Is Walmart: Shopping & Savings Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by App Store, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with Walmart.
What Walmart: Shopping & Savings's age rating means
Walmart: Shopping & Savings holds a family-friendly 4+ rating on the App Store. It is broadly appropriate, but a low age rating does not remove every risk: check whether it has chat, ads, or in-app purchases below.
What parents and users report about Walmart: Shopping & Savings
Users frequently complain about the app being slow, glitchy, and prone to crashes, making shopping frustrating. Many are unhappy with the Scan & Go feature, which often requires additional verification at checkout, defeating its purpose. Other common issues include poor delivery service, incorrect or expired items, and hidden charges or unclear pricing.
Summarized from 223 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Walmart: Shopping & Savings
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Walmart: Shopping & Savings if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Walmart: Shopping & Savings on your child's device.
Walmart: Shopping & Savings for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Walmart: Shopping & Savings safe for kids?
Walmart: Shopping & Savings carries a family-friendly official rating (4+) on the App Store. That makes it broadly suitable, but even family-rated apps can include chat, ads, or in-app purchases, so check the factors below.
What age rating does Walmart: Shopping & Savings have?
The App Store rates Walmart: Shopping & Savings as 4+. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Walmart: Shopping & Savings safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Walmart: Shopping & Savings from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Walmart: Shopping & Savings and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.