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How to make your own Yoto icons
Three ways to get a custom icon onto a Make Your Own card — draw it, download it, or generate it — and which one is worth your evening.
Liza·Builds the tools·8 min read
6 guides
Yoto, explained
Everything we've worked out about Yoto, written down so you don't have to work it out too.
- 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.
Denis·Writes about content and art·6 min read
- Guide
Yes, Yoto icons can be animated
Little looping animations work on the player, and they delight small children. There's one upload setting that quietly ruins them.
Liza·Builds the tools·6 min read
- Troubleshooting
Why your icon looks fuzzy on the player
It looked perfect on your laptop and it's a smudge on the card. Here's what goes wrong, why, and the fix that takes two minutes.
Liza·Builds the tools·7 min read
- Comparison
Yoto Player or Yoto Mini? We bought the Mini
The Mini is not a smaller version of the same thing — it drops the screen, the nightlight and half the battery. Here is why we still chose it, and why we are switching.
Denis·Writes about content and art·7 min read
- Comparison
Yoto or Toniebox? An honest comparison
We're not going to tell you one is better. They suit different ages and different families, and the differences are bigger than they look.
Denis·Writes about content and art·9 min read