Yoto Mini $93.59, Yoto Player $129.59 Delivered ($13.99 Single Month Club Membership Required) @ Yoto Australia

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Yoto Mini $93.59, Yoto Player $129.59 Delivered ($13.99 Single Month Club Membership Required) @ Yoto Australia
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Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 10:08 au.yotoplay.com (4322 clicks)
Last edited 07/10/2025 - 19:14 by 1 other user

Here's how to get 40% off a Yoto player!

Yoto's having a flash sale! 20% off players and accessories and 15% off cards until October 14th (no code required). (Note Amazon is having a sale too but not as good). Yoto Player $143.99 (RRP $179.99), Yoto Mini $103.99 (RRP $129.99)

You can then sign up to their 'Collector' club for just one month for $13.99 which gets you 10% off your entire order & 1 free credit which can be used for a free card (which is worth up to $24.99) (or there are other more expensive options available, or annual memberships). Yoto $129.59, Yoto Mini $93.59

Discount stacks with a further 10% off with a referral code (if it's your first order over $99 - note purchasing the club membership doesn't count as your first order). Yoto now $115.19, Yoto Mini $83.19

Alternatively if you don't want to expend any $ to get the discount, you'll still get 30% off by combining the flash sale with a referral discount.

My almost 3 year old loves hers and uses it daily. Last on sale 3 months ago.

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Referee gets 10% off 1st purchase (min. $99 spend). Referrer gets 1500 tokens (worth $15) per order.

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Comments

  • Cheepcheep88 on 07/10/2025 - 10:14
    +2

    Anyone have thoughs on mini v standard? Appreciate the mini is more portable, any other pros and cons?

    • d3al on 07/10/2025 - 10:21
      +2

      The size determines the use case. Are you going to be primarily using it at home? the standard is great as a bedside table player. The mini is great if you want to take on a plane, roadtrips etc. Anecdotally, my 2 year old finds the standard a bit easier to use as the buttons are spaced wider apart and my 5 year old is more comfortable with the mini as she likes to walk around with it.

    • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 10:23
      +2

      I've never even seen a standard but beyond portability outside the home, the mini is very easy for a small child to carry around the house and operate independently. I'm told the mini is mono audio only, full size is stereo. For kids I don't think it matters :)

    • SirCrumpet on 07/10/2025 - 11:17
      +1

      We love the Mini and it moves around the house all the time - the Yoto Daily podcast often joins us at the dinner table, it goes with him to and from his bedroom to the living room while it plays music, it joins him in a comfy chair while it plays us or the grandparents reading a self-recorded book to him. I feel like a bigger / more stationary device would be a very different (and not nearly as often used) product for our use cases.

      I'm sure the audio on the standard is much better, but tbh any time that would be a concern we would usually rather play it on our speakers anyway.

    • y2k on 07/10/2025 - 12:28
      +1

      For me, I would 100% go with the Mini. The regular we have is hefty and the Mini gets far more use as it's just easier to handle, even if not travelling. There's minimal audio quality difference esp for a kid.

    • Broos on 07/10/2025 - 12:32
      +1

      We have a Mini and Player. The kids don’t like the Mini much. Also, the audio quality on the Mini is quite bad. We’ll be selling the Mini and buying another Player. With the Adventure Jacket the big one is still quite portable for a 3+ year old. And the better audio quality means you don’t need to have the volume as loud to hear the clarity of the storytellers voice.

    • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:43

      Have the mini, given we bring it everywhere I wouldn't want anything larger. Reviews online recommended the mini for this reason, that's why we got it.

    • caitsith01 on 07/10/2025 - 16:39
      +2

      We have both, they definitely have pros and cons.

      The full sized one has way, way better sound. If you think your kid will listen to a lot of music this one is far better. But for audiobooks the difference is much less significant and the smaller one is less 'bassy' and therefore less annoying if (like my kids) your kids listen to books constantly. The full sized one also has a much better/more fun screen which matters mostly when it's acting as a nightlight, but my kids love the pixel art on the front which is seriously tiny on the mini.

