App Reviews

Our app reviews break down the good, the bad, and the potentially dangerous about your kid’s favorite platforms.

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Is BeRealSafe? A BeReal App Review for Parents

⭐   2.0 / 5

Think of BeReal as the anti-Instagram. It's all about authenticity.
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Chat

Is GroupMe Safe? A GroupMe App Review for Parents

⭐   3.0 / 5

GroupMe is a popular group chat platform for sports teams, study groups, and more.
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Is the Yubo App Safe? A Yubo App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

Yubo is a social media app that lets kids make friends with strangers, play games, and even video chat together.
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Is Twitter Safe? A Twitter App Review for Parents

⭐   1.5 / 5

Twitter may be popular, but it's definitely not always safe for kids.
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Is Telegram Messenger Safe? A Telegram App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

Telegram is a popular free messaging app used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. It’s similar in look and feel to WhatsApp, which, in turn, is pretty similar to a phone’s native texting and calling app. Telegram goes a step further, though, and adds the group chat functionality of apps like Discord or GroupMe — you can join enormous groups of people of up to 200,000 users.
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Is Sendit Safe? A Sendit App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

Just when you thought Snapchat couldn’t get any more dangerous for kids, along comes the Sendit app! Sendit is an add-on app for Snapchat that lets users ask questions and get anonymous answers, as well as play augmented reality games.
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Is Hoop Safe? A Hoop App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

Described as “Tinder meets Snapchat,” Hoop is a friendship and dating app for young people. If that sets off your parenting spidey sense, you’re definitely on the right track. The app allows kids as young as 12 to form connections with total strangers
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Is the Reddit App Safe? A Reddit App Review for Parents

⭐   2.0 / 5

Known as "the front page of the internet," Reddit is a popular message board that features a vast amount of content for users to read, contribute to, and share with other people. Reddit is one of the most popular websites in the U.S., and has millions of users.
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Lifestyle

Is the Whisper App Safe? A Whisper App Review for Parents

⭐   2.0 / 5

The Whisper app is a social media platform that lets people post anonymous questions or confessions overlaid over photos, either from your camera roll or suggested by the app. Other users can then respond with their own “whispers.”
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