1. Age- and stage-based discovery
Books are surfaced in relation to the reader’s profile, helping prevent younger readers from being treated like adult users.
Age Suitability Controls
How MoBoo helps parents and readers discover children’s and young-adult books suited to the reader’s age, interests, and family preferences.
Prepared for App Store review Document date: September 12, 2026 Publisher: MoBoo, LLC
MoBoo is a guided reading and book-discovery platform. Its core experience is built around a known reader profile and a curated catalog—not unrestricted browsing. Age suitability is controlled through multiple layers that work together: profile-based age bands, parent-managed preferences, topic exclusions, age-aligned discovery, and ongoing catalog oversight.
1. Suitability begins with the reader profile
MoBoo separates the adult/parent experience from child and independent-reader experiences. Recommendations and discovery are personalized to the selected reader rather than presenting one undifferentiated catalog to everyone.
The age or reading-stage selection establishes the first boundary for content discovery. Reading interests and skill information then refine recommendations within that context.
2. Layered controls
2. Parent-managed child profiles
Parents can establish child profiles and oversee reading activity, recommendations, assessments, and progress from the parent experience.
3. Topic opt-outs and barriers
Families can identify topics they do not want recommended. These preferences narrow discovery beyond a general age label.
4. Curated catalog metadata
Recommendations use structured information about children’s and young-adult books, rather than relying only on popularity or open-web signals.
5. Personalized recommendations
MoBoo combines age or stage, interests, skills, prior activity, and family preferences to improve the relevance of books shown.
6. Parent visibility
Parents can review a child’s library, completed books, reading time, milestones, and assessment activity in one connected journey.
3. How a book reaches a reader
Reader context Age band, reading stage, interests, and skills establish suitability.
Family preferences Topic opt-outs and barriers remove or reduce unwanted recommendations.
Curated result Eligible books are ranked for relevance to that specific reader.
4. Controls by user journey
| User journey | Suitability control | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Parent creates a child profile | Profile boundary | Establishes the child’s reading stage and personalizes the experience. |
| Parent or reader selects interests | Positive selection | Prioritizes books likely to be engaging and relevant. |
| Family identifies unwanted topics | Topic restriction | Applies household preferences beyond a broad age category. |
| Reader explores books | Eligible catalog | Surfaces books through structured discovery and recommendations. |
| Reader completes books or assessments | Ongoing refinement | Uses reading activity to improve future recommendations and parent insight. |
| Independent reader uses MoBoo | Separate experience | Provides an age-relevant journey without requiring a parent-linked profile. |
5. Content and feature safeguards
| Area | MoBoo approach |
|---|---|
| Open-web access | The core reading and discovery experience is catalog-based; it is not designed as a general-purpose web browser. |
| Social interaction | Reading progress, bookshelves, quests, and milestones are designed around the reader’s own reading journey, not an open social feed. |
| User-to-user communication | The core experience does not depend on children contacting unknown users to discover or read books. |
| Recommendations | Automated recommendations operate within profile, catalog, and preference constraints. They support discovery; they do not replace parent judgment. |
| Advertising | Where advertising is present, it is treated as a feature requiring appropriate disclosure. MoBoo also offers an ad-free Premium experience. |
| Purchases and lending | Book purchases, lending, wallet, or Premium features are kept distinct from the child-focused act of reading and discovery and use the applicable account and platform purchase controls. |
| Quests and challenges | These features encourage personal reading habits and milestone completion; they are not gambling or wagering activities. |
6. Parent-centered design
MoBoo’s goal is not merely to label a book by age. It gives parents practical ways to guide reading while allowing children to develop curiosity and independence.
- Parents can connect reading choices with the child’s age, interests, and current skills.
- Parents can establish additional topic preferences based on their own household values and the child’s needs.
- Progress views—including reading time, completed books, milestones, and assessments—help parents stay involved without interrupting every reading session.
- Recommendations improve discovery, but parents remain the final decision-makers for their children.
7. Ongoing suitability management
Age suitability is a continuing product responsibility. As the catalog and product evolve, MoBoo reviews the metadata and controls used for discovery, monitors reported issues, and updates recommendations or access behavior when a title or feature requires correction.
Important distinction: This document explains MoBoo’s internal controls. Apple determines the displayed App Store age rating from the answers submitted in App Store Connect. MoBoo will answer that questionnaire based on every feature and type of content accessible in the submitted app version, including infrequent content and third-party material.
Summary for App Review
MoBoo uses a layered, reader-specific approach to suitability. A reader’s age or stage establishes the primary content context; interests and skills improve relevance; family-selected topic opt-outs add a second protective boundary; and parent dashboards provide continuing visibility. The result is a controlled book-discovery and reading experience designed for children, families, and independent readers.