What people are saying

GENERAL MEDIA

1.31.2013
“Wheels on the Bus: A Kids’ App Classic Turns 4 Years Old”
Wired
1.26.2013
Wheels on the Bus featured in People.com’s Celebrity Baby Blog!
People.com
1.25.2013
“Princess Fairy Tale Maker is like coloring app meets make-your-own adventure book. With tiaras.”
Cool Mom Tech
1.20.2013
“Best apps for introducing toddlers to digital play: Wheels on the Bus”
USA TODAY
1.18.2013
“Reading apps for kids gets a dandy new addition with…well, the Kindergarten Reading app.”
Cool Mom Tech
12.21.2012
“Kindergarten Reading HD – Phonics, reading and spelling are the fundamentals that kids focus on in this fun interactive workbook from one of my all-time favorite kid-app makers, Duck Duck Moose.”
NBC News
12.20.2012
“Duck Duck Moose: How To Do UX Design, When the User is a Preschooler”
Forbes
12.13.2012
“Caroline Hu Flexer, Co-Founder of Duck Duck Moose, featured on ‘Tech Game Changers – Huffington Post Live’”
Huffington Post
12.7.2012
“Kindergarten Reading: It’s a zoo-themed phonics story to help children master their letters.”
Guardian
11.26.2012
“Mom Entrepreneurs: The Talented Women Behind the Leading Children’s App Developer”
Huffington Post
11.1.2012
“Leading iOS kids app developer Duck Duck Moose has released many new titles this year… with Trucks and Draw and Tell as a couple of standouts.”
iLounge
10.16.2012
“Education apps a labor of love”
San Mateo Daily Journal
10.16.2012
“Duck Duck Moose Creates Educational Apps for Young Children”
7×7
10.9.2012
“With the backing of Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed, Duck Duck Moose offers a slate of educational children’s apps based on original content and characters”
Startup Beat
9.27.2012
“Duck Duck Moose’s $7 million, and 5 lessons”
Upstart Business Journal
9.26.2012
“Duck Duck Moose Gets Golden Egg — When it comes to apps that actively engage young children, one of the companies with products on every list is Duck Duck Moose.”
Children’s Technology Review
9.26.2012
“Education apps maker Duck Duck Moose nabs $7M led by Sequoia, Lightspeed”
GigaOM
9.26.2012
“Kids App Maker Duck Duck Moose Raises $7M Series A From Sequoia, Lightspeed & Others”
TechCrunch
9.26.2012
“Duck Duck Moose puts $7M in its stew pot”
VentureBeat
9.26.2012
“Duck Duck Moose Raises $7M for Educational Apps for Kids”
Wall Street Journal
9.4.2012
“Time’s Top 25 iPad Apps for Kids: Angry Birds Space (#1), Trucks HD (#2), Princess Fairytale Maker (#7)”
Time
8.31.2012
“Park Math ($1.99) is a beautifully designed math app from the fine folks at Duck Duck Moose (If you’re looking for good, high-quality kids programming I recommend any and all apps from this company.)”
MSNBC
8.27.2012
“Warren Buckleitner, the editor of Children’s Technology Review, suggests that as parents explore the options they should take note of which brands consistently produce quality apps. Two that stand out, he says, are the Toca Boca unit of Sweden’s Bonnier AB… and Duck Duck Moose Design LLC, whose apps include Musical Me!, $1.99 in the Apple App Store, and Wheels on the Bus, 99 cents for Apple devices and $1.99 in Google Play.”
Wall Street Journal
8.8.2012
“We bought many of the Duck Duck Moose apps, visually creative titles that seem to be growing up with our early childhood learners. (“Monsters vs. Superheroes” is the latest winner.)”
San Francisco Chronicle
5.11.2012
“App smashup: iPad apps that’ll keep your kids entertained” — Rosa Golijan highlights Trucks HD in her video review
MSNBC
5.3.2012
“Talented kid-apps developer Duck Duck Moose is back with its latest iOS effort, focusing on trucks. Children can play with various virtual trucks, accompanied by a number of popular nursery rhymes.”
