Amazon Kids+

Very little ability to monitor and control screen time, can’t see time spent and “learn first” difficult to use in practice. Poorly designed to restrict unwanted shows - eg have to block every episode of Peppa Pig individually(!) Ended up blocking catalogue and installing iPlayer as almost all options on kids complete junk. Very limited books and audiobooks included too. Would have been good to allow audiobooks/books but not free apps/amazon videos, but no option to do this without also blocking iPlayer, etc. Glitch so 4 digit PIN keeps resetting and have to log in and reset pin every week or so(?) - time consuming and irritating and still a problem a year on. Unable to use parental controls in app without paying for subscription. Haven’t used catalogue in months as it’s so poor, but now “free trial” has lapsed can’t use app to manage screen time at all. Certainly not worth paying for. I see I can access dashboard from browser, so not allowing me to use app for screen time controls seems very like cynical money grabbing.

As above And searching for content is impossible. I can find an app I want in my phone but I cannot add it remotely using my account. There is an “add content “ menu, but it doesn’t work, there is no content in the menu and you can’t search from there. If I try to search the exact same name, four words all spelt correctly then I cannot find the same app. My phone is full of apps and books I wanted fir the kids but I can’t get them in the tablet, Music does not work unless Alexa is enabled, but I don’t want Alexa I cannot re-designate websites as “education “ so the kids homework website cannot be accessed if I have the “education goal” in place. I cannot preview books or apps, so “coding” or “times tables” apps turn out to be a platform game. Most of the books are too simple for my kids and I cannot access more appropriate bins for their reading ability. It cannot tell the difference between apps for education and watching videos, so you think you have 30 mins of education apps first as a setting, but apps fir games or watching CBBC or ITVX is included in the educational target instead of the watching videos filter. Great idea but urgently needs development

Considering a multi billion pound company created this app, a single 15 year old could have done a better job in a year! It’s like a giant iFrame inside an app 😂 Two sets of back buttons, always two different ways to get to the same menu. No actual customizations like hiding categories of content, such as hiding all games, or all audiobooks etc. You have to manually hide each app, which is impossible because each category has hundreds 🤦‍♂️ And the UI on the fire tablet 8 is a joke, the icons are tiny and don’t even fill the screen, and there is no easy way to return to home, or go back unless you do origami with your fingers or click tiny options menus. Created for kids eigh? 🧐 I’m struggling to articulate my disappointment considering one of the richest conpanies in the world created this! Amazon if you are reading this, please get in touch if you want some genuine feedback and help making it properly! The ONLY thing it has going for it is the consolidated premium content, which you have to pay for anyway! 🤦‍♂️ Sorry Amazon, I’m switching to iPad with “guided access”, which I can’t believe I’m saying but it’s better than this! Developers, who is forcing you to create this?

Don’t get it you can’t download stuff and they need to add more things to do . ✅ I love the activities games you added So just get Amazon kids tablet’s instead: ) Also if you have an older child it still comes up with younger stuff like the shows and books . ❌DONT GET YOU HAVE TO PAY A SUBSCRIPTION!❌

Too easy to bypass parental controls.

I loved this app when I was made aware of it but now it will not let me log in as a parent. Constantly saying my password is wrong. I deleted the app and tried again - logged in initially with my password then tried to get to the grown up section and again said wrong password?! So now it’s no use what so ever to me 😣

Seem to constantly have issues getting on the parents dashboard with the words…’Ops something went wrong’ .

This game is good but the stuff on there it just too young for my child.would not recommend to children eight or over because it is just to young but the game has great graphics and is perfect for younger shoppers or just kids who want to have some responsibility like there parents.they have loads of useful things on there to for baby’s .

Don’t get it you can’t download stuff and they need to add more things to do . ✅I love the activitie games you added So just get Amazon kids tablet’s instead:) Also if you have an older child it still comes up with younger stuff like the shows and books . ❌DONT GET YOU HAVE TO PAY A SUBSCRIPTION!❌

Mainly use (when it works) the time settings. The time settings work occasionally but many app’s, YouTube being one Roblox another. Seem to overwrite the software so they don’t turn off. Then of course there is the simple fact that you keep having to uninstall it and reinstall following the opps something has gone wrong message and you can’t access it at all.