Recommendations for kids tablet

[mintich]

I have a preschooler who has been playing on her cousin's ipad. She loves the games and watching youtube kids etc. Looking for something pretty cheap (ie not the latest ipad!) as she won't be on it that much.


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[mintich]

Bump!

[YoBigMomma]

Amazon fire for kids. My 3 year old loves hers and if you get the case for it it's practically indestructible.. that said they do offer 12 months free replacement and we have used that after a yoghurt incident where it decided not to turn back on.

It needs WiFi though however has lots of downloads for when you don't have it.

It's full to the brim of every type of app and also has things like paw patrol, peppa, Ben and holly and loads more to watch.

[LoseLooseLucy]

Yes to the Amazon Fire.

[AndWhat]

We have amazon fires in this house, but the normal one (cheap on prime day/Black Friday) then added a kids profile You can add Netflix to this to and bought the cheap kids case.
They’ve been bounced off the concrete and not got a scratch on them 12 months in

[mintich]

If you get an amazon fire can you download any apps to it? Or just amazon ones? Can you add netflix YouTube etc?

[AndWhat]

Anything that’s available as an amazon app. We have Netflix and Disney plus, I haven’t tried you tube though