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Creative Tonie: how it works and how to add your own audio

A Creative Tonie holds up to 90 minutes of your own recordings or audio files. How to fill it from the tonies app or a computer, and which files work.

What is a Creative Tonie?

A Creative Tonie is a Tonie figure that holds up to 90 minutes of your own recordings or audio files. Any Toniebox plays it, like any other Tonie. Creative Tonies cost $9.99 on Tonies' US store and come as characters such as a pirate, a superhero and Santa. Tonies lists them for ages 3 and up.

How to add audio to a Creative Tonie

You can fill a Creative Tonie from the tonies app on your phone or from my.tonies.com on a computer. You don't need to be near the Toniebox, so a grandparent in another city can add a story.

In the tonies app:

  1. Tap Collection, then Creative Tonies, then the Creative Tonie you want to fill.
  2. To record something now, tap the red microphone button, then the stop button when you're done.
  3. To add audio you already have, tap the Tonie-Arrow icon. You can pick saved recordings, free audio from Tonies or files on your phone, and add several at once.
  4. Tap Assign, then Done when the upload finishes.

On a computer, sign in at my.tonies.com, click Creative Tonies, pick the figure, click Edit Content, drag your files in and click Save Content.

Getting the new audio onto the Toniebox

A Toniebox 2 updates by itself when it's connected to Wi-Fi. On the first Toniebox, turn it on and pinch one ear for about three seconds until you hear a sound. The light flashes blue while it updates. When the light turns solid green, put the Creative Tonie on top.

What audio files work on a Creative Tonie?

AAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, M4A, M4B, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WAV and WMA. Chapter markers in MP3, M4B, OGG and OPUS files are ignored. Music and audiobooks from Spotify, Apple Music, Audible, Amazon Music and other streaming services won't work, and neither will audiobooks bought on iTunes, because they're copy protected. File names can be up to 128 characters long.

Can you change what's on it later?

Yes. You can reorder, delete or replace tracks in the app whenever you like. If you're sending messages, turn on the live function, which puts the newest track at the top so it plays first.

Creative Tonie or a Yoto Make Your Own card?

A Creative Tonie works with a Toniebox, and a Make Your Own card works with a Yoto player. The Yoto card holds more, with up to 100 tracks and 500 MB, while a Creative Tonie holds 90 minutes. Our Yoto vs Toniebox comparison looks at the players themselves.

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Checked on 2026-11-13