Resources

You’re not in this alone

Working out when (and whether) to give your child a phone is hard. These are organisations we admire: campaigners, educators and health professionals helping families think clearly about smartphones, social media and screens. Further down you’ll find our own free guides to download, and a few places Sayph has been written about.

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Recognition

Independently recognised

Two moments we’re especially proud of: an award judged by parent testers, and a review by the movement we most admire.

Gold – MadeForMums Tech Awards 2026

We’re really proud that the Sayph phone won Gold for ‘Best Child-Friendly Phone’ at the MadeForMums Tech Awards 2026. The judges called it “a brilliant concept for a world where giving children independence while helping keep them safer online can feel incredibly hard”, and their parent testers felt it struck “a great balance between independence and safety”.

See the awards on MadeForMums

Reviewed by Smartphone Free Childhood

Smartphone Free Childhood has reviewed the Sayph phone in its guide to smartphone alternatives. They describe it as “a convincing middle ground for families who want location tracking, messaging and a modern handset without giving their child an open smartphone” and, cost aside, “a strong option for a safe phone device”.

Read the full review at SFC

Smartphone Free Childhood

A fast-growing movement of parents who believe childhood is too short to be spent on a smartphone, turning that conviction into a real culture shift, community by community.

Why we feel aligned: we share their starting point: the best first phone is often no smartphone at all. Sayph is for the moment a child really needs to stay in touch, a step that keeps the spirit of a smartphone-free childhood intact. We’re proud that Sayph now features in their guide to smartphone alternatives, described as “a strong option for a safe phone device”.

Visit Smartphone Free Childhood

Papaya Talks

Expert-led talks and workshops that help parents and young people make informed choices about smartphones, social media and screens, and build healthy tech boundaries at home.

Why we feel aligned: Papaya helps families decide; Sayph gives them an option once they have. We both believe in delaying where you can, and in supporting parents with practical, judgement-free guidance.

Visit Papaya Talks

Health Professionals for Safer Screens

A campaign of doctors, nurses and other health professionals warning that the harms of children’s smartphone use are mounting, and calling for safer defaults.

Why we feel aligned: their evidence-led caution shaped how we think. Sayph is built around safer defaults (no app store, no social feeds) rather than addictive ones.

Visit Health Professionals for Safer Screens

SafeScreens

Campaigning to protect children from addictive-by-design smartphones and unregulated EdTech, and to put children’s wellbeing ahead of engagement metrics.

Why we feel aligned: we reject addictive-by-design too. Sayph deliberately leaves out the app stores, social feeds and infinite scroll that SafeScreens warns about.

Visit SafeScreens

Free guides

Guides for parents

Two short, research-backed leaflets we’ve written for families and schools. Free to read, download and share.

WhatsApp & your child

The risks most parents miss in WhatsApp’s group chats, disappearing messages and encryption – and why a Sayph phone has no WhatsApp and no group chats, by design.

Download PDF

Phones, screens and growing up

A short guide for parents and schools: what the latest research says about when phones arrive, why they don’t belong in lessons, and the calmer choices families are making.

Download PDF

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