Most of them are more like toys than games, because you don’t have a specific end goal. In case you’re not familiar with Toca Boca, their apps-available for iOS and Android-are all about digital play. Here’s a quick look at each of the apps, and why we like them! Toca Boca recently announced they will have clothing and accessories available exclusively at Target.My kids (like many kids of other GeekDads and GeekMoms) have been fans of Toca Boca apps for some time now, and we got a chance to try out some of latest Toca Life apps, as well as Toca Lab: Plants. Last year, the company was bought by Spin Master, who also owns properties like Paw Patrol and Hatchimals. Each game is $3 and there are no ads inside, except very effective promotions for other Toca Boca games. Toca was meant to be different from the standard games they might play or the videos they might watch.

He imagined lots of kids would soon be playing on their iPads at all times. No one wins, no one loses.įollow KTLA Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro on Facebook or Twitter for cool apps, tech tricks & tips!ĬEO Bjorn Jeffery came up with the idea when he noticed the tablet trend taking off. Just about everything on screen is interactive. You explore what it’s like to go on a vacation, work on a farm or live in a city. They aren’t games, exactly, but open ended play. They have names like Toca Life Farm, Toca Hair Salon and Toca Town. The company has been creating kids apps since 2011 and they’ve been downloaded over 150 million times. Toca Boca is quickly becoming a household name – especially if you have kids.

They make apps that kids love to play – here’s why. If you have kids, you are probably familiar with the Toca Boca name. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

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