Reading
Yoto
Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
Yoto is a screenless audio player that kids appear to run on their own. They choose a card, slide it into the top and hear an audiobook, an album, a podcast or a learning series, using two chunky knobs to skip and adjust the volume. The maker lists a card library of more than 1,000 titles spanning toddlers to nine and up, including well-known children’s books read aloud. Each player comes with a Make Your Own card, so a grandparent’s recording of a favorite story or the family’s own audio can live on it. With no card in, a button plays Yoto Daily, a short daily show, or Yoto Radio, and at night it shifts to sleep sounds and a bedtime podcast. The full-size player doubles as a night light, and the smaller Yoto Mini looks designed for travel.
- Ages
- Ages 3 and up
- Works on
- iPhone and iPad app; Android app
- Topics
- Reading, Music, Early learning
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-18
What kids do
- Slide in a card to play an audiobook
- Record a story onto a Make Your Own card
- Listen to the Yoto Daily show
- Drift off to sleep sounds
Who it suits
Ages 3 and up. The publisher provides this age guidance.
Notes for parents
Grown-ups handle the player, cards and recordings from the Yoto app on a phone or tablet. The cards and knobs seem simple for kids who can’t read yet.
What you need
- Yoto Player or Yoto Mini
- Yoto cards
- Phone or tablet for the Yoto app
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