Koobiba vs Yoto

Yoto takes your own audio with nothing further to buy — a blank card comes in the box, and the Green Button holds twenty titles without one — but a child chooses by inserting a card or browsing a display, and everything reaches the player over the internet on a family account. Koobiba is chosen by pressing one of three buttons, and the audio arrives from your phone without an internet connection.

Consider Yoto if your child is three or older and you want a player on sale now, with a catalogue of over 1,000 titles and cards to choose them by.

Koobiba Expected €90–110** Reservations open
Yoto €129.99** Available now
How the child chooses
Buttons Source: Koobiba, How the child chooses Three big buttons, no screen and nothing to insert
Cards Source: Yoto, How the child chooses A card goes into the slot, or the child twists the Green Button to browse up to 20 favourites on the display
Age
1+ Source: Koobiba, Age Designed for children from one year old
3+ Source: Yoto, Age The maker says from age 3; younger children need a grown-up's help
Stories and music available
In development Source: Koobiba, Stories and music available Planned: an hour of stories, music and white noise on the device. The curated Koobiba Library is in development; its titles, languages and dates are not announced yet
Large catalogue Source: Yoto, Stories and music available Over 1,000 titles, from birth to 12 and up
Adding your family's audio
No extra purchase required Source: Koobiba, Adding your family's audio Open the app → send it → the child presses a button. Nothing to buy; our catalogue is separate and optional
No extra purchase required Source: Yoto, Adding your family's audio A blank card comes with every player: record or add your own audio in the app and link it to the card, up to 100 tracks
Getting audio on
From your phone Source: Koobiba, Getting audio on The app sends audio to the device over your home WiFi or the device's own hotspot, no internet needed. Downloading from the Koobiba Library will need the internet on your phone
Needs the internet Source: Yoto, Getting audio on Yoto says the player must be on WiFi the first time a card plays, so the audio can download; content is managed in the app
Plays something on day one
Yes Source: Koobiba, Plays something on day one Planned: it comes with an hour of stories, music and white noise, and your own audio goes on from the app
Yes Source: Yoto, Plays something on day one Comes with a card, a free digital card, and free Yoto Daily and Yoto Radio
Price **
€90–110 Source: Koobiba, Price ** Estimated retail price; final pricing is confirmed closer to launch
€129.99 Source: Yoto, Price ** The current Yoto Player, device only
Availability
Reservations open Source: Koobiba, Availability Priority reservations are open; the player is not shipping yet
Available now Source: Yoto, Availability
Losing 5 items *
€0 Source: Koobiba, Losing 5 items * Nothing physical per story, so nothing to replace
Content retained Source: Yoto, Losing 5 items * Yoto's own page: a lost card's title stays in the app's library and can be linked to a blank card
Works offline
Fully Source: Koobiba, Works offline Everything on the device plays with the internet off; Wi-Fi is how new audio arrives
Fully Source: Yoto, Works offline Downloaded titles play with no signal; the first play of a card downloads it, and the radio streams live
Account
Optional Source: Koobiba, Account Only for connected features such as a shared recording link and the catalogue
Required Source: Yoto, Account Setting the player up in the app creates a family account
Subscription
None Source: Koobiba, Subscription No subscription is required to use the player
Optional Source: Yoto, Subscription Yoto Club, from €4.99 a month, adds digital content; the player works without it
Screen
None Source: Koobiba, Screen
Small display Source: Yoto, Screen A small pixel display for artwork, which doubles as a clock

* What it costs to replace five lost cards, figurines or chips at the vendor's retail price. Where the audio comes back without paying again, the table says "Content retained": Yoto, for example, keeps a lost card's title in your app and re-links it to a blank card. Koobiba has nothing physical per story, so nothing to replace.

** Price is what the vendor charges for the cheapest way to own the player, at list price, in its own currency. Some vendors sell the player alone; others sell it only in a set, and the note under the price says what the set includes.

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