• Reviews around time (3.20 of 5)

    Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablet, 8" HD Display, 32 GB, Pink Kid-Proof Case

    • The concept is great but it freezes ALL THE TIME and costumer service tells me every time that I need to do a factory reset; which is annoying because then I need to find all of the apps again, etc
    • The kids free time partition is bogus you can't use any apps at all, nothing prime video, and it's content you purchase only.
    • It's froze up a few times and it's only 3mos old
    • have hard time returning do to crack screen
    • My daughter and I didnt care for the overall look and function of the Free Time app
    • I bought this for my son for his 3rd birthday, I have been controlling which apps he can use and limiting his time through the amazon platform
    • So basically they have to stay in Free Time
    • FREEZES UP, HALF THE TIME DOESNT WORK!
    • Other then some technical issues, we LOVE the free time unlimited
    • Amazon Free time has a good selection of shows, books, and games for children to choose from
    • Love that this tablet was affordable, but not too keen on the UIWish that they had something like the Samsung Kids Mode where I could manually choose what they could use and lock it down, with free time all they do is push all the apps and it starts downloading.
    • I love amazon free time!
    • The first time it had a system error; and the second time he dropped it and shattered the screen
    • This tablet only work for a couple week after that its time to return again!
    • The process to download content for when we're away from wireless internet is time consuming, slow and limited
    • Now we are stuck in the spiral of death with games saying needs updating but then it says you are not authorized to update this game in free time
    • I love that it comes with a free year of the Amazon free time
    • When I purchased this product over a year ago I guess I did not read all of the fine print that says you get to use free time for a year then after that you pay for it
    • We brought this for road trips or times we are out and need quiet time for a toddler
    • Also, it had frozen a few others times so it wasn’t like it was completely great from the start!
    • She hasn't even used it because I've been too busy trying to fix the time zone so it will even change to the correct time zone, which shouldn't be so difficult
    • A lot of the free time games are very educational, there are very few that are “just for fun” most of them you are learning something
    • Tells me I have the wrong time zone, um wtf!?
    • After having it 2 months and using it pretty minimally, the screen now only works about half the time
    • It sometimes have a hard time charging, but once it gets too irritable, I can call in for warranty anyways
    • Time, the device is sluggish, free time does not work properly
    • The Free Time app is great!
    • Having the ability to limit the usage and the time that it's on
    • Free time is a mess and since the tablet doesn't work properly without crashing, restarts, and resets it makes this very difficult to work with
    • He can still reading from the download books at his free time profile .In that way he
    • The no hassle no questions asked warranty turns in to a 2 hour interrogation and i have went through this multiple times with both kids tablets they STOP charging abput every 4 months and have to be replaced and i have complained multiple times to them about
    • I am so disappointed that free time works and then stops working!
    • I would NOT waste your time on this tablet for your
    • The free time that is included for a year is absolutely amazing
    • benefits”that came with buying this product such as a two year warranty, one year of amazon free time and a free case, it does an excellent job in protecting the tablet
    • This Momma is totally fine with it because of the parental controls, you can choose how long per day that your child can be on each activity & you can also limit screen time per day
    • The home screen and layout was change so she does have a hard time finding things
    • My grandson loves it and it is educational with the free time
    • My kids couldn’t care less about the free time gimmick
    • My son likes the one year of free time offered with the purchase.
    • A little slow but works great overall and daughter loves it when using it on free time or car rides.
    • The Kid's Edition also comes with 1 year of Amazon Free Time Unlimited included, which is a subscription service you can use to access kid friendly books, apps, games, videos, and other educational content
    • Buyers regret big time
    • Free time for kids seems like such a great idea, if it could actually be executed on a tablet that works
    • Yes, I had to take my time to set up parental controls, download games and content in the kids FreeTime App but all that time was well spent as the little one was happy watching an episode of Daniel Tiger and learning ABCs in Elmo's app without using WiFi
    • The free time doesn't work like it's supposed to which of course was the basis for selling the item
    • It freezes all the time, barely is able to connect to wifi and sometimes not at all, shuts down, takes forever to load anything and is just plain bad
    • Amazon free time is NOT a useful product.
    • Perfect for road trips and killing time
    • I like the concept but some times it will run
    • but I have hard time to find a sin card for them
    • Great tablet but 2 time buying it
    • Freezes all the time
    • so glad I got one -Amazon free time is awesome
    • i do limit screen time
    • You can limit screen time by hours or set it to lock activity at a certain time
    • It’s a great tablet, I love the amazon Free time that was included, it has great games and shows for my toddler
    • This device is horrible and I am constantly wasting time because of its issues and quirks
    • One year of amazon free time is a plus
    • The amazon free time is great for learning and colors and fun things
    • Mostly so we could have some quiet time activity when her baby brother needed to nap
    • My three year old loves to earn time on her tablet and frees up my phone
    • Easy exchange when broken, and perfect time for kids.
    • It got frozen some times.
    • Free time is only ok, but it's not worth the monthly price.
