My kids (like many kids of other GeekDads and GeekMoms) have been fans of Toca Boca apps for some time now, and we got a chance to try out some of latest Toca Life apps, as well as Toca Lab: Plants. Here’s a quick look at each of the apps, and why we like them!
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Start building apps with the 2017 iOS 10 Complete App Builder Bundle: 87% off!
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Get the how-to on App and Game Development for iOS and Android: 93% off!
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GeekDad Academy presents the Complete Beginner’s Guide to iOS Development
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‘Monsters Everywhere!’ is more than a hotel-building simulator. It’s a detective hunt and social media travelogue now available for Android and iOS devices.
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Patricia checks out the latest version of the AccuWeather Weather for Life app for iOS, featuring Future Radar.
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‘Tyto Ecology’ is a videogame about creating and maintaining biomes, filling them with plants and animals and keeping them in balance.
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Once upon a time, I reviewed a lot of iOS apps in a column called “Core Dump.” Well, I’m back—at least for a few of my favorites.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is bringing Carmen Sandiego back to life and optimizing everything for mobile. Available on iOS devices, ‘Carmen Sandiego Returns’ brings back a lot of familiar gameplay and tosses in some new and exciting features.
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Discover a new photo app from PBS KIDS to get budding scientists into the great outdoors.
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For the robot enthusiast in your home, check out GeekMom Maryann’s review of Blu-Bot from Silverlit.
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‘Galxyz’ is a fun new educational app with a science focus for upper elementary age kids. It uses narrative and animation to draw kids into Next Generation Science Standards.
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‘Marvel Contest of Champions’ lets you battle as various superheroes and villains on iOS or Android. Now, there’s an Ant-Man quest, plus an exclusive movie clip.
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The good, bad, and ugly of Wizards of the Coast’s newest app, ‘Magic Duels.’
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GeekMom Maryann shares the scoop on programming the Lego Mindstorms EV3 from your tablet!
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Download the new Cleen app to manage your photos and create a stunning, flat photo book!
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Spark your child’s imagination with ‘The Robot Factory’ app from Tinybop. GeekMom Maryann gives you a tour of the app and the exciting robots that her boys created.
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A set of apps that help you decide what to see, keep you from interrupting your fellow movie-goers, and most of all save you some money.
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As an economist, I am always interested in games that purport to teach kids something about economics. ‘AdVenture Capitalist’ was released a week or so ago on the App Store.
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Use this new iOS app to create stunning wall collages from your photos.
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You sit in a comfortable chair, electronic tablet in hand. Looking at the screen, you see two apps available in the store, two books based on choices and paths. If you choose to learn more to help make your choice, go to page 1.
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I love loaning books and board games to friends. The problem, of course, is keeping track of who’s got what. You Borrowed It is a simple little app that keeps track of the things you lend out.
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Want to craft a video with your kids that will make a special gift for mom or dad? Or maybe just capture some family memories that you’ll cherish for a long time?
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Before my kids get screen time, I’ve been assigning them ten minutes of math … on the iPad. Here are three of the apps they’ve been playing.
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Read about GeekMom Patricia’s adventure with a Bluetooth-enabled grill thermometer.
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Every now and then I like to share my latest casual gaming addictions with you all. There was the infamous Cookie Clicker productivity killer, and now I have a new one for you. QuizUp isn’t just fun and addictive, it lets you claim bragging rights.
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Findery isn’t just a social network where people check in to places, it’s a community where people come to tell their stories about places.
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If you are like my family we always struggle with remembering what we need from the store when we are at the store. Sure, I have a list on the refrigerator of the things we ran out of but I’m at the store now and can’t remember half the items on the list. I’m proud to say that a product called Hiku has become the supreme overlord of list-making in my household.
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When Pinterest and eBay had a baby, they sold the clothes it outgrew on Kidizen, a new marketplace for buying and selling pre-loved kid stuff. I invited the entire team that created the iOS app Kidizen to share their story about how it came to be, what the app does, and give a demo of how it works.
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If you’ve got some iTunes gift cards burning a hole in your pocket and you’re looking for something fun to play, here are a few of my latest favorites.
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