Gabb Phone 4: plans, controls, and what it really costs
Phone with no internet browser and no social media: calls, texts, GPS and curated apps only (Gabb OS).
At a glance
Drawn from two things we check ourselves: the parental control matrix below, and which prices Gabb is willing to publish before you start a checkout. Nothing here is a hands-on impression — we say so rather than dress up a spec sheet as a test.
In its favour
- Device price and plan price are both published upfront
- No contract required
- No social media apps at all
- No web browser
Against it
- Activation fee is not published
Pricing
Verified 2026-10-19
| Device price | $249.99 |
|---|---|
| Cheapest plan / month | $29.99 |
| Activation fee | — |
| Total cost, 1 year | $609.87 |
| Total cost, 2 years | $969.75 |
| Total cost, 3 years | $1,329.63 |
Totals use the cheapest plan. “—” means the vendor doesn't publish this number on a static page; we don't guess.
All Gabb plans, by commitment
Gabb charges each plan at a different monthly rate depending on how long you sign for. The totals above use the cheapest cell in this table; the rest of it is what you pay for keeping the option to leave. That makes the one-year total above the first year of a two-year contract. Signing Standard for one year instead comes to $633.87 with the device.
| Plan | 2-year contract | 1-year contract | No contract | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $29.99/mo | $31.99/mo | $34.99/mo | Unlimited talk and text, Gabb Messenger with group and picture messaging, Gabb Music, 25GB Gabb Cloud. |
| Advanced | $34.99/mo | $36.99/mo | $39.99/mo | Everything in Standard, plus Gabb Music+, 3GB of mobile data and optional third-party apps; 50GB Gabb Cloud. |
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Two years, with and without a contract
| Plan | 2-year contract | No contract | Cost of not signing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $969.75 | $1,089.75 | $120 |
| Advanced | $1,089.75 | $1,209.75 | $120 |
Device plus 24 months of the plan at each rate. Our arithmetic on Gabb's published prices.
What leaving a contract early costs
| Contract | Early termination fee | How it falls |
|---|---|---|
| 1-year contract | Up to $100 | Stays at $100 for the first two months, then falls by $10 a month from month 3. |
| 2-year contract | Up to $150 | Falls by $6.25 a month from month 7 to month 15, then by $10 a month from month 16 to month 24. |
Every Gabb plan is priced on three terms: a 2-year contract, a 1-year contract and no contract. The product page prints all three, while Gabb’s help-centre plan article still quotes only the 2-year rate and says the others “may be higher”. When a contract term ends, the plan carries on month-to-month at the same rate. Early termination fees are plus applicable taxes. Gabb is price-testing the handset: its storefront catalogue carries $189.99, $209.99, $229.99 and $249.99 versions shown to different visitors, and $249.99 is the default the page serves, so that is the price we publish. On 2026-10-05 the catalogue listed the Gabb Phone 4 as sold out.
What you can control and monitor
| Text monitoring | Yes |
|---|---|
| Read texts remotely | via Gabb Messenger Parent app |
| Web browser | No |
| Social media | No |
| App store | curated |
| GPS location | Yes |
| Contact approval | Yes |
| Screen time limits | Yes |
Compare
- Gabb vs Bark: see the Bark Phone data page
- Gabb vs Troomi: see the Troomi (Samsung Galaxy A17 5G) data page
- Gabb vs Pinwheel: see the Pinwheel Phone data page
- Gabb vs MMGuardian: see the MMGuardian Phone data page
- Gabb vs Bark: both two-year totals, and what each one is for
- Calculate your total cost for any combination
- See how this stacks up in the full monitoring matrix
- Contracts and hidden fees, phone by phone