    • I limit the amount of time he uses it for games and videos, but allow him an unlimited time for books
    • thrown it like 25 times and it's still good ( he is also the reason I've had to buy so many
    • Is fast and the free time app is awesome
    • every time she tries to use it, she gets frustrated and put it down because she can not see the screen.
    • Nope don’t do it, we bought the kids edition for our 9 year old, we wanted something that was was easy to use, while I am not complaining about the free time, I am so dissatisfied with the tablet itself
    • She asked questions for about 20 minutes including questions like is this the first time and can you go to settings (this was after I told her the screen was black)
    • I had a terrible time downloading apps that I was used to using because they were not compatible
    • I'm not sure if it's the combination of using free time
    • It is very time consuming and a real pain to remove all the things I don't want my Granddaughter in
    • Love being able to be in control while they are enjoying screen time
    • Free time subscription keeps going out
    • My 21 month old gives this tablet the hardest time
    • Free time is only ok, but it's not worth the monthly price.
    • We’ve had to restart it multiple times because it will freeze
    • Excellent product & love Amazon Free Time.
    • Excellent product & love Amazon Free Time.
    • My child spends more time frustrated than actually enjoying it
    • My kids have a great time playing them and learn so much!
    • My kids have a hard time finding what they're looking for and not being able to organize the games they play often is annoying
    • Get the free time application from Amazon as well
    • The free time app is great
    • Amazon free time one year included, worry free guarantee make this a no brainier buy.
    • We've had trouble many times with it timing out or saying his time is up even when he hasn't touched it in days
    • We have a hard time keeping it charged she uses it so much
    • She loves the free time app
    • Love the free time.
    • My kid dislike it(he prefers his Samsung tablet) some apps on free time don’t work, and it’s only been 6 months and it already won’t turn on, and that’s with light use because like I said my kid doesn’t even like it, this is his second option when he
    • Takes some time getting used to and find the things we need but it works great.
    • Free time is a mess and since the tablet doesn't work properly without crashing, restarts, and resets it makes this very difficult to work with
    • The free time doesn't work like it's supposed to which of course was the basis for selling the item
    • The only positive is that they are for kids and the free time part
    • Free-time movies and videos wont work as we live in egypt
    • I also don’t like that you can’t as a parent allow certain apps you pay for be in the options for free time
    • I love Free time but the charger issue is making me itchy.
    • Things won't download, shows errors all the time
    • It was easy to set up profiles for each kid, limiting screen time and access
    • So even if you buy multiple devices each one coming with its own subscription to free time he will still only be able to use it for four kids
    • Also wish the volume controls were different, kids have a hard time turning it up & down
    • My three year old son loves his kindle time
    • Free time app is a complete waste always crashing or waiting for things to load
    • So far it's been durable, it holds charge for 9+hrs with continuous use on my part, we got a year of free time where I can download all my daughters favorite apps and shows with parental controls that keeps content pg
    • and I love amazon free time
    • " for kids and kids lose things all the time and that the main reason I went with the kids option because of
    • I wish we never bought it, and frankly I have no intention of renewing the Free Time subscription when the promo year expires
    • Better then TV w/cartoons, she is 5 and spends her idle time on the tablet
    • but we have been through at least a dozen chargers and they break within a week or two every time.
    • Free time is a mess and since the tablet doesn't work properly without crashing, restarts, and resets it makes this very difficult to work with
    • Comes with a year of free time, which my grandsons love
    • Does not work half the time.
    • Time, the device is sluggish, free time does not work properly
    • 2-kids free time and one fire 7 and what a JOKE!!!
    • We love the parental controls, the ability to control when they can be on them and the free time kid friendly mode!
    • Love the protective case, love the unlimited free time games
    • A great amount of content available with free time and ability to download Netflix and hulu programs easily!
    • THE SAME PROBLEM EVERY TIME
    • Unfortunately, the Boost app simply will not work when the tablet is in "Free time" mode meant for kids
    • Perfect for kids, but limit their time
    • Well, even the apps I downloaded (with free time off) automatically disappear from this tablet within 24hrs
    • Then I realized none of the “downloaded” videos were present on the free time profile
    • Had no problems returning either time
    • It's been dropped a few times and still holds up, thanks to the protective cover
    • Other then some technical issues, we LOVE the free time unlimited
    • Freezes all the time
    • - i.e. I am OK with unlimited reading but would like to limit time for games and internet
    • FREEZES UP, HALF THE TIME DOESNT WORK!
    • My child is almost 3 and has a hard time using it or finding what she wants on it
    • My kids love the free time
    • For anything else, he has to switch over to his own profile under "Free time"
    • Well for starters the tablet is fine in itself, what makes this a hard review to explain is not the tablet but the free time it comes with
    • and it hangs some times
    • It freezes up all the time and won't read any SD cards
    • The problem, and its the most frustrating thing, is that for some reason, when you buy two tablets and they give you free time unlimited, you are automatically put on a family subscription
    • The games and free time is nice, the set up of the books is a bit wonky not as easy to zoom in on some small font
    • I would have gotten her an ipad mini & paid for the free time subscription which you can access via the ap...
