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Our app reviews break down the good, the bad, and the potentially dangerous about your kid’s favorite platforms.

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Is the Episode App Safe? An Episode App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

We won’t mince words: The Episode app is a bad idea, plain and simple.
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Social Media

Is Telegram Safe? A Telegram App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

So, is Telegram safe? Telegram is a popular free messaging app used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. It’s similar in look and feel to WhatsApp, which, in turn, is pretty similar to a phone’s native texting and calling app. Telegram goes a step further, though, and adds the group chat functionality of apps like Discord or GroupMe — you can join enormous groups of people of up to 200,000 users.
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Social Media

Is Sendit Safe? A Sendit App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

Just when you thought Snapchat couldn’t get any more dangerous for kids, along comes the Sendit app! Sendit is an add-on app for Snapchat that lets users ask questions and get anonymous answers, as well as play augmented reality games.
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Video

Is the Hulu App Safe? A Hulu App Review for Parents

⭐   4.0 / 5

Along with Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime, Hulu is one of the more popular video-streaming platforms out there. You can watch it on your TV, laptop, or on the go with the Hulu app. Like every other platform
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Education

Is Google Arts and Culture Safe? An App Review for Parents

⭐   5.0 / 5

Google Arts and Culture is a learning app that gives kids access to the treasures of more than 2,000 museums from all over the world. It’s filled with interactive activities like fun photo filters, puzzles, games, and so much more.
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Video

Is the Disney App Safe? A Disney+ App Review for Parents

⭐   5.0 / 5

The next best thing to a trip to Disney World? A subscription to the Disney app! Known as Disney+, it’s home to tons of kid-friendly TV shows and movies, including modern and classic animated films.
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Social Media

Is Hoop Safe? A Hoop App Review for Parents

⭐   1.0 / 5

Described as “Tinder meets Snapchat,” Hoop is a friendship and dating app for young people. If that sets off your parenting spidey sense, you’re definitely on the right track. The app allows kids as young as 12 to form connections with total strangers
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Social Media

Is the Reddit App Safe? A Reddit App Review for Parents

⭐   2.0 / 5

Known as "the front page of the internet," Reddit is a popular message board that features a vast amount of content for users to read, contribute to, and share with other people. Reddit is one of the most popular websites in the U.S., and has millions of users.
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Lifestyle

Is the Whisper App Safe? A Whisper App Review for Parents

⭐   2.0 / 5

The Whisper app is a social media platform that lets people post anonymous questions or confessions overlaid over photos, either from your camera roll or suggested by the app. Other users can then respond with their own “whispers.”
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