Big news for parents and children’s app developers alike: Apple has launched its catch-all Kids category on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Well, it has in the US: we’re guessing it’ll be rolling out around the world over the coming hours. If you’re using Apple’s iTunes software on your computer, it’s not super-obvious…
We love Sesame Street, but we think we may be about to love it, even more, thanks to the release of Sesame Street Family Play. Released for iPhone and iPad, it’s not just one game: it’s more than 150, all designed to play in the real world, rather than purely on a touchscreen. How? The…
As big numbers go, this one’s big. The Despicable Me: Minion Rush game has now been downloaded 100m times on iPhone, iPad and Android according to its publisher Gameloft. The game is proving hugely popular with children and parents alike, it seems. We’re not sure how many people have seen the actual film it’s based…
Hasbro’s range of Furby toys has certainly moved on a lot since its debut in the late 1990s. Check out the new Furby Boom, for example, which is designed to work with a companion app on iOS and Android. The app has been released this week as a free download on both platforms. The app…
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…
iPad has a growing number of letter-tracing apps to help kids practise their alphabet-writing skills, and while many of them are average, a few stand out from the herd with their character and quality. Writing Wizard is one of them. It’s the work of French developer Pierre Abel, who makes children’s apps under the name…
We know there’s a big demand for good maths apps, especially during the summer holidays when kids are looking to brush up on the skills they learned during the school year. Well, when parents are looking for kids to brush up the skills etc… US developer Duck Duck Moose has a good track record of…
Origami: Marvellous to look at when someone’s done it well, but frustrating if your clumsy thumbs are much better at making screwed-up paper balls than carefully-crafted swans. Mr Shingu’s Paper Zoo may help. It’s an absolutely marvellous iPhone and iPad app from Stormcloud Games that gets children to make their own menagerie of (virtual) paper…
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…
LeapFrog is a well-known brand for parents thanks to its various electronic learning toys. It’s doing more in the apps world too, with Learn to Write with Mr. Pencil its latest release. Available in separate versions for iPhone and iPad, it’s designed to work with the Learn to Write with Mr. Pencil stylus accessory. The…