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May 2013
Forbes calls Toontastic apps "collaborative play at its best"
"Children deserve popular culture" says GeekDad's Dan Donahoo"
iPadKids is "head ogre heels" for Toontastic Jr. Shrek!
AppoLearning says your kid won't be able to put down Toontastic!
Real Kids Apps calls Toontastic Jr. Shrek "absolutely a thumbs-up idea"
Launchpad Toys is creating learning experiences, not digital pacifiers
Apps Playground gets excited for the latest in Toontastic Jr.
The Guardian highlights Toontastic Jr. Shrek as an app for creative storytelling
Teq shows off their cartoon-making skills with a great Toontastic demo
Chip Chicklets: "The storytelling is all up to the kids" in Toontastic Jr. Shrek
April 2013
Toontastic featured as an "Awesome Freebie" in the Costco Connection.
March 2013
Common Sense Media awards Toontastic with one of its inaugural "ON for Learning" awards!
Toontastic Jr: Pirates wins a Parents Choice Award!
The iMums showcase our StoryDrive for 826 Valencia!
The Centsible Life makes Toontastic and Toontastic Jr: Pirates toons with her kids!
Red Tricycle helps Launchpad Toys raise money for 826 Valencia with the Toontastic Story Drive!
February 2013
KinderTown says Toontastic Jr: Pirates "opens up so many possibilities"
TeacherTalk on enabling kids to direct their own Toontastic adventure
January 2013
USA Today highlights Toontastic Jr. as a "Cooperative app for bringing families together"
The iPad Fan calls Toontastic Jr. Pirates "Simple and Amazing"
WIRED's GeekMom: Toontastic and Toontastic Jr. Pirates "Unleash the Artist Within"
iGameMom: "Create Stories as a Family with Toontastic Jr!"
ISTE's Leading & Learning Magazine on Toontastic for ESL learners
December 2012
WIRED's GeekDad: Toontastic Jr. Pirates is "astounding".
Common Sense Media gives Toontastic Jr. Pirates 5 Stars!
The iPad Fan on Toontastic Jr: "Crazy Amount of Greatness!"
Apps Playground on Toontastic Jr: "Swashbuckling"
Padgadget calls Toontastic Jr. Pirates "It's like a recordable greeting card, but WAY more awesome".
November 2012
Top Kids Apps calls Toontastic an "Exceptional Creativity App for Kids"
iPhoneMom.com praises the new Launchpad Leaders program as "Unique and Wonderful"
Padgadget calls Toontastic a "Fantastic app for future directors!"
The Fred Rogers Center gives Toontastic 5 Stars!
October 2012
Education.com gives Toontastic 5 Stars for Fun AND Educational!
USA Today names Toontastic to its list of "5 Top Apps for Creative Kids"
The Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop applauds the Toontastic Pilot Study
Apps Playground celebrates Toontastic: All Access as "One of the best iPad apps for kids".
September 2012
WIRED's GeekDad: Toontastic is "Averting a Creativity Crisis Through Storytelling"
BetaKit celebrates a great Toontastic Milestone: 2 Million Toons!
Technapex highlights the Toontastic Pilot Study on Creativity at home and in the classroom
SPARK, the Kids + Creativity network, features Toontastic in "4 Innovative and Inspiring Tech Tools"
iPad Kids declares Toontastic a "creatively clever cartoon app!"
August 2012
The Huffington Post celebrates Toontastic in its "Future of Apps for Young Children"
DailyTekk names Launchpad Toys to its list of "100 Amazing Tech Tools for Parents and Kids"
July 2012
Appolicious calls MonkeyGram "Barrels of Telegram Fun"
AppMyWorld names MonkeyGram to its "Top 5 Apps of the Week"!
June 2012
The iPhone App Review names MonkeyGram one of the "Top 5 Apps of the Week"!
Audrey Watters of Hack Education makes her first MonkeyGram!
PandoDaily interviews Launchpad Toys as one of their "Top 5 Kid-Centric Innovative Startups"
Gizmodo features MonkeyGram as one of their iPhone Apps of the Week!
Launchpad Toys previews MonkeyGram at the Launch Education conference.
Mom.me names Toontastic to its list of "Best Fun Apps for Kids (and Moms)"
NBC KTEK reports on Toontastic in the classroom in Tyler, Texas. YeeHaw!
May 2012
The Boston Globe says "The Kids are Alright" with Toontastic!
Appmodo: Toontastic is a "Noteworthy" tool for kids to create cartoons!
Common Sense Media calls Toontastic "Brilliant in so many ways!"
Tap Magazine says Toontastic is "executed brilliantly and a whole lot of fun!"
The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning gives Toontastic 5 Stars!
April 2012
CNN features Toontastic as one of their "Top 5 Free Apps for Springtime"!
Motherlode.com on Toontastic "LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!"
TechNinja on Toontastic in Speech Therapy "Toontastic is FANTASTIC!"
March 2012
Macworld names Toontastic to its list of "Ten apps every iPad user should own"
Launchpad Toys talks with NBC's Class Action about Toontastic in the classroom!"
The National Education Association tells how they write stories using Toontastic on the iPad
Smart Apps for Kids names Toontastic to it's "Top 10 Apps" list!
The San Diego Union Tribune goes hands-on with Toontastic in Middle School Physics Class.
February 2012
The Frog Mom: "My Kids Can't Get Enough of Toontastic!"