    • Here you have to have the free time subscription enabled to install apps on a kids profile, it renews at 3.23 a month
    • The control of screen time and they have to complete a set amount of educational aposnveforr free time.
    • I like free time content and parental controls the most because it makes me feel like my child is watching safe content and not for too long
    • I just wished my kids where able to use the free time that came with the tablet
    • Amazon free time one year included, worry free guarantee make this a no brainier buy.
    • Horrible connection times and interface
    • Yes, same issue, both times
    • We had hard time managing the screane
    • Free time app and Parent Dashboard are wonderful
    • My son loves it , it’s an easy set up and there is access to so many things that will not only keep him occupied but learning and enjoying his time on his own tablet
    • The cases are very shock-absorbent for a lot of drops and though I was skeptical about the free time application in
    • I wouldn't waste my time on buying the kindle fire kids tablet unless you like replacing them every other month.
    • It comes with free time by Amazon
    • Even though they are preloaded from Free Time.
    • The thing freezes more times than not and i have to hard reset it
    • Broke a few times due to manufacturing errors but amazon took care of it each time
    • 1st time I've been disappointed with Amazon
    • My kids love these free time unlimited is wonderful and the case is great for kids
    • Age inappropriate audible books are featured on the Free Time platform, even though I set age limits for content
    • It is very dependable and my 2 yr old loves using it all the time!
    • I love the free time aspect
    • Good tablet for the price point considering the free time application and monitoring age appropriate content.
    • Free time app included is great for kids.
    • I cannot get to anything but the apps on free time.
    • Between the free time and the warranty (been swapped).
    • But as soon as you switch it to the kid's "Free time" mode, it shuts off the GPS and there's nothing you can do to give the app permission to turn it on
    • Difficult to use, I had to return 2 times because it was broken in 6 months and after all those problems it was returned in a different color
    • but now i have to try to try to sell all of this crap on EBay for like half a price which just pisses me off so bad because I have to use my precious time to do it.
    • Time, the device is sluggish, free time does not work properly
    • I don’t have to prey if she buying games because of the Free Time App
    • This is able to keep our child’s attention with “good screen time” apps like learning ABCs, reading books, etc.
    • Don't waste your time and money.
    • I'm having to limit screen time, this has never happened
    • I LOVE THE KIDS FREE TIME APP but HATE THE TABLET.
    • It works perfectly and doesn't have a scratch!The parent dashboard is great for monitoring my daughter's usage remotely, and I love being able to lock it from my phone when needed!Amazon free time is also a great feature
    • There is a lot of things and games on Amazon Free time that the kids can play that isnage appropriate and they are learning while they play!!
    • Other than Free Time and native apps, we have nothing on this tablet
    • I liked the idea of the kids' fire tablet because it comes with a great warranty, a protective case, and a year's subscription of free time, which has great learning apps and lots of digital and interactive books
    • Other than the GPS issue, the "Free time" app is really nice
    • Apparently you can only download 25 videos/episodes on the free time app
    • After the 1 year included subscription expires I will be continuing with the Free Time.
    • The free time app is amazing, and locked
    • Great for learning and fun with the free time unlimited my daughter loves it.
    • 3 year old uses with Amazon free time and its great
    • I love that it comes with a year of free time, that is probably the best thing about it
    • My children kove free time
    • HOWEVER once your free year subscription ends to amazon free time the apps are sketchy
    • The 2nd time was a year later because the charging port broke & the charger no longer stayed attached
    • The Free Time app is really great and provided endless fun and learning for our kids.
    • While most controls limit the web access for the kids, this actually limits the screen time.
    • It's definitely advisable (as with anything in life) to give yourself enough time to learn it before you actually need to use it
    • Is because it's a pain to have to put a password in everytime to open it, then to have to click on the free time for the kids
    • We love the Freetime app for my son and he uses it in the car or as a quiet time as he does not nap
    • The free time picks and chooses when it works it seems like
    • The screen quality and customized options for kids free time is great for my kids and keep them entertained.
    • Should have known better than to waste our time with this cheapworthless tablet!!!
    • My son uses it all the time no issues so far
    • It has become a great tool for transitioning from nap time to just quiet time
    • The first time after the tablet fell down a flight of wood stairs & the screen cracked
    • They love the games from free time.
    • We sent it in for repairs while still under warranty, and I contacted support several times since the issue wasn't fixed when we sent it back
    • Lots of learning apps and with the free time you can use it everywhere
    • It’s very fast and able to hold all my sons games from free time
    • The Free Time app is always freezing up
    • n’t respond right away like the blue one.
    • n’t had it a year and the charging port broke twice on us, we ca
    • n’t beat the no hassle two year warranty!
    • n’t work
    • -Incredibly slow-Doesn’t
    • n’t do anything to cause this, though I doubt she could anyways
    • n’t have to worry about my daughter watching inappropriate videos when she is on YouTube