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frontpage Posted by amorde • 2d ago
frontpage Posted by amorde • 2d ago

Helium Mobile Kids Add-On Phone Plan: Unlimited Talk/Text + 3GB/Month Data

(BYOD Required)

$5/Month

$5.00

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Helium Mobile is offering their Helium Mobile Kids Phone Plan (must add to a existing plan) with Unlimited Talk, Text and 3GB of Data per Month for $5 per Month when you Bring your Own Unlocked Device and add a new plan to your Group [See here for plan details and here for setup information].

Thanks to Community Member amorde for sharing this deal.

Note, must login to your account and add the available plan of your choice to your account.

About this Plan:
  • Nationwide 5G coverage. So kids can stay connected wherever life (or school trips) take them.
  • 3GB of data + unlimited talk and text. Enough to stay in touch without the stress of overages.
  • Parental oversight. Parents or guardians manage the account and monitor usage directly from their own Helium Mobile App.
  • Privacy-first. While Helium Mobile's standard plans use anonymized location data to help strengthen our community-powered network, all Kids Plans take a different approach. For added safety and compliance, we will never ask subscribers on kids' accounts to share location data—period.
  • Important: Helium Mobile Kids' plans are available through a Group Plan. As a Group Administrator (must be over the age of 18), you can add someone to a Kids Plan by following the steps here.

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Helium Mobile uses the T-Mobile network.
  • A compatible Unlocked Smartphone is required for join a plan.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Written by amorde
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Helium Mobile is offering their Helium Mobile Kids Phone Plan (must add to a existing plan) with Unlimited Talk, Text and 3GB of Data per Month for $5 per Month when you Bring your Own Unlocked Device and add a new plan to your Group [See here for plan details and here for setup information].

Thanks to Community Member amorde for sharing this deal.

Note, must login to your account and add the available plan of your choice to your account.

About this Plan:
  • Nationwide 5G coverage. So kids can stay connected wherever life (or school trips) take them.
  • 3GB of data + unlimited talk and text. Enough to stay in touch without the stress of overages.
  • Parental oversight. Parents or guardians manage the account and monitor usage directly from their own Helium Mobile App.
  • Privacy-first. While Helium Mobile's standard plans use anonymized location data to help strengthen our community-powered network, all Kids Plans take a different approach. For added safety and compliance, we will never ask subscribers on kids' accounts to share location data—period.
  • Important: Helium Mobile Kids' plans are available through a Group Plan. As a Group Administrator (must be over the age of 18), you can add someone to a Kids Plan by following the steps here.

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Helium Mobile uses the T-Mobile network.
  • A compatible Unlocked Smartphone is required for join a plan.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Written by amorde

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They dont track on the kids plan. In their T&C
Hard stop has been my experience.
Seems like the infinimobile 12 month 5gb plan for $60 that keeps popping up occasionally would be a better deal...that however is 2500 minutes and texts a month. I'd certainly consider the free plan for the free 3GB of data a month as additional data since I do have a dual sim phone and it can auto switch based on availability.

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brestbry
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Been using Helium for well over a year now on their $5 unltd plan and it's been great. No issues. If they still have this plan next January I'll move my daughter to it once her current tracfone plan ends.
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what network do they use?
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Quote from arribasn :
what network do they use?
Tmobile
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chaoss
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I'll tell some family members about this. Not bad
Thanks
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Do I need a parent account to get this?
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ChristianMcC
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Quote from yeahok :
Do I need a parent account to get this?
What I'm wondering, too. I'm on the zero plan, is that enough?

Also I'm wondering if there's slow down after the 3gb or just a hard cap.
Last edited by ChristianMcC June 11, 2025 at 08:24 AM.

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Rontron
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I get how they pay for their $0 plan, but I don't think $5 covers their actual cost of this service so I'm interested to see how long they offer this.
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thanks for mentioning no gps or location tracking. deal breaker for me
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Quote from fiveohmxco :
thanks for mentioning no gps or location tracking. deal breaker for me
huh? how would they stop your gps/location tracking?
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Quote from fiveohmxco :
thanks for mentioning no gps or location tracking. deal breaker for me

They dont track on the kids plan. In their T&C
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Quote from ChristianMcC :
What I'm wondering, too. I'm on the zero plan, is that enough?

Also I'm wondering if there's slow down after the 3gb or just a hard cap.

Hard stop has been my experience.
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Quote from fiveohmxco :
thanks for mentioning no gps or location tracking. deal breaker for me
I assume that means the company does not track the user like most other cell phone companies do (and sell the analytics)
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Quote from arribasn :
I assume that means the company does not track the user like most other cell phone companies do (and sell the analytics)

That was my guess too that this is marketed as a special privacy feature. But I can understand how it can seem worded a little strange. But that's what makes it a kid plan versus an adult plan as it has that extra protection of data security? Or location security? Put some parents don't they want to be able to see where their kids are

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Does their app need to be installed in order to use service?

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