The Guardian
3.18.2012
“Draw and Tell: This drawing app is a marvel in design from the ease of touching the screen to create art to the wonderful way it encourages kids to become animators of their own stories.”
USA Today
3.13.2012
“Word Wagon — A beret-wearing animated mouse takes you on a phonics trip through Paris…. It has ‘kindergarten prep’ written all over it.”
Daily Candy Kids
3.2.2012
“Draw and Tell — Kid-apps developer Duck Duck Moose has launched its latest creative app, which gets children drawing, colouring, adding virtual stickers then recording their voice to create a story.”
The Guardian
3.2.2012
“Draw and Tell — An iPad app released Wednesday makes it easy to combine a drawing on the tablet with an audio memory — such as your child’s description of his or her artwork.”
Mashable
2.16.2012
“App developers like Caroline Hu Flexer, co-founder of kids-app maker Duck Duck Moose, says promoting her apps with the group has helped her Palo Alto company compete with kids-app developers like Walt Disney Co. and Nickelodeon.”
Wall Street Journal
2.1.2012
“California’s Young Tech Entrepreneurs and Job Creation”
Fox and Hounds
1.26.2012
“In Defense of Kids Games: Many Offer Good Lessons — Fish School: The game’s developers, Duck Duck Moose, take a basic concept – using school of fish to make shapes that teach about letters and numbers – and execute it well.”
San Francisco Chronicle
1.16.2012
“Road Test Duck Duck Moose: Duck Duck Moose titles have won a number of awards and are top sellers on iTunes”
South China Morning Post
12.23.2011
Puzzle Pop named one of the New York Times’ “Best Apps for Children – End of Year Edition”
The New York Times
12.18.2011
“Peek-a-Zoo named of USA Today’s “10 Top Apps for Kids”: “This app’s special appeal is that it teaches kids about emotions. Using adorable animated zoo animals in search-and-find games, kids learn to look for details about the 19 featured animals.”
USA Today
12.6.2011
Peek-a-Zoo rated 5 of 5 stars by Common Sense Media: “This wonderful app educates kids in an uncommon way, focusing on social and emotional cues.”
Common Sense Media
11.29.2011
“Finding Good Apps for Children With Autism — Among the apps she recommends are… Duck Duck Moose…”
The New York Times
11.23.2011
“Meet the Parents Behind the Best Kids Apps — We recently dropped in on Duck Duck Moose, to find out more about the trio’s creative process, their impact on kids, and what the future has in store.”
Today.com
11.21.2011
“The Future of Technology: Kids’ Tech – Creative Learning in the iPad Age” (video)
MSNBC.com
11.17.2011
“Kid-apps publisher Duck Duck Moose has struck again with new iPhone app Peek-a-Zoo, which aims to introduce a series of animals to children, along with emotions, actions and activities.”
The Guardian
11.2.2011
“Duck Duck Moose: Now More Than Just Apps — [They have continued] to produce apps aimed at young children that support early learning and development around music, math and literacy in ways that are playful and engaging for children.”
Wired
10.24.2011
“The Best Educational Apps for Kids — Fish School HD: Colorful fish teach your preschooler his letters, numbers, shapes, and colors in an under-the-sea world.”
Parents.com
10.24.2011
“Duck Duck Moose has a strong reputation for its range of kid-apps, and Puzzle Pop looks to continue that trend. It offers a collection of animated puzzles, complete with jazzy covers of famous children’s songs.”
The Guardian
10.22.2011
“the clever interactive illustrated songs that companies such as Duck Duck Moose produce as iPhone apps – such as Incy Wincy Spider and Old MacDonald – point to future possibilities.”
The Guardian
10.11.2011
“Great iPhone apps for Toddlers — Wheels on the Bus: For 3-year-olds, really any app from developer Duck Duck Moose is a great early learning choice, but this one is a nice starter.”
