How Ollie's Camp compares
A comparison should name names. On the tablet, Ollie's Camp is weighed against Google Kids Space, Samsung Kids and Amazon Kids+. Handing over your own phone is a different job — there Wings stands next to Kids Place and Android's screen pinning.
On the tablet: the launcher
The launcher replaces the home screen of a tablet your child keeps. These are the three screens families actually weigh it against.
Google Kids Space
Google's kids home screen, free and preinstalled on many Android tablets — and it is worth asking why. The landing view is a discovery feed for the Play catalogue: apps, books and videos, each one a tap away from an install screen. The product is not really the home screen — it is the store behind it.
It also requires a Google Account for your child, so the profile starts years before they can read what it is for.
Ollie's Camp recommends nothing. The screen shows the apps you chose, in the order you left them, and never suggests one more.
Samsung Kids
Free and already on every Samsung tablet, which makes it the default for Samsung families. A capable kids mode with a crayon-drawn world of its own: Samsung's kids apps, a camera, a gallery, plus the apps you allow in.
It exists only on Samsung devices, and your own media has no way in — no Navidrome, no AudioBookshelf, no Immich.
Ollie's Camp runs on any Android tablet and fills the screen with your choices, not Samsung's.
Amazon Kids+
The benchmark subscription: a monthly fee for Amazon's catalogue of children's books, videos and games, at its best on a Fire tablet.
It is a rental. The shelves are stocked by Amazon's editors and streamed from Amazon's cloud — and the day you stop paying, they empty.
Ollie's Camp costs €10, once, and organises what you already own. Nothing empties.
The launcher, side by side
| Ollie's Camp | Google Kids Space | Samsung Kids | Amazon Kids+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €10, once | Free | Free | A fee every month |
| Works on | Any Android tablet | Selected Android tablets | Samsung devices only | Fire tablets, plus an Android app |
| What fills the screen | The apps you chose | A feed of Play apps, books and videos | Samsung's kids world, plus apps you allow | Amazon's catalogue |
| Child account | None | Google Account required | Your Samsung account | Your Amazon account |
| Your own music, books and photos | Yes, from your server | No | No | No |
| Learning content | Built in, included | Free apps from the Play catalogue | Samsung's own kids apps | Part of the subscription |
| Works offline | Everything | Partly | Mostly | Downloads, while subscribed |
| Tracking and analytics | None | Google's privacy policy applies | Samsung's privacy policy applies | Amazon's privacy policy applies |
Based on the public product pages and policies of these services in August 2026. Spotted a mistake? Write to hello@olliescamp.app and we will correct it.
On your phone: Wings
Handing your own phone to your child is a different problem from furnishing their tablet. Wings does one thing there — and these are the usual alternatives.
Kids Place, by Kiddoware
The best-known app for the same job: an allow-list of apps that locks down the rest of your phone. The basics are free; the parts you soon want — timers, exit protection, remote settings — sit behind a monthly plan.
Remote control from a second phone means a cloud account in the middle, holding a history of what your child opens.
Wings is free, open source and account-free: pick a few apps, set a session PIN, hand it over. Nothing leaves the phone.
Screen pinning, built into Android
Android can pin a single app to the screen. It is free, already on your phone, and fine for exactly one video.
It pins one app only, notifications keep arriving, and the way out is your own unlock code — typed in front of curious eyes.
Wings allows a handful of apps, silences notifications for the session, and opens with a throwaway PIN instead of your unlock code.
One payment of €10. Nothing to cancel, nothing to lose.
No subscription. No ads. No accounts. No tracking.
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