Text app for kids with just wi-fi

[Tracyfish]

I'm setting up my old phone for my son and I want to give him some type of texting app (so he can text with family). Anyone have any suggestions? It's just going to have wi-fi connection not real service.

[shupe]

my kids use textfree and it has worked very well for them.

[DawnMarch]

My kids used text free too. The only downside is that they deactivate you if you don't use it for a while so my son has had to get new numbers from time to time.

[ripal]

How about google chat? We use GroupMe and some people use WhatsApp.. but I believe they both need phone numbers?

[Stacey42]

Google Hangouts is what we use. The bonus is it can tie in with your SMS texts and they can all appear in a single app.