I've broken the ipad. DS loved it. Is there a very cheap alternative to get him?

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Ds (5)is on autistic spectrum. He uses the ipad to calm himself if hes stressed as he can wear his headphones and block things out.
He has iplayer, netflix and some lego games on it.
I'm totally clueless but I've also completely broken the ipad. Can kindles etc be used for this?
I was thinking around £40 for a replacement. Is it at all possible?

Is there no way of fixing the ipad?

Argos has tablets starting from £49 - they are on Android so should be able to do the things you ask about, but I imagine the quality compared to an ipa would be fairly low

Kindle fire should be available in your price range, you can get a kids' version, especially if you can wait for pre Christmas offer days.

Have you heard of the charity family fund? If not worth looking into as they provided an iPad for autistic ds this year

Explain what is wrong with the iPad and we might be able to help.

I fix them as part of my job

They usually do the kindle fire for £10 off around black friday.

DD's acer was £70 in tesco. Does the job.

We had an old ipad mini that my youngest used until it died. We bought him a Kindle fire last Christmas-think it was on offer for £30.
Its fine for him, he is 5yo and loved Dantdm and Pat & Jen all yakking about minecraft.
But no way is it anywhere near as good as an ipad. No where near. It is a bit glitch and quite slow already.
Could people help you out towards an ipad for Christmas?

Thanks everyone.
I've just looked at family fund sirzy but the only thing we get is dla. Money is just tight as we're moving house (as ds and dd sharing is just not working)

I stood on it and cracked all the bottom but it still worked and then suddenly it went off and refused to come on again even being charged etc

Kids kindle fires are £79 at the mo.

My kids have Kindle fires and they do most of what you say but I haven't tried Netflix

I didn't get the kids' ones as the adult one was much cheaper

I know this sounds silly but if you get an adult version, where do you get the kids games from?

People on the reviews say - my kids spend hours on it.

Doing what? Im useless with technolgy.

You can do all of that on various other tablets, £40 should get you something or near enough.

However, look into a repair, ask your friends on Facebook etc. Maybe someone has done it before or knows someone. Groupon have deals for replacement screens. Seems sad to throw away an iPad that could be repaired.

I have 2 with asd and all mine a e iPads, we stick with Apple as have own account so don’t have to repay for apps.

Kindle fire £40 ish is fine. Honestly. Ds aged 5 had autism and had an iPad, fire and a LeapPad (!- don’t ask, lots of presents etc) and he goes for the Kindle more than anything else! He loves the layout and the games and it’s easy to work. Brilliant value for money. Plus if it breaks within the year Amazon will just send you out a new one delivered the next day (with a free returns for the old one- this happened to us when ds stood on his once! Other than that it’s bombproof- we just got a squishy case for it).

Has not had autism obviously!

I download games from the Amazon app store. Mostly free ones

Thank you. I only use Amazon about once a year for a cat scratch thing. I will have to use it more if DD gets a kindle.

Tesco have some very cheap tablets under £40. I had a kindle before my iPad, a kindle will do pretty much all the same as in games, YouTube, I player etc. And I think they are around £40

There are some cheap used iPads on eBay (example). They might not run the latest version of iOS but they'll do the job.

Get the amazon fire!
It’s around £30-£40
It’s brilliant, my DD has it an it’s fab!

Please ignore the link I gave (the screen is clearly smashed).

I got a basic kindle fire for dd last year on black Friday for £30. Bargain.

I wouldn't buy an older type iPad 2nd hand , all 3 of our older ones have stopped being usable in the last year . What sort of excess do you have on your home insurance , would it be worth a claim ?

Another vote for an Amazon Fire, they're £30-40 and will do all the things you mentioned in your OP.