BUBLE Messenger
Family chat app
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The safe chat app for children: parents approve every contact. New: BUBLE now works on iPad too, for children with a tablet but no phone.
BUBLE – A Safe First Step Into Communication for Your Child
BUBLE gives your child a secure, guided introduction to messaging and communication, with parents fully in control. Children can learn to communicate safely and gradually, building skills and confidence without exposure to strangers or public profiles. Every feature grows with your child, encouraging responsible digital habits from the beginning so they can interact, express themselves, and explore communication in a structured, secure environment.
Built for Parents, Designed for Kids
With BUBLE, parents decide when and how children grow into messaging. You create your child’s account, approve contacts, and manage available features. Children can only connect with people linked through parent-approved networks. Parents can set limits, review activity, and manage screen time, gradually granting independence while staying involved at every stage.
Healthy Screen Time by Design
BUBLE includes a built-in daily timer that parents can set, for example one hour per day. When the limit is reached, the app locks and becomes inactive, except for communication with parents or a trusted contact. This ensures children stay reachable while encouraging healthy screen use.
Age-Based Growth System
For ages six to eight, Young Explorers start with prewritten messages and voice communication. Typing is not required, and only parent-approved contacts are available, helping children build confidence safely.
Between eight and ten, Chat Starters add simple text, voice messages, and one-on-one chats. Children learn written communication while remaining protected, and parents can unlock features like stickers and emojis.
Smart Chatters, ages ten and up, can access full messaging, controlled group chats, and optional image, call, and video features when parents allow, preparing them for more independent communication.
Safe Connections Only
All connections are parent-approved. Children are not visible or searchable in the app and can only communicate with approved contacts. There are no strangers, no public profiles, no advertisements, and no algorithm-driven feeds designed to capture attention or influence behavior. Parents can connect with other parents to build trusted networks, ensuring every interaction happens with consent.
No Ads, No Algorithms, No Distractions
BUBLE is built to protect children from digital pressure. There are no ads, no data selling, and no addictive or algorithm-based content feeds. Children are not exposed to external influences, ensuring a calm, focused, safe communication environment.
Learn and Play Together
BUBLE includes educational games such as math challenges and chess. Children can play and talk in real time, but only with friends fully approved through parent-to-parent connections. This creates a safe and social way to learn and interact.
Parental Control and Transparency
Parents can read conversations, unlock features gradually, set boundaries, and receive safety alerts. Optional tools like content filters and screen time controls help guide healthy digital habits.
School Integration and Safety
Teachers can safely connect with children, and a bully alert button lets kids notify a teacher instantly if they feel unsafe, giving children a secure way to ask for help.
Optional Location Sharing
Location tracking can be activated for reassurance. For younger children, it operates invisibly, and as they grow, transparency increases. Parents can activate or pause tracking anytime.
Growing Independence, Step by Step
Children progress from simple communication to texting, calling, and video chatting, with features unlocked only when parents approve. BUBLE provides a secure environment where children learn, grow, and connect safely. Families can build digital skills, social confidence, and healthy habits in a fully controlled space.
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BUBLE now works on iPad: full screen, with chats, calls and games made for the bigger display. Handy for children who have a tablet but no phone.
Also new:
• Parents decide whether their child may appear in the world and country leaderboards, and whether their child may be in a group with people they haven't approved.
• If your child is added to a group, you'll hear about it, and you can take your child out of it again.
• A handy card helps you invite grandparents, the teacher or the parents of your child's friends.
• Changing your email address now takes your password and a code sent to the new address.
• Clearer messages when signing in or registering doesn't work.
• Forwarding a chess game works again, in every language.
• Smaller improvements and fixes.
The developer, Escarcha Beheer bv, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Escarcha beheer B.V.
- Size
- 83.1 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 13 more
- English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © BUBLE

