SkieHow does Skie compare with Troomi?
Troomi sells a kids' smartphone with its own kid-focused software and wireless plan, where parents approve the apps. Skie gives parents similar app control on a phone or tablet they already own, but includes no hardware and no mobile plan.
Troomi offers a smartphone built for children, with software that limits what is on it and a wireless plan sold alongside. Parents approve apps, and the idea is that the phone grows with the child. For a family that wants a ready-made answer, it is easy to understand.
Skie is a different route to a similar place. You keep your phone, or the tablet your younger child will use, and Skie makes you the administrator. You pick the apps, hide the Play Store and set windows for study and sleep. The family keeps its own carrier.
Calling is where the products can differ most. Some kids' phones restrict calls to a list of contacts. Skie does not offer contacts-only calling yet, although outgoing calls and SMS can be switched off and the SOS button reaches the number you set. If a locked contact list is your main need, check that against what Troomi offers today.
Skie does not include a phone, a SIM or a mobile plan, and it does not yet offer per-app time limits, screen time reports, per-website lists or contacts-only calling.
Tip: ask each maker what happens when the child outgrows the product. With Skie you widen the list. Check the maker's own site for current prices, plans and which countries it serves, because these change.