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Developer:
Benjamin Riegler
Age rating: 4+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later
Tozzle - Toddler's favorite puzzleCurrent Version: 3.6.1
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******* NOW 39 PUZZLES AND FUNNY ANIMATIONS! *******
*** SUPPORTS IPHONE 4 RETINA DISPLAY! ***
Tozzle now supports english, german, french and spanish!
Try before you buy! Search for Tozzle Lite on the AppStore.
Looking for something entertaining but also educational for your kid? Then Tozzle is the perfect App for you! This puzzle app is built for children from age 2 - 99.
It keeps your toddler entertained and he/she learns to improve shape recognition and motor activity.
Choose from 39 different puzzle pictures, all including funny sound effects.
It's really easy to use. Just let your toddler pick one out of 39 colorful, child orientated puzzles and let him / her solve it by drag&drop. Once a puzzle is solved your kid can play around with the sound effects by tapping on the figures.
An exit button on the bottom left brings you back to the selection menu.
This program was tested by several toddlers and we took their suggestions seriously to create a funny but educational app for them.
If a child can't find the right place for a piece, a helping arrow appears after the third try so every child can solve every puzzle.
Look forward to relaxed car rides, you´ll never again have to drive AND entertain your kid, you can concentrate on driving while your child is having fun with Tozzle!
If you want to see Tozzle in action, just search for "Tozzle" on Youtube.
To change the language, select "Settings -> Tozzle -> Language"
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Tozzle - Toddler's favorite puzzle Review
Interactive puzzles will occupy curious toddlers
Editor’s Note: The following review is adapted from Five Star Apps: The Best iPhone and iPad Apps for Work and Play by Glenn Fleishman. (2010, Pearson Education and Peachpit Press).
My kids wake up too early. When daddy’s not ready to open his eyes all the way, and the young ones are clamoring for attention, Tozzle can score me an extra half hour of shuteye.
Piecing It Together: With Tozzle, you -- or your toddler -- assembles puzzles by dragging the appropriate piece of a puzzle into place.
The game from Nodeflexion.com offers more than 35 colorful puzzles. New pieces to fit into the puzzle are presented one at a time, and you (or more likely, your toddler) simply drag the object and drop it into position. Every puzzle piece you place triggers a silly sound effect or cheer.
If you can’t figure out where to position a tough piece, Tozzle eventually shows an arrow to guide you in the right direction. Puzzles become interactive once you solve them: the musical instrument or virtual machine you’ve assembled can be played or operated.
A cleverly implemented dragging mechanism prevents kids from dismissing the puzzle they’re working on accidentally. That’s not to say one clever youngster couldn’t figure out how to do it—intentionally!—when ready to switch to a new puzzle.
The puzzles range in difficulty. Easier ones feature a few big animal shapes or letters, while more complex ones require dozens of pieces—some of them quite small. The puzzle pieces are perfectly suited for kids’ tiny fingers.
As an added bonus, the game should boost shape recognition and fine motor skills. But the most important part is simple: it’s pretty darn fun. A free version features just a small handful of puzzles, but is otherwise identical.
While Tozzle is an iPhone/iPod touch-optimized game, it looks just fine double-sized on my iPad, like many kids’ games.
[Glenn Fleishman is a frequent contributor to Macworld.]
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