Brown Bears vs Kizoona
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Brown Bears
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Ready for a kids' messenger you can finally trust? Introducing Brown Bears, the 100% safe, parent-controlled chat app that gives your child the fun of messaging and gives you complete peace of mind. Built from the ground up for safety, Brown Bears eliminates the risks of mainstream chat apps. No strangers. No ads. Just a secure space for your child to connect with family and friends. YOU ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL Our parent-first design puts you in charge of everything, with no surprises and no unwanted contact requests. - Approve Every Contact Your child can only connect with people you explicitly invite and approve. No exceptions. - No Strangers, Ever With no searchable profiles or public friend requests, your child stays fully protected from the open internet. - COPPA Compliant & Secure We follow the highest standards for children's privacy. We never sell your data and we never show ads. SIMPLE FOR THEM, EASY FOR YOU The interface is intuitive and fun for kids, without the overwhelming features of adult messaging apps. Parents enjoy a quick, stress-free setup. Your child can be chatting securely in just minutes. - A FUN SPACE BUILT FOR KIDS Safety is the foundation, but fun keeps them engaged! Kids can enjoy: - Sending cute emojis and stickers - Sharing photos with approved family and friends - Staying connected with grandparents, cousins, and their favorite people GETTING STARTED IS EASY 1. Create your secure parent account. 2. Build your child's approved contact list. 3. Let your child start chatting safely! Download Brown Bears Messenger today and bring worry-free messaging to your family.
Kizoona
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Kizoona is a private chat, family-friendly by design. Two separate decisions shape it. Connecting โ grown-ups decide. Every new contact needs a grown-up on BOTH sides to approve, not just one parent. No strangers, no-one added silently. Reading โ set per chat, not as a blanket. For each chat you pick one of three: read along, private, or "decide per chat." Whichever you pick, the readers row at the top of every chat shows who can read it. Anyone in the chat can ask for a different setting; you approve or decline. It isn't another big-tech product, it isn't a family group chat, and it isn't yet-another walled garden that still sells your attention. It's a small, private messenger on a different deal. HOW IT'S DIFFERENT No ads. No data harvesting. No AI reading messages. No third-party SDKs, no behavioural tracking, no feed algorithm, no followers. Our business model isn't your data. The company exists to sell the app, not you. Not a big corporation. Kizoona is built by a small, independent team in Europe. We're not a division of a social network, we don't raise from investors who need your kid to scroll longer, and we answer to our users โ not to a shareholder deck. Your data stays in the EU. All servers are hosted in the EU. GDPR is the floor, not the target. Nothing is "replicated" to US clouds or third parties for analytics. What we don't need, we don't store. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every message is encrypted on the phone before it leaves, and only the people in the chat (plus the guardians the child has chosen to watch along) can decrypt it. Not even we can read them. No AI trained on your messages. No server-side content scanning. WHAT'S INSIDE โข 1-to-1 chats and small group chats with friends and family. โข Share photos, reply to one message, react with emoji. โข Add contacts by scanning a QR code in the same room, or by typing a short 4-word phrase. โข Per-chat control over which guardians read along. โข Works offline until you're back online; no messages lost. Everyone in the chat sees who's reading along: at the top of every chat, the readers row shows exactly which guardians can read it. Transparent, per-chat, revisable. KIZOONA PRO โ TIME MANAGEMENT Decide when each chat is available. Per-day windows (school-day afternoons, wider weekends, always-on for family), grouped by who the kid is talking to. Outside a window, outgoing messages are blocked and notifications go quiet; the next-open time is shown so the kid knows when it opens again. Kizoona Pro is โฌ1.99 / month or โฌ14.99 / year. Start with a 14-day free trial โ cancel anytime before it ends and you won't be charged. Everything else in the app stays free; Pro only unlocks time management. Learn more: https://kizoona.app/how-it-works Privacy: https://kizoona.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kizoona at none against Brown Bears's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Brown Bears | Kizoona |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 15.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kickback Space Inc. | Tobias Irmer |
In-app purchases
Brown Bears
No in-app purchases
Kizoona
No in-app purchases









