Robot pet Image pending
The most expressive robot pet you can buy without a subscription, and the one kids keep playing with after week two.
$379.23
$499
Mostly local
90-day price history · live prices for all 51 tracked products · updated daily
That AI toy discount is real about half the time.
We track daily prices, then check two things gift guides skip: whether the drop is genuine, and what the toy keeps costing after the box is open.
51
Products tracked daily
9 of 51
At their 90-day low right now
$280
Average 2-year cost
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Require a subscription
Method
Three checks before any AI toy gets recommended.
- 01
Price history, not the badge
A "40% off" tag means nothing on its own. We compare today's price with every price the product has carried in the last 90 days and report where it actually sits.
- 02
Total cost over two years
1 of the 3 products we have reviewed need a monthly plan. We add that to the sticker price, because a gift that stops working in month two was not a gift.
- 03
What it records about your home
Microphones, cameras, accounts and retention policies get a plain score. If a toy sends your child's voice to a server, that goes in the write-up in those words.
Rankings
This month's shortlist.
Desktop companion Image pending
The best sub-$130 desk robot: no account, no subscription, and it works out of the box.
$139.99
$139.99
Low exposure
Desktop companion Image pending
A beloved little robot with a cloud service whose future is the single biggest question mark in the category.
$184.99
$199.99
Cloud audio
Deal check
Today's prices, sorted by whether the drop is real.
$23.39
$23.39
at low
At 90-day low At or within 2% of the lowest price recorded in the last 90 days.
$20.89
$20.89
at low
At 90-day low At or within 2% of the lowest price recorded in the last 90 days.
$19.79
$19.79
at low
At 90-day low At or within 2% of the lowest price recorded in the last 90 days.
$35.01
$34.58
+1%
At 90-day low At or within 2% of the lowest price recorded in the last 90 days.
$99
$98.10
+1%
At 90-day low At or within 2% of the lowest price recorded in the last 90 days.
Do not buy
Some of these toys stop working when a company closes.
The company behind Moxie closed and the cloud service that powered the robot was switched off. Owners were left with hardware that could no longer do the thing they paid for.
bricked
Moxie
- ·The toy needs a company server to answer at all
- ·There is no documented offline mode
- ·The maker is a venture-funded startup with a single product
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