No Group Chats
Group chats can heat up quickly, and children often don’t have the emotional tools to handle shifting dynamics, exclusion, or rapid-fire messages. Wise SMS takes the pressure out of early communication by keeping conversations one to one. This helps kids build confidence, practise respectful communication, and avoid the pitfalls that come with large, fast-moving groups.
As they grow older and more ready for the social complexity, families can introduce group chats through other platforms in their own time and on their own terms.
Smart Image Protection
(100% On-Device)
You're in Complete Control
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Photo sharing is OFF by default for children
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Parents decide exactly when kids can share photos
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Parents can turn off the front facing camera from being used within the app
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Automatic on-device checks protect against inappropriate images and videos
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All image safety happens right on your device—nothing ever uploaded to servers
Peace of Mind When photo sharing is enabled, the app automatically screens images entirely on your device before they're sent, helping prevent accidental sharing of inappropriate content. All image checks happen locally. No images are ever uploaded to any server for screening. Parents can enable or disable this feature anytime by unlocking settings on the child's device with an SMS code.
Unknown sender protection
Keep the Bad Guys Out
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Block messages from unknown contacts automatically
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Parents approve who children can communicate with
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Contact whitelist ensures kids only message trusted people
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Easy-to-manage contact permissions
Your child only receives messages from people in their contacts list and you securely approve or block. It's that simple.
Everything You Need to Keep Your Child Safe
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✅ Contact Approval - Approve unknown contacts before your child can message
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✅ Message Monitoring - Review spam and blocked conversations when needed
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✅ Time Restrictions - Set usage windows for school and sleep times
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✅ Feature Toggles - Enable or disable any feature instantly
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✅ Photo Permissions - Complete control over camera and gallery access
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✅ Secure Access - Unlock settings with SMS access code sent to your phone
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✅ Age-Appropriate - Adjust controls as your child matures
Manage features securely
Parents can securely enable or disable features:
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Wind Down Mode - Set quiet times for homework, dinner, or bedtime
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Photo Sharing - Turn camera access on or off and stop incoming images.
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Disable the front facing camera to deter selfies
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AI Chat - Enable or disable AI chat access
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Block SMS Web links (blocked by default
AI Chat
(Parent-Controlled)
Powered by OpenAI, the AI chat provides help anytime:
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Ask Anything - Get help with homework, learn new things, or just chat
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Web Search Built-In (premium) - No browser needed! The AI can search the web to answer questions
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Age-Appropriate Responses - Parents set the child's age, AI adjusts responses accordingly
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Safe Alternative to Browsing - Kids get information without unsupervised web access
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Image understanding (premium): help with understanding by asking about an image.
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Available until parent-set wind down time - Send a message to your AI when you need help
Parents control access to the AI chat and set age-appropriate response levels for safe, supervised interactions. Perfect for letting kids find information without the risks of unrestricted web browsing.
Location and contact sharing
Stay Connected and Safe
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Share Your Location - Send your current location via Google Maps integration
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Contact Sharing - Easily share contact information with family members
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Emergency Ready - Quick location sharing for safety situations
Activity Ideas
Kids do their best when screens are only one part of their day. The Activity Selector in Wise SMS helps families strike that balance by offering a curated set of fun, low pressure, offline activities that children can pick up anytime. Each activity is age aware, kid friendly, and written to encourage creativity, movement, and real world play.
Parents stay in control. Activities come with simple guidance about supervision and safety, and families can review or turn the feature on when they feel their child is ready. The catalogue avoids risky suggestions and keeps the focus on easy, achievable moments away from the phone.
The result is a gentle nudge toward healthier habits. Kids get quick inspiration for what to do next, and parents get reassurance that the suggestions are thoughtful, positive, and aligned with their child’s stage of independence.
Premium Features
Enhance personalisation
Unlock creative freedom with premium themes and custom fonts. Kids can design and share their own themes and save themes shared by friends. Premium also allows AI image generation for creating and customising chat themes, or download and share new themes from the theme marketplace.
Powerful AI assistant
Access the full AI experience with an increased daily cap and richer responses with web search and image uploads for context.
unlimited MMS
Send as many photos and MMS messages as you like. The free tier offers two per day per contact, while premium lifts the limit entirely.
