the couch for it.
As a parent, I want the chance to watch those movies with my kids, know what is coming before it arrives, and turn the hard moments into something we talk about afterward. That is why I built FilmScout.
Ben Fedyniak, founder and dad
A gentle family adventure and a genuinely intense thriller can carry the exact same PG-13. From the rating alone, you cannot tell where a movie really falls, or what is waiting inside it. That is the whole problem with the label, and it is why we built FilmScout. It reads a movie moment by moment and shows you what is coming before you press play, so the call about what fits your family stays yours.
Every movie we have scored. Each dot points toward the kind of content we flagged most, and its distance is the ScoutScore. The 78 solid dots all carry the same US PG-13.
FilmScout runs alongside your streaming service. No integrations required.
Browse FilmScout's library and see every flagged scene before you press play.
Pick where you're watching and press play. The Companion listens for the movie and syncs itself. If the room is too loud, tap Movie started (I'm pressing Play on the web) at the first frame.
30 seconds before each flagged scene, you get an alert with a plain-English description. Skip, turn the sound down, or talk it through. Your call.
Move the sliders. Watch four real movies recompute their scores. This is the same idea the app uses on every title.
54 BOLD
39 MILD
51 BOLD
53 BOLD
Every feature exists to give parents a heads-up, not a play-by-play.
Create a profile per kid and dial each category (violence, language, sexual content, themes) up or down. Every ScoutScore in the catalog re-tunes to match what matters in your home.
Alerts arrive 30 seconds ahead by default, and you can set them to 15, 30 or 60. A sound and a tap on your iPhone or Apple Watch, with enough time to skip, turn the sound down, or talk it through with your kids.
Flag your personal triggers (spiders, jump scares, medical procedures, flashing lights, and more). FilmScout marks the scenes that touch them in purple so they stand out from general warnings.
Every flagged moment is researched and timestamped, from violence and language to sexual content, each with a plain-English description.
After difficult scenes, FilmScout suggests age-appropriate ways to talk about what just happened with your kids.
Every movie carries its official rating for your country alongside the ScoutScore, so a PG in one place and a 12A in another stop being a surprise.
FilmScout sits in your hand while the movie plays on the TV. Alerts, scene details and the Companion stay in sync on your iPhone.
Hand-picked behind-the-scenes and making-of videos for movies in the catalog, so intense moments feel like craft instead of something to fear.
Emotionally intense. Worth a preview conversation.
Stronger than a heads-up. Watch closely, pause, or turn the sound down, whatever suits the scene.
Scene is intense enough to skip entirely. Fast-forward recommended.
Your personal triggers, marked in purple.
Nothing flagged in this stretch. It is what we did not find, not a promise.
FilmScout doesn't replace your streaming service. It runs on your phone alongside whatever you're watching on TV.
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