Today.com
9.17.2011
“What Are the Best Apps to Get Your Preschooler Reading? — Word Wagon – by Duck Duck Moose is a phonics and spelling app designed for beginning readers.”
iVillage
8.29.2011
“Feed Kids’ Brains With These Fun Learning Apps — build reading skills by playing Word Wagon with Mozzarella and Coco to learn the names and sounds of the letters, and how to spell words with up to six letters”
USA Weekend
8.3.2011
“Rebecca Romijn: What’s in My Bag? — ‘The iPhone is great for toddlers,’ the 38-year-old explains. ‘I have Itsy Bitsy Spider and Old MacDonald apps.’”
US Weekly
8.29.2011
“Duck Duck Moose Goes Musical — Musical Me!… is exactly what parents with young children need to explore the world of music.”
Geek Dad Wired.com
4.28.2011
“It’s actually hard to select just one of Duck Duck Moose’s award-winning apps to feature here. The company recently won three Parents’ Choice Awards, including a Silver Award for Park Math.”
KQED Mindshift
4.2011
“Jenna Lyons, President and Executive Creative Director of J. Crew, says: ‘I play Park Math with my son. It’s hysterical and smart. You have to line up puppies with their tails wagging, from smallest to largest.’”
Vanity Fair, May 2011 Issue
3.28.2011
“iPad Gives New Hope to Those with Autism and Other Disorders — Via Services counselor Darla Gary, helps Jacob Cuellar, 9, with the Park Math app on an iPad….”
San Jose Mercury
3.20.2011
“Best Apps for Young Children — Duck Duck Moose Apps: With four apps to choose from all based on traditional nursery songs these are original, inventive and imaginative apps.”
AOL Parent Dish
3.20.2011
“Best Apps for Young Children — Fish School: …schools of fish transform themselves into different colours, letters, numbers and shapes. Combining education with imagination, this is a must-have app for early learners.”
AOL Parent Dish
2.21.2011
“Packing 101: Travel with a Babe in Tow — Along with a few toddler-oriented apps on the iPhone (like my favorite Old MacDonald by Duck Duck Moose) we didn’t need anything else.”
Huffington Post
1.24.2011
“The Best Apps for Toddlers — The Wheels on the Bus is a superbly animated and highly interactive app. From spinning the wheels to swishing the wipers, there is plenty for children to poke and slide and they’ll love the music”
Guardian
1.19.2011
“Top 10 Apps Kids and Moms Love — Park Math: A great educational app for kids learning to do math. Baa Baa Black Sheep: An educational app for preschoolers.
NBC Studio 5
1.13.2011
“Among the game producers that stand out are Duck Duck Moose who makes apps like Old MacDonald and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Younger children won’t tire of seeing animals do silly things… while singing along”
Parents’ Choice
12.30.2010
“2010 in Review: The 5 Best New Baby Products Of The Year — Duck Duck Moose Apps: If you have an iPad, you have a wealth of entertainment (and learning potential) for your baby right in the palm of your hands.”
Yahoo!
12.22.2010
“Holiday Travel Ahead? Calm Your Kids with Smart Apps — ‘Park Math’ (along with the rest of Duck Duck Moose’s offerings) is bright, fun and smart … and certainly a must-own for parents.”
MSNBC
12.21.2010
Duck Duck Moose Co-Founder, Caroline Hu Flexer, is interviewed on American Public Radio’s Marketplace
American Public Radio’s Marketplace
12.19.2010
“Airport Apps That Put You First In Line — Old MacDonald: This popular iPhone app will keep your toddler occupied with colorful, interactive illustrations and songs.”
The New York Times
12.17.2010
“Gifting an iPad? Here are 10 great apps for kids — Fish School HD: Kids learn letters, numbers, shapes and colors with schools of fish…. Little children will be mesmerized by how their every touch makes a new school of colored fish appear.”
USA Today
12.10.2010
“Other notables included ‘Wheels on the Bus’ by Palo Alto’s Duck Duck Moose, which made the list for top iPhone education apps.”
