Android apps by Tipitap

Color & Draw: Super Artist Ed.

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Color & Draw: Super Artist edition is a PREMIUM version of the best-selling and award winning app. It's an artistic solution for TABLETS AND PHONES. It invites kids to draw, color and decorate drawings or photographs. Coloring pages have voice over invitations to get their creative juices flowing. It has 4 coloring books with more than a hundred coloring pages in 4 themes: people and nature, Dinos, Fairies, and Baby Animals.

It has been designed and tested for ICS (Android 4.0 and above) and for phones and ICS 7, 8, and 10 inch Tablets.

This app supports only PORTRAIT mode which in our experience is better for kids.

It is really 3 apps in 1
1. A drawing and sketching app with white and black backgrounds
2. A coloring book app with 100+ exquisite drawings of fun topics including animals, professions and landscapes (no TV cartoons, they watch enough TV as it is...) It's an Artistic Springboard where some drawings are "incomplete" so children, guided by voice over instructions, can creatively interact with the drawing.
3. A photo decorator where kids can draw over your own photos from the Gallery or directly from the Camera and draw over them or decorate them with stickers.

Digital coloring books can be entertaining, but they can instill passivity in kids. Tap and a color field automatically fills a shape. Or, paint and the app keeps your color stroke within the lines for you. This gets boring fast. Apps that only offer blank pages for 'free drawing' can be a little intimidating for the youngest children. And many so-called activity books are too ambiguous or too difficult for little children to decode on their own, leaving them asking: "Dad, what do I draw now?" and "Mom, what am I supposed to do here?"

Tipitap pushes the limits of traditional coloring apps harnessing the possibilities of the touch screen environments. Color&Draw boasts beautifully crafted, specially designed springboard drawings, voice recorded invitations for all drawing for children to add to or complete the drawings, a lovely color palette, multiple stroke and erasers, and stickers. Kids or they parents can share their creations via email or save them to the device's gallery.

The drawings are simple enough for young children to explore drawing and colors, to go beyond realism and to expand the limits of their imagination. The voice prompt invitations give kids autonomy over the app. Each illustration presents an opportunity to enhance both skills and imagination. And, of course, to have fun with art making.

APP FEATURES
* 100+ cute and smart, custom illustrations by our professional art department
* Four fun strokes: pencil, crayon, wet brush and air brush.
* Fun, age-appropriate themes: animals, professions and natural settings
* Save drawings to the in-app Art Gallery, your device photo album or share them via email
* undos
* multitouch support
* Import images to draw over
* 50 custom voice over invitations
* Real finger painting. Not the classic "the-machine-fills-it-for-you" app engine! Kids develop and improve their fine motor skills and creativity.
* Limited curated color palette. Enough colors choices for a full spectrum of artistic expression yet restricted so kids are not overwhelmed by too many options.
* Multiple eraser options
* Multiple fun backgrounds to draw on.

* More coloring pages available for in app purchase
NOTE: You can lock the in apps from the settings menu. In apps have a child lock to avoid accidental purchase by young children.

Tipitap
Learning fun. Fun learning.

keywords
Toddler, sketch, pad, chalk, painting, paint, kid art, studio, photo decorator, drawing,

Recent changes:
The app is now renames Color & Draw Super Artist Edition. It has 3 coloring books that were unlocked before, now for free. It now works on phones too. Thanks for your support!

Now four coloring tools:

CRAYONS
WET BRUSH
AIR BRUSH
PENCIL

Improved GUI and Stability.

Improved Art Store.

Color & Draw for kids

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:09:21 +0000

Color & Draw is a complete artistic solution for kids. As always, NO banner ads. Google Play Editor's Choice and Featured in Google Play 2011.

It invites kids to draw and color. It has coloring pages with recorded voice invitations, custom backgrounds to draw on and more
This version now supports tablets and phones.

NEW in this version:

- 4 new coloring tools.
- the ability to draw on photos.
- new art store with more coloring pages.

Tipitap pushes the limits of traditional coloring apps harnessing the possibilities of the touch screen environments. Color & Draw boasts beautifully crafted, specially designed springboard drawings, voice recorded invitations for all drawing for children to add to or complete the drawings, a lovely color palette, multiple stroke sizes and erasers, and stickers. Kids or their parents can share their creations via email or save them to the device's gallery.

