prMac serves to enhance the visibility of press releases in the Mac world, offering Mac-centric news media distribution services as well as top-notch RSS feeds. © 2013 prMac http://prmac.com/ en-us http://prmac.com/release-id-56660.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-56660.htm Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:40:00 CST Oogababy introduces oogababy 1.0 for iOS. The Instagram and the Viddy for parents adds a revolutionary way for tracking growth and development of children dynamically. The app has just launched in the App Store. oogababy lets parents track and predict growth and development in a simple manner. With a few taps users can find out if their child is developing in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards. http://prmac.com/release-id-56428.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-56428.htm Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:50:00 CST New app Lickety Split 2.0 from Swirly Studios LLC was developed by parents and educational technologists, and uses innovative classical musical timers and a fun beat-the-clock game to turn daily tasks that children avoid, into ones that they'll enjoy completing. Parents who are tired of nagging their dawdling kids to take care of hundreds of everyday tasks, can instantly become motivational champions. The app is optimized for iPhone 5, and compatible with iPad and iPod touch. http://prmac.com/release-id-54402.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-54402.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:00:00 CST Pic-A-Boo Baby introduces Pic-A-Boo 1.0 for iPad. This app for babies and toddlers allows for the creation of a personal peek-A-boo experience, based on albums or camera photos, like no other peek-a-boo app has done before. The app comes with a built in video camera feature to record the child's reaction to the game. Pic-A-Boo features ready to play peekaboo illustrated sets of real farm and safari animals and their sounds, alongside a collection of illustrated creatures. http://prmac.com/release-id-53801.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-53801.htm Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:30:00 CST The National Association for Child Development and Blue Whale Apps today introduce Speech Therapy for Apraxia - Words 1.0 for iPad, Kindle, and Nook tablet devices. The app, a practical therapy tool for parents and speech pathologists alike, is a fun, user-friendly app that practices articulation at the word level and is a logical follow-up to the original syllable-based app, Speech Therapy for Apraxia. Target words are grouped according to specific patterns of articulation. http://prmac.com/release-id-53765.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-53765.htm Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:05:00 CST Launched by Apps For All, innovative app, Little Lost Sheep 1.0 for iOS provides fun and interactive entertainment for both parents and children, as they play real-life hide-and-seek with a virtual and noisy Little Lost Sheep. It's a simple game: the toddler is the shepherd who has to close his or her eyes tight. Then the parent will hide the iPhone somewhere in the room. The child follows the sound of the beckoning sheep to find where it is hiding. http://prmac.com/release-id-53757.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-53757.htm Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:55:00 CST My Baby Blog 1.0 from Treecrest Limited is a fun and easy solution that lets parents capture their baby's precious moments through photos and narrative. Optimized for iPhone 5, the app features pre-loaded events, a height and weight graph, a section to store health information and immunization records, and more. My Baby Blog lets parents easily record their baby's life in photos and narrative, from birth all the way through to their first day at school. http://prmac.com/release-id-49718.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-49718.htm Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:00:00 CST AppyMall, a marketplace for educational apps, has been launched by Technology in Education to help teachers and parents find quality children's apps. The site's searchable database allows users to find apps by grade level and learning skill. AppyMall divides apps into anchor stores that organize book, game and educational apps into categories such as preschool, elementary school, middle school, speech and language, special needs and apps with lesson plans. http://prmac.com/release-id-49067.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-49067.htm Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:25:00 CST UK based NigglyNoo Ltd today introduces Baby Development Actvities 1.0 for iPad, their lifestyle app for new parents. Designed by an Occupational Therapist, the Baby Development Activities App allows parents to put their knowledge of baby development to the test with a fun and interactive quiz. It also provides a range of activities that parents can do with their baby to stimulate development and help them reach their developmental milestones. http://prmac.com/release-id-47783.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-47783.htm Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:35:00 CST An iPad 3 raffle is being held to celebrate the launch of AppyMall, an online educational app marketplace that helps parents and teachers find quality childrens apps. AppyMall categorizes apps by grade level and learning skill, helping teachers look for apps for their classroom and parents find apps for learning at home. AppyMall divides apps into five anchor stores that organize book, game and educational apps: preschool, elementary school, middle school, speech and language and special needs. http://prmac.com/release-id-47239.