VTech Purple Secret Safe Diary Light Show, Interactive Girls Diary, Secret Diary for Girls with Face Recognition, Photos & More, Gifts for Girls with Games, Ages 6, 7, 8+ Year Olds, English Version

Tthis toy has surprised me. Usually my kids move on quickly to the next “new thing,” but they keep coming back to this one again and again. They don’t play with it constantly, but every so often it becomes their go-to choice, and they clearly have fun with it each time. That says a lot, because it’s rare for a toy to stand the test of short attention spans! It seems well made and has held up fine with regular use. Overall, a hit in our household: simple, enjoyable, and worth having around for those moments when it captures their interest again.

This was bought as a Christmas present for a 7 year old girl and it is still being used regularly 8 months later, she loves it! It takes a bit of time to get used to navigating and typing out entries can seem a bit arduous but she’s quickly got used to it and there’s lots of things to do. You can write or record voice diary entries, take photos and edit them and there’s a unicorn digital pet game. She seems to be always discovering a new activity or game so there’s loads on there! The face recognition sometimes needs good light and a couple of tries but we’ve not had an issue. You can turn it off in settings and just use the number passcode if you prefer. There is also a reset button in the battery compartment you can press to reset the passcode which we have found useful! (It doesn’t erase their photos or data) We have found the battery life excellent, it’s sturdy, fairly light and easily portable. It looks very attractive and she likes the flashing lights. It doesn’t connect to the internet so there is peace of mind that they can’t access anything inappropriate or unsafe.

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Our daughter had this for her 5th birthday. She was very excited and knew what it was instantly. Setting up the facial recognition was easy at first, though because we were in a different environment (darker) we had to reset this in our lighter home for it to work properly. Thankfully, pressing the reset button to redo the picture for unlocking under the battery compartment does not wipe all the data including diary entries and unicorn progress etc. The door does open in order for you to enter the pass code to unlock, which is 4 digits. It would be nice if you didn't have to wait for the camera not to recognise you before waiting for the door to unlock in order to enter the code. I think its too long of a wait before you can bypass the camera option. It takes about 20 seconds. Oddly the unicorn seems to sleep right when we are awake in the mornings so we had to set the time 2 hours ahead in order for it to be awake. When it sleeps you cannot do anything with it. So frustration sets in - hence changing the time on the diary. So apart from those oddities it works very well. Like the other devices in this range/price point the camera is a bit naff. It's poor in low light and when you look at the pictures on a computer/tablet they are of very poor quality. It is to be expected. We added a memory card for saving pictures and other bits to. We also had some music added to this card for playing. The sound is ok actually from the small speaker. Our daughter enjoys adding a diary entry with an emoticon, weather and some writing. Since it has a qwerty keyboard it is good for children to learn the position of the keys/letters. The lights are a nice touch but they only just illuminate in random patterns. The games are good, similar to other VTech devices. There is the dressing room & photo edition option too but I have not fully got to grips with that yet. There is a fair few features to delve into to keep children interested. Since there isn't a detailed manual it's a bit of guess work finding out all the keys and options. It was a day or so before we realised there was a back button for instance. Saying that there is a voice that helps you and guides you through the options that are available. There is background music playing whilst the unit is unlocked. You can turn this off. As usual the batteries supplied are worth changing straight away with a decent set since ours lasted just a few hours before it showed a low battery warning and failed to stay on. Our daughter found that there is an integrated stand to allow the device to stand up in portrait mode. Overall it is a nice toy with several features. I hope it will be used for many months before being left in a corner :)

Brought as a Christmas present for my niece and she loves it. It's a great gift for her.

Bought as a Christmas gift for a 6 year old and having already read great reviews I’m sure she’ll love it. Seems quite sturdy as you would expect from a VTech toy and I’m hoping it will last as long as other toys I’ve bought of that brand. Great delivery from Amazon when the diary was sold out in stores I’d tried first.

It's OK for abit of fun, not worth the money. Use a proper diary instead there's beautiful ones about nowadays, this doesn't always work accordingly, face unlock or what not, few games on there and some irritating catchy songs which will do your head in, quite flimsy to be honest. My daughter wouldn't get another, so there's that too.

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Ma fille a été très contente de recevoir cet article - elle ne peut plus s’en passé De très bonne qualité et très fiable. Très bon rapport qualité prix

Habe zurück geschickt, da ich von VTECH den Kinder Laptop gekauft habe. Bei beiden Geräten wurden bis auf Gesichtserkennung fast identisch die gleichen Funktionen angeboten. Ansonsten ist VTECH immer eine sehr gute Wahl.

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Excellent toy! I know our grand daughter will enjoy it!!

Parece divertido, está en inglés todo en inglés, a mí solo me vino en diario secretos sin cables y sin nada no sé si es que esto va. Aparte. Mi hija tiene nueve años y allá le encanta es fácil de manejar, y aún está buscando ese cajón secreto.