The New-School Home Phone
Call friends and family with the Wi-Fi enabled Tin Can landline.
A modern home phone
Built for kids.
Designed for endless chats with friends.
Safer, smarter, and even more fun than the landline we grew up with!
I want one!
Tin Can delivers to Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and will soon be available in more markets. Stay tuned.
Call other Tin Cans, free
Bestie has a Tin Can? Free calling to other Tin Cans is included for every device, no subscription required.
Call Friends and Family for $9.99 / month
Let your kid call grandma, friends, your own cell, and more. As always, only callers you approve can communicate with your Tin Can.
Kid-friendly design
- No apps, no texts
Tin Can is a telephone club for friends to chat voice-to-voice during the no-smartphone years.
- No stranger danger
Only approved contacts can put calls through to your Tin Can. Easily manage who’s allowed in the club via the parents-only companion app.
- No surprises
Set up a quiet hours schedule or enable Do Not Disturb within the app.
Startphone Certification
Tin Can is Startphone-certified since December 2025.
The Story
Chet and Graeme, two dads who wanted their kids to be able to call their friends safely and independently – without unlocking the entire internet – couldn’t find anything on the market that matched their need. So they teamed up with their friend Max and created Tin Can.
(As with most landline innovations; it’s a dad thing.)
“Give your kid a smartphone when you are ready for their childhood to be over.”
Jonathan Haidt
Professor, Social Psychologist, and Author