One of the most-loved things about Yoto is the make-your-own card. You buy a blank card, load it with a song, a story, or an audiobook you already own, and your child can play it. For a lot of families, that feature alone is the reason they chose Yoto.
Sherwood does this too now. It's called My Books, and it fits a busy family in a way that's a little different, and for most homes, easier.
What My Books does
My Books is your family's own shelf inside Sherwood. You can upload your own audiobooks, ebooks, and audio files, and they sit right alongside Sherwood's library. A few things families bring in:
- Audiobooks and ebooks they already purchased
- A grandparent reading a favorite story
- A sermon series or a set of lectures
- Music albums the kids love
Once something is in My Books, you can download it for offline listening, and it syncs to every device your family uses.
How it compares to a Yoto card
A Yoto card is a lovely physical thing. It is also a single physical thing. If three kids all want the same story, you have one card to share, and one card to lose.
My Books works differently. Whatever you upload is available to everyone in your family at once. One child can listen in the car while another listens in their room, on different devices, at the same time. Nothing to pass around. Nothing to misplace. And you are not limited to what fits on a card, so your library can grow as large as you like without buying anything else.
Which is right for you
If your child is little and you love the screen-free, tactile feel of a card they can hold, Yoto is genuinely wonderful, and the make-your-own card is a great feature.
If you want to bring your own audiobooks, ebooks, lectures, and music into one place, have it instantly available to all your kids on any device, and keep Sherwood's full vetted library too, My Books gives you more room and a lot less to keep track of.
Both let you add your own content. Sherwood just makes it simpler to share across your whole family, with no card to lose.
My Books is included with every Sherwood subscription. Try Sherwood free for 60 minutes, no card required.