Pre-order now · ships for Christmas
Works with WhatsApp
A little box for small children. They turn the dial to your face, hold the orange button and talk. You hear them straight away, and your reply plays back on the box. No screen for them, nothing new to learn for you.
Early-bird prices: the first 30 are £99, then £109, then £119, then £129. Buy it once, no monthly fees.
For grandparents
Good-morning songs, what they had for lunch, a story about the cat. Their voice notes arrive in your normal WhatsApp, and they hear your reply in your own voice. You don’t install anything.
Buy one for themFor parents
No screen, no feed, no apps and no strangers. Only the people you add can reach the box, and you set it up once from your own phone. Your child just turns a dial and talks.
Buy one for home
The dial moves through the people a grown-up has chosen, each shown by their photo.
The button glows while it records. Let go, and it arrives in that person’s WhatsApp as a voice note.
When they answer, a red dot appears by their face. Press the dial to hear their real voice.
Pictures show the working prototype design.
The grid is home. People with unheard messages appear again in the quick row at the top, while staying in their usual place below.
Early-bird prices
Each price is for a set number of boxes. When they’re gone, the next price starts. It arrives in time for Christmas.
£99
White 3D-printed case · aluminium dial
Pomma needs its own pay-as-you-go SIM for WhatsApp, which you buy separately. Have a 3D printer and a soldering iron? Build your own.
What each one costs to own for two years: the device plus its monthly fees.
| Question | Pomma | Tin Can | Xplora X6Play | Freckle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your child can send their voice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Granny needs nothing new | Yes | Partly | No | Yes |
| No touchscreen for the child | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| No monthly fee | Yes | Partly | No | No |
Prices and plans from each maker’s UK website, checked 27 September 2026; Freckle from its US shop, checked 1 October 2026 and converted at $1 = £0.75265 (it ships in December 2026). Freckle is a touchscreen phone that calls and texts contacts a parent approves, and its $25 plan is required after the first month. Tin Can calls to another Tin Can are free; calling an ordinary mobile needs the £8.99 plan. Xplora’s plan includes a SIM and GPS, and family use the Xplora app. Pomma runs on home Wi-Fi and needs its own pay-as-you-go SIM for WhatsApp, not included above. Its code will be open source, with no Pomma server in the middle.
Buying it as a present? Whoever keeps the box at home does this bit, on their own phone. The child never sees accounts, numbers or settings, and there is no way to reach anyone who isn’t on the list.
The wooden dial moves through this list in this order.
“I wanted to give her a phone without giving her a phone.”Ed, Aurora’s dad
Aurora is two and a half. She doesn’t need a smartphone or a feed, but she has plenty to tell the people she loves. Pomma started as a box for her, and the working prototype already receives and plays real WhatsApp voice notes.
The first 30 are £99, the next 30 £109, the next 30 £119, and after that £129. You pay once. There is no subscription and no monthly fee to us; you just need a pay-as-you-go SIM to give it a WhatsApp number.
You pay in full up front, by card. Change your mind any time before it ships and we refund you in full, no questions: just reply to any email from us. If we miss the delivery date we give you, you can cancel for a full refund. After it arrives you still have 14 days to send it back.
Yes. Pre-orders ship in time for Christmas, and we email you a delivery date when you order.
No. Messages arrive in your normal WhatsApp as voice notes, and you reply the way you always do. Whoever keeps the box at home does the short set-up on their own phone.
Only the people a grown-up adds on the set-up page. Messages from anyone else never reach the box.
Yes, up to four in one order: handy if you have grandchildren in more than one house. Once the early-bird boxes have gone and the price is £129, buying two or more saves 10%.
WhatsApp accounts are tied to phone numbers. A cheap pay-as-you-go SIM gives Pomma its own account, so your child’s messages never come from your number. The SIM needs one text every few months to stay active; the set-up guide shows you how.
No. Pomma connects through WhatsApp’s linked-device feature. WhatsApp is a trademark of WhatsApp LLC. Pomma isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Meta, and WhatsApp compatibility depends on WhatsApp’s continued support. It connects the way WhatsApp on a laptop does. If WhatsApp changes how linked devices work, the software will need updating. The code is open, so anyone can keep it going.
It keeps working. There is no Pomma server and no subscription. The box talks to WhatsApp directly, and the code will be open source.
Early-bird pre-order
Early-bird prices go up as each batch sells: £99, then £109, then £119, then £129. Change your mind before it ships and we refund you in full.
