Guby: Protect Little Eyes

Healthy screen distance for kids, the gentle way.
Young children hold phones close. Really close. Guby is a friendly owl that helps your child keep the screen a healthy distance from their eyes, quietly in the background, with no nagging from you.
The best screen distance is no screen at all, and we know that. Guby is here for the screen time for children that happens anyway.

Built for parents of 2 to 8 year olds, Guby supports kids’ eye health by encouraging a safe screen distance and healthier screen‑time habits on Android phones, tablets, and foldables.

✨ What Guby does

- Live screen‑to‑eye distance check
Guby uses the front camera to sense when the screen is too close to your child’s eyes and covers it with a soft, playful reminder. The moment your child moves back to a comfortable distance, Guby disappears and lets them continue watching or playing.
- Gentle nudges, not constant alerts
No noisy notifications, no angry pop‑ups, no daily stress. Guby only steps in when the screen distance is unsafe, helping children avoid digital eye strain during mobile use.
- Positive reinforcement
When your child sits back, Guby celebrates good distance with a happy little “eyes thank you” moment, slowly building a healthy habit instead of a power struggle.

🧒 For kids’ eye health and calm homes

Eye specialists link long, close‑up mobile use to eye strain, headaches, and myopia in children, and recommend keeping phones at least an arm’s length away.
Guby acts like a quiet kids’ eye‑care helper: it watches screen distance, supports your own screen‑time rules, and helps protect your child’s vision without you hovering over their shoulder.

Use Guby alongside your family’s limits on screen time, regular eye check‑ups, and lots of outdoor play to support long‑term kids’ eye health and focus.

👨‍👩‍👧 You stay in control

- Choose which apps Guby is active in – video apps, games, learning apps and more.
- Pause Guby for up to 8 hours whenever you need a break.
- Lock key settings with a PIN so curious kids cannot turn Guby off.

📊 Calm weekly recap, no daily nagging

Once a week, Guby sends you a quiet recap – inside the app and by email – so you can see how the habit is forming.

You’ll see simple numbers like:

- Average screen distance
- Total screen time while Guby was on duty
- How many gentle “too close” nudges happened
- The longest session and the best day of the week

This helps you spot patterns (for example, Tuesday evening is the trouble spot) without checking reports every day.

🔒 Privacy by design

Guby is designed to protect both your child’s eyes and their privacy.

- No recording, no uploads – camera frames are analysed in real time on your device to estimate distance, then discarded immediately.
- No photos or videos stored – nothing is saved to your gallery, and nothing is uploaded to any server.
- No face recognition – Guby measures how close the screen is, not who is looking at it, and never builds a profile of your child.
- Data‑minimal weekly email – only anonymous distance statistics are used for your recap, and you can turn emails off any time in settings.

⚙️ Light on battery, easy on devices

Guby runs a lightweight on‑device model tuned for Android. Most parents notice little to no impact on battery, especially when Guby is limited to a few chosen apps.

🎯 Who Guby is for

Guby is tuned for 2 to 8 year olds – the ages where children naturally hold screens very close and respond best to gentle, visual nudges.
Younger babies have faces that are too small for accurate distance estimates, and older kids usually need a different kind of conversation, not a cute owl popping up over their games.

If you:

- Worry about your child’s screen time
- See them watching videos with the phone right in front of their eyes
- Want to support kids’ eye health without daily fights over the mobile

…then Guby can quietly stand guard, helping your child keep a safer distance and build better screen‑time habits over time.