Raising Is Locket safe for kids? What parents should know
Is Locket safe for kids? Locket is a photo app that puts friends' pictures straight onto your phone's home screen through a widget. Apple's App Store rates it 13+, with infrequent crude humor, drug references, and sexual content, and messaging between friends. It has no public feed, but there's no age verification beyond a checkbox.
Locket at a glance
- ✓Official rating above age 7
App Store: 13+ - ✓Contact with other players or strangers
Messaging with added friends - ✓Purchases with real money
Locket Gold $1.99–$36 - –Paid random items
None found - –Violence or scary content in rating descriptors
None listed - –Government lawsuits, fines, or safety warnings
None found
Each flag is a yes-or-no fact from the sources on this page. The number is a count of flags, not a safety score. How we count.
| Type | Photo-sharing app by Locket Labs: friends' photos appear in a widget on your home screen |
|---|---|
| App Store (iOS) | 13+ — infrequent crude humor, drug references, sexual content; contains messaging, chat, user-generated content source |
| Age check | A checkbox about parental permission; no age verification, according to parent guides |
| Data | Per the developer's App Store privacy label (not verified by Apple): contacts, photos, name, phone number, coarse location |
| Purchases | Locket Gold, from $1.99 to $36 |
Checked October 2026. Ratings and settings change; check the official source before you decide. What do these ratings mean?
Facts for parents, not medical or legal advice. If you're worried about your child, talk to your pediatrician.
What is Locket?
Short answer: A widget that shows friends' photos on your home screen.
When a friend takes a photo in Locket, it appears instantly in a widget on your phone's home screen, without opening the app. You can reply one-to-one. It's made by Locket Labs.
Is Locket safe for kids? The facts
Short answer: It's rated 13+; photos go straight to the home screen of anyone you've added.
- Rating: App Store 13+, with infrequent crude humor, alcohol and drug references, and sexual content or nudity; it lists messaging and chat.
- Contact: there's no public feed or search; users add friends, and replies are one-to-one. Parent guides note that anyone added can send photos to the home screen.
- Age: a checkbox about parental permission, without age verification, according to parent guides.
- Data: the developer declares it collects contacts, photos, name, phone number, and coarse location, and uses identifiers for tracking.
- Purchases: Locket Gold, from $1.99 to $36.
The habit kids may copy: always checking
A widget puts the newest photo on the home screen without opening the app.
Try tonight: a paper locket
Pick one family photo to print or draw for the fridge: "This one stays, no phone needed." In our program, this is the lesson "Enough": noticing what's already here.
What the research says
There's no research on Locket. A 2022 meta-analysis of 87 studies with about 159,000 children ages 12 and under found that more screen time was linked to slightly more behavior problems; the link was small and doesn't show cause and effect. More in screen time and child development.
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FAQ
What age is Locket for?
Apple's App Store rates it 13+.
Can strangers send photos on Locket?
Locket has no public feed; users add friends. Parent guides note anyone added can send photos to the home screen.
Does Locket have parental controls?
No built-in parental controls were found; use your phone's settings.
Is Locket free?
It's free to download, with a Locket Gold subscription from $1.99.
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