First names only
Other families see a child's first name and a letter avatar. Never a photo, an age or a location.
Family Circles
A weekly league with the families you know.
A Circle is a small, private group of families, like a school class, cousins or the neighbours, playing Petlings together. Every Petling your family catches outdoors that week counts, children's and parents' catches alike.
The league
Every walk counts. Every Monday, a fresh start.
- Families, not individuals. Your family's score is everyone's catches added together, parents included.
- Two crowns a week. Top family this week for the family with the most catches, Top catcher this week for the child with the most.
- A fresh start every Monday. Nobody is ever too far behind to catch up.
- A quiet bonus. Families in your Circle appear when you pick opponents in Showdowns and races on The Daily Track, children against children, grown-ups against grown-ups.
Family Circle · sample
Class 4B · This week
- 1 The Jansens Noor, Sem 9 catches 👑
- 2 Your family Mia, Leo 11 catches 👑
- 3 The Okafors Ada 7 catches 👑
- 4 The Garcías Lucía, Pablo 6 catches 👑
Children's table · Top catcher this week 🏆
- M Mia6🏆
- N Noor5
- A Ada4
- L Leo4
Sample families. In a real Circle, children show by first name and a letter avatar only.
Start one in a minute
Five steps, all done by a parent.
- 1
Open Petso Family
In the app, go to Profile → Petso Family and add your children. They need no email or password.
- 2
Create a circle
Give it a name the other families will recognise, like "Class 4B" or "Cousins".
- 3
Invite families
Send the invite link to parents you know, by WhatsApp or email. It works for 7 days.
- 4
Approve who joins
You see each family's name, the parents' first names and how many children they have. Approve the families you know.
- 5
Switch your children on
Turn on Take part in circles for each child. It's off until you choose.
A Circle holds up to 30 families, and a family can be in up to 10 Circles: one for school, one for cousins, one for the street.
Designed first
Built to be safe for children.
No chat
There's no messaging inside a Circle, and children can't message anyone in Petso at all.
No strangers
Families join only by a parent's invitation, and only once the Circle's creator approves them.
Parents decide
Each child's switch is off by default. Any family can leave, and the creator can remove any family.
Children can't invite anyone themselves. If your child wants a friend to join, they ask you, and you decide whether to share the invitation with that friend's parent. Circles are for bragging rights and a good walk. They don't pay out rewards.
Questions
Who can join a Family Circle?
Families invited by a parent in the Circle and approved by the family that created it. Up to 30 families per Circle.
What do other families see about my child?
Other families see a child's first name and a letter avatar. Never a photo, an age or a location.
Do Circles pay out rewards?
Circles are for bragging rights and a good walk. They don't pay out rewards.
Do we need a pet?
No. Catching Petlings, the weekly Family Quest and Family Circles all work without a pet. If you have one, it hatches a Familiar of its own.
How old do children need to be?
Children join Petso only as family members added by a parent or guardian, from age 6 to 17.
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Start a Circle with the families you know, in the Petso app on iPhone and Android.
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