San Francisco Chronicle
11.29.2010
“Top 12 Apps for Your Family Christmas iPad — Park Math: A fantastic introduction to basic counting and math principles for younger children (K-2) from the developers at Duck Duck Moose. This is a more recent application of theirs that has been in constant use by my younger son. I give him 15 minutes a night on it (better than set homework any day).”
Wired.com
11.19.2010
“Apps to Amuse Children for Miles and Miles — The hands-down favorites came from the app maker Duck Duck Moose.”
The New York Times
10.25.2010
“Duck Duck Moose…. [has] the aesthetic, interactivity and quality in an early childhood space that has seen them continue to rise. And, they are what I’d label as a small, lean start-up – so size is not the most important thing.”
Wired.com
10.24.2010
Old MacDonald is featured on TV in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The team rebuilt an ancient log cabin for a 1-year-old girl’s mother, whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
10.18.2010
“iPhone as a toy? In the right hands, yes — Duck Duck Moose, one of the best developers of toddler-age iPhone apps.”
MSNBC
9.30.2010
“Back to school? There’s an app for that — Set in a playground full of adorable-looking cartoon animals, ‘Park Math’ makes learning to count, add, subtract and sort a lot of fun.”
USAToday
8.10.2010
“Invest in your kids with these smart tools — Buckleitner cites the app Itsy Bitsy Spider from Duck Duck Moose as an example. ‘… It’s anywhere, anytime learning.’”
ABC News
9.30.2010
“Back to school? There’s an app for that — Set in a playground full of adorable-looking cartoon animals, ‘Park Math’ makes learning to count, add, subtract and sort a lot of fun.”
USAToday
7.24.2010
“Fish School HD: Probably the iPad’s star app for small people, this comes with alphabet, counting, shape recognition, spot the difference, musical scales and playtime”
The Guardian

7.15.2010

 ”The apps from Duck Duck Moose have a look and feel that is entirely their own…. Bright, cheerful and always a hit at my house, Duck Duck Moose will keep the kids singing and swiping for hours.” Rank: #1 Stories and Songs
Babble

7.15.2010
 ”Fish School features several different activities, all played out on the screen by a school of fish. In the activities, you’ll be able to watch the fish swim around and form letters, numbers and shapes… extremely well done.”
Babble
7.16.2010
“Wheels on the Bus: The timeless children’s song has been made into a fun, interactive musical book for your iPhone.”
Parenting Magazine
7.15.2010
“Great apps to occupy your kids — Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Wheels on the Bus, all by Duck Duck Moose, offer colorful, whimsical lessons of cause and effect that just beg fingers to tap on the screen”
USA Weekend
7.13.2010
“Duck Duck Moose: Quality Apps for Kids — From an early childhood perspective they get it right from start to finish. They have what I’d call the ‘Sesame Street Sensibility’ — a real respect and understanding of what will work for young children.”
Wired.com
7.12.2010
“iPad apps entertain kids on the road — Baa Baa Black Sheep: 4 out of 4 stars. In ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep,’ kids join the sheep on an adventure over and under sea while solving visual puzzles and singing the nursery rhyme.”
USAToday
6.17.2010
yahoo logo 002 In the Press“Best iPhone App for Kids — Wheels on the Bus: A great app for keeping your kids amused in restaurants and public places. Children from 2 years will love to read and sing along to this app.”
Yahoo!
5.11.2010
“Duck Duck Moose’s other apps are all winners as well. All have the same trademark simplicity, humor, and knowledge of what will keep kids engaged for time on end.”
Parade Magazine
5.6.2010
“Duck Duck Moose… maker of my all-time favorite iPhone diversions for kids”
Gizmodo
4.29.2010
“Kids apps become special on the iPad — Fish School… a magical experience. Rated 4 of 4 stars.”
USAToday
2.28.2009
 ”App Watch: Apps as Parenting Tools — Since launching last January, Wheels on the Bus, which costs 99 cents to download, was one of the top two educational apps for seven straight months, and is still a top 10 app today.”
