The Grow Phone
A smartphone with the apps you choose—and the distractions left out.
Your Grow Phone begins with a short setup period so you can install the useful apps that fit your life. When setup is complete, Grow Electronics secures the device by closing access to browsers, Google Play, alternate app stores, and unauthorized installation.
How it works
1. Choose your Grow Phone
Select an available smartphone and add the required Grow Control membership for that device.
2. Receive your phone
Your phone arrives with essential Android system functions and no optional apps preinstalled. Its management profile is already active, making the setup and security steps below possible without requiring you to send the device back to us.
3. Install the apps you need
You receive a temporary 48-hour Google Play setup window. Use that time to install approved communication, navigation, banking, school, work, travel, religious, and everyday utility apps.
4. We secure the device
When you tell us you are finished—or when the setup window expires—Grow Electronics reviews the device and closes Google Play, browsers, alternate app stores, and unauthorized app installation. New app installations are checked by our review system before approval, so most requests can be processed quickly.
5. Change your apps when life changes
Active Grow Control members can request another temporary setup window whenever they need to add or remove apps. Requests are processed one at a time and remain subject to compatibility, safety, approval, and our reasonable-use policy.
Grow Control membership
$14.99 per month, per device
- Unlimited temporary app-setup window requests, subject to our reasonable-use policy
- Remote app additions and removals
- Remote configuration changes
- Review of newly installed apps
- Ongoing Grow Phone support
Active members may submit unlimited app-change requests for ordinary personal, family, school, or business use. Requests are processed one at a time. Excessive, automated, repetitive, abusive, or circumvention-related requests may be delayed, combined, limited, or declined.
Grow Control does not include cellular service, mobile data, paid app purchases, repairs, or replacement hardware.
What stays blocked?
- Web browsers
- Alternate app stores
- Unauthorized APK installation
- Apps that bypass the Grow Phone protections
- Apps that do not meet compatibility or approval requirements
The Grow Phone management profile is installed at the device level and remains active through a factory reset. This keeps the protections reliable for the life of the device, including for families who need assurance that filtering cannot be disabled by resetting the phone.
Frequently asked questions
Does the phone have internet?
Approved apps may use Wi-Fi or mobile data when needed, but normal web browsing remains blocked after setup.
Can I install any app?
You can install many everyday apps during an approved setup window, but we cannot guarantee that every Android app will work with the Grow Phone filtering and management system. All apps are subject to compatibility, safety, and approval. Grow Electronics may decline or remove browsers, alternate app stores, circumvention tools, incompatible apps, unsafe apps, or software that cannot function reliably under the device restrictions. App updates may also affect compatibility after approval.
What happens after 48 hours?
The setup window closes and the device is secured. Your installed approved apps remain available.
What if I need another app later?
With an active Grow Control membership, request another temporary setup window. We will reopen access, then review and secure the phone again when the window closes. Requests are processed one at a time under our reasonable-use policy.
Can I cancel Grow Control?
You can cancel according to the subscription terms shown at checkout. If your membership lapses because of cancellation or a missed payment, you receive a 10-day grace period. During this period, your approved apps continue working normally, but app-change requests and Grow Control support are paused.
If the membership is not reactivated during the grace period, network access is restricted for all apps except calling and text messaging. Previously approved apps outside those functions stop connecting until Grow Control is reactivated. Your underlying cellular or Wi-Fi service is not canceled, and nothing is deleted from your phone. Once the membership is reactivated, previously approved apps regain access without needing to be reinstalled.
Why does the management profile remain on the phone after cancellation?
The management profile is part of what keeps the Grow Phone secure throughout its lifetime. The same protection that prevents unapproved installations also allows access to be restored automatically after membership reactivation instead of requiring a full device setup again.