Show HN: I built a mobile app to help kids learn new animals

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  "text": "Hello HN,<p>I&#x27;m excited to share a project I&#x27;ve been working on back and forth for the past three years or so.<p>&quot;TappyToys - Learn Animals&quot;. It&#x27;s an educational iOS app for iPhone and iPad designed to make learning new animal names fun and engaging for young children.<p>I believe that the app is best targeted towards kids in the ages 4-6. There&#x27;s also a settings page to adjust the difficulty as well to better tailor it to their level.<p>The app has gained somewhere between 500-1000 downloads over the years, most of them in the last couple of months since I picked up development on my spare time again.<p>I have no idea how the app is performing since I haven&#x27;t ran any user tests or similar.<p>It would mean a lot to me if you took the time to try it out, especially you with young ones yourselves. The app is free to download from the App Store. You get three free animal categories and can unlock another 7 categories with a one time in-app purchase. The app is free from ads.<p>Any feedback would be very valuable to me. I truly have no idea if the app is decent or terrible really.<p>I hope to be able to deliver this to the Google Play store in the future.<p>Hope to hear from you and have a great day!<p>Kind regards,\n&#x2F;&#x2F; G",
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  "title": "Show HN: I built a mobile app to help kids learn new animals",
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  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/se/app/tappytoys-learn-animals/id1508002798"
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  "author": "DevCake AB",
  "date": "2020-04-28T12:35:00.000Z",
  "description": "Hämta TappyToys - Learn Animals av DevCake AB i App Store. Se skärmbilder, betyg, recensioner, användartips och fler appar som TappyToys - Learn Animals.",
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  "publisher": "Apple",
  "title": "Appen TappyToys - Learn Animals – App Store",
  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/se/app/tappytoys-learn-animals/id1508002798"
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  "url": "https://apps.apple.com/se/app/tappytoys-learn-animals/id1508002798",
  "title": "Appen TappyToys - Learn Animals – App Store",
  "description": "Utbildning  Gratis · Köp i appar · Designad för iPad. Inte verifierad för macOS.         Meet 129 animals in 18 animal worlds with TappyToys - Learn Animals. Listen to their names, spot their shapes, match...",
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  "content": "<div>     <div>    <section>  <p>Utbildning</p>  <p>Gratis · Köp i appar · Designad för iPad. Inte verifierad för macOS.</p> </section>       <section> <p><span><span>Meet 129 animals in 18 animal worlds with TappyToys - Learn Animals. Listen to their names, spot their shapes, match pictures and practice spelling through playful activities made for children.\nSeven ways to play\n- Look at an animal and choose its name.\n- Listen to a name and find the matching animal.\n- Match animal silhouettes to pictures.\n- Choose the right name for an animal silhouette.\n- Find matching animal pictures and words in the memory game.\n- Put the pieces together in animal puzzles.\n- Tap scrambled letters to spell an animal's name, with each letter spoken aloud.\nA world of animals\nExplore farms, forests, savannahs, oceans and the Arctic, along with dinosaurs, bugs and tiny creatures, Australian animals, rainforest animals, pets, baby animals, desert animals, and pond and river animals.\nMade for little explorers\n- Colorful illustrations and spoken English animal names.\n- Spoken letter names for alphabet and spelling practice.\n- Gentle sounds and animations that celebrate correct answers.\n- Adjustable answer choices and game modes.\n- Capitalized or lowercase text.\n- Simple or Original scenery to choose from.\n- Portrait and landscape layouts for iPhone and iPad.\n- Games and sounds that work offline once installed.\nStart with 21 animals free\nFarm Animals 1, Farm Animals 2 and Forest Animals 1 are included for free. An optional one-time Unlock all purchase opens the other 15 worlds and all 129 animals. Existing purchases can be restored in Settings. An internet connection is needed for App Store purchases and restoration.\nPlay, listen and discover a new favorite animal together.</span></span> </p>  </section> <section>      <ul><li> </li> </ul> </section>  <div><p><span>  <span>More animals and more ways to play!\n- Meet dinosaurs, bugs and tiny creatures, Australian and rainforest animals, pets, baby animals, desert animals, and pond and river animals. There are now 129 animals in 18 worlds.\n- Try Spell the name: tap the letters in order and hear each one spoken aloud.\n- Put animal pictures together in the puzzle game.\n- Enjoy refreshed animal-name and letter recordings, gentle xylophone rewards and smoother game feedback.\n- Choose Simple or Original backgrounds, with improved animal sizing and layouts for iPhone and iPad.\n- Includes playback, navigation and stability fixes.\nThe same Unlock all purchase opens every additional world. Your existing purchase can be restored in Settings. </span></span> </p>  <p><span>Version 1.11.0</span> −12 h</p></div>  <section>   <ul><li><div><h3>Data som är kopplade till dig</h3> <p>Följande data kan komma att samlas in och kopplas till din identitet:</p> <ul><li> Köp </li><li> Användnings­data </li></ul>  </div> </li><li><div><h3>Data som inte kopplas till dig</h3> <p>Följande data kan samlas in men den kopplas inte till din identitet:</p> <ul><li> Diagnostik </li></ul>  </div> </li> </ul> </section>   <section>  <div>  <p></p><h2>Information</h2> <p></p></div>  <dl><p>Storlek <dd>96,2 MB</dd> </p><p>Kategori <dd>Utbildning</dd> </p><div>Kompatibilitet <dd><details><summary>Kräver iOS 15.1 eller senare.  <svg></svg></summary> <ul><li><strong>iPhone</strong><br />Kräver iOS 15.1 eller senare. </li><li> </li><li><strong>iPad</strong><br />Kräver iPadOS 15.1 eller senare. </li><li> </li><li><strong>iPod touch</strong><br />Kräver iOS 15.1 eller senare. </li><li> </li><li><strong>Mac</strong><br />Kräver macOS 12.0 eller senare och en Mac med Apple M1‑chip eller senare. </li> </ul> </details></dd> </div><p>Språk <dd>engelska</dd> </p><div>Ålder <dd><details><summary>4+  <svg></svg></summary> <ul><li><p>4+ </p> </li><li>Skapad för åldersgruppen 0 till 5 år </li><li> </li> </ul> </details></dd> </div><div>Köp i appar <dd><details><summary>Ja  <svg></svg></summary> <ul><li><p><span>Lås upp alla kategorier</span> <span>29,00 kr</span> </p> </li><li> </li> </ul> </details></dd> </div><div>Leverantör <dd><details><summary>DevCake AB  <svg></svg></summary> <ul><li>DevCake AB har identifierat sig som appens näringsidkare och har bekräftat att produkten eller tjänsten överensstämmer med gällande EU-lagar. </li><li> </li><li><strong>D-U-N-S-nummer</strong><br />353409380 </li><li> </li><li><strong>Adress</strong><br />Nordenskioldsgatan 15<br />41309 Gothenburg<br />Sverige </li><li> </li><li><strong>Telefonnummer</strong><br />+46 733452262 </li><li> </li><li><strong>E-post</strong><br />[email protected] </li> </ul> </details></dd> </div><p>Copyright <dd>© 2026 DevCake AB</dd> </p> </dl> </section>    </div>    </div>",
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