Kids learn vocabulary, cognitive skill and develop a memory. The games has taken education aspect very seriously…. A completely wonderful experience. There are no ads. There is a separate section addressing the parents.

Read the full review here on Gungroo at Kids Puzzles Puzzingo.

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I recommend this app to be used as a play-based game during speech language therapy as well as for home use with all preschool and elementary kids.  This app is great for a preschooler, yet still engaging and educational for older children.  My 7, 9, and 10 year old children all like this game.  I have even learned a few words from this game.

Unlike most kid app review sites, Roger focuses his app review and research for the Android Market. So, if you are an Android device user, and/or a speech pathologist, I highly recommend checking out Roger’s site for inspirations and ideas of great apps to use.

To read the full review, please go to his site: Puzzingo Review.

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Puzzingo Pro has just been selected as an Editor’s Favorite! Here is a quick quote from the review:

(We like) the concept, number and great variety of puzzles, quality graphics and animations, sounds and sound backgrounds, fun factor, ease of use (simple drag and drop operation, visual hints), good educational value (especially for younger kids).

See more at: Puzzingo Pro Kids Puzzles Review

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Puzzingo Space Puzzles has just received an Editor’s Favorites rating from AppySmarts. Here is an excerpt from the review:

good variety of puzzles, quality graphics and animations, sounds and sound backgrounds, fun factor, ease of use (simple drag and drop operation, visual hints), good educational value (especially for younger kids).

You can see the review video yourself here or read the full review.

AppySmarts has a great catalog of kid oriented apps and reviews. Please check them out!

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As a maker of educational apps that target kids between the ages of two to five, parents’ attitudes on these issues are clearly very important to us. To better understand how parents are purchasing and using theses apps, we decided to do a survey of our customer base and now we can share the findings with you!

To start with, we were very interested to find out which group of parents is most likely to purchase apps for their kids. We found that the vast majority (88%) of the purchases where made by women. Furthermore, we discovered that 63% of the purchases are by a parent aged 25 to 34, by far the largest cohort. This corresponds well to the expected age of moms with young children.

In the second part of the survey, we wanted to answer the question of “are parents buying these apps simply as digital babysitters?” To answer this, we posed a number of survey questions that approach it from different angles. First, we wanted to understand how true is the stereotype that parents are simply handing the phones to children, and are disengaged from the play experience. As it turns out, a very healthy 39% of parents play apps with their kids, another 9% of kids play with siblings, and 4% play with friends. Our data shows that 53% of the kids do play alone sometimes. While this number is clearly substantial, the percent of parents who “co-play” is not far behind.

We also asked the parents what were the reasons they downloaded the apps. Anecdotally, we knew that fun and educational value were two important criteria for purchase, but we had no idea what the relative weights were. Based on the survey result, we discovered that it’s a virtual tie between these two value propositions – with educational value stated slightly more often at 49% versus 46% for “fun”.

Lastly, we wanted to get a sense for when parents are letting kids play the apps. Once again, there is a common stereotype that parents are predominantly using these devices to distract kids while driving or doing chores. As it turns out, 53% of the parents let the kid play with the device whenever they ask for it – much like the way parents may let kids play with their favorite toy. This is followed by “when I need to distract him” (22%), “when I want him to learn” (18%), and “when I am driving” (17%). Based on this data, we believe that while keeping kids occupied is an important driver, learning and general play are at least equally important.

In conclusion, our survey confirms that young moms are the primary purchaser of kid’s apps. It also paints a nuanced picture of how parents are using these apps with their kids. While many of the stereotypical use cases are indeed common, it’s clear that co-playing and learning are just as important to parents. I believe that as app developers, our challenge is to continue to meet both sets of needs responsibly by designing engaging and educational products.

As for all the parents out there looking for great apps in the store, I recommend investigating platforms such as Famigo, Clean App Network , or YogiPlay that have aggregated a great collection of kid-oriented software. Also, there are many kids app review sites that do wonderful jobs of filtering out good vs bad kids app. Some of our favorites are Fun Educational Apps, iHeartThisApp, The iPhone Mom, Best Apps for Kids, The iMums, and Smart Apps for Kids. Finally, sites like MomsWithApps often feature apps by great kid’s app developers.

77SPARX Studio is a maker of quality children’s apps such as PUZZINGO Puzzles. Please visit us at http://www.77sparx.com or email info@77sparx.com

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Stack ‘N Puzzles is perfect for children to learn how to make associations and to improve their problem-solving skills and would make a great addition to your app collection!

In addition, we are co-sponsoring a promo code give-away with iMum to give away 5 copies of Stack ‘N Puzzles. You can enter the drawing and read the full review at Stack ‘N Puzzles by 77SPARX Studio – Review

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After a location on the city map has been completed it comes to life and this is where more fun comes into play. Things in Stack’s town have a habit of catching on fire and children will need to get the firetruck to the fire. The T-Rex has a habit of escaping from the museum but luckily there’s a museum truck that can be led around the map to fetch him. These touches help the fun continue after children have completed the puzzles. When they are all done they can reset the city map and begin building the puzzles all over again. Stack ‘N Puzzles is a great mix of education and entertainment for the preschool crowd.

This is, in fact, one of the key design concept behind Stack N Puzzles – that once you are done with putting together the city using puzzles, that you should have a chance to play with it! We love how Heather really appreciated all the work we put into that. You can read the full review via the link below.

Stack N Puzzles – Kid’s Puzzle Adventures for Preschooler

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Overall, Stack ‘N Puzzles is a best app for kids. A puzzle adventure game very well designed, kids’ friendly, and intuitive which provides a dynamic environment to encourage kids creative play. 77SPARX Studio uses all the ingredients to provide fun education and maximizes the interactive learning that the iPad has to offer… and yes Stack ‘N Puzzles is now a TOP PICK for Fun Educational Apps … have a go we loved it and hope you will too!

We want to give a big thanks to Nathalie at Fun Educational Apps for such a thorough and thoughtful review of Stack N Puzzles, and of course for the terrific recognition. As Nathalie has put very well, we absolutely think that puzzles can be more than what we were used to as a kid. With the iOS and Android devices, puzzles become a way to construct a world and to play out his/her fantasy in that world. You can read the full review at Stack ‘N Puzzles: A Top Adventure Puzzle Game App for Kids.

And download Stack ‘N Puzzles today!

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