Animal Hide & Seek, great adventure
Posted on March 11th, 2010 under Games
With 3 scenarios, Animal Hide & Seek Adventure is a fun game that challenges kids to find hidden animals from the Jungle, Circus or the Ocean. The illustrations are beautiful and the music really elaborated, great for a fun time but also exposing our kids to quality art.
Children up to 3 will be more excited about this one, but it might do for older kids as well.
Animal Hide & Seek Adventure, by Awesome Giant. $1.99
(4.00 out of 5. 1 votes)
Loading ...Tap & Learn: Animals
Posted on March 9th, 2010 under Education
For the little ones there is a series of great apps, very clean, neat and straight-forward to work different themes. Tap & Learn: Animals, is one of those.
In this app, kids even under 1 can already start playing with choosing animals and learning their names with real animal sounds and great illustrations designed by a pre-schooler teacher.
Tap & Learn: Animals. By ANna Islamova. $ 1.99
(4.33 out of 5. 3 votes) Loading ...FarmHowl, beautiful illustrations
Posted on March 4th, 2010 under Education
When it comes to the ‘farm apps business’ we certainly have a hand full of choices. These nice iPhone/iPod Touch apps generally work the same way, with animals illustrations and sounds. The difference between the apps lays on the quality of the production. On that aspect, FarmHowl is certainly a keeper.
It is a very simple app, for very little kids but the illustrations are indeed beautiful with nice work of colors. If you consider that visual education is something important for your kids, this one is worth having on board of your device. Even more, because the app is free.
FarmHowl, by Jami Becker. Free.
(4.00 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...‘What’s for dinner?’ A 3 Little Pigs sequel. Promo giveaway!
Posted on February 26th, 2010 under Uncategorized
Hurray! With got promocodes! The folks from StoryBoy have granted us with codes from their story book ‘What’s for dinner?’ A 3 Little Pigs sequel. We have 3 promocodes available (US iTunes app store only). First three people to leave a comment on this post get the code. Hurry up! 
(3.00 out of 5. 1 votes) Loading ...Have kids? Have iPhone/iPod Touch? So you need Sesame Street apps
Sesame Street has a whole set of applications made for iPhone/iPod Touch. These apps are very high in production, really well put, with exclusive videos and fun games. A budget most of independent apps do not dispose. The difference in budget do enhance the apps in terms of finishing, but an app isn’t necessarily great just because of the budget. We do have lots of apps that are really creative and catching for kids without famous characters (see our TOP 10 APPS list).
Still, if you have little kids, an ‘Elmo’ app is certainly something you outta have on your device. So let’s go to a quick guide of Sesame Street apps for iPhone/iPod Touch devices.
By the time this review was published there were 6 Sesame Street apps for iPhone/iPod Touch out there: 4 books and 2 games.
All the books follow the same structure familiar to other interactive iPhone books for kids: the ability to read it yourself or be read to and record your own voice-over. Featuring our favorite characters (Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Oscar) they have great Sesame Street-like stories.
As for the games, we have ‘Elmo’s Monster Maker’ and ‘Grover’s Number Special’.
‘Elmo’s Monster Maker’ is a really well put ‘make your monster game’, with the traditional parts-combination drill. Choose head, eyes, nose, and hat to make your own monster. The catch here is that, after you create your monster it comes to life in video, and you can choose to have it dancing, interacting with Elmo and even taking his picture. Ideal for kids from 1 to 3.
Grover’s Number Special is great fun. With a game of ’tilt and catch’, you need to grab the ingredients to make a meal. Lots of videos on this too, with a more exciting although more complex interaction. Ideal for kids 3 and up.
The apps range from $1.99 (books) to $3.99 (games). Certainly worth having a couple on your device.
