Comparison

Jooki vs Kidube

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jooki

This smart music player provides children aged 3-9 with safe, screen-free access to audio content. Parents can create playlists from streaming services or personal files and link them to figurines for easy playback by children. It fosters imagination and foundational learning through music and stories.

Highlights
  • Screen-free audio access for children
  • Playlist creation from Spotify/MP3
  • Figurine-controlled playback
  • Remote control and Wi-Fi management
  • Volume limitation for safety
  • Connects to headphones/speakers
Features
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Jooki is the favorite 3-to-9 years old educational toy that fosters their imagination with music & storytelling, and helps build​​ the core foundation for their future. Jooki is the only high-quality speaker that gives kids safe, screen-free access to streaming audio content. Grown-ups create playlists from Spotify (or their own MP3) and associate them with a Jooki figurine in a few clicks with the Jooki app. Next, kids just place that figurine or token on Jooki to start the playlist… or lift it to pause, stop or change. Children grow fast and their needs change just as quickly. Parents will easily reprogram Jooki tokens and figurines to share new inspiring audio content with their kids. Jooki will play Spotify playlists when connected to Wi-Fi and MP3 playlists anytime, anywhere. More than one phone can connect and program Jooki tokens/figurines. From the Jooki app, parents will be able to connect Jooki to a new Wi-Fi network (Jooki will remember up to 8 networks), connect Jooki to a wireless headset or speaker, enable or disable the volume limitation compatible with 3-year-old toy safety standards, and turn off Jooki remotely. More info at https://jooki.com Contact us : support@jooki.com

About

Kidube

This is a controlled video platform for families where parents curate all content their children watch. It offers an ad-free experience and robust parental controls for safe screen time.

Highlights
  • Parent-curated video content
  • Ad-free viewing experience
  • No open browsing or search
  • Individual child profiles
  • Screen time limits
  • Remote play/pause controls
Features
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Kidube — the family video app you actually control. Kidube is an ad-free, parent-curated video platform where your children only ever see the videos you've chosen. No open browsing, no search, and no surprises — just the content you approve, delivered through a beautiful app that makes screen time calm instead of stressful. Parents choose Kidube because it removes everything that makes screen time hard. Videos in Kidube's own library never show ads — not before, during, or after — so your kids get screen time without the marketing. You pick every video, curating exactly what each child watches; nothing appears in your kid's feed unless you put it there. And because there's no search and no open browsing, kids can't wander their way into content you didn't choose. The autoplay-into-anything problem is simply gone. The app is built around your family rather than around accounts. Kids aren't accounts — each child simply taps their own profile on your unlocked device, with a name, avatar, and age band that you set. Built-in parental controls let you manage screen-time limits and per-kid settings, keep grown-up mode protected behind a parent PIN or pattern, and use live controls to play, pause, or turn off the screen right from your phone. Above all, Kidube puts safety first. No content ever reaches a child without review, and there are no third-party ad or tracking SDKs anywhere in the kids' experience. Kidube is for member households: open the app, sign in, and everything syncs to every device — each child's profile and feed, your curation, your limits and controls. Fill each feed from Kidube's ad-free library, or paste a link to add a video from around the web (linked videos play through their source's official player and can include that platform's ads). Hand the device to your child, and they'll only ever see what you approved. Kidube Family — auto-renewing membership • €4.99 per month, per household, after a 7-day free trial • Length: 1 month; renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; manage or cancel any time in Settings → your name → Subscriptions • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy the subscription Privacy Policy: https://kidube.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Jooki4 screens
Kidube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kidube at 100% against Jooki's 20%. Kidube also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and ads (none vs shown). Jooki's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (66 vs 6). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kidube sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Jooki asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kidube holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jooki has 66 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Jooki's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kidube's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jooki ships an update every 3 weeks, Kidube every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Jooki versus Kidube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJookiKidube
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (66 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuuseLabsGhoncha Online Services Company

Customer experience

Jooki

All ratings66 ratings
Positive12.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative80.3%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive20.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative71.6%

Kidube

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Jooki

Reported bugs

29 issues
  • App crashes constantly
  • App freezes
  • App shows blank screens
  • Device disconnects from Wi-Fi frequently
  • Device does not connect to Wi-Fi
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  • App does not recognize special characters in Wi-Fi passwords
  • Back button is inaccessible on iPhones
  • Spotify connection issues
  • App force closes
  • App does not open after iOS updates
  • Tokens are not recognized
  • Updates cause the app to crash or become unusable
  • Setup process fails
  • Device needs to be reset repeatedly
  • App does not remember Wi-Fi networks
  • VoiceOver accessibility issues
  • MP3 transfer is slow and buggy
  • AAC audiobooks are not supported
  • Whole albums cannot be loaded
  • System hangs and requires restarts
  • Spotify playlists cannot be loaded
  • Device does not connect to Spotify
  • Stock songs only play intermittently
  • No sleep mode functionality
  • Volume control is not available in the app
  • Lack of clear instructions and spelling mistakes in the app
  • Back button is unavailable in portrait mode on iPhones
  • Voicemail feature not working
  • Device firmware updates fail

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add a help page/tutorial for Jooki LEDs
  • Provide clear explanations for Jooki processes
  • Improve Jooki update status feedback
  • Fix back arrow behavior after Wi-Fi connection failure
  • Add dark mode
Show 15 more
  • Allow changing playlists through app with login
  • Easier integration with Audible
  • Add play/pause button to device
  • Improve volume control from the app
  • Add sleep mode
  • Improve MP3 transfer process
  • Support for AAC audiobooks
  • Support for whole albums
  • Improve accessibility for VoiceOver users
  • Allow adding songs to existing playlists
  • Unlink Spotify account option
  • Add a factory reset switch
  • Improve error handling and feedback in the app
  • Add support for current iPhone notch design
  • Allow direct transfer of songs from music app

Kidube

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Jooki

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kidube

Subscriptions1
  • Kidube Family7 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Jooki free?
Jooki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kidube free?
Kidube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jooki or Kidube?
Kidube is rated higher. Jooki averages 1.8 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Kidube averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Jooki or Kidube have ads?
Jooki shows ads; Kidube does not.
Which is updated more often, Jooki or Kidube?
Jooki ships an update every 3 weeks, and Kidube every 2 days. Most recently, Jooki was updated on October 15, 2026 and Kidube on October 11, 2026.

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