We’re loving the storypod thus far! My toddler has easily been able to learn how to operate the speaker and use the different buttons to play content (currently Daniel Tiger is an obsession)! The setup and the app are fairly straight-forward and easy to understand for me. I love that my kid can take it to bed and I can turn the device off from my phone or set a sleep timer.Recording in the app has room for improvement. It would be nice to have some basic editing options for recorded clips, and a way to save recordings to my phone from the app, and/or upload pre-recorded audio files onto a recordable. I do worry about losing my recordings if I ever have to reset the storypod, as they can only be recorded in the app to one specific token or sticker.

I cannot say enough about this product…! As a family we prioritize story time with our boys, but life sometimes gets in the way. In the past we had used a leapfrog story teller but were disappointed in how easily it could break (plastic and kiddos on bunk beds, not the best mix). Storypod has been a God sent! The pod itself is very tough and the ‘craftie’ options are a brilliant twist and add-on to pod. My boys LOVE to choose their craftie and then snuggle with the others awaiting their turns to be played. Each craftie has a purpose (songs, types of stories, games) and new ones are often released to keep things interesting. The owl craftie can be customized with stories read by you or a family member. We LOVE this craftie!!! I have recorded their nighttime songs on Owl and now if mommy isn’t available for nighttime routine due to work or other, boys have their Owl that will play mommy singing to them. Regarding customer service, I couldn’t be more pleased. Shipping is very fast and response time to emails is less than 24 hours. In the customer service world- that’s a huge win! I’ve contacted them a couple of times for troubleshooting and inquiries and Storypod has not only been helpful, but noticeably caring. Buy this, worth the investment. My kiddos ask for extra story time every night. First they read, then it’s time for their craftie friends!!! Thank you StoryPod!

It seems that everyone raves about the storypod and the app so this is going to be a very unpopular opinion but I absolutely hate both the storypod and the corresponding app. The storypod itself seems to constantly disconnect from the internet with seemingly no reason. The app constantly crashes or sits on a white loading screen. Sometimes it gives me a “network error!” message and no amount of reloading gets it to work. The storypod is also not as user friendly as I’d expect. It seems like it takes forever to respond to pressing of the physical buttons. Also the settings for things such as the white noise, etc. where you set corresponding timers is basically completely broken. Also, add to the fact that virtually every single craftie is sold out, there’s not a whole lot my kids can do with the storypod since you have to have the crafties and other specific items to get full functionality. I’m very disappointed because it’s so popular but I will never recommend this to anyone and am contemplating just trashing it.

We love storypod, crafties, books and its app. I think its far superior to its competitors for the target ages and its educational content. But there are some things that are left desired. I wish you could use the storypod’s white noise feature without wifi. There’s an occasional lag between commands on the phone and the storypod and we’ve had the white noise start randomly while playing a craftie. Not huge issues bc they were easily resolved but room for improvement. I love the ability to record your own content but allowing an upload of a file/mp3 would be a complete game changer! I think the app is very user friendly and the ability to pick what to listen to on the app ( even offline) and have all the content on the app is wonderful.