Parents' Guide to

Toca Town

By Amanda Bindel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Impressive open-play town puts kids in charge of the fun.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Paid Education
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What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 4+

Based on 1 parent review

B H.
B H. Parent of 3, 11 and 13-year-old
November 23, 2016
age 4+

Awesome for toddlers!

My youngest daughter is three years old, and she loves this app! She isn't allowed too much screen time, but this is one of the three or four apps she's allowed to play on. I love it, and sometimes even my older kids will ask for a turn. My youngest loves to arrange all of the merchandise in the store and move the various characters around, and gets a kick out of the bathroom sounds. It's easy to play, and has lots of possibilities!

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What’s It About?

In TOCA TOWN, kids (and their imaginations) run the world. The town includes six areas for kids to explore and play in, directing a diverse cast of characters. They can lock people up in jail or wash the police car at the police station, create food dishes at the restaurant, and shop for and wrap gifts at the store. In the house, they can wake people up, feed them, turn lights off and on, and even make people use the toilet and then flush it. They can picnic at the park and have a dinner party at the restaurant. There's much to explore and do.

Is It Any Good?

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Toca Town takes classic preschool play and manages to adapt it -- perhaps even improve it -- using technology, without losing the open-ended possibilities of imaginative play. There are no rules or instructions to limit kids, and there are no little toys to pick up and store. Toca Town is more toy than app, really, with lots for young kids to play with. It's like a doll house on steroids. Each building has different features, and kids will delight in finding out what they can do in each, from turning on lights and flushing toilets to blowing out candles. The fun and depth of play can extend as kids' ideas grow. All the characters remain as kids put them -- dressed or carrying certain items -- so kids can create complex scenarios, perhaps with a character shopping for a birthday gift and cake at the store and then bringing it home to give to another character. Toca Town is the place for lots of giggles and hours of fun.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the stories kids create about the people in their towns.

  • Show kids the reset button at the top right of the screen if they want to start over. Otherwise, rooms stay as they were and people stay wearing or carrying whatever they've been given throughout.

  • Read the letter from the developers in the Parents section for more ideas on playing with your kids.

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