iPhone for a parent. You choose what stays.
A few apps, laid out plainly. Nothing to install by accident, no browser for scam links. FaceTime and photos stay.
Download Tinyphone for Mac See the easy phone
- Free for the first phone, on the iPhone they have.
- Set up once from your Mac.
- With Cloud, see the battery and last seen from your iPhone.
FaceTime
Photos
Calendar
Mail 
What goes away
No accidental installs. No popups asking for passwords. No browser for scam links to open in. Calls, messages, photos and maps, laid out simply and locked so it stays that way.
What they keep
FaceTime with the grandkids, the camera, the photo library. It is their iPhone, minus the parts that get them lost.
Big icons
Apple's Assistive Access turns the phone into large tiles. It can only be turned on from the phone itself, Apple's rule for every vendor, so the Mac app walks you through it step by step, including the exit passcode that stays with you.
Checking in from far away
With Cloud: the battery and when the phone was last seen, and changes from your own phone instead of driving over. Never messages, and where the phone is only if you put it in Lost Mode.
What it can't do
- Setup erases the phone once; photos back up first, and the setup walks you through it
- You need a Mac for the setup; later changes come over the cable, or over the air with Cloud