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Toca Boca Apps Surpass 27 Million Downloads

By Faith O'Neil On January 21, 2013 · 1 Comment

One of our favorite children’s app developers, Toca Boca, has had a lot of reasons to celebrate lately. At CES last week, they received a coveted KAPi award for ‘Most Pioneering Team’ and this week the success just keeps on rolling in! Toca Boca’s digital toy apps have surpassed 27 million downloads in the short 21 months since their initial launch. Numbers like that, while huge, are not surprising as Toca Boca’s apps have become increasingly innovative and subsequently popular. Since March 2011, Toca Boca has released 17 different child-marketed apps for iOS and the Kindle Fire platform. Since then, Toca Boca’s apps have consistently ranked within the top 10 in the educational category. On top of that, the Toca Boca Hair Salon app was a top 10 app in the entertainment category for 365 consecutive days. As astounding as their track record is, anyone who [...]

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Toca Band Review – Even Mozart would be jealous

By Emily On January 15, 2013 · Add Comment

As a birthday or Christmas gift a few years back, one of the kids received a small keyboard shaped like a cat. While cute and rather unassuming, the real surprise came when the youngest was pushing buttons and keys and singing loudly into the attached microphone – notes started coming out of the speaker meowing. Yes, the keyboard actually meowed like a cat, in tune to whichever piano key was being pushed. I’m sure you can see where this is going; down a long, winding, dark road of parental torture and despair. Imagine my relief when Toca Band was released. Not only do I worship in the temple of Toca Boca, but I also (despite my annoyance at the pet piano) encourage musical creativity. If anyone could make the art of kids’ music production cool and kitschy, it’s the folks at Toca Boca. And they certainly reached the high [...]

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Toca Tailor Fairy Tales Review – Sew up a story or two

By Emily On December 5, 2012 · 1 Comment

“Oh, wonderful,” you’re saying to yourself sarcastically. “She’s doing another Toca Boca review.” Please, resist the urge to roll your eyes. But before you decide that checking your Twitter feed is infinitely more exciting than the following review, do me a favor and download Toca Tailor Fairy Tales – it’s free for a limited time. I can wait; there’s a lovely chai latte waiting for me over in the kitchen. Got it? Good. Now you will finally understand why it is we go nuts over Toca Boca apps. One of the biggest seals of approval for an app in our house is if both of my kids not only enjoy it, but can also play it with ease and without frustration. For reference my son is closing in on 5 and my daughter is halfway to her third birthday. They are as different as night and day, both in [...]

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Toca Tailor Review – Sew You Think You Can Tailor?

By Emily On November 28, 2012 · 1 Comment

By day, I’m a mild-mannered, slightly frazzled stay-at-home mom, whose most valuable skill is black ops booger extraction. But once the kids go to bed I turn into the world’s premier clothier, turning out the most coveted and expertly designed fashions. I didn’t go to a world-famous design school or intern at a Parisian fashion house. Oh no. I simply picked up the kid’s iPad, wiped off the jelly and boogers, and settled into a fantasy world where my last name is both oddly spelled and unable to be pronounced properly. Toca Tailor is my app of choice to help make my ideas into couture. The Toca Boca line of releases has won us over with their idiosyncratic approach to stress-free games (dubbed “digital toys”) and other reviews can be read here for more information. Fashion and clothing design is the object of this particular Toca gem, promoting creativity [...]

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Paint My Wings Review: A Colorful Lesson

By Emily On October 11, 2012 · 1 Comment

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

Toca Boca Apps Surpass 27 Million Downloads

Toca Band Review – Even Mozart would be jealous

Toca Tailor Fairy Tales Review – Sew up a story or two

Toca Tailor Review – Sew You Think You Can Tailor?

Paint My Wings Review: A Colorful Lesson

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