Yoto: Music, Stories, Sleep 4+

I used to own a Tonie Box but it's not even remotely closed to Yoto. I switched my kids from Tonie Box to Yoto about two years ago and it was the best decision I made. I love how affordable Yoto cards are, soooo many varieties. My sons look forward to bedtime story every night. With the Tonie box, you have to physically remove the character to stop the story, and the volume is barely there even at the max level. However, with Yoto, I can turn their stories on and off from my phone via the Yoto app. I can adjust the volume from my phone as well. And whenever I purchase a new Yoto card, it's instantaneously downloaded into the library in the Yoto app so we can listen to it right away while waiting for the physical card to come home. The cherry on top from purchasing Yoto product is their EXCEPTIONAL customer service! They are so prompt in responding and will do anything in their power to resolve your issue or concern. I HIGHLY and STRONGLY recommend Yoto!!!! I love the Yoto app, user friendly and allow you to pick a story, fast forward, pause, stop, turn volume up/down at your fingertips. Can't say enough good things about Yoto!

Wow, what a review Charmtran! Thanks so much for your comments and praise. It really means a lot to the team working on making Yoto better and better all the time.

Our family has used the Yoto player since it was first released. It is great for kids who enjoy audio stories or making their own music playlists. It allows them autonomy in creating their own albums without the distractions of internet, video games and the like, which are often found on many kids devices or audio/mp3 players. The make-your-own cards are good for also making special audio recordings for the kids (ie grandparents recorded reading a story). The podcast option is a nice feature. We recommend the monthly subscription for anyone interested in the product.

A suggestion would be the ability to download the actual story audio files to a computer for back up purposes. The actual audio file is in the cloud and on the Yoto device, but if either goes down then all content is lost/inaccessible.
Also, the app requires wifi connection to use. Which means if you want to select an audio story/card from the app to play on the device then it needs to be wifi connected. Wonder if it is possible to download actual file content to the phone/ipad so the card content (not podcasts) can still be played from the app when offline. Or the device and player could connect via bluetooth in order to continue playing audio from the app on the Yoto player.

Hi Bb888j - thanks for your review and feedback. We’re currently working on downloads to the phone and we hope to show something to customers in the coming months. We’ll also be experimenting with Bluetooth for offline connectivity but at this time, I can’t sure if that will be brought forward as a feature.

It is a true rarity to find a company that is so dedicated to serving their customers. They tirelessly add to and adapt their app to best suite their customers. New and fresh content shows up all the time. They play an active roll within the Facebook group so that they can address issues quickly and efficiently. Their customer service is surpassed by no other company I’ve ever dealt with. To give you an idea of the type of people who work at Yoto: when the price of everything is skyrocketing, Yoto just sent out a notice that they will be REDUCING the price of most of their cards in order to ensure that Yoto can continue to be accessible to kids and families. There are also plenty of free features (incredible and labor intensive for them) that they’ve chosen not to charge for. They’re amazing. Give it a shot and you won’t be disappointed. Trust me :)

Thanks so much for your comprehensive review ZBarge! I’ve shared it with all our teams as it means so much to all of them to hear positive feedback about their hard work to ensure you can get the best out of Yoto. Thanks again!