APP FEATURES
* 4 Drawing Tools: crayons, brushes, pencils and air brush.
* 50 cute and smart, custom illustrations by our professional art department
* Fun, age-appropriate themes: animals, professions and natural settings
* Save drawings to the in-app Art Gallery, your device photo album or share them via email
* 50 custom voice over invitations
* multitouch support
* zoom
* undos
* Real finger painting. Not the classic "the-machine-fills-it-for-you" app engine! Kids develop and improve their fine motor skills and creativity.
* Support for multitouch
* Limited curated color palette. Enough colors choices for a full spectrum of artistic expression yet restricted so kids are not overwhelmed by too many options.
* Multiple eraser options

It is really 3 apps in 1:

1. A drawing and sketching app with white and black backgrounds.

2. A coloring book app with 50 exquisite drawings of fun topics including animals, professions and landscapes. It's an Artistic Springboard where some drawings are "incomplete" so children, guided by voice over instructions, can creatively interact with the drawing.

3. a photo decorator.

Real finger painting!
Digital coloring books can be entertaining, but they can instill passivity in kids. Tap and fill coloring or a paint engine that keeps your strokes within the lines take all the fun and effort and can scarcely be called coloring. This gets boring fast. Apps that only offer blank pages for 'free drawing' can be a little intimidating for the youngest children. And many so-called activity books are too ambiguous or too difficult for little children to decode on their own, leaving them asking: "Dad, what do I draw now?" and "Mom, what am I supposed to do here?"

*** NOTE: You can lockout in-app from the settings menu. There is a child lock to prevent children from buying in app inadvertently****** It's now optimized for the Galaxy Note, Nexus 4, 7, 10, Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S3 and many more phones and tablets.
*** Note HD version will be retired soon. This version now works well on both tablets and phones***

Tipitap
Learning fun. Fun learning.

Recent changes:
NEW in this version (4.0) :

- 4 new coloring tools.
- the ability to draw on photos.
- new art store with more coloring pages.
- stability improvements
- Now universal version, works on tablets too!

V 3.0
Zoom
Full Screen drawing (hide the drawing tools)
New Art Store with more coloring books (you can lock it to keep children away).
Stability improvements.

Toddler Tapping Zoo

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:37:07 +0000

Is there anything kids like more than animals? Well, here is a portable zoo for their learning and entertainment. It has more than 60 images with animal sounds and voiceovers.

Toddler Tapping Zoo was specifically designed with toddlers and young children in mind. It will expand the horizons of infants and toddlers through beautiful eye-catching images and amusing sounds of animals.

Since experts have shown that toddlers are more enthusiastic and learn more from realistic photographs than from illustrations, we have designed this app around gorgeous photographs in landscape mode to make images larger.

Toddlers learn to distinguish sounds, associate sounds with images and fine-tune their motor skills. But most of all, they have a great time.

Read together while spending quality time or use them in an "emergency" to keep them entertained at a restaurant or check-out line.

Our tapping zoo consists carefully selected list of animals. It allows for simple sequential navigation. You don’t have to go back to the menu again and again.

Tap on an image and you get the sound of the animal. Tap on the text of the label and you get a professionally recorded voiceover in ENGLISH of the name of the animal.

Toddlers love repetition too. Seeing the same animals over and over helps them learn and allows they to reencounter them often, which for them is hilarious. (We know it can be frustrating as a parent, but they love it).

"Toddler Tapping Zoo" contains images and sounds of over 60 animals including:

Dog, cat, cow, horse, pig, sheep, rooster, parrot, owl, duck, lion, elephant, monkey, bear, orca, dolphin, mouse, snake, frog, camel, hippo, squirrel, koala, eagle, bee, seal, penguin and more.

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Learning fun, fun learning.

Write us at androidzoo@tipitap.com

Recent changes:
New home and info page.
Fixes bug that caused crashing in some Android phones.
(Please update your reviews :-)

Toddler Music Jukebox:12 songs

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:24:25 +0000

Toddlers love music. This app is all about music. It has 12 classic songs and uses easily recognizable icons to empower kids to take charge of their music exploration.

NOTE: Please be advised this app is NOT a video game, it only has simple animations, just amazing music and an empowering interface.

Toddler JukeBox includes the following classic songs:
Wheels on the Bus
Old McDonald had a farm (classic with a twist)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
Working on the Railroad.
B-I-N-G-O
ABC
Twinkle, twinkle little star
Itsy, bitsy spider
Miss Mary Mack
Over in the Meadow
Word by Word (a John Simon original about reading)

*****
Review: "by Sarah" 5 Stars (December 2, 2010): My daughter is obsessed with this app! She loves playing it over and over!
by ANDRELL 5 stars (October 31, 2010)
Absolutely love it!!!!! Great sound quality! My little one loves it! A must have!
*******
It uses easily recognizable icons to empower kids to take charge of their music exploration. They can intuitively choose which song they want to hear by tapping on the icon.

They no longer depend on you to play a CD or mp3. This is as liberating for kids as it is for parents. Kids can explore the music at their own pace and play their favorite songs again and again. Meanwhile parents don’t have to stay by the remote or CD player ready to hit play over and over again.

