KiDSnav Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Evaluating 38 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Many customers praise the product for providing peace of mind and enhancing their children's independence, allowing for easy contact and effective tracking. People find the watches simple to use, with clear call quality and communication features contributing to a positive user experience. Reviewers appreciate staying connected, highlighting the product's role in ensuring safety. However, some customers noted concerns regarding the app, describing it as clunky or prone to glitches. Additionally, a few people experienced issues with the watch's functionality, including GPS inaccuracy and the device showing as offline or developing faults over time.

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Product

Users describe positive interactions with the product, often highlighting its ability to provide children... See more

User experience

Customers consistently note positive experiences with user experience, praising the watch's ease of use,... See more

Customer communications

Consumers find contact to be positive, appreciating the ability to easily communicate with their children,... See more

Application

Reviewers highlight ambiguous aspects of the app, with many finding it useful for tracking children and... See more

Quality

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Watch works well other than occassional incorrect location (usually corrected with refresh of app page or signing out and back in) and gives us peace of mind that we can contact our son and vice versa... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We've had this watch for our daughter (age 8 when we got it) and its been amazing - gives her a sense of independence, while giving us peace of mind that we can contact her and know where she is. High... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic product and peace of mind when my daughter is out playing! The app is easy to use even for the tech shy like myself! Best of all is the customer service as my daughter managed to crack the... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We’re really happy with the kidSnav watch. My son uses it and it gives us peace of mind knowing we can track his location when he’s out playing. It keeps us connected and reassured, and he finds it ea... See more


Company details

  1. Watch Manufacturer
  2. Cell Phone Store
  3. Telecommunications Equipment Supplier
  4. Watch Store

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KiDSnav is the UK’s original kids GPS watch manufacturer. Our watches are trusted by over 500,000 parents (and counting!). Our award winning smartwatch business was established in 2019. We’re a family run company that offer the most advanced children’s tracking watch on the market. Not only do our watches track your child in real time, you’re also able to send them text messages, video call and many other features! Our watches are supplied with a warranty and on-going support from our dedicated customer service team. We also offer a no quibble 30 days returns period should (in the rare case) our product does not meet your requirement. Please be careful of cheap imitation watches online and purchase through us, an established UK kids watch manufacturer.


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4.3

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Straight forward to set up and use

Straight forward to set up and use, can voice call, video call and message. Particularly like the geofence where i get a notification if they leave the area i set up. Have recommended to friends.

May 10, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely love this

Absolutely love this. Being able to keep in contact with my son and know where he is when out playing without having to get him a phone just yet, is amazing. We have had a kidznav watch for 2 years now and it's still as great as day 1. Sim prices are super low too and being able to buy a year plan was so handy with it being so little price. Watches are fab quality and I recommend them to everyone I know with kids.

June 7, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent kids gps watch

We bought our son a KiDSnav ridge gps watch so we could always be reassured about where he is and are always able to get in contact with him. KiDSnav as a company have been first class from helping set up the device to replacing a charger cable for free after we accidentally damaged our one. I would recommend this watch for any parent we’ve loved ours.

June 3, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Excellent reassurance

Very please with our purchase. Allows our child a bit more freedom and the reassurance that we know exactly where he is at all times. The calling feature is excellent also as well as the emergency call function. The tracking can be a bit slow to update and I have had to remote restart it before to get an accurate location

March 13, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great peace of mind for parents!

This is a great watch which has gave my 7(now nearly 9) daughter some independence and freedom going to the park locally with friends. Those friends also have this watch and can chat to each other. I am able to track her and she can call me and I can call her. Give me reassurance and allowed us to build trust, she also feels safe with it on. I am able to find it when lost also which is useful by pinging it and locating the sound! My 5 year old can’t wait till she’s older to have her own. Our video calling /remote camera never ever worked properly but we didn’t really feel need for it , she can see me but I can’t see her. I would highly recommend and would buy again!

May 31, 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Passable hardware, extremely poor software

Have used it for the last 2 months for my kid. This is one of the few tracker watches on the market right now with a separate sim slot. The watch has so much potential but is massively let down by the software on the watch and also the app.

The touchscreen is a little slow to respond and not very sensitive, but I expected that due to the price. I can live with that.

The software on the watch is very slow and rather difficult to use.

The Kidsnav app is absolutely terrible. This company claims to be UK based, but the app is clearly created by someone who does not speak English at all. The terminologies on the app are all confusing, and the app is very difficult to use with lots of hidden settings.

