Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

6 months with the tablet, and we are VERY disappointed... The concept behind this is good... but it simply fails to give enough control to the PARENTS! And in my opinion, that’s the most important aspect. Let me explain that to anyone that hasn’t owned a FreeTime tablet before. Basically this device gives your child unlimited downloading power!! And they designed the user interface to be so dumbed down, that it doesn’t even show a difference between already owned apps, and unowned apps. It only shows a thumbnail image to represent the entire app. No name, no type description, no label of whether you own it or not....literally just a picture! So if your child is young, they see a cool picture, and click on it, assuming they can play it! Right? Except 99% of the time, it’s not an app you already own, so it begins downloading that new app. The child can’t play it because it’s currently downloading. Child doesn’t understand. Gets mad. Now the entire reason you got the tablet is moot! Because the child is constantly upset and in confusion when trying to play on the tablet! Now let’s just assume that aspect doesn’t bother you much.... will it bother you when you let your child play on the tablet for 20 mins, while you cook, or shower, or clean. And when you check on them, you find that there is literally 100+ new apps currently downloading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No exaggeration people! I have spent countless hours, and nights, going into my sons profile and deleting new apps. And there is zero way to combat this issue as a parent. No way to disable it! Not even turning off all internet connection will stop it! It’s crazy. And absolutely reckless to give children unbridled and unlimited access to an App Store! I wanted my child to have a few games and apps to play when I NEED just a little time. But I did NOT want to forfiet all parenting rights for his content. And neither should you! And a cherry on top here....there’s not even an easy or simple way to monitor the newly downloaded content, and delete the unwanted!!!!! Seriously shocking! Amazon requires that you search the entire App Store for apps you want to remove or block. Which is insanely inconvenient. But the big hang up with that, is that FreeTime mode doesn’t say the name of the apps!!!!!!! So there’s literally nothing you can do! Even if you are willing to put in the massive amount of time it would take to write down the name of 100+ apps every night. Switch profiles to your adult account. Go into settings. Then search for the exact title of each app. Then remove or block it. But let’s just say you’re a Super Mom, with freak abilities, and you can do this just fine every night. After you get done deleting tons and tons of apps, then switch back over to the child’s FreeTime profile to check out the results. You’ll be very rudely surprised to find ALL the apps are back!!!! But this time in a new tab, THAT NEVER GOES AWAY, called “recent”. That’s right folks! The recent tab is here forever!! To haunt you! And be right up front and center on your child’s profile. Showcasing all the apps you worked so hard to delete! Begging your child to click on them again, launching them to redownload AGAIN!!! And then your hellish night from the day before, of deleting 100+ apps, gets to repeat again tonight! Sounds fun right???? If you answered yes, then by golly miss molly this is the right tablet for you!! But if you answered no, and you wanted a tablet to assist you in parenting, not take away all control you have to discern for your child, and what they shouldn’t have access to....then this is not a good product for you. And you should tell amazon what you think of their “limitless” tablet for kids, as young as 2 years old. Dear Amazon; please please please, I beg of you!!! Create a FreeTime mode with ZERO access to downloading new apps. So for the discerning parents like myself, we can chose what to download for our child. Then hand it to them confidently, knowing they are safe, and secure, and we can breath a sigh of relief for perhaps just 5 minutes that day. Where nothing went wrong, and we could just rest, while our children play. It’s so simple. Please do that for us moms, because no one is. Thank you.