Features & Capabilities

Meet Sparkly, a colorful, furry companion who makes brushing fun for kids. The Sparkly app connects to a Philips Sonicare for Kids toothbrush via Bluetooth, providing a 2-minute Gentle mode timer and a Streak Challenge to encourage twice-daily brushing. Studies cited in the product materials show parents report easier adoption of longer and better brushing (98%), with 96% brushing for the recommended 2 minutes or more.

Parents can monitor progress in the dashboard, award rewards, manage multiple kids, and save game progress in the cloud for access on any device. Sparkly helps foster healthy oral hygiene habits that can last a lifetime.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
Philips
Rating:
4.70
(11,828)
13 new ratings
Version:
5.2.3 Last updated: 2026-02-16
Version code:
882137311
Creation date:
2015-06-26
Compatible devices:
Size:
689.39MB
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Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-30
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Developed by:
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/philips-sonicare-for-kids/id1002285219

User Reviews

Reviewers praise the kid-friendly design and say the app motivates brushing with Sparkly monsters and rewards, and has helped some families establish a habit. However, reliability issues dominate: frequent freezing/crashing and lag; gifts/rewards often disappear or repeat; progress and profiles often don’t sync across devices or between multiple children, sometimes causing data loss. Bluetooth connections can fail, and transferring data between devices or iPads is problematic. Overall, the concept is strong, but app stability and cloud-synced multi-child support need urgent fixes.
Pros
  • Kids love the sparkly monster characters and find brushing more engaging.
  • The app has helped some kids brush better and resist brushing less in some cases.
  • The reward system and progress tracking are appealing when the app functions correctly.
Cons
  • Frequent freezing/crashing and lag during brushing, sometimes causing loss of credit or an uncompleted session.
  • Rewards/presents are inconsistent: they disappear, duplicate, or fail to unlock as expected.
  • Progress and profile data don’t sync reliably across devices or between multiple children, leading to data loss or needing to log into multiple phones.
  • Bluetooth connections between the toothbrush and devices are unreliable, causing connect/disconnect issues.
Recent reviews
Same phone/OS but lately the animation is all choppy which causes more strife at tooth brush time. Now I regret this purchase as it’s just another obstacle getting through brushing.
by Bl*****, 2026-06-22

Bought the toothbrush, attempted to go through the troubleshooting for it to connect many times. Nothing works, won’t connect
by As*****, 2026-06-17

It’s helping my teeth get clean and better
by Is*****, 2026-06-17
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