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 2026-09-07
| Device price | $169.99 |
|---|---|
| Cheapest plan / month | $24.99 |
| Activation fee | — |
| Total cost, 1 year | $469.87 |
| Total cost, 2 years | $769.75 |
| Total cost, 3 years | $1,069.63 |
Totals use the cheapest plan. “—” means the vendor doesn't publish this number on a static page; we don't guess.
All plans
| Plan | Monthly | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $24.99 | unlimited talk & text, Gabb Messenger, essential apps, 10GB cloud. Price shown is the 2-year contract rate; Gabb does not publish the month-to-month rate. |
| Standard | $29.99 | + group and picture messaging, Gabb Music, 25GB cloud. 2-year contract rate. |
| Advanced | $34.99 | + Gabb Music+, optional third-party apps, 50GB cloud. 2-year contract rate. |
Month-to-month service is available, but every published plan price is the 2-year contract rate; Gabb states only that the monthly price "may be higher" without a contract, and never says by how much. Cancelling inside a contract may incur an early termination fee.
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
- Why we can't show a full total here, and which brands have the same gap