Since we've moved, our kids will be taking the bus to/from school instead of being in walking distance.

We're thinking about getting the oldest a phone, but don't want to go all in with something like an iPhone.

Wife found Gabb & seems like a decent alternative for younger users.

Anyone have Gabb or know much about it past what their site provides?

My neighbor across the street has Gabb watches for both of her kids. She said that their first phone will be a Gabb. Someone asked what their use case is and she replied:

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my kids go to the neighbors’ houses a lot. I can track them with the GPS on their watch. Their watch is on lock mode during the day at school so they can’t call anyone but me. But they would call me from the bus to let me know they were running late. I just want them to always be able to reach me in case of emergency. But also helpful when they are just outside running with their friends.

She just posted yesterday about a promo code "GABBGIVES" for a free phone or watch while supplies last. $30 activation fee and must keep active for 6 months.

Thanks, that's good to hear.
Will pas that code along to my wife & see if it's still active.

Update on this.
We got our oldest (11) the Gabb phone & our middle (8) the watch.

Both are currently being replaced, about 3 months after activation.

The watch takes 5 minutes to get precisely right on the charger to maintain charging & sometimes just stops charging.
The phone (a ZTE, android based device) got stuck in an unrecoverable boot loop.

My wife dealt with Gabb CS & was not impressed with how hard she had to push for a resolution on devices that are less than 3 months old & not abused. Both girls give us the phones to be charged in our room overnight.

Service-wise, they've been great.
Devices, not bad, apart from the wonky charging on the watch & likely defect on the ZTE.
Customer service, C-/D for how they've handled this.