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

Bought one each for granddaughters, they loved it, has so many different options, it was a hit. Very easy to use (age 5 & 8)

Arrived safely good quality & price

Wonderful product, good value for money and hours of fun. Great battery life and easy to use.

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 :)

Grandchild loved it

Bought as a present . My niece loves it

Very VERY battery greedy and doesn’t last one (1) day of normal play.

This was easy to set up and navigate. My 6 year old granddaughter asked for a secret diary. She was thrilled with this and plays with it constantly.