The Wall Street Journal
6.10.2009
“Wheels on the Bus selected as one of the “Best iPhone Apps for Kids”
The New York Times
6.1.2009
Wheels on the Bus selected as one of “10 Great iPhone Apps”
Discovery Channel
5.19.2009
 “Wheels on the Bus: hands down my favorite… It was the the best 99 cents I’ve ever spent.”
MSNBC
5.5.2009
 ”Wheels on the Bus rated 5 of 5 stars: Classic children’s song becomes interactive on iPhone/iPod…. This adorable game is well worth its 99 cent cost and is one that kids will want to watch and play with over and over again.”
Common Sense Media
5.2.2009
“iPhone apps are even tempting three-year-olds: Dan Frakes’ 3-year-old daughter likes to play in the sand, finger paint and sing along to ‘The Wheels on the Bus.’ The preschooler can do these things the good old-fashioned way. She can also do them in a decidedly new way: by using her dad’s iPhone.”
San Francisco Chronicle
4.30.2009
 “Wheels on the Bus: 5 out of 5 stars. This one has it all: great sound, art and interactivity.”
USAToday
3.12.2009
“SING: Wheels on the Bus — The interactive musical book lets kids record their renditions of the ditty.”
Daily Candy Kids

 

TECHNOLOGY MEDIA

10.18.2011
“And just like that, Daddy’s toys are cool again. Duck Duck Moose has brought its popular (and excellent) ‘Wheels on the Bus’ kids app to Android.”
Android Central
10.18.2011
Wheels on the Bus by Duck Duck Moose mentioned as an example of interactive media in CTR’s response to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ statement on the use of screen media.
Children’s Technology Review
10.6.2011
“Great iPhone apps for Toddlers — Wheels on the Bus: For 3-year-olds, really any app from developer Duck Duck Moose is a great early learning choice, but this one is a nice starter.”
Techlicious
6.9.2011
“Word Wagon: What impresses me the most about this app is that these developers have included words past the simple “Cat” and “Dog” words found in most phonics games… I have never seen these more advanced phonic sounds tackled in an app before and it is impressive.”
Giggle Apps
6.8.2011
“Musical Me! has been a hit in our house and it was fun to see how Duck Duck Moose has combined the musical success of their first apps with the terrific educational interactivity that has become standard in their latest titles.”
iPhone Mom
6.7.2011
“Musical Me! Entertains and Educates”
AppAdvice
5.7.2011
“Jump on the Word Wagon Bandwagon”
Cool Mom Tech
4.29.2011
“Toddlers On The iPad: What Works and What Doesn’t for One 22-Month Old: Itsy Bitsy Spider and Fish HD, by Duck Duck Moose Design are other favorites. All of them feature a lot of background music.”
Cult of Mac
4.29.2011
“Word Wagon: Possibly the Best Word Game For Young Readers — If you have children between toddlerhood and second grade, this is a great little investment. Make learning about phonics, letters and spelling fun!”
AppAdvice
4.20.2011
“Old MacDonald by Duck Duck Moose turns a classic song into a fully interactive world for kids to explore. Toddlers will find this an entertaining and educational way to learn their animal names and sounds.”
AppAdvice
4.15.2011
“Word Wagon: the solid educational content here is conveyed in a way that is clear and easy to grasp, while still being fun.” Educational Content: 5 of 5 stars
Common Sense Media
3.28.2011
“Word Wagon: The spelling is great but it’s the phonics that makes the app something phenomenal for me. Sounding out words with Mozarella and Coco couldn’t be more fun, thank you Duck Duck Moose!”
iPhone Mom
3.23.2011
“Duck Duck Moose has established itself as one of the top developers of edutainment titles in the App Store…. the company released Word Wagon – by Duck Duck Moose, a brand new spelling- and word-focused app for kids”
iLounge
2.17.2011
“10 Best Apps for Kids of 2010 — Park Math HD: A seven-pack of games was inspired by a pieces of playground equipment…. gently introducing the core number concepts that lie at the root of mathematical understanding.”
