The Fire HD 10 Kids Edition and the iRulu 7″ Kids Tablet are both tablets designed for children, so how do they compare? The first is the size; the HD 10 is a 10.1″ tablet whilst the iRulu is a still more common 7″ tablet. Not surprisingly, the HD 10 has a significantly better screen resolution, at 1920×1220 pixels, to the 1024×600 pixel resolution of the iRulu. Both tablets come with protective cases in a number of colours but the HD 10’s case comes with an integral stand.
Both tablets are Android tablets. The iRulu is, however, a pure Android tablet running 7.1 Nougat out of the box and has access to Google Play, whilst the HD 10 runs Amazon’s own offshoot of the operating system, lacks access to Google Play and instead uses the Amazon Appstore.
The HD 10 comes with 32 gigabytes (GB) of internal memory, double the 16 GB of the iRulu. Both tablets have memory card slots, with the HD 10 capable of taking memory cards up to 512 GB in size compared to the 32 GB of the iRulu. Both come with WiFi, Bluetooth and a micro USB port.
Each tablet has front and rear facing cameras. The resolution of the rear cameras on both tablets is the same, 2.0 megapixels (MP), but the front facing camera of the HD 10 is also 2.0 MP, substantially better than the 0.3 MP of the iRulu.
Both tablets come with parental controls. Those on the HD 10 are part of Amazon’s FreeTime unlimited whilst those on the iRulu are from iWawa. The parental controls on the HD 10 are more fully featured, allowing parents to control usage times as well as what content children have access to. The HD 10’s battery life is listed as being 12 hours, substantially better than the 3-5 of the iRulu.
The HD 10 comes with a year’s subscription to the previously mentioned FreeTime Unlimited, which has over 20,000 pieces of hand-curated content including games, apps, books, films, television series and Audible books. It also comes with a two year “worry-free” guarantee, which covers the tablet against defects in its manufacturing for the first two years.
The biggest single difference between the tablets is the size. The larger Amazon tablet may be harder for smaller hands to hold, though the integral stand does help here. Other than that, the HD 10 beats the iRulu comprehensively. More memory, more memory card storage, more included content, better parental controls, superior battery life and a better front-facing camera. The Fire HD 10 Kids Edition is a superior, albeit larger, tablet than the iRulu 7″ Kids Tablet.