Rubber tablet cases provide users with durable protection. Sometimes supplemented with silicone or EVA, a rubber tablet case is primarily designed to absorb shocks and bumps while traveling and thus rarely requires further insulation for the interior.

Because of this resilience, rubber (particularly EVA) is a common choice among kids play cases. Otherwise, the rubber tablet case is most often seen as a standard coverall type, with a piece for both front and back. Spaces for ports and accessories are molded into the back cover to allow the tablet owner access to use. Such cases will cradle the tablet tightly, even in over-sized kids models.

Despite a somewhat limited choice of styles, rubber tablet cases may be found in nearly every imaginable color and in hundreds of patterns, and many manufacturers produce whole lines in which the rubber tablet cases are available for just about every tablet model.