      However, the smaller one is much more portable (obviously) and in my opinion more robust because of its size and shape. The big one doesn't look like it would enjoy being dropped, whereas our mini has been dropped numerous times and is still kicking along ok. The smaller one is great for travel, the bigger one is a bit more inconvenient.

      The big one also flips up and works as a fairly bright nightlight, i.e., you rest it on its front and the light on the back comes on and stays on. The smaller one doesn't do that.

      You can get protective covers for both which is a must (you can check your favourite Chinese retailer…)

  • Captain Yobbo on 07/10/2025 - 10:32
    +1

    Are these any good? I have two toddlers who love reading & stories but don't want the books to stop when it's bed time. Do these read a bed time story & then power down or switch to white noise?

    • 3dprintdeals on 07/10/2025 - 10:34
      +3

      You can set sleep timer

    • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 10:37
      +2

      The card that you put in will keep playing until either the card ends or the battery runs out (to solve the latter you can just keep it plugged in overnight). My daughter likes the music/white noise cards best, and she generally listens to a card from 'The Dream Collection' all night. It must go on a loop as if the Yoto is plugged in it's still playing in the morning! There's also an included radio station which plays 'sleepy music' (as my daughter calls it) all night too and then kids music during the day.

      • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 10:38
        +1

        Or yes, as above, if you actually want it to turn off after a certain time, you can set a sleep timer :)

        • Captain Yobbo on 07/10/2025 - 10:42

          Thank you. Have you found it makes bed time a more positive / settled experience? Mine are 2 & 3 years for reference.

          • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 10:46
            +2

            @Captain Yobbo: Absolutely. We also like to have a 'dance party' before bed with one of the 'silly songs' or similar cards to get our energy out first, haha. I think that age is perfect, we got ours when my daughter was 2y8m. My daughter also likes the book cards for the books we own like 'Magic Beach', 'Where is the Green Sheep?' so we can listen along to those and turn the pages.

    • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:46
      +1

      My 3 year old has it and loves it for the music, we mainly use it in the car so he doesn't want to take control of the whole car stereo and then everyone is forced to listen to kids songs. Other benefit is he can change the songs himself so he isn't constantly asking us to change.

      He is about 3 and a half now and only now is interested in listening to stories on it though. Previously if we put on a story he wasn't interested. Not sure if that's just my kid though.

      Anyway, I'm a big fan of it as a product. If it becomes a problem at bed time you could just disallow use at bed time.

      • Captain Yobbo on 07/10/2025 - 13:53

        Thanks for the detailed feedback. As mine are close together I'd probably need two eventually. I'll see if I can find someone locally to borrow one from before making the plunge.

        • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:58
          +1

          I only have one kid, but could definitely see it becoming an immediate problem that they fight over it 😂

          Anyway, I highly recommend it as a product.

    • caitsith01 on 07/10/2025 - 16:42

      They are a really great product IMHO - we have two. They give your kids autonomy over what they listen to, but only from a curated set of stuff that you have chosen for them. The Yoto Daily radio show and some of the free content is also great.

      You can basically set it up to play anything you have access to as DRM-free audio (including music).

      You can set a sleep timer and you can also program them so the volume is limited after a certain time of day, the screen dims, etc.

      One of my kids religiously goes to sleep with the 'sleep sounds' playing as a sort of white noise generator, with the screen acting as a dim nightlight.

    • sutiive on 07/10/2025 - 19:03
      +1

      My daughter loves so much it's almost a problem. The Enid Blyton series are excellent and a good ROI for the money. Some other cards are so short.

  • Jimpower on 07/10/2025 - 10:42
    +2

    My kid loves this, she's been using it since she was 3.5 years old.

    The main argument for this is that it's easy to use, just inserting a card (credit card size) into a slot. She doesn't have to fiddle with smart phone / tablet to play her fav song / audio book.

    One of the better purchase IMO.

    • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:48

      Agree with this. Before we got one he was demanding our phones all the time to play music, next minute he's accessing youtube on there etc. ended up a slippery slope. Since getting the Yoto we never let him have the phone except for video calls or family videos, no longer demands the phone from us. Other thing is it's really good he can change the song himself (he used to get mad if the wrong song was playing) and we don't have to take over the whole car stereo in the car with his music.

    • caitsith01 on 07/10/2025 - 16:42

      IMHO the best feature is that it's not directly internet connected. So my kids can have unsupervised access to the stuff I've curated for them without worrying that they're going to end up accessing YouTube AI slop or whatever.

  • shap08 on 07/10/2025 - 10:47
    +49

    I've done a deep dive into yoto, this will save you hours for those sailing the seas.

    Guide: Using third‑party NFC cards with Yoto (MYO)

    Please use this responsibly: only clone your own MYO cards and content you own or have permission to use. Don’t duplicate commercial Yoto cards or copyrighted content.

    TL;DR
    • Buy compatible NFC cards (NTAG/MIFARE Ultralight).
    • Build a MYO playlist with the Chrome extension.
    • Clone your working DIY card to third‑party cards using NFC TagWriter on Android.
    What you’ll need
    • A Yoto Player and a Yoto account.
    • An NFC‑capable Android phone.
    • Compatible NFC cards (13.56 MHz ISO14443A, NTAG213/215/216 or MIFARE Ultralight). Example: YARONGTECH MIFARE Ultralight cards
    • MYO Studio (Chrome extension) to build playlists: MYO Studio
    • NFC TagWriter by NXP (Android app) for writing/cloning: NFC TagWriter
    • Must HAVE: one official Yoto DIY card as your “master” to clone from.
    Step 1: Create your MYO playlist
    1. Follow the setup guide: Getting Started with MYO Playlists
    2. Add your audio (that you own), arrange tracks, and confirm it plays in the Yoto app.
    3. Assign the playlist to a Yoto DIY card in the Yoto app. This will be your template for cloning.
      3a. Test the Yoto DIY card and allow the cloud icon to disappear.
    Step 2: Clone to a third‑party card (Android)
    1. Install and open NFC TagWriter by NXP.
    2. Use the Clone/Copy function:
      • Read from tag: tap your official DIY card to the phone to read its NDEF data.
      • Write to tag: place a blank third‑party card to write the copied data.
    Step 3: Test on your Yoto Player
    • Insert the new third‑party card into the player.
    • It should trigger the same MYO playlist as your original DIY card.
    • If it doesn’t start, eject/reinsert or reboot the player and ensure it’s online.
    Tips and best practices
    • Tag types: stick to 13.56 MHz ISO14443A like NTAG213/215/216 or MIFARE Ultralight
    • Play the playlist on the official blank card before cloning the card, this helps with playback errors.
    • Phone positioning: NFC antennas vary—slide the card around the back of your phone to catch the sweet spot.
    • Labeling: add a sticker or print a label so kids can tell cards apart.
    Troubleshooting
    • Card not recognized: confirm it’s an ISO14443A 13.56 MHz NTAG/Ultralight and that the write completed without errors.
    • Can’t read/write: enable NFC in phone settings; try another phone; or format the tag as NDEF in TagWriter and retry.
    • Player doesn’t update: reinsert the card, connect the player to Wi‑Fi, and give it a moment to refresh.
    Accessory
    • seanfoite on 07/10/2025 - 11:13

      Genuine question, why is this better than buying the BYO cards from Yoto directly?

      • shap08 on 07/10/2025 - 11:18
        +6

        3rd party cards are about $11 for 10, Yoto MYO $33.99 for 10

        • seanfoite on 07/10/2025 - 11:21

          OK cool thanks! :)

    • mtr on 07/10/2025 - 11:14

      This is incredibly helpful, thank you!

    • JuryWheel on 07/10/2025 - 11:29

      I foolishly didn't get any official diys when I bought my mini - anyone in Melbourne have a spare they can Sell me?

