Learn about the latest games, apps and social media, including how to protect your information and report harmful content. (This guide is for information purposes only and inclusion does not imply eSafety endorses a service or platform.)
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Doki Doki Literature Club is a free-to-play psychological horror computer game that begins as a dating simulation about a high school boy pursuing different girls.
Dota 2 is a fantasy-style game consisting of two teams of five players.
Element is an end-to-end encrypted communication and collaboration service that offers unlimited.
Emerald Chat is a free online chat service that pairs two random users together in a text and/or video chat.
Episode is an interactive mobile storytelling game where you can create your own ‘show’ using animated content.
Facebook Messenger is a messaging app that lets you instant message, share photos, videos, audio messages and create group chats with your Facebook friends or phone contacts.
FaceTime is Apple’s voice and video calling app. It’s included with all their mobile devices and computers.
Facetune is a suite of photo and video editing apps that allow you to easily perform advanced image retouching on your mobile device.
Facey is a photo editing app where you can remove blemishes, blur wrinkles, change or add makeup, adjust skin tone, change tooth colour and alter your face shape in photos.
Feednoly is an anonymous mobile messaging app that allows you to send messages to people without revealing your identity.
FetLife is a social network for the fetish (‘kink’) community, accessible via a mobile optimised website.
FIFA Soccer (FIFA Football) is an online multiplayer sports game produced by Electronic Arts (EA) which simulates a real soccer match.
Flickr is an online content hosting platform and social network, owned by SmugMug Inc
Foursquare City Guide is a free, location-based social media app that helps you find restaurants and bars in your area
Foursquare Swarm is a free, location-based social media app that helps you keep a record of the restaurants and bars you have visited.
Friv is a website that links you to a selection of third-party browser games.
Gas is a social media service for young people that lets you interact with your friends by semi-anonymously answering poll questions.
Google is an internet search engine that uses a proprietary algorithm to rank and order search results in terms of their relevance to the user and their dependability as data sources.
Google Assistant is the AI-powered and entirely cloud-based voice assistant used by many smart technologies, including Google Nest smart speakers and Android smartphones.
Google Bard is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, which allows people to interact in a conversational way and generate content.
Google Chat is a direct messaging, group chat and voice and video calling app owned by Google
Google Meet is a voice and video calling app that is also accessible via a web browser.
GoToWebinar is a webinar and online video conferencing service created by LogMeIn.
Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV) is an online action-adventure game made by Rockstar Games. It is one of sixteen titles in the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise.
Grindr is a dating and meeting online app predominantly used by gay and bisexual men, and the trans community. It uses your device’s GPS to locate other users nearby.
Halo is a science-fiction first shooter video game series that has expanded to include comic books, novels, animated features, soundtrack albums and more.
happn is a location-based social media app which is mostly used as a dating service
HER is an online dating service primarily used by female, non-binary and transgender people in the LGBTIQ+ community, who identify as lesbian, bi+ or queer.
Hinge is a dating app designed for people interested in longer term relationships.
Hoop is a social networking app used for making new friends and is a free add-on to Snapchat.
Hornet is a social media network aimed at the LGBTIQ+ community.
HTC Vive is an app that lets you control virtual reality (VR) headsets through a smartphone.
ICQ-Chat was one of the first online instant messaging platforms in the world.
Imgur is an online content hosting site where you can view and share content such as images, GIFs, memes, videos and reviews.
Jack’d is a dating and meeting online app used by gay, bi, trans and queer people, which has a diverse community of users.
Kids Chat is a free online chatroom that you can join as an anonymous guest or sign up to.