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-47239.htm Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:30:00 CST NigglyNoo Ltd announces an iPad app for new parents, which is currently being developed and is due to be released in the App Store in mid September 2012. Designed by an Occupational Therapist, the Baby Development Activities App allows parents to put their knowledge of baby development to the test with a fun and interactive quiz. It also provides a range of activities that parents can do with their baby to stimulate development and help them reach their developmental milestones. http://prmac.com/release-id-45000.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-45000.htm Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:00:00 CST Fun Educational Apps and AppGrade today announce AppStar Picks 1.1, an update to their educational app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. AppStar Picks is an innovative free app for parents looking for top, fun, educational and engaging apps for kids of all ages. All apps featured are organized by categories and have been thoroughly and independently tested and reviewed by parents, teachers and children. The update introduces seventy new reviews and two more review sites. http://prmac.com/release-id-42891.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-42891.htm Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 CST iOS app developers from the Mom with Apps network are excited to announce a 7 app bundle giveaway. This is an amazing opportunity to get 7 of your favorite family-friendly iPhone and iPad apps for free. The giveaway will be hosted by Kid-Capsule and will be open for a full week starting Friday May 18th, 2012 and ending Friday May 25th, 2012. The big winner will be announced right after the Moms with Apps - App Friday Facebook party on the 25th. http://prmac.com/release-id-40827.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-40827.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:40:00 CST Independent developer Andrew Molloy today announced that BabyGrow 2, a significant update to his baby growth tracking app, is coming soon to the App Store. The new version will hit the App Store on April 12, and brings a refreshed user interface and adds several new features, including support for older children. BabyGrow has always been the easiest way for parents to keep track of the growth of their children from birth to age 3. With BabyGrow 2, parents will be able to continue tracking. http://prmac.com/release-id-40427.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-40427.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:30:00 CST Spinlight Studio announced that two of its biggest sellers, Operation Math and AlphaTots, were honored for the coveted Parents' Choice Awards. The Parents' Choice Award program has been the standard for excellence in children's media. Spinlight Studio walked away with two awards, earning the respect of a foundation that's been setting the standard for children's media for almost 35 years, and cementing its place among the world's top educational app developers. http://prmac.com/release-id-39027.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-39027.htm Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:30:00 CST Moms with Apps' App Friday Facebook parties are well known for connecting parents and teachers with family friendly apps on sale. But with half of the world asleep during the event, millions of people miss out. Now Moms with Apps' App Friday will kick off each week with an "App Friday Kick Off Party" on Facebook, hosted at a time when Australasian and Eastern Europeans are awake, so parents, teachers and developers can connect. http://prmac.com/release-id-38439.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-38439.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:50:00 CST South Korean based Minoraxis today announced the recent launch of Soul Tamer KiKi for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The newest RPG experience from the creators of Exitum: Saviors of Vardonia, this enthralling adventure game lets users set off on an expansive fantasy quest to help a girl named KiKi save her parents, defeat the evil Demon King, and cement her status as a legendary hero in the process. KiKi is embued with the power to take the animal traits and powers of beasts she defeats. http://prmac.com/release-id-38229.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-38229.htm Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:25:00 CST Zen Labs LLC are pleased to announce the release of the latest version of Kid-Capsule, their family journaling, milestone, and memory app. The new version centers mainly on the addition of 3 new scrapbook style layouts to their popular event and milestone photo sharing feature. Kid-Capsule is your child's life story at your fingertips. If you have a daughter, son, niece, nephew or grandchild, it is the perfect way to log your family's priceless moments and preserve them forever. http://prmac.com/release-id-37999.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-37999.htm Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 CST Minimax Games has announced that their new pairs game, Animal Zoo Match for iPhone and iPad, is now available on the App Store. The game is located in a world-class safari park. Kids have to reveal colorful animal cards and find animal pairs and their sounds. The game can be played by kids without any assistance by adults. Each animal makes a funny or realistic vocal sound, there are lots of animals to explore, and Game Center support. http://prmac.com/release-id-37899.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-37899.