Built to protect, by design.
Privacy isn't a setting we bolt on — it's how the whole product works. Here's exactly what that means for your family.
Safe by default, private by default
Approved people only
A closed contact list you control. Unknown numbers can't call your child or be called.
One child at a time
Inviting a grandparent or an aunt gives them their own Smalltalk number, not a way in. You add them to each child's contact list yourself, one child at a time — and you can undo it whenever you like.
No apps, no feed, no ads
There's no screen, no social media, and nothing to scroll. We never show ads — to you or your child.
No GPS, no location tracking
The phone has no GPS. It can't track your child's location — and we won't pretend it can.
Call history you can delete
Clear the activity log whenever you like. We keep call records for 90 days, then they're gone.
You hold the controls
Approve contacts, set quiet hours, and lock the phone from anywhere — all from your app.
Family records stored in Canada
Your family's records — the account, contacts, schedules and calling history — are stored in Canada. Some providers we rely on for telephone calls, payments and notifications operate in the United States. The app is built in Canada, and the company is Canadian. Where your data lives.
Priority Contacts
Trusted people like a parent or grandparent always get through — even during quiet hours or when the phone is locked.
Secure at the device level
The protections above aren't just policy — they're built into the phone itself, before it ever makes a call.
Verified every time it starts
Secure boot checks the phone's own software each time it powers on, so it can't be quietly tampered with.
Its own identity
Each phone carries a unique security certificate, so only your phone can join your family's network — nothing else can impersonate it.
Locked-down settings
The phone's settings are delivered over encrypted connections, and calls run only on our closed, invite-only network. Voice encryption is on our hardening roadmap.
Ready when you are
Pick your child's number and check it's free — you'll claim it when you choose a plan.
This phone and app cannot call 911
Neither the phone nor app can call 911 or any other public emergency number. It runs on our own private network, which by design has no connection to the public phone network — that's part of what keeps strangers out, but it also means emergency services can't be reached from this phone.
Please keep another phone that can reach 911 available in your home, and make sure your child knows where it is and how to use it.
Questions about safety? We'd genuinely rather you ask than wonder — write to us and a human in Toronto will answer.