Pinwheel Caregiver

3.0
106 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Solve the kid/phone problem with Pinwheel. No need to figure out which parental controls manage which device best! Pinwheel custom-built a system to give you the proper tool to teach your child healthy tech habits from day one.

This Pinwheel app provides access to our Caregiver Portal. The Caregiver Portal is designed to let you configure and control a Pinwheel smartphone for your child. The phone and the app work hand-in-hand to give your kid a healthy, safe first phone.

In this app, you can:

- **Safelist contacts.** A Pinwheel phone can only call and text with numbers approved by you. No strangers, no spam calls.
- **Enable apps.** No app store on the Pinwheel phone **keeps app choices in your hands**, not your child's. The curated app boutique makes it easy to choose useful, healthy, safe apps for your child. No social media, no addictive games, no mindless consumption.
- **Schedule Permissions.** Our Days/Modes calendar lets you choose which contacts and apps are available at what times of day. No texting friends during school, no staying up late using apps. You choose what they can do during different times of day. No need to constantly remind them what is and isn't ok. **Pinwheel helps them develop healthy boundaries around technology use, without the drama**.
- **Create Routines.** Help your child learn to be more independent and responsible with Pinwheel's fully-customizable checklists. A morning routine to make sure they're ready for school on time, with teeth brushed and backpack in hand. A bedtime routine for evening peace. Routines for chores, for music practice, for anything you'd like your kid to do without you telling them for the millionth time. Gold stars and confetti help them celebrate their daily wins and nurture good habits as they *ask* to stay on track.
- **Parent Them Well.** Live Status shows you the location of the phone. Text history and a Bark subscription allow you to monitor and coach them on appropriate communication.

"Waiting as long as possible" for a phone isn't a plan. Giving them a phone designed for adults and hoping you set up all the controls correctly is a recipe for stress. Pinwheel solves the kid phone problem, with a phone designed to work for both of you.

You get a tool to teach them how to use technology well. They get a phone that helps them live their best life.

Download the Caregiver Portal app today to explore the parental controls for free! Visit our website to purchase a phone for your child, and put the controls to use.

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**Pinwheel Subscription Pricing**

The Pinwheel Caregiver Portal app is a companion app to Pinwheel phones. Phones can be purchased, and the monthly subscription can be set up, through our website: http://pinwheel.com

Pinwheel Subscriptions

- FREE 30 Day Trial
- $14.99 USD/month

**Cellular Plans**

Pinwheel phones are unlocked devices, which allow you to choose your cellular plan from many major networks and providers. The cost for cellular service depends on which carrier and plan you choose. Our website has recommendations and information on those. For your convenience, we can even help you set up service.

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**Need Help?**

If you have any questions, need help with Pinwheel, or want to provide feedback, please contact our Customer Care Team: support@pinwheel.com or click the LiveChat icon on our website: http://pinwheel.com
Updated on
May 16, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.0
104 reviews
John Anthony
June 16, 2025
The phone and app are so buggy. My kid complains all the time because he won't get texts for several minutes after they are sent, oftentimes all of the apps gray out even when on "all mode", etc. etc. Great idea for a device, poor execution. Reply to PW reply: Oh I have. I've spent at least 6 hours over the course of several support tickets to address the numerous issues we've experienced. We still have no solution. We'll be moving on from this phone and app.
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Pinwheel.com
September 3, 2024
Hey John, I'm bummed to hear that you're having phone issues. This is definitely not how things are supposed to work! If you haven't yet, please reach out to our customer care team so we can help you out: support@pinwheel.com
Bill Fortenberry
August 30, 2022
Works great when paired with good hardware. We've used two different pinwheel phones, the first was their cheaper option which turned out to be a Blu phone. Blu makes cheap disposable phones that are notoriously unreliable, and we had nothing but trouble out of this phone. We replaced the Blu phone with the more expensive model, and that one was a Samsung phone. The Samsung has performed perfectly with no issues at all. The hardware made all the difference.
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Katie (sweetnothing78)
March 10, 2022
DON'T DO IT! The concept sounds amazing, but they have not worked out the glitches. You will spend a lot of money just to feel frustrated all the time. Sometimes your child's phone won't work to call you. have fun when your child's phone goes off an hour early because for some reason the time zone changed when the mode changed. Worst of all an update pushed through last night and all 3 of my children's phones stopped working at the same time and no one at their customer service could resolve
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What’s new

Open Caregiver Portal web links inside the native app

App support

About the developer
Firepit, Inc.
support@pinwheel.com
1023 Springdale Rd Apt 1J Austin, TX 78721 United States
+1 888-903-7977

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