There's a free app called Famigo Sandbox which will provide your kid with their own launcher with a subset of apps you've approved for their use. As well as in-app purchases, it also prevents making phone calls, sending texts, mucking about with your settings etc. and blocks ads until you unlock with a swipe pattern to get back to the full phone.
It's quite handy. I assume they make money via recommending kid focused apps to their users.
Thanks for the shout out, it's always great to hear from a happy user!
You are correct on the business model; right now, it's promotional fees from developers plus device manufacturer licensing fees.
You are also correct that we focus on a different use case than Kyte. It seems to me they're more focused on location and telephony (very worthwhile, btw!), whereas we are all about making it for kids to find and play great apps.
I was looking for family safety software for Android, so thanks for the recommendation above. I liked your password entering setup :) What is it called?
I've not used Kyte phone but they seem like different products. Kyte is for giving a smartphone to your child to use as theirs, while Famigo is for giving your phone, temporarily, to your child. Both cool ideas, but relatively distinct use cases so they're not really interchangeable.
It's quite handy. I assume they make money via recommending kid focused apps to their users.
http://www.famigo.com/sandbox/