Children can do it by themselves and sing and dance until they wear the rug down! Each song is activated by a charming identifying button that is easy for kids to decode.

You can also listen to the entire collection of music as a regular CD or mp3 through the speaker phone or through a stereo system of your house or car (additional hardware might be required).

All songs are beautifully performed on the guitar and sung by John Simon, a renowned New York children’s artist with more than 20 years of experience singing to and with children as well as teaching music in schools.

There are 3 different modes to listen to the music. Play all, shuffle all or listen to an individual song.

Tipitap Apps
Learning fun, fun learning.

WARNING : unlike other apps we do NOT feature any animations or games. This app is about giving toddlers freedom over their music and enjoying great songs, not creating music videos or video games.

Recent changes:
MAJOR UPDATE V2.0
Completely redesigned interfase.
Optimized for phones and tablets.
New music store added.
New simple animations

Booksy: learn to read platform

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:46:40 +0000

Booksy is a learning-to-read platform for young kids (4-9). It is designed from the ground up to help young children, Pre-K through 2nd grade, practice and develop their reading skills.

This edition comes with TWO FREE books.
Books are only in ENGLISH. (Spanish and Portuguese coming soon!)

Think of Booksy as training wheels for books. It gives kids independence and security while providing help and support.   

Booksy is at its heart a library of age appropriate level-readers. We believe kids WANT to read when to give them fascinating and interesting books. That is why we partnered with experts to create books on topics kids will love. They will not only dive into reading, but with our nonfiction series also learn.  

But BOOKSY is so much more. It has amazing features that make learning to read simple and fun. And, it includes powerful tools for parents and teachers to track kids' progress.  Watch them glow with pride as they are able to read by themselves and gain independence.

Booksy requires Android 3.0 or higher. For full functionality, it requires a microphone.
It has been optmized for most 7 and 10 inch tablets including Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola Xoom, and more.

 Booksy features: 

• Kids can tap on ANY word to have it read out loud. Not just the whole page, but the words they find difficulty.

 • Adults can track kids' progress in the Parental Dashboard  
⁃ Know which words need reinforcement 
⁃ Learn how long they take to read each book 
⁃ Receive emails with recordings of their reading efforts (optional)  
⁃ RECORDING WILL ONLY WORK ON DEVICES THAT SUPPORT THIS FEATURE.

• Awesome content: level-readers on science topics—not just of literacy, but of science literacy! 
⁃ Written by experts and PhDs  ⁃ Beautiful full-color images and illustrations 
⁃ Appropriate word count for beginning readers 
⁃ Books are only $0.99 (USD)!

 • Stars, awards and trophies keep kids engaged and coming back for more. Kids get: 
⁃ Stars for every book they finish 
⁃ Awards for reading all the books 
⁃ Awards for reading everyday 
⁃ Awards for taking the reading comprehension quizzes

 • Simple in-app bookstore to satisfy kids' curiosity and reading voracity.
 • Quizzes foster not just mechanics of reading but content comprehension. 
• Up to 3 users can be tracked in this editions (School Edition coming soon with more users)  

This FREE edition includes two complete books:
 ✓ Humpback Whales! Level 1 Reader (150-300 words) by Mya Thompson, PhD from Cornell University 
✓ Hello Bunny! Level 0 Reader (50-150 words)  by Tipitap

  Booksy Books now available for in-app purchase: 
LEVEL 1 (150-300 words, simplified structures, for readers who are beginning to venture into reading on their own)  
✓ Dinosaurs! 
✓ Volcanos! 
✓ Exploring Mars!
 ✓ Chimpanzees!
 ✓ Emperor Penguins!  
✓ Insects!  
✓ Solar System!  
✓ Elephants!
 ✓ In a Jam!  
✓ Bacteria

   LEVEL 0 (50-150 words, repetitive structures and words for kids who are just starting to read)  
✓ Pocket Animals 
✓ Animal Colors 
✓ Counting Robots 
✓ All kinds of Fun: The Mc Penguin Brothers 
✓ Mr. Talbot's vacation 
✓ Animal Orchestra 
✓ The Four Seasons!  

Level 2 and a Phonics programs Books coming within 2 months to Booksy Bookstore.   

Tipitap
 Learning Fun. Fun Learning.

Recent changes:
Blocks automatic scan of media (pictures and sound files). User from new installs should no longer see them in their galleries. People who upgrade might need to delete the Booksy folder from the sd card, uninstall and download again.

Stability improvements and bug fixes.
New Holiday Promo 10 books 50% off!

Fix for download and reinstall issues.
Now users installing in two tablets should see all their purchases in the same account appear automatically.

