Is Walmart: Shopping & Savings Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by Google Play, 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 Everyone rating on the Google Play. 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.
Things for parents to check
- Walmart: Shopping & Savings shows ads. Ads inside kids' apps can lead to unexpected content or accidental taps that open other stores or links.
What parents and users report about Walmart: Shopping & Savings
Users frequently complain about the app's functionality, including glitches, freezing, and difficulty navigating. Many report issues with order accuracy, such as items not being in stock as shown or orders being canceled or delayed. The search and substitution features are also problematic, with users finding them unreliable or broken.
Summarized from 168 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 (Everyone) on the Google Play. 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 Google Play rates Walmart: Shopping & Savings as Everyone. 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.