Happy App Friday!
Learn all about shapes and colors with the fun and friendly Goodness Shapes, then discover the size of everything from atoms to animals to galaxies with the remarkable Universal Zoom. Plus, Apple cracks down on privacy for apps in the Kids category.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Goodness Shapes
by Little 10 Robot
Goodness Shapes interactively teaches young kids about basic shapes and colors. Several different activities invite kids to stack, sort, find, and identify shapes and colors using themes such as ferris wheels, boats, planes, and even a plinko board. The app blends activities together, always giving a child something to do or to learn, or they can jump to a favorite activity directly. Graphics, animations, sounds and narration are all attractive, smooth and friendly.
Universal Zoom
by GamifyIt
How does the size of an elephant compare to a human? To the Eiffel Tower? To the Moon? Universal Zoom is a fun look at the relative sizes of things ranging all the way from the smallest know (Planck length) to the largest (the size of the observable universe) with all sorts of interesting things in between. See the sizes of atoms, animals, monuments, mountains, planets, stars and more, see information about them and compare their sizes. Did you know that a collapsed star (Neutron star) is not much bigger than Mount Everest? This is a great idea for an app, and well done.
Apple restricts ads and third-party trackers in iPhone apps for kids
‘”Apps in the kids category may not include third-party advertising or analytics,” the new guidelines say. Previously, the guidelines only restricted behavioral advertising tracking.’
App stores are getting more serious about privacy. However this only applies to apps within the Kids category of the app store, not all apps that might appeal to kids.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/03/apple-kid-apps-trackers/amp/