Toddler Car, Ship & Rocket HD

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:51:59 +0000

Toddler Car, Ship & Rocket HD is the evolution of the transportation picture book.

This app is Tablet Ready. It was HD images that will look amazing in your new Honeycomb Tablet. Tested in the Xoom and Galaxy Tab 10.1.

***GOT A TABLET: TRY THE BEST COLORING APP FOR TABLETS
Color & Draw for kids HD***

It displays 40 remarkable images of means of transportation of all types, land, air, water and even construction vehicles.

Tap the image to hear the sound played back.

Tap the name bar to hear a voiceover of the name.

***Looking for Tablet App for kids. Try our new and award winning
Color & Draw for kids
50% launch sale for a limited time only****

This dynamic allows children to associate images, forms and sounds, as well as practice fine motor skills while building their early vocabulary.

Images included: car, race car, train, bus, ship, speed boat, submarine, airplane, glider, helicopter, rocket and more!

Recent changes:
Added support for App to SD.

Toddler Spanish: 100 words

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:06:01 +0000

Toddler Spanish helps young children learn Spanish in a simple and entertaining manner. Kids don’t just learn words. They become familiar with all the basic Spanish sounds.

APP TO SD SUPPORT ADDED!

* 100 words and images
* Professionally recorded, native speaker voiceovers
* Beautiful images
* Toddler Learning Engine
* Simple navigation with arrows and flick gesture for Toddlers
* Fixed or random flashcard order
* Now with word categories!

We have carefully selected objects making sure that each and every distinct sound in the Spanish language (phoneme) is represented in the words and objects.

With this app your child's little ears and mouth will get accustomed to Spanish sounds, making it easier for them to learn the language more formally latter on. Studies show that language skills peek early on in life. Let you little ones use these amazing learning abilities. We all now later on, it is so much harder!

In this app your little one will find:

• 100 entertaining and eye-catching images
• Spanish words for common objects easily applied in everyday life activities (see list below)
• Spanish words for kid’s favorites such as animals and means of transportation.
• Words spoken by a friendly native speaker (neutral Spanish)
• Toddler Learning Engine for gradual learning

Suggestion on how to use this app:

Help your child identify and match the objects with ones you may have at your house. Encourage them to say them out loud, and later on, try to include Spanish words into their daily routine a few words at a time .

Toddler Learning Engine.
You can customize the learning engine to your kid’s age and speed in the settings menu.

keywords: Flashcards. Kids. children. Español.

Suggestions? Feedback? Please write to us at androidSpanish@tipitap.com

Tipitap
Fun Learning. Learning Fun.

Recent changes:
App to SD support added (please update your reviews :-)
Corrected typos
Stability improvements

Toddler Spanish Lite

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:41:39 +0000

By popular demand here is a trial version of our popular Toddler Spanish. It features 10 gorgeous flashcards for kids to jumpstart their Spanish. Language skills peak pretty early and then as we know it becomes so hard to learn a foreign language.

10 Gorgeous photographs
Professionally recorded voiceovers.
NO ADS. Never ads.

Link to the full version
FULL VERSION INCLUDES
100 cards.
Toddler learning engine
Browse by category
Random/fixed flashcards order.

My First ABC: Sights & Sounds

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:21:24 +0000

My First Alphabet: Sights & Sounds is the evolution of the ABC board book in multimedia format. It provides illustrations of the alphabet through charming photographic images of everyday, fun objects and animals. Each letter has 2-5 photographic illustrations.

But it goes beyond board books and flashcards: tap on any word and it plays the voiceover. Tap on a letter and it plays the letter.

This allows children to associate images, forms and sounds, as well as practice fine motor skills while building their early vocabulary.

Flick LEFT to RIGHT to navigate from one letter to the next (A to B to C)

Flick UP and DOWN to see a new illustration for the same letter (A is for apple to A is for acorn)

This reinforces the similarities of the starting letter and the associations between letters and sounds.

This is prefect for young children starting to learn the ABC's. Ideal for parents to read together with their young children.

Professionally recorded voiceovers and as always NO ADS in our kids apps!

Sample objects from a total of 123.

a is for apple
a is for acorn
b is for banana
b is for boat
c is for cat
c is for cookie
d is for dog
d is for drum
e is for eagle
e is for egg
f is for flower

WARNING: This is not a game. There are no animations. They are multimedia flashcards.

Recent changes:
Supports app to SD
Added information page with instructions
Optimized file size
Made it easier to set the volume of the app.

Kids' Christmas Jukebox

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:48:49 +0000

This app is all about great music. It is filled with six classic xmas songs (Let it snow, Jingle Bell, & more). It uses easily recognizable icons to empower kids to take charge of their music exploration. They can easily choose which song they want to hear by tapping on the icon. No animations or videos, just amazing music.