      • theguyrules on 07/10/2025 - 12:18

        I haven't got a Yoto Mini yet but a YouTube review I just watched suggests that the welcome card that comes with it is a MYO card you can use.

      • tikei on 07/10/2025 - 12:31

        Didn't it come with an orange one?

      • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 14:00

        As others have said below, you can replace the content on the ‘how to’ card that comes with the player, with whatever you want. I think mine is now ‘Miffy’ 😂

    • leyton01 on 07/10/2025 - 11:39

      @shap08 We have twins, always fighting over the cards. Can you clone the official cards with this method - also wanting to guard against loss.

      • shap08 on 07/10/2025 - 12:50

        Sorry haven't tried this

      • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 13:42
        +1

        You can’t do it using the Yoto software’s “link to a card” method, but if you’re able to find the audio by another means then you can just do it the same way as described above.

      • caitsith01 on 07/10/2025 - 16:44

        If you have something in your library in the app, you can link it to multiple cards.

        • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 17:15

          At the same time? I’ve tried this previously and it doesn’t work because it requires you to move or reassign the link, which makes the first card unreadable.

    • fox81 on 07/10/2025 - 11:59

      interesting, and i have bought a few myo cards, but these days i just queue up a playlist from my phone when i havent added it to a card.

      the cards are useful if you want the kid to be self sufficient though.

      you can also link a podcast to a card for those interested in that.

      • JuryWheel on 07/10/2025 - 12:04
        -1

        Don't happen to have a spare MYO do you….?

    • y2k on 07/10/2025 - 12:26
      +2

      MYO cards are def the way to go, but one of the most annoying things about Yotos (we have a Mini and a Regular) is getting these to update.

      The data isn't stored on the card - the latter basically tells the player what to download onto its memory. And it can be very unpredictable when that download actually happens. You need to have it plugged in, turned on, connected to wifi but not playing music, and you can't manually force an update. Sometimes you need to email Yoto support and they need to remotely reset for you. If not, you will sometimes get the player telling you "this player must be online to play this track", which is frustrating when this is meant to be travel friendly.

      It's all manageable, but if you're about to leave on holiday or a trip and want to quickly add some new songs or stories, you will need to be lucky. Just don't tell your kids that it will update, so if it manages to, it will be a pleasant surprise.

      To try and get around this, I have set my Yoto wifi to connect to my Beryl travel router so it will have more time to update. But it sure would be nice if we could force updates when using MYO cards.

    • preemo on 07/10/2025 - 14:02

      Can you confirm the below card type will work (seeing mixed results on it)? I have used the MIFARE EV1 type cards successfully on my YOTO, but the below type are even cheaper than the MIFARE ones:

      Chip: Ntag215
      Capacity: 504 bytes
      Protocal: ISO14443A
      Frequency: 13.56mhz

      • shap08 on 07/10/2025 - 15:44

        yes it should work

    • hippocrit on 07/10/2025 - 17:08

      I don't understand what this achieves other than cloning an official MYO card? Once you complete Step 1-3, you have 2 cards that triggers the MYO playlist, but once you use the original MYO card to create a new playlist won't the duplicate also link to the new playlist?

      • shap08 on 07/10/2025 - 17:12

        No, the 3rd party card doesn't link the new playlist, it keeps the old playlist.

    • sutiive on 07/10/2025 - 19:05

      If you hadn't already gathered from the length of this comment, it's hardly worth it unless you're just into it and are ozbargain royalty. Props to the person who posted this though for their commitment

    • ltwo on 07/10/2025 - 19:42

      where does one fine content for MYO cards if I don't have any cards to clone?

    • TommyGun on 07/10/2025 - 20:43

      Thanks very much for the write-up, looking forward it trying it out. Just a note, the Yoto Player comes with one blank card, so you don't need to buy one separately to use as your master.

    • APN Adelaide on 07/10/2025 - 20:47

      Thank you so much for the
      Extremely helpful and detailed post.

  • flyduffer on 07/10/2025 - 10:57

    how does the 10% off with a referral code works?

