Department · 7 picks
First Phones & Watches
Kids' landlines, locked-down first phones and calling watches. Ways for kids to reach you without getting the whole internet.
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Tin Can
Tin Can
The screen-free Wi-Fi landline every school is talking about $100free plan availableNew for 2026
Pinwheel
Pinwheel Home
A retro-style kids' landline with a parent portal $68free plan available
Gabb
Gabb Phone 4
The best-known kids' phone with no internet $229.99+ from $29.99/mo
Bark
Bark Phone
A monitored smartphone that starts as talk-and-text only $360+ from $29/mo
Troomi
Troomi Phone
A kid-safe smartphone you grow into, plan by plan $6.94/mo + plan from $24.95
Gabb
Gabb Watch 3e
Calls, texts and GPS on the wrist. No internet $209.99+ from $12.99/mo
Garmin
Garmin Bounce 2
An LTE kids' watch from a brand that makes great watches $299.99+ $9.99/moWe may earn a commission when you buy through links on this page, at no extra cost to you. It never decides what we list. More