Sesame Street: The Playgroung, by Sesame Street Workshop Apps. $1.99
Sesame Street: 123 Sesame Street, by Sesame Street Workshop Apps. $1.99
Sesame Street: The Firehouse, by Sesame Street Workshop Apps. $1.99
Sesame Street: The Fix-it Shop, by Sesame Street Workshop Apps. $1.99
Sesame Street: Elmo’s Monster Maker, by Sesame Street Workshop Apps. $1.99
Sesame Street: Grover’s Number Special, by Sesame Street Workshop Apps. $1.99
(4.00 out of 5. 1 votes) Loading ...Yes! Apps for Kids finally exists as an AppStore category
Posted on February 18th, 2010 under apple
This is GREAT news for all of us apps for kids lovers, developers, bloggers, etc. Apples has finally organized an ‘Apps for Kids’ category on the iTunes App Store. Well, maybe still not a ‘category’ per se, but already an important list with great visibility at the front of the store.
It’s been way to long for us searching for kids’ apps within categories like games, education, books and entertainment for stuff worth having for our kids. This is finally organized onto a proper and really well deserved list, hopefully soon to become a category.
I believe that interactive applications for kids — when well used — are among the most important educational and development tools for kids ever invented and it was about time for Apple to recognize it. And trust this be a HUGE step for blossoming of the ecosystem of apps for kids’ helping the industry to grow.
This site is certainly VERY happy with this big little step.
(5.00 out of 5. 1 votes) Loading ...Color Me, a coloring app best
Posted on February 18th, 2010 under Education
# UPDATED: Version 1.2 is now out with 11 new drawings to be colored! #
There are several coloring apps already out there and some of the are very good. But making a great coloring app is not an easy task and I believe that the guys who made Color Me actually got it.
What makes an app great are the little details. From the quality of the drawings, the quick response when you touch a part to color it, the interaction with the tools, the choice of colors. Color Me is got it all! My 3 yo said out of his head he loved it (believe, having seen a lot of apps, he is very picky)!
More info from the developer:
A coloring booklet for children at the age of 2-6 years. Diverse pictures and color palette will trigger the development of your child’s imagination and shape his/her senses.
A very friendly and intuitive application enables your child to easily create extraordinary pictures.
Only a touch of a finger and the selected element of the coloring will be filled with colors.
Shaking the iPhone will cause the cleansing of the picture and therefore provides endless possibilities for coloring of the pictures.
It is also possible to save the masterpieces of your child in the image gallery. Then the child will be able to place them on the desktop of your device..
Allow your child to discover the world of colors by means of “Color Me!”
(5.00 out of 5. 1 votes) Loading ...Truck Modz, for the little ones who just can’t have enough trucks
Posted on February 17th, 2010 under Uncategorized
You boys’ parents out there will certainly join me on this one: a young boy just can’t have enough of cars, trucks and all sorts of vehicles, can’t he? So pay attention to this app, because Truck Modz is a boy’s dream come true: virtually endless combinations of trucks. Change type, wheels, colors, press on lights, sirens, radio, all combinations possible to have a world of little trucks on a single app with professional graphics and sounds.
Do spend some time playing around with your kid and showing him de possible combinations. It is all there even if not very clear right from the beginning. There will be need for some exploration here to discover all the possibilities.
Truck Modz, from LotusLand Studios. $1.99
(5.00 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...Living Stories: King Midas and The Princess and the Pea
Posted on February 16th, 2010 under Books
Hurray, there is a new great maker of iPhone interactive books in town. DHX Interactive has published ‘Living Stories’, with two classic stories out already: King Midas and The Princess and the Pea. The books have great professional illustrations, animation, music and sound effects. You can choose from having the book read with the voice track that comes with or record up to four different voice overs of your own.
Unfortunately there seems to be no option to read the book without any voice over, which is something always nice to have when we want read to our kids. Hopefully something to be added to future updates and releases.
Living Stories: King Midas, from DHX Interactive. $1.99
Living Stories: The Princess and the Pea, from DHX Interactive. $1.99
(4.00 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...Dress Jinjee ready for Valentine’s Day!
Posted on February 11th, 2010 under Entertainment
Hey ho, Dress Jinjee has got an update and it is now ready for Valentine’s Day! And guess what, we have two promocodes for the first commenters. If you like to have it, hurry up!
Dress Jinjee from Punflay. 99¢
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