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Tickle Tap Promo Code Giveaway

Today is your chance to grab a Tickle Tap App promo code. This week Apple updated their rules making it possible for App Store promo codes to be redeemed anywhere in the world! We are especially excited about this since we hail from the Great White North. To get your free app just look for [...]

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Tickle Tap Apps

Today marks the launch of Tickle Tap Toddler Pack Two. While we do have a few tweaks and updates planned this is the last app in the Tickle Tap Apps series. Tickle Tap Apps kicked off with a pitch written back in early 2009. At the time zinc Roe had produced only a couple of [...]

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A big hello to the App Campers

Right about now a number of notable folks in the world of children’s technology are on their way to the Dust or Magic AppCamp. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make the trip. But I thought I’d use this as an excuse to share a few of the lessons learned in developing Tickle Tap Apps. We [...]

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Obscure YouTube player bugs on the iPhone

While debugging our new Tickle Tap Toddler Pack iPhone app, I had to fix a couple of obscure bugs caused by the YouTube video on the app’s info screen. After watching the video, none of the sound effects in Sound Shaker work and Field Flier just displays a blank white screen… very strange. After a [...]

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Preview Color Collector!

Color Collector, the playful preschool color quest, is coming soon to the iTunes App Store! This inventive app uses iPhone camera, and it makes it exciting for children to discover colors wherever they are. See Color Collector in action!

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Preview Pattern Painter!

Pattern Painter, the perfect preschool puzzler is coming soon to the iTunes App Store! This brand new Tickle Tap App is a pattern, drawing and shape game all in one and features easy-to-follow tracing animations when children need extra help, along with comic relief by Jinja the cat, Robin the bird and Harvey the dog. [...]

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Preview Field Flier!

Field Flier, our newest Tickle Tap App is on its way! Preschoolers delighted by the surprise Robin the bird animation in Sound Shaker are going to love this app. It’s an open-ended learning adventure that lets children explore a day in the life of Robin the bird. Get a sneak peek:

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Tickle Tap Spotlight: Sound Shaker, Count Caddy and Sort Slider

Hurrah! The first three apps in our Tickle Tap App series are now available for download on the iTunes App Store. Sound Shaker is a sound-making designed for preschoolers, but so far it’s a hit among children of all ages. (You know something is entertaining when it brings a smile to the faces of serious-minded journalists, jaded [...]

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Sign up for Tickle Tap Times!

We’ve been busy trying to get the word out about Tickle Tap Apps! Give us a hand, and keep up-to-date about Tickle Tap Apps by subscribing to the Tickle Tap Times newsletter. As a subscriber you’ll be among the first to know about new app launches, previews, events, promotions, discounts and deals. Plus, each issue [...]

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Tickle Tap Apps Sneak Peek

Why would a three-year-old want to play games on an iPhone? Actually, let’s re-think that—why wouldn’t a three-year-old want to play games on an iPhone? iPhones and iPod Touch devices are extremely attractive to small users in the three- to five-year-old snack bracket. These devices are easy for small hands to use—much easier than computers, [...]

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