In the News

Don't just take our word for it, check out these stories on Toontastic and Launchpad Toys!

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"

Parenting Magazine calls Toontastic "a wonderful way for your kids to flex their imagination muscles"

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

GeekDad.com announces the winner of the Toontastic Travel Tales 'Tooning contest: Brighton Beach Day!

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"

HyperHomeschool | Toontastic: "A fantastic way to encourage reluctant writers and encourage creativity"

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

IEAR.org reviews Toontastic, "an example of the best possibilities for creating and creativity with the iPad"

The iPad Fan reviews Toontastic, "the perfect app for parents and kids to share time together"

August 2010

Toontastic featured in Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop's "Tech Supported Tools to Foster Kids' Creativity"

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