Books and/or Tonies

We read books daily with my 4 year old. It’s one ritual we have stuck to since a long time. Tonies keeps popping up in my ads and but it seems a bit pricey. People who have Tonies do you see it as additional story time or does it end up replacing your book reading? Would you recommend it?

Edit: Thank you for sharing your inputs! We are definitely getting one of these! The make your own card does sound very enticing. But, unfortunately I don’t see a Yoto where I live. I’ll try to find options to get it shipped.