Dane Witbeck's Contact Details

Dane Witbeck's Company Details

Pinwheel – Therapist-Backed Kid Tech

Austin, TX, US • 20 - 49 Employees
Software

Pinwheel is the first smartphone & operating system purpose-built to foster healthy life-long tech habits in kids.Pinwheel was developed by therapists, technologists, and parents on a mission to promote curiosity as well as social and emotional health in a world saturated by technology that tends to do the opposite.Pinwheel smartphones enable talk and text communication with a parent-approved posse of positive influences, along with three key apps:On It: helps keep kids on task & on time so they have more freedom for creative play.Earn It: a simple and customizable reward app that uses positive reinforcement to encourage good behavior and completion of daily tasks and choresAt It: engages kids to engage in the world around them and fosters safe adventure and investigation within and outside of technology.Pinwheel smartphones also come with a customizable list of additional apps, all curated by a board of therapists and rated along metrics such as education, influence and addiction. App usage can be easily managed by parents, based on universal family rules and progress within the On It and Earn It apps.