PingParrot
For kids
PingParrot
For kids
PingParrot uses Critical Alerts on iPhone and Android to ring through silent mode and Do Not Disturb. It repeats until your kid responds, and tells the other parent if they don't.
School pickup, practice, a teen who ignores the family chat. Send it once and know someone saw it.
Plans change fast. Send the change once and it repeats every few minutes until they answer, instead of sitting unread in a group chat.
Ask "are you home?" and get a tap back with a time on it. No answer? The other parent is alerted instead of you wondering.
Phones end up in bags, on silent. A repeating alert that rings through still reaches them before the ride leaves.
PingParrot uses Critical Alerts on both iPhone and Android, so an urgent alert can sound even when a phone is on silent or in Do Not Disturb. Your kids allow it once when they set up the app.
On iPhone this uses Apple's Critical Alerts permission.
Put your kids and the other parent in one family circle in a couple of taps.
A pickup change, a check-in or anything urgent, from the app or dashboard.
It repeats every few minutes and rings through silent mode until they respond.
If nobody acknowledges it in time, the next person is alerted, and you see who responded and when.
| Group text | Phone call | PingParrot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repeats until someone answers | No | No | Yes |
| Rings through silent mode & Do Not Disturb | No | No | Yes, Critical Alerts |
| Moves on to the other parent | No | No | Yes |
| Record of who responded, and when | Sometimes | No | Yes |
| Cost for a household | Free | Free | Free for 3 devices |
Month-to-month, prices in CAD. Push and email alerts are included everywhere.
Free
Growing family
Example: two parents and three kids
Why I built this
Our founder spent 20+ years in hospital IT alerting before building the same break-through-silent-mode escalation for families.
“I built PingParrot out of necessity: after 20+ years in DevOps and hospital IT, I couldn't find alerting that was reliable and feature-rich without needing a manual to configure.”
Our founder works as an Enterprise Analyst supporting two rural hospitals.
PingParrot uses Critical Alerts on both iPhone and Android, which can sound through silent mode and Do Not Disturb once your child allows them during setup.
The alert repeats every few minutes. If nobody acknowledges it in the time you set, PingParrot alerts the next person on your list, like the other parent.
Yes. The history shows who was alerted, when it was delivered and when they responded.
No. Alerts arrive as push notifications. If one can't be delivered, it falls back to email with a one-tap confirm link.
If everyone has their own phone or tablet, that's five devices. The first 3 are free and the other 2 are $8 each per month, so $16 a month in CAD.
Yes, for up to 3 devices with no time limit and no credit card. Extra devices are only charged if you add them.
3 devices free forever. No hardware. Set up in minutes.