Bubbles vs Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Create bubbles by dragging
- Pop bubbles by tapping
- See bubbles fly
- Experience gravity physics
- Draw bubble letters
- Draw bubble numbers
- Draw bubble shapes
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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!
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Bubbles | Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (64 ratings) | 4.5 (42K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews — better | 11.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 42K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #131 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jesse Grosjean | AMZN Mobile LLC |
Customer experience
Bubbles
Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard
User reviews
Bubbles
From 64 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Bubbles
No in-app purchases
Amazon Kids Parent Dashboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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