  • punkel on 07/10/2025 - 11:12
    +1

    Hot tip - if you have 1 Yoto player you can play from another device using your phone. Just select the card in your library then go play from this device

  • Limitless on 07/10/2025 - 11:32

    Buy now or wait for Black Friday sales?

    • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 11:34
      +1

      I doubt you’ll find a better sale than this but who knows!

      • Limitless on 07/10/2025 - 11:45

        Thanks! can you use the 1 credit on your first order?

    • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 13:43
      +1

      They are advertising this as their Black Friday sale.

    • Birdbrain on 07/10/2025 - 18:14

      Last year the Black Friday sales shipped late and a lot of people didn't receive theirs in time for Christmas. I'd buy now, I don't think the discount was better.

  • hothed on 07/10/2025 - 12:06

    My kids love their standard yoto player. The standard displays images, so they can recognise the songs and describe the ones they want you to help them play.

    • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:51

      The mini does an image too, but much smaller, not sure if it's the same as having that big display on there though. I'd personally still go mini because of portability.

      Also I don't want this thing going any louder than the mini can do hahah, not sure if you can set a volume limit, haven't tried.

      • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 14:01
        +1

        You can, and I have definitely done this! You can set different volume limits for night time and day time too which is helpful.

  • bopter12 on 07/10/2025 - 12:07

    If you sign up for Yoto club and get the free credit, do you have to use that credit within the month?
    Planning on buying this as a Christmas present so I’m hoping if I cancel the club membership I will retain the credit to use at Christmas?

    • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 13:58

      I think you’ll need to use it while your membership is still active so I’d pick a card now and do it all in one transaction 😊

      • bopter12 on 07/10/2025 - 14:16

        Ok thanks! Do you know how long this sale might last? At least the rest of the day?

  • MaxTee on 07/10/2025 - 12:19
    +2

    Anyone else having issues logging in? It says I have attempted to log in too many times even though I did it once

    • nosey on 07/10/2025 - 18:24

      I had this, but went through eventually after a few attempts over 5mins.

  • Bretto87 on 07/10/2025 - 12:25
    +1

    Thanks, wife was literally checking out on amazon saved us a pineapple

  • OzBargaincreeper on 07/10/2025 - 12:28
    -2

    I get it's cute and simple buttons for kids to use but so expensive when you look at the price of the content.

    Get out an old phone, log into your online local library, download free audio books, or podcasts, music whatever, then disconnect it from wifi so kids can't do anything else with it. If you don't want them walking around with a phone, get a $10 Bluetooth speaker

    • Reubzy on 07/10/2025 - 12:37
      +5

      I honestly agree with the basis of what you're saying. But you are essentially breaking down the concept of any kind of tech or enhance to a process. It's convenience and package based.

      You could break down a car versus a skateboard in this regard. Both get you from A to B, one just does it a hell of a lot easier and looks way cooler, that the little kiddies really do appreciate!

    • tikei on 07/10/2025 - 12:38

      For older kids that's fine. For young toddlers, I would go crazy with them constantly coming over to ask me to open up the app again because they accidentally pressed the home screen or went to some settings menu and don't know how to get out.

      These buttons are designed so the kids are in full control, simple to handle.

      • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:53
        +1

        This was exactly the reason we got a Yoto. He kept asking for our phone all the time, next minute he learned how to access youtube and would open that up and start watching stuff, was a slippery slope. Since we got the Yoto he doesn't ask for our phones anymore, I think he's forgotten they can even play youtube or music, was a great decision to get this thing.

        Given them a phone can be a slippery slope, it's much better having a dedicated easy to control player that can only play audio.

    • cannedhams on 07/10/2025 - 15:05
      -3

      Rough crowd. I gave you a rec.

      One of my wife's friends swears by these. For reference, she once gave one of our kids organic beechwood building blocks as a birthday present. She also served us chia seed smoothies on one occasion; I don't think I have ever ingested something so closely resembling pond scum in all my life.

