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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 message and call 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 and call 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
- Choose whether each child can make or receive voice and video calls
- Set quiet time for evenings or school hours
- Remove access or disable accounts anytime

LOVED BY KIDS
- Simple, friendly design
- Voice and video calls with sound effects and animations
- Share photos and videos, if you allow it
- Fun avatars and reactions
- Group chats with friends
- Siblings can share a device, each with their own profile
- 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
- Ping doesn't record or store audio or video from calls
- 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:
- Messages are end-to-end encrypted
- Photos and videos are processed to remove unnecessary metadata
- 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 using Ping 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 and call.

What’s new

New: Extras 🎁
All the chat themes and sticker packs your family can unlock by recommending Ping to another family are now in one place: the new Extras section, at the top of the Children tab. From now on, it's also where you'll find free packs for special occasions that any family can add. The first one is coming soon.

We've also made a few small improvements, and a few bugs have packed their bags and moved out.