# Sage Haven: Safe Messaging — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of Sage Haven by Sage Social, Inc., rated 4.90/5 from 65 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sage-haven-safe-messaging/id6737915693/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sage-haven-safe-messaging/id6737915693.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 63 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## What do users think of Sage Haven? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Necessary for today's world - 🔒 Safe and monitored environment - 👍 Reinforces positive messaging - 👍 Easy to use and set up - 👍 Gives parents peace of mind - 👍 Seamless integration across devices **Most requested features** - Boundaries update ## Newest reviews (18 of 33) ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2025-09-02* Fun and safe messaging for kids, they enjoy it and we feel comfortable with them using it with their friends in a safe and monitored environment. Would highly recommend to parents for their children as a fun and safe way for kids to use social media. ### 5/5 — So necessary! *2025-09-01* Thank you so much for creating this! Our kids need this technology to keep them safe! Love the app. ### 5/5 — Legit *2025-09-01, version 1.1.0* Easy to use, peace of mind, what’s not to like. ### 5/5 — Safer with Sage *2025-09-01* Finally! An app that I feel comfortable allowing my kids to use that reinforces positive messages! Technology is important for this generation, and the type of relationship they have with it is what matters most. Let’s do this the right way. ### 5/5 — Safe Social Media for Kids *2025-09-01, version 1.1.0* I love how this platform teaches our children to stay positive with messaging other kids. ### 5/5 — Safety & Ease all in one *2025-09-01* This app has been SO helpful in monitoring our child’s interactions when messaging and it is so easy for us to use! Thank you for helping us work WITH our kids to stay safe online! ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-09-01, version 1.1.0* I love this app. I wish it was around 10 years ago. It will keep our kids safe. ### 5/5 — Finally *2025-09-01, version 1.1.0* So excited to finally have an app that will truly protect my kids online. ### 5/5 — No Brainer *2025-09-01, version 1.1.0* A necessary tool for parents and kids navigating a tech-driven world. Easy to set up, and gives parents added peace of mind. ### 5/5 — Never think you need this *2025-08-31* Well the site is what parents need and children also! I have had some family youths that have posted on line and have had negative outcomes. This app certainly would have been beneficial to have a few years ago. Great tool to have !!! Glad to have it!!! ### 5/5 — A needed safeguard and support! *2025-08-31* This app is absolutely amazing! My daughter is in 3rd grade and I did not foresee her using devices this early, but this app puts the additional safeguards in place that we all need to take this step. We have found that communication is really necessary for organizing afterschool activities and devices have now become a part of schoolwork. With Sage Haven I can track her and she can communicate with a designated group of friends and family that we choose. Importantly, as we let her start to explore messaging, there are real-time prompts to ensure they are maintaining courtesy, kindness and the friendly communication we teach them. While other apps allow parental controls and review of messages, this one gives realtime feedback to kids and monitoring of conversations for an extra safeguard. Our daughter thinks the feedback on messages and content is really cool, and gives her an opportunity to think about joking and empathy and how we speak to others. We think this is really cool too! -- Christina, Mom and Academic Neurologist ### 5/5 — Safe Kids *2025-08-30* Appreciate an app that’s helping parents stay in tune with messages their kids are sharing with friends. ### 5/5 — Seamless Intergration *2025-08-30* Seamlessly integrates across multiple messaging devices. Parental controls are amazing. I wish this app existed for my first 2 children, it would have had prevented a ton of content they should not have been exposed to! Can’t wait for the boundaries update! ### 5/5 — Safe and easy *2025-08-30* The app is easy to set up and use. I like that it allows for a safe way to allow kids to send and receive messages and help to develop good messaging habits as they get older. ### 5/5 — Awesome app, THANK YOU! *2025-08-29* Love the ability to monitor my child’s messages while they still get to message their friends like usual! A great way to introduce independence in technology while still protecting them and teaching them how to navigate a digital world. We need more companies like this trying to change the landscape for the next generation. ### 5/5 — Great option *2025-08-29, version 1.1.0* Great alternative to keep kids safe online. Thoughtfully created app. ### 5/5 — Sage *2025-08-29* Considering tech for your kiddo- GET THIS APP. Not only safer- It is such a great tool that helps us parents guide our kids through their first social/technology uses that normal parental controls don’t quite cover. Wish I had it earlier for my oldest and would have saved us during that learning curve! ### 5/5 — Thank you! *2025-08-29* I’ve been waiting for something like this for my kids. It’s easy to use and the kids love chatting with friends and family! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Glitches *2026-06-16* I put in the wrong name for a contact, but when I realized and tried to change the name to the right one, it wouldn’t let me, and I couldn’t find any way to. The calling also doesn’t go through the child’s device. It’s a really great app other wise and on the iPad or iPhone or anything with a camera you can make funny videos. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We have fixed all of these bugs in the latest version and hope you are willing to give us another shot and check that out! ### 3/5 — 3 Stars *2026-05-11, version 1.8.2* Every Time I Enter Into It I Have To Sign In. It’s So Frustrating. Plz Fix ### 5/5 — Five Stars! *2026-07-19* Really impressed with this. It gives my kids a safe way to stay connected with their friends, while helping me feel more comfortable about them finally entering the digital world. The focus on kindness and proactive protection is something I haven’t seen anywhere else. Great idea, incredibly well executed. ### 5/5 — So grateful *2026-06-02, version 1.9.0* I love the mission and the App is so thoughtful - smooth and easy to use!! ### 5/5 — Best solution for Kids’ messaging! *2026-05-22* I’ve been looking into safe options for my kids who are desperate to start texting with their circles of friends. this app checks the box on all things i was looking for. The best part is it works with regular iMessage and SMS so you don’t have to convince, say, grandparents or cousins to download a special app just to talk to your kid. plus it works over wifi on an iPad so you don’t need to buy a new data plan. The parent dashboard is super straightforward and I love that kids get their own number but can only text people I especially approve. Would highly recommend this. ### 5/5 — My daughter loved getting her first number! *2026-03-21* This is the app I’ve always wanted that lets me easily supervise and manage who she can talk to and call! She also loves that she has a number (before she just used her iCloud email on WiFi) and thinks the filters are hilarious! ### 5/5 — Invaluable tool for parents *2025-09-29, version 1.3.0* Finally a safe messaging app. No creeps. ### 5/5 — Love Sage Haven *2025-09-23* So thankful for this! Sage Haven is allowing my 9 year old the independence she’s been wanting but with the safety I need. The app is so thoughtful, promoting kind responses and my daughter is loving it! ### 5/5 — Communicate safely *2025-09-10* Safe Messaging is critically important. Today kids are exposed to too much negative content and bullying. I love having the ability to keep my kids safe in an online world that is increasingly becoming unsafe ### 5/5 — Grateful for this app! *2025-09-10* This is such a great way to let my kid connect with his friends and learn how to use tech in a safe way. I’m really grateful as a parent to have this available! ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love messaging my friends! *2025-09-09* My mom lets me chat with friends only if I use Sage Haven. I love sending funny videos back and forth with them 🤗😜🎉 ### 5/5 — Exactly what we were looking for! *2025-09-04* Such a need in today’s world - Highly recommend to any family with young kids. Thank you! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*