Children’s Technology Review
1.20.2011
“Best iPhone Apps for a 4-Year-Old Girl? — Fish School: This sweet educational app has great graphics and cute sound effects to help kids learn basic preschool skills like shapes, numbers and letters.”
Cool Mom Tech
1.13.2011
“Among the game producers that stand out are Duck Duck Moose who makes apps like Old MacDonald and Baa Baa Black Sheep…. Younger children won’t tire of seeing animals do silly things…while singing along.”
Parents’ Choice Foundation
1.1.2011
Best Kids Apps of 2010 for iPhone and iPad — Park Math HD: Grade A. Another smash hit from highly acclaimed Duck Duck Moose…. This app is a great way to expose young children to numbers in a fun, playful environment.”
Best Kids Apps
12.25.2010
“Itsy Bitsy Spider HD: Young children will love discovering all the things they can do simply by tapping the screen of this cute, well-designed app.”
Macworld
12.22.2010
“Fish School HD: This great-looking app teaches your kids their letters, numbers, shapes colors and provides a selection of games that will keep your inquisitive young child amused for hours.”
GigaOM
12.13.2010
“Park Math is a wonderful iPhone app from one of my favorite developers, Duck Duck Moose. This app helps kids ages 1-6 explore math concepts in a way that is bright and cheerful and above all else, never seems like work.”
Giggle Apps
11.28.2010
“iPhone: Apps and Education — Another app my kids enjoy is called Wheels on the Bus which, as you can guess by the title, is an interactive musical book based on the popular children’s song.”
Macworld Australia
11.10.2010
MacBreak Weekly recommends Itsy Bitsy Spider for iPad.
MacBreak Weekly
11.7.2010
“Best Apps for Kids — Wheels on the Bus: A 2010 Parent’s Choice Gold Award winner, Wheels on the Bus is endless entertainment with bouncy music and animated graphics, each verse has a moveable action.”
CBS Philly
11.7.2010
“Best Apps for Kids — Old MacDonald: Also a 2010 Parent’s Choice Gold Award winner… the Old MacDonald app is equally entertaining with the same wonderful vibrant graphics and amusing actions and sounds.”
CBS Philly
11.7.2010
“Best Apps for Kids — Wheels on the Bus: A 2010 Parent’s Choice Gold Award winner, Wheels on the Bus is endless entertainment with bouncy music and animated graphics, each verse has a moveable action.”
CBS Philly
11.2010
“Best Apps: Education — Wheels on the Bus: A singing book and great educational tool that keeps kids entertained for hours.”
iPhone Life
10.11.2010
“Park Math: a fun little interactive application with plenty of education math games. There are several different counting games, basic math games, even some logic mixed in with the math games.”
Crazy Mike’s Apps
10.8.2010
“Park Math: The graphics, animation and overall style of Park Math are trademark Duck Duck Moose…. I like the way it lets children use manipulation on the screen to solve the math problems.”
iPhone Mom
9.26.2010
“New Math App from Duck Duck Moose Maintains High Standards — [Duck Duck Moose has] developed …an animation style that helps preschool children develop early numeracy concepts”
Wired.com
9.23.2010
“Park Math: 5 of 5 stars. Park Math is a fantastic app in that it teaches as well as it entertains. The way it lets kids manipulate the items onscreen really helps drive home the concepts of addition and subtraction…”
Common Sense Media
9.22.2010
“Fish School HD selected as one of the Best iPad Apps for Kids: If you’re looking for an app to work on letters, colors, shapes, matching and more, Fish School HD is a great choice.”
iKidApps
9.21.2010
“Park Math Video Review: This sixth App from Duck Duck Moose Design continues a streak of excellence in early childhood interactive craftsmanship that dates back to last year’s Wheels on the Bus. The App… contains seven easy-to-explore games, each with multiple ways to try out some powerful math concepts.”
