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## 3 Alternative Safe Messaging Apps That Keep Your Child Safe

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# Safe Messaging Apps for Kids

## 3 Alternative Safe Messaging Apps That Keep Your Child Safe

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Kids’ use of messaging apps is among the most critical concerns of parents because kids are vulnerable to harassers and predators online. For this reason, most messaging apps restrict users below 13 years old from registering and using their services. However, this doesn’t stop children younger than 13 from wanting to use messaging apps. That’s why some developers have created some of the best kids’ messenger apps on the market.

Here, we’ll discuss what risks your child is exposed to on regular messaging apps, what makes an app safe for kids, the best messaging apps for kids, and how to maximize your child’s safety.

## What Dangers are Children Exposed to on Messaging apps?

Before answering the question “What is the best free app messenger for kids?”, let’s see what can threaten children’s safety on these apps. Messaging apps allow people to chat, make calls, and share data online. Apps like WhatsApp and Telegram allow strangers to contact you using your phone number or user ID. While most adults almost always welcome this feature, it acts as a safety risk for children. People with evil intentions may approach children using this feature, trying to:

- Groom Children
- Sexually Harass Children
- Cyberbully Children
- Hack Children’s Devices
- Steal Children’s Personal Data

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## What Is the Best Free Messaging App for Kids?

Most messaging apps and social media platforms are restricted to those below 13 years of age. However, according to Common Sense Media, 28% of children start using them before 13. Although some children fake their age to use these services, there are messaging apps specially designed for children under 13.

The best kid-friendly messenger apps on Android and iOS restrict the people your child can chat with to those you allow. You are given access to read messages and block contacts. Also, children cannot remove messages or hide them from you.

Since kids’ messaging apps don’t require a SIM card, you can use them as a tool to make audio or video calls with your child wherever there is a Wi-Fi connection without worrying about your child receiving calls from strangers.

Below you can find which messaging apps are best for kids.

### Messenger Kids

Messenger Kids is one of the best kid-friendly messenger apps for iOS and Android devices by Meta Platforms (Formerly Facebook). This Facebook Messenger app is free and its primary audience is children between 6-12 years old. There would be no reason for older children to use Messenger Kids since they can use Messenger, another app created by Meta Platforms.

With this app, your child can only send messages or make audio/video calls with their family and friends (which you should first approve). You can constantly monitor the contact list and messages. Your child can’t delete or hide messages. Although moderators check the content of messages, your child can also report messages they find questionable to you.

### JusTalk Kids

JusTalk Kids is a free video chat app on Android and iOS devices designed for children between 6-12. It has a very ‘kid-friendly’ interface allowing children to doodle or draw while chatting. On JusTalk Kids, your child would only be able to receive audio or video calls from people you have already approved. You can view your child’s messages, and if you think someone is sending them inappropriate messages, you can block the sender.

### Caribu

Caribu is a comprehensive communication app for kids on Android and iOS devices. With Caribu, your child can video call their friends. In addition to talking, they can play a collaborative game, draw on the screen, or read an e-book with them. Caribu is a safe messaging app for kids because people can only be added through an invite link.

Caribu comes in a free version. However, you need to pay a subscription fee to access the unlimited version.

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## What Messaging Apps Are Unsafe for Your Kid

An example of an unsafe messaging app for kids is the Kik messenger app. What makes a messaging app unsafe for children are features that most adults enjoy, benefit from, or depend on. These features include:

- Group Chat
- Chat with Strangers
- Disappearing Messages
- Location Sharing
- Phone Number Sharing
- Channels

In the following, we’ll explain why these features are unsafe for your child and why the best kids’ messaging apps lack such features.

### Group Chat

When children join a group chat, they’ll be able to interact with any member of the group. They may receive adult content, malware, or messages from dangerous people. However, some more kid-friendly apps give users specific privacy options to, for example, restrict being invited to groups.

### Chat With Strangers

Most messaging apps allow chatting with total strangers by sharing user IDs, phone numbers, or emails. Most apps have the option to restrict chat requests from strangers or block spam messages.

### Disappearing Messages

With disappearing messages, you may send or receive messages that can later be removed by you or automatically after a particular time. With this feature, your child may send/receive dangerous messages which you cannot track.

### Location Sharing

Apps such as WhatsApp allow users to share locations or live locations with other users. These fantastic features, however, may put young children at risk.

### Phone Number Sharing

In some cases, users of messaging apps can access other users’ phone numbers. For example, on WhatsApp group chats, all the group members can see each other’s phone numbers.

### Channels

Channels are particular to Telegram. However, other messaging apps may have similar functions with different names. On channels, users can share large multimedia files. There’s no strict moderation on channels, and they may share inappropriate content or malware. That’s something the best messenger apps for kids certainly don’t have.

## How to Protect Your Child on Regular Messaging Apps?

Most regular messaging apps have options to restrict features such as invitations to groups and channels or chat requests. However, controlling these options depends on the children who use the program, not the parents.

Perhaps the best protection you can give your child on regular messaging apps is by:

1. Explaining the risks of messaging apps to them
2. Asking them to report to you any time they come across inappropriate content or suspicious messages

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## Concluding Safe Messaging Apps for Kids

Although most messaging apps are designed for people above 13 years old, children below 13 also like to use them. Parents may also welcome the idea because it allows them to communicate with their children while away. However, children’s safety is a big concern for parents. The best messenger apps for kids are the best solution because they offer them communication tools while sustaining their safety.

You may use parental control apps such as Safes to maximize your child’s safety. Safes app offers tools to control the amount of time your child spends on messaging apps, block unsafe messaging apps that you don’t want your child to use, and see if your child has attempted to install such apps.

Ready to provide your child with a safer online environment? Start your Safes free trial now! Sign up today and experience advanced parental control features that cover all devices and platforms. Secure their digital journey with us – begin your trial today!

If you find the features of Safes discussed here appealing, you can download the app right now on Android and iOS.

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## Download Safes Kids for Chrombook

1. Install the Safes Kids app on your Chromebook from Google Play.
2. Pair Safes Kids with parent app. Follow the instructions in the app to pair your child’s device with your parent device.
3. Add the Safe Kids Chrome extension . Open Chrome and go to the Chrome Web Store .
4. Navigate to the Manage extensions page. Click the three dots in the top right corner of Chrome and select “Extensions”>”Manage Extensions”>”Details”
5. Turn on “Allow in incognito mode” This will allow the Safe Kids extension to work in incognito mode, which is important if your child uses incognito mode to try to bypass the parental controls.
6. Select Safes extension and follow on-screen instruction





## Download Safes Kids for Android

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Safe Kids is available on the Google Play Store, but if you download it directly from our website, you will get access to Call and SMS monitoring feature, You can monitor the phone calls of your child’s device, as well as the contacts and messages they have sent and received, including those containing inappropriate content.