Yeah, I completely understand. Keep in mind that it plays very well on old iPads; a used one might lessen the pain. Plus, she would probably like the presence

Yeah, I completely understand. Keep in mind that it plays very well on old iPads; a used one might lessen the pain. Plus, she would probably like the presence of the home button a lot better than the gestures that a modern iPad requires. Bedrock is mod-able (though not as much as Java). The iPad version supports all of that - there will be a Minecraft folder in the Files app and you can copy to/from anything you want in there. Texture packs, entire worlds, custom sounds, etc.