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All communications are encrypted to ensure privacy and protection from strangers or inappropriate content.\n\nBeyond chat and calls, JusTalk Kids offers fun, creative tools like educational videos, a doodle board, and a text editor to encourage imagination and learning — all in a safe digital space.\n\nKey Features\n• Parent-Approved Friend Management\nChildren can only add friends with parental approval. Parents receive instant notifications for all friend requests and can easily approve or reject them — ensuring kids only connect with trusted contacts.\n\n• Safe Voice & Video Calling\nJusTalk Kids supports high-quality 1-on-1 and group voice/video calls with features like call recording, real-time doodling, live effects, and interactive games — making conversations fun and meaningful, even at a distance. Center Stage helps keep kids naturally centered during video calls, making family chats and group calls feel more focused.\n\n• Dual Capture Video Calls\nKids can show themselves and the world around them at the same time with Dual Capture. Share drawings, toys, activities, and special moments with family and friends to make video calls more fun and engaging.\n\n• Video Call Effects\nMake video calls more fun and expressive with creative backgrounds, filters, and playful appearance effects. Kids can blur or transform their surroundings and add face effects such as glasses, hats, animal ears, and more. Save a preferred effect for future video calls.\n\n• Stories\nStories offers fun picture books with audio narration, making story time more engaging for kids and families. Kids can enjoy standalone stories and serialized book series, build vocabulary, spark imagination, and develop reading habits through educational, family-friendly content.\n\n• Sticker Store & Custom Stickers\nKids can discover fun sticker packs in the Sticker Store or add custom stickers to make their chats more expressive and personal.\n\n• Group Polls\nWhen kids, family, or friends need to choose a time, activity, or plan together, polls help everyone share opinions and decide quickly in group chats.\n\n• Walkie Talkie (Push-to-Talk)\nSend quick voice messages instantly by pressing and holding — no call needed. A fun, hands-free way for kids to stay in touch with friends and family.\n\n• Smart Content Monitoring\nSensitive images or videos are automatically flagged and blocked. Parents are notified and can review the content to decide what’s appropriate, helping children safely navigate online communication.\n\n• JusTalk Parent Account\nManage your child’s app remotely: approve friends, monitor activity, and customize settings — all from your own JusTalk app.\n\n• Creative Messaging & Sharing\nKids can send text, photos, voice messages, GIFs, drawings, stickers, files, and more. They can also share life moments by posting creations like art, stories, and music — all within a safe, closed environment.\n\n• Educational Content on Kidstube\nExplore a growing library of kid-friendly videos including science experiments, crafts, and learning activities — curated to spark curiosity in a safe, ad-free space.\n\n• Full Privacy & Data Protection\nEvery message and call is encrypted. JusTalk Kids never shares your child’s personal data and gives parents full control over app access and content exposure.\n\nTerms of Service: https://kids.justalk.com/terms.html\nPrivacy Policy: https://kids.justalk.com/privacy.html\nWe’d love to hear from you! Contact us at: kids@justalk.com\n*Data charges may apply. Please check with your mobile provider.","facts":{"developer_id":1403744826,"developer_url":"https://kids.justalk.com","first_released":"2018-08-01T10:33:28Z","support_url":"https://kids.justalk.com/","privacy_url":"https://kids.justalk.com/privacy.html","website_url":"https://kids.justalk.com/","app_version":"3.4.3","release_notes":"- Get into the Halloween spirit with a festive app icon, themes, video effects, and doodle backgrounds.\n- Play four new games during calls.\n- Enjoy an improved Dual Capture experience in video calls.\n- Improved performance and stability.","rating_current_version":4.55609,"rating_count_current_version":17481,"star_counts":[950,303,676,1699,13853],"genres":["Social Networking","Utilities"],"languages":["AR","NL","EN","FR","DE","HI","ID","IT","JA","KO","PT","RU","ZH","ES","ZH","TR","VI"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-20T21:37:12.981Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-20T21:37:12.981Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T12:53:47.820Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-15T09:20:36.080Z","placed_at":"2026-10-14T19:32:33.748Z","scored_at":"2026-10-22T09:35:12.614Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Free messaging and voice/video calling app for children, where kids can only add friends with parental approval.","what_is":"JusTalk Kids is a free social networking app for children that offers voice and video calling and instant messaging with family, friends, and classmates. 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