most of the games for young kids (below 12)... both are about the same. i mean... if you're talking about simple platform games, or the candy crush thing... they are popular enough to be on both ios (apple) and android.

getting the hardware... Nexus 7... quite a decent tablet. easily can get at about rm700. you can play most games anyway. read ebooks too...

if you're talking about RPG or hack and slash... some are exclusive to only one platform like Infinity Blade (for IOS only) and Ingress (Android only).

games generally get released first on ios (still generally bigger user base and since the models are limited, easier to develop) and then later made available to Android.

huh? i have a 3yo boy who knows how to operate an Asus Transformer tablet.