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Messenger Kids pricing
Messenger Kids publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the parenting tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Messenger Kids pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Messenger Kids plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 6 | Entry tier |
Where Messenger Kids stops being free
Free, Free
- Video calls
- Messaging
- GIFs and stickers
- Drawing tools
- Parental controls
- No ads
No paid tier on record
Messenger Kids lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Messenger Kids feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Video calling
- Text messaging
- GIFs and stickers
- Interactive masks
- Drawing tools
- Parent dashboard
- Sleep mode controls
- Contact approval
Integrations
Security
- Parental controls
- COPPA compliant
- Content filtering
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Amazon-fire support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- Portuguese language support
People bring Messenger Kids in for video calling with family, kid-safe messaging, remote family connection, supervised communication. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Messenger Kids are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Parenting
Too few parenting tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messenger Kids (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Find My Kids | Free | freemium | - | vs Messenger Kids |
| Greenlight | $5.99/month | subscription | - | vs Messenger Kids |
| Circle | $49/month | subscription | - | vs Messenger Kids |
| FamiSafe Location | $9.99/month | subscription | - | vs Messenger Kids |
| FamCal | Free, then $2.99/month | freemium | - | vs Messenger Kids |
| Canopy | Free, then $8.33/month | subscription | - | vs Messenger Kids |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Messenger Kids badges page.
Before you pay for Messenger Kids
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Messenger Kids runs on ios, android, amazon-fire, and is published by Meta Platforms, Inc. of Menlo Park, CA. The full record is on the Messenger Kids review, and the rest of the category is under best parenting tools.
Messenger Kids pricing questions
- How much does Messenger Kids cost?
- Messenger Kids publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Messenger Kids have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers video calls, messaging, gifs and stickers.
- Which parenting tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 parenting tools listed alongside Messenger Kids have a free tier: Find My Kids, FamCal, Canopy.
- What am I actually paying for with Messenger Kids?
- The record lists 20 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for video calling with family, kid-safe messaging, remote family connection.
- Does Messenger Kids charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Messenger Kids prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Messenger Kids against before paying?
- The closest parenting tools in this directory are Find My Kids, Greenlight, Circle, FamiSafe Location. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Messenger Kids covering price, platforms and features.