Driver's license for digital highway

Driver’s license for the digital highway

Kids learn how to be smart and mindful online – from the start.

Your child enters the online world for the first time. ChatLicense is the perfect on-ramp for the digital highway: a Game that teaches kids how to identify online risks and respect other 'road users'. You are in the passenger seat, with a Parent Guide at hand, full of tips and insights into the latest trends so that together you can support however needed.

About the app

For kids…

Kids follow a route full of challenges and dilemmas: from cyberbullying and fake news to influencers and screen time. Just like in traffic, they learn to navigate opinions, temptations and dangers online. Passed the test? Then they’ve earned their digital “driver’s” license!

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About the app

For parents…

How do you keep up with what’s happening in your child’s online world? The Parent Guide helps you understand where the road is headed. It gives you insight into the most important developments and trends, a step-by-step plan, explanations about popular apps and useful conversation starters.

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Backed by science

Our learning methodology is based on the Media Empowerment Model, developed by researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam. We bring this research to life with modelling (see), training (do) and learning (understand) through videos, explainers and quizzes to stimulate media-savvy behavior. Moreover, studies show that good parent-child communication is the best foundation for smart and aware behavior online.

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Reviews

Joris

20-11-2023

FI-NAL-LY! Top solution for a better start with your child's first mobile phone As a parent you have no choice, that mobile phone must come. We had an unpleasant feeling about that. This app gives us the context to understand what we are exposing our children to. And gives us tools to enter this new phase together. Thanks ChatLicense!

Nutegunray

18-12-2023

Great deal! A very useful, important and accessible app for both parent and child. So good that this is now available! The child is always challenged in a fun and playful way to complete an assignment successfully. As a parent, you have a much better view of your child's online development, you receive useful information about the latest online developments and tips for conversations at the kitchen table.

Elementary teacher

02-01-2024

Smart, fun and educational app! It includes exactly what children need to know and learn. The app shows realistic situations that kids in this age category all have to deal with. Very important for every child with a (new) smartphone.

Dirk van Bree

13-03-2024

Easy installation. Very handy app to learn your children to guide through the online app world. It's also easy to install with flawless onboarding.

Lens 1212

27-05-2024

Must have for every parent. What a gem to develop this app and connect children and their parents. Also super handy for me as a grandmother to use. You get easy insights about their world.

Juu_juuuuul

20-11-2024

I like the videos and smileys 😍

Family Bakker

11-12-2024

Exactly what you need! After thinking carefully about agreements, things we wanted to tell my daughter, and risks online with her own smartphone. It turns out that there is an app that goes through exactly the steps we would like to take, but in a playful, clear way. A lot better than (only) us as parents going through those rules..."

Pluisje_014

30-03-2025

Very nice I find it very enjoyable and educational because ChatLicense has made me much smarter about online activities. Thank you!

PaKaUwAm

21-05-2025

Good! We did ChatLicense when our daughter had her phone for almost a year and she wanted to download more and more apps. Even then it is still useful to do. All important things are discussed! Our daughter thought it was especially good that a lot of attention was paid to cyberbullying.

Laura

03-06-2025

The great thing is that they can only use it for a limited time each day, so you're not immediately stuck with yet another app or game. This is educational and provides a good balance in terms of screen time. I'm a fan!

Josephienie

08-10-2025

Highly recommended for parents and kids I wish I had this sooner. The app explains digital topics very clearly and in a fun way!

Suzanne

15-01-2026

This app truly reflects all aspects well. A great experience! We can easily see how the children are progressing, and the children also enjoy using it. They even start using it independently, that's how much they like it.

News, updates and fun info!

News 26 March, 2026

In the news: “just as important as learning how to swim”

In the Dutch Newspaper Algemeen Dagblad an interview with founder Marjolein van Tilburg about the importance of a digital “driver’s license” as a starting point for a better and safer online world for kids. Media coach Edmee Warneke also emphasizes...

Themes 16 March, 2026

How (not) to flirt

Passing notes to ask someone out used to be a thing – now it’s all happening through the DMs, in games, with Snapchat emojis, or in group chats. And even behind a keyboard, flirting needs to be respectful. Helping a tween understand and respect boundaries is essential. Kids learn...

News 26 February, 2026

ChatLicense available in Spanish

ChatLicense is now also available in Spanish. With this additional language, the app takes a new step in its international growth and responds to increasing market demand. In the Game, children can now go on adventures entirely in Spanish with...

News 24 February, 2026

Municipality of The Hague gives ChatLicense as a gift

The Municipality of The Hague will offer all residents access to the ChatLicense app in 2026. With this partnership, The Hague is committed to digital security, resilience, and a healthy start online for all families in the city. Residents will...

Themes 23 February, 2026

What happens on school laptops?

Many parents are busy managing endless sessions on WhatsApp, TikTok and Snapchat. But what about chatting with classmates in Docs? Online gaming during a language assignment?Yes, the school laptop slips through the cracks of this public debate. It has Chrome Education: it has filters and it’s for school. So nothing can go wrong, right? Wrong. To...