Gomma Friends app gets kids creating in the real world too
We're always happy to see apps that try to spark physical play as well as digital play. Gomma Friends is the latest creative example. Released for iPad and Android tablets by a company called Gomma...
View ArticleMr Shingu’s Paper Zoo is a delightful digital-origami treat
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...
View ArticleLittle Zebra Shopper app turns iPad into a barcode-scanning cash register for...
Little Zebra Shopper is an iPad app for children who want to play shopkeeper, which is something we've seen before in Toca Boca's Toca Store app. But this new release has a twist. Described as "the...
View ArticlePeppa Pig for iPieces is an iPad boardgame with real pieces
There are plenty of fun Peppa Pig apps available for iPad, but Peppa Pig for iPieces is different: it turns Apple's tablet into a piggy boardgame for real playing pieces. The app (and pieces) are the...
View ArticleLooksi Pups virtual puppy looking for £20,000 on Kickstarter
More than a billion downloads of the Talking Friends apps – Talking Tom Cat, Talking Ginger and their friends – shows there's an appetite out there for playful virtual pet apps. The latest example is...
View ArticleKeep an eye on Mixels from Cartoon Network and Lego
Physical toys that work with digital games and apps are all the rage, with Skylanders already a big hit with young gamers, and Disney's Infinity on the way hoping to repeat the trick. Something to...
View ArticleFirst Disney Infinity apps unveiled for iOS and Android
We're very intrigued by Disney Infinity, an ambitious game / virtual world that will feature characters from a host of Disney and Pixar films, with Skylanders-style physical toys (or "play sets")...
View ArticleFurby Boom app explodes onto iPhone, iPad and Android
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...
View ArticleSkylanders Cloud Patrol game comes to Android
Skylanders may have started life as a children's console game with its own range of toys, but in 2013 it's also available on smartphones and tablets. The latest example is Skylanders Cloud Patrol,...
View ArticleLego Mindstorms EV3 robotic kit gets three new apps
We're very excited about the potential for Lego Mindstorms EV3, the latest version of Lego's robot-building kit. It went on sale this weekend, with three new apps also available. Why excited? We think...
View ArticleFriendStrip Kids app gets children making photo-comic strips
Comic strips are fun, but how about comic strips starring your own children? That's the inventive idea behind a new app called FriendStrip Kids for iPhone, iPad and Android. The idea: more than 85...
View ArticleTidy Kids app gets children to ‘hop, skip and laugh the room tidy’
Yes, parents. This could be The Dream. An app that gets your children tidying up the living room or their […] The post Tidy Kids app gets children to ‘hop, skip and laugh the room tidy’ appeared first...
View ArticleSesame Street Family Play app coming soon
Amazing news for fans of Big Bird, Bert and Ernie and Mr Snuffleupagus: a new Sesame Street app is on […] The post Sesame Street Family Play app coming soon appeared first on Apps Playground.
View ArticleSesame Street Family Play app sparks real-world play for kids
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,...
View ArticleApp review: Sesame Street Family Play (iOS)
We reported yesterday on the release of Sesame Street Family Play, an inventive collection of children's games to play in the real world. But having given it a proper spin with our two children...
View ArticleDisney’s Little Mermaid pipes up with Ariel’s Musical Surprise app
There's so much memorable music from Disney's classic movies, and I write this as a man whose four year-old son is quite capable of bellowing 'Bear Necessities' for 20 minutes at a time. Now Disney is...
View ArticleTiggly Shapes get creative with Stamp, Draw and Safari apps
Tiggly is one of the most interesting children's apps companies we've spotted this year. It's not just making apps though: it also makes physical toys – Tiggly Shapes – to use with them. The company's...
View ArticleAngry Birds? There’s a brand new magazine for that…
Digital kids still love print magazines, even if it's sometimes the covermounted toys that grab their attention. Angry Birds is the latest brand to capitalise. The games' publisher Rovio is working...
View ArticleLittle Zebra Shopper app goes Gold with no in-app purchases
We were charmed by iPad app Little Zebra Shopper when it came out in July: it was a pretend cash register that scanned in real products. (Well, 'real' in the sense of packaging designs that you...
View ArticleToymail app will deliver messages to your kids… via toys
Our house seems to be filling up with a growing number of toys that talk to our children, from the Furby Boom to Talking Tom. But what if those toys could talk our words? That's the idea being touted...
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