4 affordable kids’ tablets with great battery life

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From smartphones to desktops, smartwatches and laptops, there is technology designed for almost everyone. Tablets are one of the most versatile devices on the market, bridging the gap between laptops and smartphones. In the tablet market, there are even options for specific users, including compact tablets for reading and entertainment, as well as affordable tablets for use at work and at home. Yet tablet makers have adults first and foremost in mind when it comes to all these tablets.

Children, on the other hand, aren’t really the target demographic for many tech products. The best Android tablets can be quite expensive, and even Apple’s base model, the iPad, comes at a price that probably makes it too risky to place in children’s hands. The little ones in the family need a set of features unique to them, like durable design, reliable battery life, parental controls and a suite of unique, age-appropriate and easily accessible content.

There aren’t many major tablet manufacturers that design tablets specifically for kids. But some recognize how convenient such a device can be for households with children of all ages. We’ve gone through the kids’ tablets on the market right now – with the help of parents and grandparents who have shared their hands-on experiences with these tablets via Amazon reviews – and selected what we consider to be options that balance capacity, affordability and reliability.

Amazon makes some of the best tablets for kids with its Fire HD Kids line. At the high end is the Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids tablet, priced at $175 and offering up to 13 hours of battery life between charges. But a more practical option within the lineup is the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids. The 32GB model has a regular price of $150 and is estimated to have the same kind of battery life, reaching up to 13 hours of use between charges.

Amazon has loaded these tablets with content specifically aimed at children. Purchase of the Fire HD 8 Kids tablet comes with a full year of access to Amazon Kids+. This is a subscription service that provides access to games, books, and even apps just for kids. It also includes access to content from Disney, Nickelodeon and PBS Kids. It even comes with a sturdy, child-proof case, which is one reason why the Fire Kids Tablet might be safer than other Android options.

Amazon also has a Pro version of these tablets on the market, although it is aimed at slightly older children. That said, the standard version represents a pretty solid value at this $150 price and Amazon shoppers have a lot of good things to say about it. It earned an overall rating of 4.6 stars there, with many parents raving about both the price and the tablet itself.

Also among Amazon’s tablets is the Amazon Fire 7 Kids, which is a slightly smaller and more affordable option aimed at children aged 3 to 7. Its price is $110 with the inclusion of one year of access to Amazon Kids+, and $100 for parents who prefer to start with six months of access to the service. The Fire 7 Kids doesn’t have quite the same battery life as Amazon’s more expensive tablets, but it still manages 10 hours of use between charges.

It’s also a smaller tablet than Amazon’s other options. It features a 7-inch display packaged in a sturdy, durable case that can withstand the bumps, drops, and jolts inherent in handling by children. It’s a somewhat basic tablet, even as kids’ tablets go, but one thing that sets the Fire 7 Kids apart from more generic options is its access to content. It comes with everything you’ll find on Amazon’s other kids’ tablets in this regard, and it has expandable storage via a microSD card that allows parents to install their own movies and books.

Although kids’ tablets may all look the same at first glance, the Fire 7 Kids is designed specifically for young children. This means they can age out of the tablet faster than a device like the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro, aimed at children under 12. But the Fire 7 Kids is significantly cheaper, and in its Amazon reviews, parents give it an overall rating of 4.3 stars. Many consider tablet parental controls to be a revolutionary feature for the tablet.

Parents looking for a larger, yet affordable kids’ tablet might want to skip Amazon’s lineup altogether. Priced at $90, the ColorRoom 10-inch Kids Tablet is $10 cheaper than the Fire 7 Kids and comes with a much larger screen. It also costs $85 less than the Fire HD 10 Kids tablet and has similar specs. These include 64 GB of internal storage, 4 GB of RAM, an 8-core processor and two stereo speakers for watching movies and other children’s programs. The ColorRoom kids’ tablet also includes a large 6,000 mAh battery that provides 8 to 12 hours of battery life per charge, depending on the brand.

This tablet doesn’t have the kind of name recognition that comes with Amazon’s line of kids’ tablets, but ColorRoom does a good job of distinguishing itself from more generic options. This particular tablet has an overall rating of 4.2 stars among Amazon customers. It includes features like parental controls and content filters, as well as screen time settings that can make putting the tablet away a little easier to negotiate when the time comes each day. The ColorRoom 10-inch kids tablet runs Android 15 and comes in four different color options.

Another 10-inch kids tablet option is the Svitoo Kids Tablet. Like the ColorRoom 10-inch kids’ tablet, this is a more generic option, but this tablet is extremely popular, having earned a 4-star rating from Amazon customers. That’s over 150 reviews as of this writing, with several customers praising its speed and image quality, and one customer even noting surprise that the tablet can access so many of their favorite apps. Indeed, the Svitoo runs Android 16, which allows parents to install any number of their favorite apps for the kids or for themselves.

The tablet comes in Pink and Blue color options, and although it’s listed at $99, you can find it for under $70. The 10-inch screen has HD resolution and the tablet comes with more advanced features that can be leveraged as the child grows. In addition to parental control features, the Svitoo can stream video wirelessly to smart TVs, comes with rear and front cameras for photo and video capture, and offers expandable storage via microSD if the need for more space arises. Its battery isn’t as efficient as other options we’ve looked at, but the tablet still offers up to 8 hours of battery life per charge.

While some of the best tablets for students could also serve as options that can be safely put in the hands of children, here we’ve focused on tablets designed specifically for children. This significantly reduces the product base, as few well-known brands make such a tablet. But using our own knowledge and expertise as tablet users, as well as Amazon reviews for hands-on experience with specific kids’ tablets, we made our choices through the eyes of parents looking for technology that can entertain and educate their children every day. We focused on battery life for such scenarios, and while we also focused on price, we ultimately chose kids tablets that strike a balance between affordability and reliability.