Both ‘boxes’ are easy to use and intuitive for smaller kids. The toniebox is softer, so good for toddlers. It also looks nice and comes in a range of colours to suit any child’s bedroom. However the Yoto Player does everything that the toniebox does, and more. Jooki will play Spotify playlists when connected to Wi-Fi and MP3 playlists anytime, anywhere. Jooki unleashes invaluable family moments creating fun memories for your kids, while they serendipitously learn to talk, dance, sing and listen! Portable Children’s audio players are rising in popularity, giving kids a screen-free option for entertainment which is popular with parents who are concerned about screentime. But which are the best portable children’s audio players?

The longevity puts the Yoto Player above the toniebox for all but very young children in my personal opinion.

This a question that has been asked in my parenting group, so I thought I’d answer it here as well as I can! The Yoto Player box is fairly compact, made from hard plastic with a rubber bottom and a simple pixel display on the front. It can be positioned in a number of ways – on the base, tilted or down on its front as above. My wife and I bought this for a couple we know who just had their second child. Their first son(who is almost 3) had been feeling left out in all of the activities of his new brother, so we thought this might be a good way to take some pressure off of the parents and give the older son some autonomy and distraction. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ It is quite large and bulky, and we sometimes had trouble connecting it to our wifi. You have to provide the content; you can’t buy stories etc. Read more about the Jooki audio player in our review here. The Jooki children’s audio player is not currently available to buy in the UK. The TIMIO

Jooki is the only high-quality speaker that gives kids safe, screen-free access to streaming audio content. to get to the 3 star at this point everything must be fully ok...it's not. the orange buttons only work if you rotate them fully. for this you need a certain strength and dexterity. so my 3 year old son is completely frustrated and sad because he keeps rotating the knob but never enough for it to work. While the Jooki is awesome and is a great concept, we are disappointed by the control buttons on it. They are difficult to use/ to turn when choosing/skipping a song. Such an expensive item should be easy-to-use for the child who uses it, but it is even difficult for an adult to use. The button needs to be turned A LOT to skip a song and the tokens on the Jooki can get in the way. A different system should be used to skip the songs.

The Frustrating Parts

One of my favourite features, unique to the Yoto Player, is the additional free content. The daily podcast and Yoto Radio can be accessed by one or two presses of the right hand button when the card slot is empty. (You can change how this is access via the app). the strange part is where you will have to register and give some of your data to them. Without this you can't use the product at all. It gets worse. Then you need to give location permissions and only then you can configure the wifi on the product.. Yes the wifi. You can choose your Yoto Club Cards whenever you want them, and keep the Club Credits for up to 12 months.

Jooki is the favorite educational toy for 3yo+, fostering their imagination with music and storytelling. Jooki is the favorite 3-to-9 years old educational toy that fosters their imagination with music & storytelling, and helps build​​ the core foundation for their future. First up, the tonies Toniebox. The tonies is probably the best known of the children’s audio players due to a very successful marketing campaign. It’s relatively large and soft and squishy, and comes with cute characters which you can place on top to hear stories and music.Suggestion to jooki. Please really improve on the connection method of this product. I'm not exactly illiterate (I'm an IT engineer) and I didn't find it user friendly at all.