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How to make your own Yoto card

Make Your Own Yoto cards hold up to 100 tracks of your own recordings or MP3s. How to upload audio, link it to a blank card and what fits on one.

How do you make your own Yoto card?

Upload your audio to a playlist, then link the playlist to a blank Make Your Own card in the Yoto app. Every Yoto player comes with one blank card, called the Welcome Card, and a pack of 10 blank cards costs $29.99 on Yoto's US store. Each card holds up to 100 tracks.

Make a card from MP3s on your computer

  1. Go to yotoplay.com/create and sign in with the email you use for the Yoto app.
  2. Select Make New, upload your files, give the playlist a name and save it.
  3. Open the Yoto app, go to My Library, then Make Your Own, and tap the new playlist.
  4. Tap the three-dot menu and choose Link To A Card.
  5. Put a blank card in the player and press Link. A green tick on the display means it worked.
  6. Take the card out, then put it back in to play it.

Make a card from your own recordings

  1. In the Yoto app, open My Library, then Make Your Own, and tap Record Audio. Record as many tracks as you like.
  2. Tap Make New Playlist. A web page opens where you upload the recordings from your phone. They're in a folder ending in Yoto/Voice.
  3. Link the playlist to a card in the app, the same way as steps 3 to 6 above.

Make a card from a podcast or radio station

Open My Library in the Yoto app and choose Radio or Podcasts. Tap the station or podcast, open the three-dot menu and choose Link To A Card. You don't need to make a playlist for this.

How much fits on one card?

One Make Your Own card holds:

  • up to 100 tracks
  • up to 1 hour and 100 MB for each track
  • up to 500 MB of audio in total

What audio can you use?

MP3 and AAC/M4A files that you own. Music you bought on iTunes works because it's AAC/M4A, but audiobooks from iTunes are usually copy protected and won't. Spotify playlists won't work either, since you can't download MP3 or AAC files from Spotify.

Can you reuse a Make Your Own card?

Yes, as often as you like. Link a new playlist to the card and it replaces what was there. You can also make a replacement for a favorite card that's gone missing.

Make Your Own card or a Creative Tonie?

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

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Checked on 2026-11-13