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How to stop your kids buying in-app purchases on your iPhone or iPad
There’s a lot of media attention this week on in-app purchases within children’s apps, due to a lawsuit in the US. We had our say in an opinion post earlier this week. One of the key problems is that...
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Apps Playground’s August records: 10k readers and 22k pageviews
We’re pretty chuffed about Apps Playground’s growth in August 2012, so we thought we’d share it with you. The site saw new records in visitors and pageviews, as well as people actually clicking through...
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Apple iPad mini may be the best tablet for kids
Tonight, Apple unveiled a brand new iPad tablet: the iPad mini. We think it will be a big hit for parents and their children, even more so than the existing iPads. Here’s why… Tech specs first: the...
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Apps Playground is growing with 17.3k unique monthly visitors in November
A few months ago we published a story about how Apps Playground was growing, after this site attracted 10,664 unique visitors in August. Now it’s time for an update on that, because things have been...
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How Desperate Dan lost his lustre to Angry Birds and Talking Tom Cat
You can’t escape The Dandy today on the news here in the UK: the last printed issue of the 75 year-old comic has just been published, as it moves to being a digital-only product. From now on, you’ll be...
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Amazon launches Kindle FreeTime Unlimited for children. Your move, Apple…
We know that lots of children are using their parents’ tablets – mainly iPads – to play games, read stories and watch TV shows. Now Amazon has announced a new service called Kindle FreeTime Unlimited...
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Playmobil Pirates and in-app purchases: Gameloft responds
Yesterday, I wrote about a new iOS game called Playmobil Pirates, and expressed concern about the inclusion of an option to spend £69.99 via in-app purchase (IAP) on 15,000 virtual gems. It seemed a...
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Why we’re sometimes a bit slow to write about new apps
2012 has been a really exciting year for children’s apps, with dozens of excellent new examples released every month. But we have to admit, we’re starting to be a little overwhelmed. Most days there...
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Apps Playground in December: 22.4k unique visitors
Every so often, we like to publish some of our website stats, to show how Apps Playground is growing. We’re very excited about December 2012, so here’s another of those posts. Last month, the site...
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UK’s Office of Fair Trading to investigate children’s apps and IAP
Several times in recent months we’ve expressed unease at children’s apps including in-app purchase options as high as £69.99, while there have also been regular media reports about kids blowing their...
View ArticleDear Santa, I want an iPod touch…
Every year around this time, the UK newspapers report on a survey of children that lists the most-wanted toys for Christmas. This year, gadgets dominate the Duracell-sponsored list. Check the three...
View Article27% of parents lend their smartphones to their kids for gaming
It’s been a bit of a slow day for decent child-friendly apps, but there was an interesting news story based on a survey of 3,250 parents and grandparents by games company PopCap (you may know them for...
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Apps Playground goes to BAFTA (and talks about kid-app trends)
Tonight’s an exciting night for Apps Playground: co-founder Stuart has been invited to host an event at BAFTA in London about children’s apps, including giving a 10-minute introduction on current...
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Should in-app purchases be used in apps for kids?
Two things that have annoyed me as a parent in recent weeks. First: we went to the zoo with our two children yesterday, and it was excellent. However, liberally dotted around the zoo were machines...
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