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The first app for the first phone

Empower your child to be safe and sane online with the ‘driver’s license’ for the smartphone.

First your ChatLicense, then scroll & swipe, share & like. 

Like a driver's licence kids earn their ChatLicense before they go online. This #1 app guides your child with their first smartphone through a game with a scientific backed learning method. Meanwhile parents learn all they need to know in the special Parent Guide. Together you will discover the online world in a safe and fun way. Are you ready to outsmart your phone?

About the app

For kids…

How do your children use their phone in a safe & sane way? In ChatLicense your child or teen follows a path full of challenges and dilemmas that teach them to be in charge of their phone and sanity. We help them along the way. So that they always know what they are doing and are able to be online with the right skills!

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About the app

For (grand)parents…

How do you, as a (grand)parent, know what is going on in your child’s online world? With our Parent Guide you always have access to all the information you need in one place. From a step-by-step plan, the latest news, an App Guide with explanations about the most popular apps, to Conversation Starters to stay connected with your child.

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Reviews

Marielle V

20-11-2023

Amazing app My two children love it and I am also very happy with the parent portal. The films for children are also very suitable to watch together, they immediately open up a good conversation. Nice for both my son, group 6, who has just received his first new phone, and for my daughter from group 8

Moeks8888

20-11-2023

Chatlicense is a musthave for every child and parent. Highly recommended 👍

Joris

20-11-2023

FI-NAL-LY! Top solution for a better start with your child's first mobile phone As a parent you have no choice, that mobile phone must come. We had an unpleasant feeling about that. This app gives us the context to understand what we are exposing our children to. And gives us tools to enter this new phase together. Thanks ChatLicense!  

Izzy

20-11-2023

This was so much fun! I really liked it. Can I continue?

Juu_juuuuul

20-11-2023

I like the videos and smileys 😍

Nutegunray

18-12-2023

Great deal! A very useful, important and accessible app for both parent and child. So good that this is now available! The child is always challenged in a fun and playful way to complete an assignment successfully. As a parent, you have a much better view of your child's online development, you receive useful information about the latest online developments and tips for conversations at the kitchen table.

Elementary teacher

02-01-2024

Smart, fun and educational app! It includes exactly what children need to know and learn. The app shows realistic situations that kids in this age category all have to deal with. Very important for every child with a (new) smartphone.

Dirk van Bree

13-03-2024

Easy installation. Very handy app to learn your children to guide through the online app world. It's also easy to install with flawless onboarding.

Lens 1212

27-05-2024

Must have for every parent. What a gem to develop this app and connect children and their parents. Also super handy for me as a grandmother to use. You get easy insights about their world.

Family Bakker

11-12-2024

Exactly what you need! After thinking carefully about agreements, things we wanted to tell my daughter, and risks online with her own smartphone. It turns out that there is an app that goes through exactly the steps we would like to take, but in a playful, clear way. A lot better than (only) us as parents going through those rules..."

PaKaUwAm

21-05-2025

Good! We did ChatLicense when our daughter had her phone for almost a year and she wanted to download more and more apps. Even then it is still useful to do. All important things are discussed! Our daughter thought it was especially good that a lot of attention was paid to cyberbullying.

News, updates and fun info!

Themes 6 November, 2025

Connect with and without screens 

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News 31 October, 2025

Digital Navigator: Parents prefer grasp over control 

This Digital Navigator offers insight into the questions that Dutch parents have concerning digital parenting and the apps they want to know about most. With more than 15,000 users, ChatLicense – the digital driver’s license for the smartphone – has...

News 22 October, 2025

ChatLicense selected BeNeLux Catalyst Program

ChatLicense has been selected for the BeNeLux Catalyst program in the United States. The two-week accelerator program takes place in New York between 10-21 November. By participating, ChatLicense continues to gear up for expansion. After winning the Global Impact Challenge...

Themes 15 October, 2025

Oh, the irony: when location tracking leads to less control 

Safely arrived at soccer practice? Left that friend’s house on time? Checking where your child is via Find My Friends or Life360 feels reassuring, but is it really?  Knowing your child’s location doesn’t automatically tell you how they’re doing. Technology...

Themes 14 October, 2025

My kid has been scammed, now what? 

Ordering from a web shop but never receiving a package. Games and apps where “free” skins, credits, or rewards suddenly cost money. Free trial periods that quietly turn into expensive subscriptions. Criminals misusing personal data to make purchases in your...

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