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:35:00 CST Zen Labs LLC announced that they are holding a contest on their Kid-Capsule blog. Kid-Capsule puts your child's life story right at your fingertips. If you have a daughter, son, niece, nephew or grandchild, it is the perfect way to log your family's priceless moments and preserve them forever. Submit an idea for a new feature or enhancement for their family journaling and memory app and you will have a chance to win 2 iTunes gift cards and a beautiful alphabet poster by the talented Piktorama. http://prmac.com/release-id-36129.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-36129.htm Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:15:00 CST Ask elementary school kids, what do they love to do most of all? Replies will vary from "watching cartoons" to "bugging Mommy." Alas, no "learning to read." For many working parents, "reading to an unwilling child at the end of a hard day" is not the favorite pastime. The result is many children are capable readers when it comes to reading things like "Start the Next Level", but any text longer or more complicated than that stops them dead in their tracks. Introducing Elfishki and the Giant Cake http://prmac.com/release-id-36029.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-36029.htm Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:20:00 CST Mobe Labb has announced the release of StopSanta for iOS, a challenging word game that features winter, snow and Santa while delivering an addictive experience and festive fun with tons of replay value. It's a testing blend of excitement and challenge with educational value where users are offered to help Santa to restore the list of Christmas presents. StopSanta is designed to light up users' Christmas mood with fun and joy. StopSanta is casual-friendly but challenging enough for core gamers. http://prmac.com/release-id-35794.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-35794.htm Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:10:00 CST If you're spending time with family and relatives over Christmas, 'Record Their Stories' is the fun and simple way to record relaxed personal conversations, and capture stories for safe keeping. A unique questions and prompts system helps the user to plan what to ask, and prevents anyone from being stuck for words. A fun editing screen means you can do basic cuts on the device, and the result is a precious recording of the people most dear to you. http://prmac.com/release-id-34724.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-34724.htm Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:30:00 CST Funnel Design Group Launch Feature-Filled Virtual Santa App, Instantly Connecting Children with a Talking Virtual Santa through iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Talk with Santa allows parents to take on the role of virtual Santa via voice chat from another device. Parents can also instruct Santa to perform one of eight festive and fun pre-set animated actions, to further amaze and delight their children. http://prmac.com/release-id-31805.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-31805.htm Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:45:00 CST Mile 26 Studios is pleased to announce the release of Scribble Kid, an educational drawing app for preschoolers. Developed exclusively for Apple's iPad tablet, the free app offers a fun and simple way for budding artists to express their creativity. Just pick a color and scribble away. It's the perfect back-seat companion for the artistic and antsy, alike. When your artist has finished their masterpiece, it's saved in the iPad photo gallery where it can be emailed or shared on Facebook. http://prmac.com/release-id-30797.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-30797.htm Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:10:00 CST Tales2Go wins a prestigious Parents' Choice Gold Award, placing it among the very best mobile apps that entertain and teach with flair, stimulate imagination and inspire creativity. Parents' Choice has been reviewing and recommending quality children's media for more than 33 years. According to Parents' Choice Foundation, "Tales2Go is both a great entertainment buy and valuable tool for parents to promote a love of words and reading to their children." http://prmac.com/release-id-28056.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-28056.htm Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:00:00 CST Available for iPhone and iPod touch, the problem solving games in Creative Genius On-the-Go! help kids learn creative thinking skills while they have a ton of fun. This convenient app provides open-ended creativity for young minds with 150 quick challenges, diversions, and scenarios that can be played anytime, anywhere. The app contains short, written prompts offering activities that children can play independently, or with family or friends. It's a "must-have" app for travel with kids. http://prmac.com/release-id-26165.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-26165.htm Tue, 31 May 2011 05:30:00 CST TappyTaps Ltd. announces a special Children's Day offer on Bubbling Math 1.2, an iPad education game that helps children practice basic elementary math operations learned in 1st to 4th grades. Bubbling Math is a real game with levels, music, sounds, and awards. It also contains modules that allow parents to both choose a specific type of math task they want their children to practice and to review the completed results. On 1st of June, Bubbling Math will be on sale. http://prmac.com/release-id-25883.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-25883.htm Tue, 24 May 2011 03:30:00 CST Mobile Apps for Ed today released Moments Ago 1.0.2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. Moments Ago puts a fast and easy communication tool in the palm of teachers' hands, allowing them to send messages to students in the classroom and quick email reports to parents. Moments Ago serves as a motivator for students to improve their performance and behaviors and keeps parents informed of what their children are doing in school. The app features a free two week trial. http://prmac.com/release-id-25327.