Company

pinwheel.com

1023 Springdale Rd, 78721, Austin, US

About pinwheel.com

The therapist-approved, all tool no toy smartphone for kids. Stop fighting about phones in your family as soon as you want to, and build the lifetime habits of a healthy relationship with technology: machines serve humans, humans don't serve machines!

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Emily 17 November 2022, 06:00

Ems L solved my problems in no time! I've been trying to get my Google Drive working for a few days now. I decided to ask again and Ems L was the person that helped me. He was a great help!

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Chris Wilson 17 November 2022, 05:46

Very helpful customer service and tech support!!

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Sharon Bazzell 16 November 2022, 23:27

This phone has been perfect for us! Customer service has been excellent any time we have asked for help.

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Kristi McDaniel 16 November 2022, 09:22

So patient and friendly. Very knowledgeable and able to ask the right questions to get to the bottom of things.

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Leah Sherrill 16 November 2022, 00:51

The customer service rep. was friendly, professional, efficient, and knowledgeable.

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Jeff Sylvester 15 November 2022, 06:03

It's a great service and a perfect service/product for a child that needs a comminication device, not a toy

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Hannah Tipton 14 November 2022, 11:13

Company representative was quick and fixed the problem ASAP.

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Emma Fox 14 November 2022, 11:04

customer service to remotely fix the time zone for my son's phone was very quick. thank you!

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Lucky Jack 14 November 2022, 07:09

The IT tech Mark S was so patient and extremely helpful through every single step of resetting my son’s phone that I could not recover for a month. Very detailed and knowledgeable. I can’t thank him enough as I was so distraught I was about to throw the phone away

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neecie 14 November 2022, 07:09

Super fast response time, accurate and clear help.

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David Lambert 14 November 2022, 05:15

Pinwheel's support is one of the best I've ever experienced! Don't know how they do it but whenever you chat with customer support, they make you feel like they are family trying to (and succeeding) in helping you figure it out. Now if only I could get my health insurance customer service to take a lesson from Pinwheel!

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Misael Cabrera 13 November 2022, 11:28

Tony R was great but the phones are VERY glitchy. We live in Arizona and our time zone never changes. Twice a year the phones are off by one hour and it seems like I have to spend a hour with customer support to resolve.

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S M 12 November 2022, 07:55

I have a mixed opinion about this service. Let me start with the pros that I love about it: 1. I love that it's basically a cloned phone. Anything the kid does on the phone is seen by the parent. 2. Kids can't add contacts or apps without permission from the parent. 3. No internet. No Google ! Love this ! 4. Parents have complete control over the phone.... EXCEPT, it's really Pinwheel that controls the parents and has the final say. What I absolutely hate about this phone is: 1. The Slim Blu phone is a bit unreliable for the price and they dont have much else. They also do not have insurance which is crazy when you think about it being a kids phone. 2. They do not allow parents to choose any apps at all. Ultimately, parents should be able to have the option to say yes or no to an app, not Pinwheel. Pinwheel gives a review and advice and that's wonderful and where it should stop. They overstep by not allowing apps simply because they are fun (and they are safe, I have vetted them myself) and not educational. Yet, they have apps that really aren't used very often in the real world. They have ZERO apps for the 11-15 age group. If you have a 5 year old that needs a phone, this is great for them because there are a lot of young children apps. 3. It says the phone grows with the child, but that's impossible. In real life, kids use apps. Teaching them to use them responsibly is a much better teaching tool that simply outlawing every app that isn't educational (except Pokémon go, for some reason that insane app is allowed even though kids have gotten hurt playing it. But, that is literally the only app for the 11-15yr age bracket).

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David Mize 10 November 2022, 03:16

Chen B is Awesome! He did a great job. Asked the right questions - and gave me great guidance to pick out a new phone for my kiddo. Kudos!

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Monica Carlson 08 November 2022, 08:18

Tony R was great! He was patient and very helpful.

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Kimberly Dick 08 November 2022, 07:36

Their customer service is the best! They are always prompt, solution-based, helpful.

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Judi B 06 November 2022, 02:13

Chen B provided fast and friendly service over the live chat after my child had changed the security settings and forgotten the password, locking her out of the device. This is not something that I would have been able to do on an ordinary smartphone is precisely why this software/service is very much needed for preteens.

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Autumn 05 November 2022, 08:22

When looking for a phone for my son, Pinwheel came up in my search. I was a bit skeptical because I had never heard of this company but, after having this phone for 5 months now, I have only had a good experience. Customer service is 100% amazing too. If you have a question about anything, there is always someone there to help. I am very pleased with this purchase and would recommend them to anyone looking for a monitored phone for their child.

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Java Jossie 05 November 2022, 00:50

Great phone for young adults with disabilites

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Crystal 04 November 2022, 09:15

Dino Noriega was extremely helpful and able to take care of the issue when the first agent couldn't. Took alot of back and forth throughout the day, which is why I took off a star. But both customer service agents (Dino and "Chen B") were friendly and professional. I made a suggestion as to how I hoped Pinwheel could prevent the issue I had and asked it to be forwarded to the appropriate department.