Comparison

Bubbles vs Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

Bubbles

This app provides a playful and interactive experience for young children. It allows them to create and pop bubbles, draw letters, numbers, and shapes with a touch interface, offering a fun and engaging distraction.

Highlights
  • Create bubbles by dragging
  • Pop bubbles by tapping
  • See bubbles fly
  • Experience gravity physics
  • Draw bubble letters
  • Draw bubble numbers
  • Draw bubble shapes
Features
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For toddlers and parents who need a fun distraction. • Hear bubbles popping. • See bubbles fly from your fingers. • Feel gravity pull your bubbles downward. • Draw bubble letters, numbers, and shapes. I created Bubbles to entertain my daughter for a 12 hour plane flight to Korea in 2008 (She's 16 now!). I hope it provides some entertainment for you and your kids too. My favorite is to play Bubbles with my kids before bed. We try to draw letters, numbers, or just fling them about. Tip: Flip your iPad or iPhone upside down to slow the bubbles down for easier drawing. Have fun!

About

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard

Manage your children's digital experiences across Amazon devices and services. Set time limits, customize content, and monitor activity to foster healthy digital habits. Supports up to four child profiles.

Highlights
  • Set time limits
  • Prioritize learning content
  • Review child activity
  • Manage content library
  • Create child profiles
  • Pause/resume device access
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Easy-to-use Parental Controls The Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard app is specifically designed to help parents and guardians build safe, healthy digital behaviors with their family across Amazon devices and the Amazon Kids+ subscription. Manage and customize your kids’ experiences with easy-to-use parental controls for up to 4 child profiles. Configure age-appropriate settings, set time limits, keep track of child activity, manage content, and more. The Amazon Kids+ Parent Dashboard App works with Fire tablets, Amazon Echo speakers, Kindle e-readers, Fire TV, and other mobile devices. An Amazon Kids+ subscription is not required to use the free parental tools. Easily adjust whenever & wherever • Adjust parental controls from the convenience of your phone without interrupting your child’s experience. • Pause/resume your kids' access to their device even if your kids aren’t near you. Featured parental controls • Time limits: set time limits for a child’s total screen time for the day or the use of certain types of content. Or, set a time when your child's devices turn off at night and how long they stay off. • Learn first: prioritize books and learning apps before kids focus on entertainment content. • Child activity: review your child’s use of particular types of content, or see specific titles to learn more about what each child is enjoying. • Manage your child's content: block specific Amazon Kids+ titles, add content from your Amazon library, or adjust the age filter based on your child's maturity, tastes, and sensitivities. Tips from family safety experts • The Family Trust team within Amazon Kids partners with leaders in children’s safety, privacy, and development to ensure Amazon Kids is helping families build safe, healthy digital behaviors. Customize each child profile • A child profile allows kids to explore content and other experiences on Amazon in a safe digital environment. A child profile is needed to set parental controls with Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard. • Provides kids with a customized, age-appropriate experience specifically designed for kids. • Create up to 4 child profiles per Amazon Household. Amazon Kids+ Amazon Kids+ is a digital subscription designed for kids ages 3-12 that can be accessed across compatible Amazon and mobile devices. With Amazon Kids+, kids can enjoy ad-free apps, videos, games, books, and kid-friendly Alexa experiences in a safe and trusted digital environment equipped with easy to use parental controls. Try 1-month for free today. For customers located within the European Union, United Kingdom, Brazil, or Turkey: By using this app, you agree to Amazon’s Conditions of Use applicable for your country. Please also see the applicable Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-Based Ads Notice for your country. Links to these terms and notices can be found in the footer of your local Amazon homepage. For all other customers: By using this app, you agree to the applicable Amazon Conditions of Use (e.g. www.amazon.com/conditionsofuse) and Privacy Notice (e.g. www.amazon.com/privacy) for your country.

Screenshots

Bubbles2 screens
Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard at Free against Bubbles's $0.99. Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Bubbles's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 12%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard is free to download; Bubbles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard has 42K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Bubbles's written reviews are positive against 12% of Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bubbles ships an update every 3 months, Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Bubbles versus Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBubblesAmazon Kids Parent Dashboard
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (64 ratings)4.5 (42K ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.9% of reviews — better11.5% of reviews
Number of ratings6442K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#131 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB91 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJesse GrosjeanAMZN Mobile LLC

Customer experience

Bubbles

All ratings64 ratings
Positive53.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews507 reviews
Positive46.9%
Neutral12.4%
Negative40.6%

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard

All ratings42,029 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews694 reviews
Positive11.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative78.1%

User reviews

Bubbles

From 64 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Visually appealing bubbles
  • 🧒 Great for entertaining toddlers
  • 🕰️ Relaxing and calming
  • 🎉 Fun for all ages

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited features and functionality
  • 🔜 Bubbles disappear too quickly
  • 💰 Paid in-app purchases removed
  • 🤯 Creepy bubble faces

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard

From 42K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple dashboard app
  • 👍 Pause/resume button is great
  • 🚀 Much quicker than the other app
  • 👍 Great educational tool for young kids
  • 👍 Fabulous parental controls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Pause/resume feature doesn't work
  • 🐛 Inability to override individual settings
  • 🐛 Unintuitive and not user-friendly
  • 🐛 Lacks ability to block entire channels or videos
  • 🐛 Can't view only apps downloaded to kids' tablets

Bugs and requests

Bubbles

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on certain devices
  • Issues with recent updates
  • Inability to access previous purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • More bubble customization options
  • Ability to keep bubbles on screen longer
  • Restore previous in-app purchases
  • Add different bubble types and styles

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Pause feature doesn't work
  • Time limits don't get enforced
  • Resets time limits without warning
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices
  • Confusing navigation and settings
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  • Inability to approve app requests from the app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to automatically pause screen time in intervals
  • Ability to set time limits for specific apps
  • Option to add temporary screen time extensions
  • More granular time limit settings (e.g. 15-minute increments)
  • Separate settings for different devices (e.g. tablet vs Echo Dot)
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  • Notifications for app approval requests

In-app purchases

None

Bubbles

No in-app purchases

None

Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bubbles free?
Bubbles costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard free?
Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bubbles or Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard?
Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard is rated higher. Bubbles averages 3.2 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard averages 4.5 from 42K ratings.
Do Bubbles or Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard have ads?
Neither Bubbles nor Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bubbles or Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard?
Bubbles ships an update every 3 months, and Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard fortnightly. Most recently, Bubbles was updated on October 16, 2026 and Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard on October 18, 2026.

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