fwiw my daughter loves the stickers, GIFs and emojis in Signal.

Last I looked at “kid messengers” they were riddled with telemetry if not outright spyware. Something actually secure (if you don’t invite your bully to the group chat) is much better for children.

I feel you. Android’s memory management is such bullshit. Doesn’t let you do shit. My frickin’ N900 with 128 MB RAM had better multitasking than a current 4 GB Android beast. It’s ridiculous.