Ping

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About this app

Ping – Safe messaging for families

Ping is a messaging app built for children and families — designed from the ground up with safety, privacy, and parental control in mind.

With Ping, children can stay in touch with the people who matter, while parents stay in control — without reading every message.

HOW PING WORKS
- Parents create a family account and set everything up first
- Children can only message parent-approved contacts
- Friends connect safely via in-person QR codes
- No public profiles. No open discovery. No strangers.

BUILT FOR PARENTS
- Approve and manage all contacts and group chats
- Decide which features are enabled
- Set quiet time for evenings or school hours
- Remove access or disable accounts anytime

LOVED BY KIDS
- Simple, friendly design
- Fun avatars and reactions
- Group chats with friends
- No ads, no algorithms, no distractions

PRIVACY & SAFETY BY DESIGN
Ping is built differently from traditional messaging apps:
- No public usernames or searchable profiles
- No ads, no behavioral tracking
- No selling or sharing personal data
- Children don’t need a phone number or email address
- Parents always know who their child can talk to
We collect only what’s necessary to make the app work — nothing more.

FOR THE PRIVACY-CONSCIOUS PARENTS (YES, YOU)
If you care deeply about privacy, Ping is built for you:
- Photos are processed to remove unnecessary metadata
- Messages are end-to-end encrypted
- Child-friendly stickers and reactions, built directly into the app — never pulled from external providers.
- We minimize data by design
- No trackers, no profiling, no data resale. Ever.

We believe families shouldn’t have to trade their children’s privacy for “free” apps.

SIMPLE TO GET STARTED
- Create a parent account
- Add your child and choose their settings
- Set up your child’s device with a secure QR scan
- Start messaging safely in minutes

WHY PING COSTS MONEY
Ping is a paid service so we can stay independent, ad-free, and privacy-first.
You pay with money — not with your family’s data.

Download Ping and give your family a calmer, safer way to message.

What’s new

Walkie-talkie is here! Start a fun walkie-talkie session with a friend or family member and talk back and forth — just like a real walkie-talkie. Tap the radio icon in any chat to get started. Parents can turn it on or off for each child individually.

We also chased away a few more sneaky bugs and kept polishing things under the hood.