Finally we got our new app “Friendy Emotions” out into the wild. As open and sincere as possible hope we that it will be useful and liked by you. Why? Because it will help your children to:

Become more confident

The app is based on the EQ, emotional intelligence, concept and rolls around six basic feelings that we experience: anger, sadness, fear, happiness, being grumpy and calm.

Why do we get these feelings? What to do and not to do when you experience them? How do you look and feel when you have a certain feeling? How do you calm yourself or others down?

If your child can answer these questions, the first step in building the self-confidence is done.

Minimize stress

One of the biggest benefits you and your child can get from the app is learning to cope with different emotions and situations that cause them. We are always in a hurry, stressed out, angry at someone, sad or afraid of something. Can we help our kids to escape all that? Probably not and shouldn’t. All of these feelings are valid and impossible to avoid.

But we can help them to cope with it easier. Do you know what a big difference for your child a simple acceptance and confirmation of his or her feeling can make? Just try it the next time – say: “Yes, you are sad. I want to help you. Let’s see what we can do here”.

Build better relationships

Being able to handle feelings in a constructive way lays the ground for better relationships later in life. Either being able to help their friends or just knowing what is ok or not to do goes the big way. Empathy, ability to understand others comes next. It does not come overnight. It builds up slowly. But we can definitely help our children by learning and talking to them about it.

And simply feel better

The main purpose of the app is to help the kids to feel better. As we discussed above, the child will learn to handle their feelings, feel more confident, experience less stress and develop social abilities. We showed you just a few examples. You will find more in the app – in the language that your child can understand.

No strings attached. Go ahead, read about it on the AppStore and make your mind. You know best what your children need.

Wow, it’s been a while since the last post here. Summer, vacations and work on the new Friendy app take the time… But now we are back!

So how is the new app going? (We wrote what the app is about a number of times so I do not repeat it here). It is fully functional and we have submitted it to Apple back in May. And guess what? We got a stop! The reason – Friendy seems to have an objectionable content to them. In other words they tell us that Friendy looks naked. Judge yourself – the picture of the doll that was used in the game is below:

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We are exited to announce that today we have updated the “Lite” versions of two our apps – Moo for Kids Lite and Animal Tiles for Kids Lite. We have been waiting for this for a long time and now it is there to show you the real potential of the full versions. Let’s discuss and take a look at each of the apps!

Moo for Kids Lite

This is a free app aiming to show you a preview of the Moo for Kids iPhone game. Its flow, animations and graphics are exactly the same as of the full game with the only limitation of 3 animals instead of 20.

The game is easy and fun to play, it is suitable for the toddlers and kids of 2-3 years old. Guess which animal said “Moo” and smile!

You can see how it actually works in the video below (just a note – the video is showing a full version):

Just download it here!

Animal Tiles for Kids Lite

This is another free app that we have. Here kids are collecting little puzzles in order to see the animal show! The game was designed to help kids to improve fine motor skills, logical thinking and problem solving skills. And to have fun too!

Let us show you a preview video of the app (and again – it is a preview of the full app, but you will get the idea):

Yeah, please enjoy them and have a great time with your kids! The apps are totally free and you can download them in the iTunes – Moo for Kids Lite and Animal Tiles for Kids Lite.

By the way, a kind reminder that we are running a crowd-funding campaign! Please support us and get the payback yourself! Thank you!

 

I was thinking if I should do this post longer or shorter. And since I have already written about our crowd-funding campaign just a few days ago, I will just go ahead and just post a video here. It explains it all!

And just to check what I am talking about here – please visit our campaign page on AppBackr!

Like it? Have some thoughts and suggestions? Let us know in comments!

Have you been angry today? Have you been yesterday? If not, congratulations, you are happier than 90% of people on our planet. If yes – that’s totally fine. As we know, all the feelings are OK. Just not all the behavior.

Today we are starting a series of sneak peek videos presenting our upcoming app created in collaborations with professional psychologists from Mental Picture. And the first feeling is Anger:

One of the game-points in the app is asking yourself – why can you and others be angry? Let’s try it! Tell us in the comments – what can make you or your kids angry?

Three random commenters will get a little surprise!
(Please keep in mind that we will use the email you provide in the answer form to give it to you – and only for that. We respect your privacy!)

We have special sentiments towards “Moo for Kids” app. It was our first app, it allowed us to learn important lessons, it gave us the joy of first downloads and it is a great fun for small kids. Now we have even better news. Fully updated and animated iPad app Moo for Kids HD is released. And we wanted to give you a small present – it is free!

Moo for Kids HD is an iPad version of our old good friend, iPhone app Moo for Kids. It also has two parts – learning and guessing. Your kids will explore a wonderful world of nature and listen to the real animal sounds. After this they will play a game trying to guess, which animal made a particular sound – “moo”, “wow-wow” or “meow”. This will help them to develop associative thinking, fine motor skills and memory. All being a great fun at the same time.

Of course, you would like to see it in action. Therefore, we have prepared a small video for you:

Don’t wait. Moo for Kids HD is FREE. No strings attached, no hidden advertising or in-app purchases. Download it here! (Interested in an iPhone app instead? This is the link).

Let us know if you like it! Thanks!

I am really excited writing this post today. We have released an updated versions of the Animal Tiles for Kids app for iPad and iPhone. And even better – we have partnered up with a company specializing in the children psychology and will create an app together. Let’s take it one at a time!

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We would like to welcome you with a gift today. We have set our iPhone app Animal Tiles for Kids to be free for just one day. And you can download it from the iTunes right now!

What’s Animal Tiles for Kids?

It is a great app for little children. Just let them take first steps in solving puzzles, developing logical thinking and having fun with different animals. Just drag pieces of a puzzle into the right places and animals will give you a little performance! Easy and fun for the ages of 3 to 5.

But wait, it will become even better soon! We have drastically improved the animations used in the game. And we are also releasing an iPad version of the app.

Again, it is free today for the App Friday – a special Facebook party organized by Moms with Apps. Every week you can get great deals on iPhone and iPad apps for kids. And this weak Animal Tiles is one of those deals.

Going iPad

We are also excited with an upcoming iPad app. It will be called Animal Tiles for Kids HD and will be released in the nearest future. It is still in review at Apple at the moment of writing, though we hoped it to be out by today. We will tell you as soon as it is out – just be sure to follow us on Facebook. E.g. by clicking a button below:

What’s new in that app? We have changed the animals and animations completely. Also added a small section for parents to read more about the app and improved the game flow. The same features are coming into the iPhone app soon, so stay tuned!

Thank you note

We also wanted to say thank you to our friends at Playcreatividad.com. They gave us a few advices on developing digital iPad books that we are considering to create in the future. We were really inspired by their app Forgotten Colors. Be sure to check it out!

And as always – if you have any notes to add, be our guests in the comment section! Have a great weekend!

 

Did you ever want your kids to learn more about nature and animals? Now they can do that. Today we are happy to release Animal Tiles for Kids – a new WP7 app for kids – which was available only for the iPhone before. For those who are new to our site I would like to tell more about it.

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Today I wanted to share with you what’s coming next. We are working on updating our existing Windows Phone 7 and iPhone apps for kids and are excited about the new ones that are coming.

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