Children’s Technology Review
9.20.2010
“Park Math is in some ways the most impressive Duck Duck Moose application yet, bringing so much artistic, sonic, and interactive expertise together that it’s extremely easy to recommend to parents of 3-6-year olds.”
iLounge
9.15.2010
“Learn Spanish with your iPhone: Wheels on the Bus — You might already have this app classic in your collection and not know that there is a Spanish language feature to Wheels on the Bus.”
Best Kids Apps
9.14.2010
“Duck Duck Moose Interview — For my inaugural interview I turned to Duck Duck Moose, the creators of some of my favorite children’s apps.”
iPhone Mom
9.9.2010
Fish School named one of the “Best Alphabet Apps” by Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media
8.16.2010
“Duck Duck Moose Apps for iPhone and iPad: Developer strikes the right note with its kid-friendly iPhone, iPad offerings”
Macworld
8.12.2010
“Old MacDonald has more of the publisher’s trademark humor — the kind of sight gags that are very silly, yet feel somehow sophisticated at the same time (a pig paints a portrait, a cow reads ‘the Moo Yorker’).”
Common Sense Media
8.12.2010
“Baa Baa Black Sheep: 5 of 5 stars — Scavenger hunt for toddlers — with great sense of humor”
Common Sense Media
8.8.2010
“Itsy Bitsy Spider is cute, colorful, and a whole lot of fun for kids under five.”
Common Sense Media
7.26.2010
Duck Duck Moose quoted in MSNBC’s App Showdown: iPhone vs. Android.
MSNBC
7.26.2010
“5 iPad Apps for the Kiddos — Wheels on the Bus: this interactive App will sing to you in several different languages and instruments. Like a pop up board book, the screen comes alive when touched.”
GigaOM, The Apple Blog
7.15.2010
“Fish School: 5 of 5 stars. There are great early learning lessons that get reinforced through this play, and that’s where the genius comes in…”
Common Sense Media
7.15.2010
Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald, and Itsy Bitsy Spider selected by CNET Australia as a “Top App for Tots”
CNET Australia
7.8.2010
“Though it’s not surprising given how excellent Duck Duck Moose’s prior releases have been, Baa Baa Black Sheep’s ability to completely enrapture kids is still pretty impressive.”
iLounge
7.7.2010
“Duck Duck Moose is well known for their fun brightly colored iPad/iPhone apps for young children… Itsy Bitsy Spider HD will entertain your little ones with its interactive creepy crawling critters and popular children’s song.”
Pad Gadget
7.5.2010
“Baa Baa Black Sheep: another winningly interactive app for toddlers and preschoolers… I’m a big, big fan of Duck Duck Moose apps. The apps are obviously developed with children in mind”
iPhone Mom
7.2010
Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Fish School selected as PC World “Toddler Favorites
PC World
7.2010
Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Fish School selected as Macworld “Toddler Favorites”
Macworld
6.24.2010
“Fish School HD: Easy-to-use interactive interface, bright colors, great graphics, fun but also educational.”
Pad Gadget
6.23.2010
“Wheels on the Bus HD: This fun app has great graphics, a well known song and the repetition little ones love.”
Pad Gadget
6.2.2010
“Wheels on the Bus is one of the best iPhone apps for toddlers and it translates wonderfully to the iPad.”
iPhone Mom
5.26.2010
AppBank (Japan) recommends Wheels on the Bus.
AppBank
5.25.2010
“One of our first reviews and all-time favorite app, Wheels on the Bus, is now out in HD.”
Apps 4 Kids
5.25.2010
“‘Fish School’ engages my son’s adventurous, spirited-side, all the while, keeping his attention and interest in learning fundamentals like counting and letters.”
