Comments on: The 10 best apps for kids: Editors’ Best Tech of 2013 https://coolmomtech.com/2013/12/best-apps-for-kids-editors-best-tech-of-2013/ Cool Mom Tech is the intersection of tech and style, of parenting, practicality and fabulosity, brought to you by the same team behind Cool Mom Picks. Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Rev. Skye https://coolmomtech.com/2013/12/best-apps-for-kids-editors-best-tech-of-2013/#comment-57862 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:49:32 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/?p=10195#comment-57862 I am disappointed that, not only do you provide mostly ios apps in this article, but you also (Mistakenly) add that iPhones are more prevalent (“like 3x more”). In actuality, Android phones are more common than iPhones, although the race is reasonably close in the US. Several independent studies have been done to attest to that fact. (For a good, unbiased showing, you can visit http://techland.time.com/2013/04/16/ios-vs-android/ –this being one of a multitude of similar findings). I like your site, but this blatant error/misinformation kinda irks me. It’s fine if you like Apple products better, or find more useful apps for the iPhone than you do in the play store, but please don’t blame your lack of variety in app platforms on the misguided excuse that iPhones are more widely used.

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Thanks for your comment. If you reread the post, you’ll notice that we specifically stated that *parents* are more likely to own iPhones – 3x more likely.

“[in the survey of 25,000 mothers] moms prefer iOS to Android by 77 percent to 23 percent. While the overall U.S. mobile device population is split more evenly with 60 percent on iOS and 40 percent on Android.”
http://www.padgadget.com/2013/07/02/report-moms-are-much-more-likely-to-own-ios-device-over-android/

Because we primarily cater to mothers (though certainly we have lots of readers who are not), this information informs our decisions about what to cover. You’ll notice we also don’t cover violent FPS video games for the same reason. We also know from our own reader surveys that upwards of 90% of our readers have an iOS device in the house, so even if they are not using iPhones, they are downloading iOS apps on iPads.

Interestingly, there is also a socioeconomic divide that’s increasingly growing between iPhone and Android users that got a lot of play after the holiday shopping season in 2013. Here’s an interesting piece on it:

“Android is the dominant platform of the next decade. Why aren’t designers paying it more attention?…The replies were mostly variations on the theme that Android users don’t pay for apps, they don’t have data plans, you can’t monetize them easily, and designers are all iPhone users and don’t really understand Android users”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/04/04/apple_vs_android_developers_see_a_socioeconomic_divide.html

Another very comprehensive piece on why Android development still lags behind iOS, from the Guardian, which explains in part why many of the “best” apps just aren’t on Android–or aren’t yet:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/15/android-v-ios-apps-apple-google

Kind of fascinating.

In any case, thanks for stopping by and we’re glad you like our site, Skye. – Eds

]]> By: Eleanor https://coolmomtech.com/2013/12/best-apps-for-kids-editors-best-tech-of-2013/#comment-41582 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:38:35 +0000 http://coolmomtech.com/?p=10195#comment-41582 The illustrations in A to Sea look wonderful – I’ll definitely download that one for the kids.

Another great kids app worth checking out is Peppa Pig – Happy Mrs Chicken. It’s fun, bright and educational and has helped a lot with my daughter’s counting and motor skills.

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