What is the Difference Between Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+ on Fire Tablet?

Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids+ both allow you to create a personalized experience for your child's device. Learn more about the different features.

Amazon Kids

Amazon Kids+

Overview

Create a free child profile then share content from your Amazon library to be available in your child profile across supported devices.

Paid subscription with access to premium, kid-friendly content available to your child profile across supported devices. You can also share content from your Amazon library to your child profile.

Child Profile Limit

4

4

Paid Subscription

No

Yes

Features

  • Set time limits
  • Set educational goals
  • Enable or disable the Amazon-curated content within the web browser
  • Enable open but filtered web browsing (ads may be displayed on websites, but children can only click through to another allowed website)
  • Website blocking option
  • Share content from your Amazon library
  • Make announcements to supported Echo devices
  • Make voice and video calls to parents and parent-approved contacts who are using compatible Alexa-enabled devices and the Alexa app (with parent approval) (FireOS 5 and higher)

All Amazon Kids features.

Also access to premium kid-friendly content filtered by your child profile age.

  • Premium content can include:
    • Apps
    • Books
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Audiobooks
  • Ad-free radio stations

Ads in Apps

Apps parents add may contain ads. However, the ability to interact with the ads will be diminished.

Apps included in Amazon Kids+ do not have ads.

In-app Purchases

In-app purchases are blocked by default, but may be enabled by parents.

There are no in-app purchases in the apps included in Amazon Kids+. However, parents may add apps to a child profile which permit in-app purchases and control that setting through the Parent Dashboard.

Offline Content

When online, you can add and download apps, books, videos, and audiobooks to your child's profile. Once downloaded, content is available for offline viewing. To learn more visit, Amazon Kids Help.