App Friday: Workshop Day at Moms With Apps!

While you’re downloading apps, 50 Moms With Apps developers will be meeting in person to infuse the industry with greatness. Our bar is high because families are important, and we want to see the marketplace bubbling with creativity – not conformity. So let’s boot up that iTunes App Store to keep this engine running. Viva App Friday!

Our Download Parties Have Gone Global!

This week we are kicking off App Friday from Down Under. To participate, log into Facebook with your personal profile, go to the event page and click “attend event”. For those in Australia/Asia, join our KICK OFF PARTY at 4pm Sydney time, hosted by Karen Robertson of Treasure Kai. For those in USA/Europe, join our DOWNLOAD PARTY 10am San Francisco time, hosted by Lorraine of Moms With Apps. Everything will take place here ==> http://www.facebook.com/events/324697650889391/. (P.S. If you miss the exact times – don’t worry, the page is open to the public for browsing.)

App Friday Specials (click the images to read full descriptions in iTunes)

Alien Buddies, FREE today only, to celebrate their launch!

Early learning

Tapikeo (HD for iPad, $.99 | iPhone, FREE)

Audio picture combinations

Jane’s Chalkboard Games HD, $.99

Five classic games you can play on a chalkboard

Numberland (HD for iPad, $2.99 | iPhone, FREE)

Montessori method number writing

The Lucky Escape (iPad, $.99 | iPhone, FREE)

Human Body Detectives – series book on digestive system

QuestionIT, $7.99 (from $24.99)

Autism and language: word answers to WH questions

Just Launched

There are a couple of apps I’d like to remark upon this week. First is a multiplication table app from Esa at iDevBooks that demonstrates the visual concepts of the tables in an open-ended fashion. I’ve never seen anything like this yet, and it’s really been interesting to see my 3rd grader “explore” math. She uses this along with her other favorites, Tap Times Tables, Multiplying Acorns, and Monty’s Quest.

Next is an app by Creativity Mobile called DoReMi 1-2-3. It just launched today, and we were fortunate enough to be beta testers. Let’s just say that my first grader had a ball with the app. Using the “Play” setting, she made music with Moo Cows. The interesting part was seeing her go from tapping a single finger, to splaying her fingers experimentally to make multiple moos. Giggles were had by all, plus we learned a few songs along the way. Congratulations to all of the above developers for making interesting and useful content for families.

The Message Board

• Coming soon from Toca Boca: Toca Kitchen! Here is the YouTube preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sujnFFpoK0
• Mark your calendar on December 8th for “The Challenging Business of Kids Apps” Webinar by O’Reilly Media (featuring three amazing developers) Details here: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/2100
• Tapikeo’s Facebook Page will be welcoming visitors this App Friday – and with enough activity, maybe some promo code giveaways will commence! Please “like” if you are so inclined.
• Overwhelmed? Follow our activity on Facebook, we’ll do our best to keep you posted throughout the week.

The Link Exchange

Add links to your favorite apps, blog posts, Facebook pages – or any link that covers family-friendly apps. Please include the app name (or page name) in the Link Title, your email, and a URL. Thanks for participating!