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Live translation · 16 languages · both directions

Family video calls where everyone speaks their own language

Grandma talks the way she always has. The kids answer in English. Grandkins translates the call live — subtitles on screen and a voice in every ear, while you're still talking.

14-day free trial · one plan for the whole family · calls are never recorded

An Indian grandmother smiling on a video call with her family
Nani says · हिन्दीकैसी हो बेटा? बहुत याद आती है!
Emma hears · English"How are you, dear? I miss you so much!"
● TRANSLATED LIVE
Built for both sides of the call

Easy for you. Effortless for them.

One person sets it up — everyone else just talks.

A family waving during a video call at home
For your family

A modern app for the organizer

Add everyone once, with their language. Call any family member, send messages that translate themselves, and keep the moments you choose to save. You're the only one who ever needs an account.

See the full walkthrough →
A grandmother smiling at her tablet
For grandparents & kids

One link. Big buttons. Their language.

No app store, no password, no setup. Their personal page pins to the home screen like an app — one tap to call, hold the microphone to talk, every word arrives translated.

How they use it →
See it translate

Every language, both directions

Real conversations, translated as they happen. Pick a language:

How it works

Set up in minutes. Talking by tonight.

These are real screens from the app — not mockups.

Adding a family member: name, who they are, and the language they speak
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Add your family

Each person once — their name, who they are, and the language they speak. That's what they'll hear and read on every call and message.

The guided install screen a grandparent sees, in Spanish and English
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Send each person their page

Grandma gets one link on WhatsApp. It walks her through pinning it to her home screen — in her language, with pictures.

A chat thread where English messages arrive in Spanish and Spanish replies arrive in English
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Talk, text, and call

Video calls with live subtitles and a translated voice. Messages that arrive in the reader's language. Nobody thinks about translation again.

Features

More than a translated call

The point isn't the translation — it's the relationship it unlocks.

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Live-translated video calls

Subtitles appear while you're still speaking, and a natural voice speaks the translation — both directions at once.

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Voice & typed messages

Kids type, grandparents talk. Every message arrives translated, with a voice you can tap to hear.

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One plan, whole family

You're the only account. Add both sets of grandparents, all the kids, the aunts and uncles — one price covers everyone.

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They can call each other

You decide who's connected — then grandparents and grandkids reach each other directly. Grandma taps "I want to talk" and the right phones ring.

Moments worth keeping

Calls are never recorded. When something wonderful happens, tap "Save that" and keep just that moment — with everyone's consent, every time.

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Real notifications

Incoming calls, voice messages, and "I want to talk" requests ring on the lock screen like any other app.

Pricing

One simple plan for the whole family

No per-minute charges, ever. Talk as long as you want.

14-DAY FREE TRIAL
$9.99/month
or $99/year — two months free
  • Your whole family on one plan
  • Unlimited translated calls & messages
  • All 16 languages, every direction
  • Grandparent pages — nothing to install
  • Private family archive of saved moments
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Calls are never recorded. Conversations are translated in the moment; only the moments you choose to save are kept — consent-gated for every family member, every time.

Made for families like yours

The language barrier ends here

 

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For grandparents who never learned English

Grandkins is a video call app made for grandparents: no app store, no account, and every word — buttons, subtitles, messages — in Hindi, Malayalam, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, or any of 16 languages.

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For kids raised in English

Your kids talk to their grandparents without you interpreting in the middle. The call translates itself, both directions at once — so the relationship is finally theirs.

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For international marriages

She's from Tamil Nadu; you grew up in Ohio. Until now, every word between you and your mother-in-law went through your spouse. On Grandkins you talk to each other directly — and actually get to know the woman who raised the person you love.

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For families split across countries

Whether it's Kerala to Kentucky or Mexico City to Chicago, Grandkins turns a phone the grandparents already own into a one-tap translated line to the family — no per-minute charges, ever.

Your family's privacy

Private by design

 

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Calls are never recorded

Conversations are live and private. Only the moments you explicitly choose to save are kept — everyone on the call is asked first.

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No ads. No data selling.

You pay a flat monthly price; that's the whole business. Your family's conversations are not a product.

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Kids protected by design

Children join only with a parent's consent, calls happen inside your family circle only, and parents see everything in the archive.

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Leave anytime

Flat price, no contract, cancel in two taps — and your saved memories are yours to export.

FAQ

Questions families ask

 

Do grandparents need to install an app or make an account?
No. Each grandparent gets one personal link in their own language. It pins to their phone's home screen like an app — big buttons, calls, voice messages, and typed chats all live there. No app store, no password, no account. See exactly what they see →
How does the translation work?
Everyone speaks their own language naturally on a video call. Grandkins translates as you talk — each person sees subtitles and hears a voice in their own language, within seconds. Messages work the same way: send in yours, it arrives in theirs.
Which phones does it work on?
Any reasonably recent iPhone or Android with a browser — including the older phones grandparents actually have. There's nothing to download for them; the family organizer uses the web app or the Grandkins app.
Are calls recorded?
No — calls are never recorded. Translation happens in the moment. If something wonderful happens on a call, tap "Save that ✨" and only that moment is kept in your private family archive — and everyone on the call is asked first.
Can grandparents and grandkids call each other directly?
Yes. You choose who's connected, and then they call each other straight from their own pages — Grandma can tap "I want to talk" and the right phones ring. You stay the account holder without being the switchboard.
We're an international marriage — can my wife really talk with my mother?
Yes — this is one of the families Grandkins was built for. When one of you married into a family that speaks another language, every conversation with the in-laws runs through one exhausted interpreter: you. On Grandkins your spouse and your parents talk to each other directly — calls and messages translate both ways, in any pairing of the 16 languages — so the two families can finally know each other.
How much does it cost?
$9.99/month or $99/year (two months free) for your whole family — every grandparent, kid, aunt and uncle on one plan. Every family starts with a 14-day free trial, and there are no per-minute charges.

The best conversations are the ones that finally happen

Set your family up in two minutes. Send Grandma her page tonight.

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