Most importantly - the watch DOES NOT support real time location tracking. It will collect GPS data every 10 minutes (at the most), and you can request GPS manually. However, there is always a time lag between requesting a manual GPS to receiving it - the lag can be between 0.5-5 minutes! Useless if your autistic child has run away from you and you need to track them asap! If whatsapp supports realtime location tracking, why can't this dedicated tracker watch do this? I'm rather disappointed by this.

I will continue using the watch - merely because there are no alternatives on the market at the moment. However, there is so much potential to this watch, especially if the app can be improved and allow realtime tracking!

May 28, 2025
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Reply from KiDSnav

Hi, thanks for your review and your feedback. We really do appreciate it. Just to highlight some of your comments below:

All GPS tracking devices have a separate sim card slot.

I'm sorry to learn that you think our app is terrible, but I'm confused by this comment because the app is written in English.

We're also a UK based company. Our head office is in Kington, Herefordshire and our warehouse is in Tonbridge, Kent.

You can update the GPS coordinates manually. You mention a lag, but it takes no more than 15 seconds to update.

Thank you for wanting to continue using the watch, however, if you would like to return the watch for a refund (if you're within your 1 month returns period), we will of course refund you so you're able to find a more suitable product that matches your needs.

Many thanks

Beth

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

As good as an Apple Watch!

I’ve got two watches, my boys absolutely love them, I feel at ease knowing they’re not far away and also they love the fact they can ring their family by themselves! Fun little games on there too!

May 6, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent product for kids

Excellent product for kids, gives me reassurance that my daughter is safe when playing out and I can easily contact her. Better then giving her a mobile phone as I can restrict the people she can communicate with via the app.
Company have always been really helpful when ever I have contacted them

May 6, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great watch with easy to use features and gives peace of mind

We bought a KidSDnav watch for our 8 year old when she started getting school transport to and from school. It's been amazing as it gives me security of being able to see where she is on her journey and she loves being able to message me from the watch to say when she's arrived and is on the way home again (with appropriate emoji so I know if she's had a good day!).
The watch is robust and the features are easy to use and the 'do not disturb' feature means the watch can be set to not be used during school lesson time.
I've contacted KiDSnav customer service a few times with general queries and they always respond quickly and helpfully. Also the subscription service is very economical and easy to set up.
This is the first smartwatch we've used for a child and would highly recommend it.

May 2, 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Replacement watch required, hoping for improvement!

Had some trouble getting in touch with the company to deal with a watch that has stopped working/completely died just after the 1-month return window, but this has since been rectified.

They do warn of emails going into spam, but on checking spam folders nothing was received - so it's a mystery as to where the emails got blocked. Luckily they seem to have better luck getting through Gmail, so I was able to finally reach the customer service team. So do beware if you need to contact them from a provider like btinternet.com

Hoping to get a replacement and have better luck with that one -the app/GPS is very slow to update, but perhaps that's due to the sim card - so will see if a new watch with some edited settings helps with better outcomes to improve reliability...

May 1, 2025
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Reply from KiDSnav

Hi, thanks for your review.

Can I ask that 1, you supply us with your information (order number etc) and 2, please check your spam folder. We reply to all emails received and your watch is within warranty. Please kindly check your spam/junk email folder.

I have searched our emails from an email from your name and can't find any, unless you're using a different name. If you have emailed us and we've received it, we would have replied to you. By law, your watch is within warranty and we have to fix or replace it.

We have a constant issue of hotmail, outlook, msn users emails going straight to spam. There's nothing we can do to fix this as it's out of our control. Once you supply us with your information, we'll be able to look into this further.

Many thanks

Sally

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend

We originally bought my eldest son this watch to allow him some more freedom. We loved it so much that we bought a second for his sibling. It’s great for keeping an eye on where the kids are and getting in touch with them when they are out playing. Highly recommend this product. Used by all our friends and their children.

Have used product for over 3 years now

May 1, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great alternative to a mobile phone for younger kids!

Got my 7 year old daughter a Kidsnav watch as a Christmas gift. It's been great! She enjoys the security of being able to contact me when she is out with friends/family and I like being able to contact her too.
We've been using the watch for 4 months now and have no issues with it at all, connectivity is good and its great value for money.
As she gets older and ventures out with her friends more independently it will be good to see her location on the app and to be able to stay in contact with each other.

April 29, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Top service once again

I had to contact Kidsnav for a few queries today.

Again they have went beyond what was expected to deliver a great service.

Prompt replies and quickly offering solutions.
Their after care is just a really good service.

April 25, 2025
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