      I could see these appealing to a very young audience, and of course I fully endorse parents not letting their kids near ipads unless absolutely necessary. But I really struggle to see why I would faff about with those stupid cards when I could just put the ipad on guided access and let the kid listen to books on Audible, especially when the range of content there is so much larger.

    • caitsith01 on 07/10/2025 - 16:49
      +1

      Missing the point, which is that kids literally can't do anything else with Yoto plus they get 'ownership' of the physical cards. If your kids are smart then they will find ways around content filters etc on tablets/phones, but that's simply not possibly with these. Plus the tech is 100% designed for kids to use and the device is purely audio focused so that it doesn't really count as a 'screen' on any level.

      My kids actually do have access to phones/tablets but they spend way more time on their Yotos, and we feel much more comfortable that they are having a positive, age-appropriate experience doing so.

      On top of which these work as nightlights and give access to really nice kid-appropriate podcasts and a library of books/music/etc, have built in time based volume controls, etc etc.

      • cannedhams on 07/10/2025 - 22:22

        I understand that, there is a certain convenience factor to them, and to each their own.

        Ultimately this is an elaborately crippled media player. I could dig my old ipod mini out of my desk drawer, rip a bunch of audiobook mp3s to it, and the kid wouldn't be able to do anything other than listen to the mp3s. I still think that that would probably be more convenient than this thing. Those cards are just the perfect size for losing, and nothing would bite my arse more than looking under all the beds for a superfluous piece of paper that doesnt even carry the data for the audiobook. Unless you really have a religious object to screens I would think twice.

        I prefer the locked tablet simply bc the kid can still look at the pictures, and also make an association with the written words.

        The content is limited and expensive. Yes you can add content to MYO cards, and laboriously add audiobooks from the library or whatever. Or you could just use libby and lock the ipad. If you think up a novel passcode the kids literally won't be able to use it for anything else.

        • caitsith01 on 07/10/2025 - 22:53
          +1

          Seems like more effort to use a $600 device which is massively overspecced, personally set up a library of stuff and a security setup, and then give that to your kids than using a $80-100 device that does exactly the task in question and only that.

          I also think you underrate the importance of the tactile experience the Yoto delivers. Younger kids especially find it really intuitive.

          Another issue with tablets/streaming is that media is increasingly not local. So you can't take a tablet setup in the car and then just access whatever you want without some sort of internet connection. Whereas the yoto works anywhere once it's downloaded a card's content once.

          As for losing cards, we've managed to never lose one out of dozens. And it's minimal work to transfer audiobooks you own to a new card (we maintain a card called "X's current book" which we just update as they go with whatever they're currently listening to). Cards have advantages like you can pull one out and put another one in, and when you go back to the first one it resumes wherever you left off.

          And you can use the Yoto like an 'ipod' in the sense that you can play stuff from your library to the player via a phone without using a card.

          Your ipod example ignores that you need a speaker, too, so it really lacks the convenience of an all in one device.

          I see it more like an old school tape/radio, but adapted for kids in the 21st century. I remember as a kid having a tape walkman and a collection of tapes (yes I'm old) and I really loved having that. For kids born this century there's something novel about a physical device that works like this. I guess it doesn't work for you, but it's been brilliant for us and our kids.

          • cannedhams on 07/10/2025 - 23:35

            @caitsith01: Fair enough, to each their own. Altho you could still screen pin a cheap Android tablet and get the same functionality. I find it remarkable that so few parents use Libby, particularly for content other than English, which is pretty hard to get otherwise. The audiobooks I appreciate especially.

            Loved the tape books back in the day, although they did include a copy of the book as well. I remember the ding sound between each page.

            I myself loved the filmstrip projectors that they had back in primary school. Watching "The Three Robbers" on one of those is permanently etched into my brain. If this thing had an e-ink screen that could accomodate an experience like that then I would probably be all over it.

  • Lachy2437 on 07/10/2025 - 13:04

    We have a 3 year old and will soon have a newborn. Thinking of this as a present for when the baby comes, do most people have memberships? Are they worth it?

    • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 13:48
      +1

      I would wait until you’re sure they’re going to use it first. It took my child about 6 months but it’s now in daily use. My biggest tip would be to let them choose the cards themselves.

      • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:55

        Issue with giving my 3 year old the cards right now is he keeps putting 2 in at a time (worried it might stretch the slot over time and the cards will become loose) and he keeps bloody bending the cards too (though he does that even with 1 card of course haha). Gave him the whole pack once and he would play every card for 5 seconds and it was driving us nuts.

        • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 14:45

          I meant choosing the cards you buy or create, but yes that sounds like a tricky situation too!

  • Snug17 on 07/10/2025 - 13:06

    Thank you! Signed up and purchased!

  • WorstAgreeableRadish on 07/10/2025 - 13:49

    I have a 7 month old. Do I buy now or wait for the next sale?
    At what age does a Yoto start becoming useful?

    • bleeder on 07/10/2025 - 13:57
      +1

      If they like listening to music already I think it's a good buy, they're probably not going to listen to the stories yet. Can be a life saver if you want to keep them happy in the car or at dinner or whatever just listening to music. If they're not that into music I would just wait for a sale.

    • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 14:02
      +2

      Personally I think from 2 years old is best as they can then operate it entirely themself. If they love music now though, you could always do it for them til then 😊

    • locapez on 07/10/2025 - 18:41

      One of the features the yoto has that the mini doesnt is it can be used as a "groclock" (effectively blue moon means sleep time yellow sun means time to get up). We loved our groclock for my kids, and if i had heard of the yoto before then, I would have got it instead.

      Probably still dont need until older, but a feature definitely worth considering :)

  • frankfu1122 on 07/10/2025 - 14:05

    If I order now, do you reckon I could receive it by Friday so I can use it for the little one for our flight on Saturday? Based in Sydney Metro

    • Clarafina on 07/10/2025 - 14:06
      +2

      Ooh that’s pretty tight, I’d call Yoto and ask.

    • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 17:04
      +1

      It takes a little time to set up so factor that in too :) Would also recommend wired headphones (Bluetooth on these ain’t great and connecting can be a struggle) which also have strong noise cancellation. When using proper volume limiting for little ears in a noisy environment, it’s very tricky to get the right balance between audible and damaging. We gave up on Yoto during flights.

    • frankfu1122 on 07/10/2025 - 17:53
      +1

      Thanks for your tips all ;) Might just get it from Amazon instead as they offer next day delivery

  • jennkei on 07/10/2025 - 16:30

    Thank you! Been looking for a deal. :)

  • theguyrules on 07/10/2025 - 16:57

    Thanks guys, I think my son is gonna love this. Can confirm that the 10% off from the club discount stacks with the referral, so $84.24 + $13.99 for the Yoto Mini plus a book card, and I guess a month of access to the subscription books.
    Nice!

  • ssfps on 07/10/2025 - 17:34
    -4

    These are a junk predatory locked-down fashion product.
    They can only be used with the app via "the cloud", you can't just load up music onto the internal storage via the USB port.
    The internal storage is a cheap SD card, that you can't easily remove.
    They can't play most music formats, you have to convert everything to mp3.
    When inserting cards, music is streamed from "the cloud" and only cached locally, with no user control over that cache.

    Edit: I own one for my kids and given the limitations it's almost useless for us, but all you ever hear about these is how wonderful they are, presumably from people that just don't know any better.

    I wish someone would come out with an ordinary portable speaker that you could plug usb-sticks into and have them auto play, my 2 year old can plug usb-a drives in easily.

    • cramblamwich on 07/10/2025 - 18:43
      +5

      Totally! The first thing my 4-year-old said when I bought one was, "I can't believe this only utilises a local cache via non-removable SD!"

      • ssfps on 07/10/2025 - 19:41
        -1

        No of course not, your 4 year old said "thanks for the phone and app to manage my yoto, now i'm a big girl the youtube integration really suits my unfiltered lifestyle".

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