Everything for your Yoto
Everything you need for Make Your Own cards, without hunting across six different sites.
Icons
Describe it, get a pixel icon
Type what you want and get a Yoto-ready 16×16 icon in seconds. Or browse hundreds we made earlier.
OpenPlaylists
Build it, find every track
Put a playlist together and get YouTube and YouTube Music links for every song, ready for your Make Your Own card.
Open- Soon
Stickers
Print sheets that actually fit
Turn your icons into printable sticker sheets sized for MYO cards. No guessing at margins.
Take a look Accessories
The good stuff, tested
Cases, headphones, card storage and travel kit — official and third-party, with honest notes on what is worth it.
OpenGuides
How-tos, ideas, and what families are making
Guides for getting more out of your player, plus stories and ideas from other families.
Open
343 icons made so far
Each one started as a short description and came out as a 16×16 image that actually reads on the player screen. Browse all the free Yoto icons.
And some of them move
Animated icons are 16×16 too, just saved as a GIF. Every one of these was built from a still icon by shifting whole pixels.
Read while you wait
The things we wish someone had told us sooner.
- Comparison
Yoto Player 4th Gen: what's new, and why I'm probably buying one
Yoto Player and Mini 4th Gen: the Green Button, 64GB, a full-panel nightlight and higher prices. What changed, and why I'm probably buying one.
- Guide
Custom labels for Yoto cards: what works and what rubs off
Make your own labels for Yoto MYO cards. The sticker sheet runs out, marker rubs off, and here is what finally looked like a proper printed card.
- Comparison
Yoto Player vs Yoto Mini: which we bought, and why
Yoto Player vs Yoto Mini, compared on Yoto's own current figures - and what actually decided it for us. We bought the Mini at not-quite-two and the Player for her third birthday.
- Guide
How to make Yoto icons: a pixel art guide
Three ways to get custom pixel art onto a Yoto Make Your Own card - draw it, download it, or generate it - and which one is actually worth your evening.
- Explainer
How do Make Your Own cards actually work?
The card is basically a bookmark, and everything else lives online. Once that clicks, a lot of confusing Yoto behaviour makes sense.
- Guide
Yes, Yoto icons can be animated
Little looping animations work on the player, and they delight small children. I know it wasn't the point, but it's too cool to pass up.
- Troubleshooting
Yoto icon size: 16×16 pixels, PNG or GIF
Yoto icons are exactly 16×16 - PNG for still, GIF for animated, 32-bit RGBA. The full spec, why shrinking a photo turns it to mud, and what I got wrong.
- Comparison
Yoto vs Toniebox: an honest comparison
Yoto vs Toniebox, decided by your child's age rather than the spec sheet. What each one does better, and where Tonies and MYO cards really diverge.
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