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AI assistants apps
General-purpose AI assistants and chatbots. Powerful homework and curiosity tools, but with no built-in child-safety layer — the guidance is about how, not whether.
17 apps in this category · store facts from the Apple App Store; our guidance is conservative editorial (needs review).
Amazon Alexa
12+13+ with active parental oversight; 16+ for independent use.
ChatGPT
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with active parental awareness; not recommended under 13.
ChatOn
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with parental awareness; not recommended under 13.
Claude
17+Companion / chatbot16+ with active parental awareness; not recommended for under 13.
DeepSeek
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with active parental awareness; 16+ for independent use
Google Assistant
17+14+ with active parental oversight; 13+ only if parent reviews settings and use case first
Google Gemini
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with active parental awareness; not recommended under 13.
Grok
17+Companion / chatbot16+ with active parental awareness; not recommended under 16.
Le Chat
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with parental awareness; not recommended unsupervised under 13
Meta AI
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with parental awareness; not recommended under 13
Microsoft Copilot
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with active parental awareness; not recommended under 13.
Monica
12+Companion / chatbot14+ with parent awareness; not recommended for under 13
Nova
9+Companion / chatbot13+ with active parent awareness; 16+ for independent use
Perplexity
17+Companion / chatbot16+ with active parental awareness; not recommended under 16
Pi
17+Companion / chatbot16+ with parental awareness; not recommended under 16.
Poe
17+Companion / chatbot16+ with parental awareness; not recommended under 16.
You.com
17+16+ with active parent awareness; not recommended under 16