📱 Kids' phones, watches, tablets and speakers · 🛡️ Parental controls and family safety
Gabb (Gabb Phone, Gabb Watch)
By Gabb Wireless. Visit Gabb (Gabb Phone, Gabb Watch)
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
Phones and smartwatches for kids with no web browser, no social media and no open app store, on Gabb's own wireless service. The Gabb Watch 3e (ages 5-12) calls and texts a parent-approved contact list, shares GPS location every 15 minutes, and has an SOS button. The Gabb Phone 4 (ages 9-14) adds a camera, Gabb Music and Gabb Messenger with AI content filtering. Parents manage contacts, location and settings in the MyGabb app.
Our take: A solid locked-down first device for elementary and middle schoolers; teens who need school apps or a browser may outgrow it fast.
| Ages it suits | Watch 5-12, Phone 9-14 |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | The account holder buys the plan and device; Gabb's terms say users of the music service and the device payment plan must be 18 or older, with the child as the end user. (terms) |
| Price | Paid. Gabb Watch 3e $229.99, Gabb Phone 4 $249.99, plus a service plan (about $12.99-$17.99 a month on offer) and a $30 activation fee; contract plans carry early termination fees of $100-$150 (Oct 2026). |
| Works on | A device |
| Account | A parent's account |
| Ads | None |
| In-app purchases | Yes |
| The AI in it | Gabb Messenger uses AI content filtering on messages; no chatbot. |
What's good
- No browser or social media at all
- Parent-managed contacts on the watch
- Controls built into the device, not an app kids can delete
- Simple step-up path from watch to phone
Watch for
- Gabb stores message content and voice notes
- Early termination fees on contract plans
- Gabb Music+ is an extra subscription
- Watch location updates only every 15 minutes
Data and privacy
Gabb's privacy policy says it may collect a child's photos and videos, text message content, voice recordings from voice notes, app use and location from Gabb devices, with parental consent for under-13s. It says it does not sell personal information but may share de-identified data. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
The maker's own claims only; no independent study found.
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Where these facts come from
- https://gabb.com/
- https://gabb.com/privacy-policy/
- https://gabb.com/terms-conditions/
- https://gabb.com/product/gabb-phone-4/
- https://gabb.com/product/gabb-watch-3/
Prices, terms and features change. Nobody paid to be listed, nothing here is an affiliate link, and Peabody never rates itself. Where we and the maker disagree, the maker's own pages are the ones to trust.