January 2012
The New York Times names Toontastic as a "Top 10 iPad App of 2011"!
Apple names Toontastic a "Top 5 Education App" in their Rewind 2011 awards!
Apps for Homeschooling awards Toontastic its coveted "Golden App" award!
iPad Application Reviews calls Toontastic "one of the most creative iPad apps for Kids!"
AppTudes declares Toontastic a "Top 10 iPad app of 2011"!
PrimaryEduTech declares Toontastic a "fantastic cartoon creation tool" for kids… and big kids too!
Speech Therapist Cindy Montalbano on the benefits of Toontastic in Language/Writing Development
December 2011
Hack Education names Launchpad Toys as one of 10 "Top Education Startups of 2011"
A "looking back on 2011" interview with Smatoos.com
Wired's GeekDad.com declares Toontastic to be one of the "Top 10 Digital Toy Box Essentials"
MacWorld calls Toontastic a "Gem of an educational app"
Smatoos: Toontastic is a "Simply Stunning Platform for kids to make movies"
November 2011
Yahoo suggests you "unleash your inner animator" with Toontastic
GiggleApps says Toontastic "teaches invaluable lessons about storytelling to kids"
October 2011
The Chicago Sun-Times features Toontastic in a writeup on iPads at Fisher Elementary.
The iKids Blog declares Toontastic a "Must Have".
Mobile iEducator celebrates Toontastic's use of Story Arc in cartoon creation.
September 2011
The Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop announces our Toontastic Spooky Story Contest!
Edutopia proclaims Toontastic a "Must Have" for K-5 Classrooms
theiPhoneMom.com announces our Spooky Story Contest!
Angela Santomero, creator of Blues Clues and Super Why champions Toontastic!
GeekDad applauds Toontastic's new Toy Store and Launchpad's efforts to balance play and profit.
Mindwing Concepts outlines "Fantastic Narrative Intervention with Toontastic"
SmartAppsForKids calls Toontastic a "Must Buy"
August 2011
TIME's TechLand features Launchpad Toys & asks whether the iPad is the future of toys
TechCrunch lays out Launchpad Toys' vision for a Creative Suite for Kids
Venture Beat interviews the Launchpad Toys team about the future of Digital Play
USA Today features Toontastic as a "healthy brain snack"
Forbes features Launchpad Toys in Y Combinator review
TechCrunch showcases Launchpad Toys in Y Combinator Roundup
iPadAppsReviewer.com says Toontastic is a "fantastic story making app for kids"
Parents Choice Magazine features Toontastic in "Create, Craft, Design, & Play"
WIRED's GeekDad.com features Toontastic as a "perfect example of Intergenerational Play"
Famigo.com says Toontastic is "one awesome classroom tool"
July 2011
WIRED's GeekDad.com announces our Travel Tales 'Tooning Contest
Teaching Like it's 2999: "Toontastic is my new app boyfriend"
Teachers With Apps calls Toontastic "One of the Best"!
Apples for Kids interviews Launchpad Toys for its Challenged Based Learning Podcast
AppTudes calls Toontastic a "Creative Kids' Paradise"
June 2011
Survive Magazine declares Toontastic to be "A Treasure"
KQED MindShift features Toontastic as on of 50 Fantastic Play and Learn Apps
iPadGames.org calls Toontastic an "Amazing Creative Tool"
May 2011
Appolicious and Lucy Gray talk up Toontastic
iApps for teachers says Toontastic is "one of the best (apps) available in the app store".
NextGenStudents says Toontastic "should be in every Elementary Classroom".
Lunchbox Reviews calls Toontastic "one of the best cartoon generator apps".
April 2011
Toontastic awarded a Parents Choice Silver Honor Award!
Oregon Elementary School champions Toontastic as a Speech Therapy tool
Speech Pathologist Katie Kelley declares Toontastic "A Huge Hit"!
March 2011
iJustine tells her 1.2M followers: "That girl does some really sweet voice over"
NY1 features Toontastic in its weekly news segment "App Wrap"
February 2011
Common Sense Media awards Toontastic 5 Stars, honors it as a "Best Creative App"
Children's Technology Review: "Toontastic goes where no iPad App has gone before."
TapScape says Toontastic is "a wonderful way to stretch your child's imagination"
PADVance | Toontastic is "the ideal app for little Spielbergs"
TeachingiPad.com reviews Toontastic for Elementary Classrooms
January 2011
WIRED.com | Toontastic: New Cartoon Creation and Storytelling App is the Perfect Imagination Tool
USA Today | Toontastic is "the first extraordinary app of 2011"
John Nack | Awesome app o' the day: Toontastic
Appolicious/AppVee reviews Toontastic
TheiPhoneMom | Toontastic: "the only app my kids have wanted to play"
CTV Tech Talk | Marc Saltzman Demos Toontastic as CTV's "App of the Week"
KQED Mindshift | Digital Storytelling Comes to Life on the iPad
Startl.org | Toontastic, a Creative Learning tool for the iPad from Launchpad Toys
The iPad Fan reviews Toontastic, "the perfect app for parents and kids to share time together"
August 2010
June 2010
Launchpad Toys Featured in Fast Company as one of "10 New Education Companies to Watch"
Toontastic Honored as a Finalist in Sesame Workshop's Breakthroughs in Mobile Learning Competition
Interview with Andy Russell on EdReformer: Kids Sharing Content
March 2010
Toontastic Selected as a Participant in the Startl 2010 Mobile Bootcamp