Giggle Apps
5.24.2010
“Wheels on the Bus HD: …both versions are amongst the very best kids’ applications available in the App Store today.”
iLounge
4.28.2010
“Fish School HD: This is an interactive, learning app that is also a lot of fun. In Fish School the fish are at school and they’d like to teach you a few things.”
iPhone Mom
4.2010
“Fish School HD: Grade A — Fish School HD is a great addition to the Duck Duck Moose line of kids apps and I love that they’ve really expanded into teaching toddlers and preschoolers about the alphabet and counting”
Best Kids Apps
4.20.2010
“As parents, Duck Duck Moose’s edutainment releases have been some of our very favorite iPhone and iPod touch apps—beautifully illustrated and professionally performed storybooks with just enough interactivity for young children. Fish School HD ($2) is the company’s first iPad title, and takes its prior titles’ content to the next level.”
iLounge
4.15.2010
Fish School HD selected as one of the “Best iPad Apps for Toddlers.” “This new educational app is disguised as a fish tank of fun. Brought to you by the much loved developer Duck Duck Moose…”
Best Kids Apps
4.7.2010
Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Old MacDonald featured on CBS with Classy Mommy.
Philadelphia CBS
2.1.2010
“Itsy Bitsy Spider: Grade A — Itsy Bitsy Spider takes the song your toddler knows and loves and adds new characters to create a fun, multi-paged, musical activity book.”
Best Kids Apps
1.29.2010
“Itsy Bitsy Spider: It promotes exploration and can facilitate as a learning tool when caregivers and children experience and talk about it together…. Itsy Bitsy Spider is epic entertainment!”
Giggle Apps
1.12.2010
At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, Wheels on the Bus wins a KAPi Award for Best Children’s App “for tapping the potential of multi-touch for children”
Children’s Technology Review
1.3.2010
“Wheels on the Bus: Grade A — This is an app that your child can grow with. Watch them touch the bus riders to make a guitar sound…Take it a step further and record your own voice.”
Best Kids Apps
10.21.2009
“I cannot say enough good things about the apps that Duck Duck Moose puts out…. Itsy Bitsy Spider [is] a terrific interactive app.”
iPhone Mom
10.16.2009
“Itsy Bitsy Spider: Duck Duck Moose makes spectacularly helpful apps for keeping children entertained, turning your iPhone into something between a spinning mobile, a picture book and a toy..”
Gizmodo
10.15.2009
“Of all the storybook apps we’ve seen for kids on the iPhone and iPod touch, the most consistently impressive have come from Duck Duck Moose… This month, the company released Itsy Bitsy Spider.”
iLounge
11.30.2009
“For picking new apps, I’ve found that the best way is to go by studio…. Duck Duck Moose has an excellent Old MacDonald, and so on.”
Slate
9.22.2009
“Old MacDonald: If you child is the correct age (my guess is between 2 and 5) they will probably get hours of entertainment from this.”
The iPhone Blog
8.26.2009
“There are some seriously talented people over at Duck Duck Moose. These are the developers behind the Wheels on the Bus app (that we love at our house) and they’ve done it again with Old MacDonald”
iPhone Mom
8.11.2009
“Old MacDonald is, like its predecessor, a beautiful little application that demonstrates the value of the iPhone and iPod touch as interactive teaching tools for kids.”
iLounge
7.6.2009
Wheels on the Bus published in the O’Reilly Best iPhone Apps book.
O’Reilly
3.12.2009
“Wheels on the Bus is a very clever, very entertaining app for kids.”
iPhone Mom
3.3.2009
“a charming, interactive book… Wheels on the Bus will certainly delight children and parents alike.”
AppCraver
2.27.2009
“The single most impressive small app we looked at this week was Wheels on the Bus ($1) from Duck Duck Moose, an inexpensive educational app for kids.”
iLounge
2.20.2009
“Wheels on the Bus’ iPhone App Puts Kids in the Driver’s Seat, Frees Parents”
Cult of Mac
2.8.2009
“This application is a singing book designed to entertain a young child. However, it is much more than that. It has multiple languages, instruments and recording support, turning it into a great educational tool.” Rated 5 of 5 stars.
148 Apps
2.2009
“Excellent — the fact you can sing the song yourself, record it and then play it over the animations really appeals to young children. They love hearing their own voice.”
Wired.com
2.3.2009
“Wheels on the Bus is everything one could look for in a children’s application. With it’s great artwork, music, sound effects and interactivity, it is sure to be a great addition to any mother’s collection. Definitely pick it up!”
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