Endless Reader app has monsters, spelling and sentences galore

Endless Reader app has monsters, spelling and sentences galore

Have your kids played with the Endless Alphabet app yet? It’s brilliant: getting them to drag chattering letters into place in various words, before watching monsters act them out. Now it’s got a sequel that’s just as fun: Endless Reader. It’s by the same developer, although it has changed its name from Callaway Digital Arts…

Here’s how Apple’s iOS 7 App Store Kids category will work

Here’s how Apple’s iOS 7 App Store Kids category will work

There’s no Kids category on Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPad. Instead, children’s apps are spread between Education, Books, Games, and Entertainment. But that’s all set to change this Autumn. As part of its upcoming iOS 7 software, which Apple announced earlier this summer, there’s going to be a new Kids category on the…

Strawberry Shortcake makes Berry Best Friends with iOS and Android

Strawberry Shortcake makes Berry Best Friends with iOS and Android

As a 35 year-old man with two young sons, I am woefully un-up-to-speed on the life and times of Strawberry Shortcake, although I do recognize the name. And I also know that she’s the star of a new app. Strawberry Shortcake Berry Best Friends was released late last week for iPhone, iPad, and Android by…

Gigglebug app gets kids to ‘tickle grumpy animals’ on the touchscreen

Gigglebug app gets kids to ‘tickle grumpy animals’ on the touchscreen

Yep, sold. “Tickle grumpy animals and spread the laughter” is one of the better taglines we’ve seen for a children’s app this month. Meet Gigglebug. Released by a developer of the same name, it’s described as “a new kind of app that lets kids play and laugh together with friends… based on the simple idea…