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-25327.htm Mon, 09 May 2011 16:42:00 CST Kima Ventures-backed YellowBrck, announces the launch of a new social network for iPhone that enables parents to stay in touch while earning coupons and discounts from local and online retailers by checking-in to day-to-day parenting activities like mealtime, laundry and playtime. Designed specifically for the growing demographic of connected on-the-go parents, YellowBrck allows parents to share and exchange ideas or activities and tips on parenting. http://prmac.com/release-id-25104.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-25104.htm Wed, 04 May 2011 04:00:00 CST TappyTaps have just introduced Bubbling Math 1.0, their new iPad education game for children. For Children 1st to 4th grades, Bubbling Math helps kids practice elementary math operations. It is a real game, complete with levels, music, sounds, and awards. It also contains a module that allows parents to choose which types of tasks they want their children to practice, and to review wrong answers afterward. The game has been developed with the help of teachers and children. http://prmac.com/release-id-24609.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-24609.htm Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:00:00 CST Independent children's app developer Duck Duck Moose wins three 2011 Parents' Choice Awards for their mobile apps. Fish School won a Parents' Choice Gold Award, Park Math won a Parents' Choice Silver Award, and Baa Baa Black Sheep won a Parents' Choice Recommended Award. Having won three Parents' Choice Gold Awards in 2010, Duck Duck Moose is the only publisher that has received six Parents' Choice Awards in the Mobile Apps category. http://prmac.com/release-id-23402.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-23402.htm Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:00:00 CST iStoryTime today announced its partnership with Yoplait Kids to offer six free children's books for a limited time on iPad and iPhone. Parents and children will now be able to enjoy snack time even more. iStoryTime books are illustrated and narrated, so children can enjoy the book even when parents are busy. iStoryTime is the perfect way for parents to entertain their children while waiting to go to dinner at a restaurant, on a long airplane or train trip or even grocery shopping. http://prmac.com/release-id-18179.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-18179.htm Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:20:00 CST Appventors LLC. today announces the release of Santa Mega Pack app, the most useful tool for holiday survival. It combines 10 high-quality apps in 1 and provides hours of educational fun via high-quality stories, coloring books,puzzles, holiday mazes, memory games, and of course - talking to Santa. The app helps to manage kids' Christmas lists, painlessly inform family members of gift preferences and to encourage angelic behavior having Santa call children to deliver a special message. http://prmac.com/release-id-18098.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-18098.htm Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:30:00 CST Virginia based Lesson Portal, LLC has released iDiscipline HD 3.0.1 for iOS. iDiscipline HD is a world class infraction tracking system that assists teachers in the classroom as well as a tool to communicate with parents regarding their children. iDiscipline HD collects the data the teacher enters, and when the teacher is ready to contact the parent, all the data is in their hands. Infractions can be sent via email, whether it's just one or all the infractions a particular student has received. http://prmac.com/release-id-9840.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-9840.htm Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:00:00 CST As iPod touch sales and adoption by children continues to increase, so does the need for reliable parent resources. Geared toward parents searching for the best kid-friendly apps, GiggleApps focuses on applications ranging from toddlers to teens, but also includes apps for parents and users of all ages. Children can grow with their new devices, by adding new apps to continue to challenge them educationally and to help them explore new interests, such as music, new languages, reading, and more. http://prmac.com/release-id-9343.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-9343.htm Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:11:00 CST Cloudlark, LLC. today announces BeGOOD! 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch. BeGOOD! encourages positive behavior in parents and children alike and is always handy on your iPhone or iPod Touch. It is based on traditional behavior charts, and provides parents with a behavior reward point system that's fun and easy to use. Today's kids are technologically savvy and BeGOOD! both engages them and entertains them, making good behavior fun. http://prmac.com/release-id-8971.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-8971.htm Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:00 CST 148Apps today announces the launch of GiggleApps, a site providing iPhone application reviews of the best educational and entertaining apps for kids of all ages. Geared toward parents searching for the best kid-friendly apps, GiggleApps focuses on applications ranging from toddlers to teens, but also includes apps for parents and users of all ages. The site provides guidance on using the iPhone or iPod Touch as an educational device.