Do you or your children love logic puzzles? Are you looking for kids’ games that are easy to learn but challenge your brain; games that you can enjoy together with a youngster, that siblings can play together or your little ones can play safely on their own? Logic Playground includes 6 such games, all with a cute ocean theme and 9 different language options!
As they enjoy Logic Playground children will be:
• learning classic childhood games we all recognize
• developing their problem solving skills
• introduced to games that involve strategy and logic
• working on visual scanning and discernment
• developing matching and memory skills
• reinforcing their knowledge of numbers from 1 to 10
• and most importantly, having fun!
The 6 different games in the app are:
• Tic Tac Toe or Noughts and Crosses. An ideal first game for young children as they learn the concepts of turn-taking and good sportsmanship.
• 4 in a row. Simple but strategic. Like all the 2-player games in Logic Playground this one can either be played with a friend or played solo against the iDevice.
• Shell game. Also known as Thumblerig – as the iDevice shuffles the shells, can you keep your eye on the one that contains the pearl?
• Numbers. Three mini-games: matching numbers to dice faces, counting sea stars and practice writing numbers.
• Mills or Nine Men’s Morris. Older kids (and adults) will love playing this game from the Roman Empire that’s easy to learn but challenging to win.
• Color Code. A version of the board game Mastermind, this single-player code-breaking game uses fishes in bowls and has two levels of difficulty.
This app was developed by me together with my children, incorporating feedback from parents and educators. It has been awarded 5/5 stars by kinderappgarten.de, iphonekinderapps and bestappsforkids.com who said:
“Awesome app, awesome price! A number of our favorite childhood games packed into one app. Fantastic parental control features to boot!”
And you don’t have to worry about your children playing independently with my apps. You can set a timer which will limit how long your child can play the games and because I take privacy and online safety very seriously my apps include:
• no links to websites outside the app
• no ads
• no data collection or tracking
• no social media sharing
Lieben Sie und Ihre Kinder Logik Spiele? Sind Sie auf der Suche nach Kinderspielen, die leicht zu erlernen sind, aber auch das Denkvermögen herausfordern; Spiele, an denen Sie gemeinsam mit einem Jugendlichen Ihre Freude haben; Spiele, die Geschwister gemeinsam spielen oder Spiele, die Ihre Kleinen unbedenklich selbst spielen können? Logik Spielplatz enthält 6 solcher Spiele, alle mit einem hübschen Meeresthema und 9 verschiedenen Sprachoptionen!
In ihrer Beschäftigung mit Logik Spielplatz werden Kinder:
• alle uns bekannten, klassischen Spiele aus der Kinderzeit kennenlernen
• ihr Geschick beim Lösen von Problemen entwickeln
• mit Strategie- und Logikspielen vertraut gemacht
• an ihren visuellen Fähigkeiten der Beobachtung und Beurteilung arbeiten
• Vergleichs- und Merkfähigkeiten entwickeln
• ihre Kenntnis der Zahlen von 1 bis 10 vertiefen
• und, am allerwichtigsten, ihre helle Freude haben!
Die 6 verschiedenen App-Spiele sind:
• Tic Tac Toe oder Himmel und Hölle. Ideal als erstes Spiel für kleine Kinder, da sie die Begriffe Abgeben und Sportsgeist kennenlernen.
• 4 in einer Reihe. Einfach, aber strategisch. Wie alle Zweierspiele in Logic Playground kann dieses entweder mit einem Freund gespielt werden oder alleine gegen das iDevice.
• Muschelspiel. Auch bekannt als Hütchenspiel. Können Sie, während das iDevice die Muscheln verschiebt, jenes im Auge behalten, unter dem die Perle liegt?
• Zahlen. Drei Minispiele: Zahlen zu passenden Würfelaugen finden, Seesterne zählen und Schreiben von Zahlen üben.
• Mühle, in der Schweiz auch Nünistei (=neun Steine) genannt. Kinder und Erwachsene werden dieses Spiel aus dem Römischen Reich lieben, das schnell zu erlernen, aber nicht einfach zu gewinnen ist.
• Farbenschlüssel. Eine Version des Brettspiels Mastermind. Dieses Codeknackerspiel für Einzelne arbeitet mit Fischen in Gläsern und besitzt zwei Schwierigkeitsstufen.
Diese App, in die Rückmeldungen von Eltern und Erziehern einflossen, wurde von mir und meinen Kindern entwickelt. Sie wurde mit den jeweils 5 möglichen Sternen von kinderappgarten.de, iphonekinderapps und bestappsforkids.com mit folgenden Kommentaren bewertet:
“Awesome app, awesome price! A number of our favorite childhood games packed into one app. Fantastic parental control features to boot!”
Und Sie brauchen sich keine Sorgen über Ihre Kinder zu machen, wenn diese mit meinen Apps alleine spielen. Sie können eine Zeit vorgeben, bis zu der Ihr Kind spielen darf, und weil ich den Datenschutz und die Sicherheit Ihrer Kinder wirklich ernst nehme, beinhalten meine Apps:
• Keine Werbung
• Keine In-App-Käufe
• Keine Push-Benachrichtigungen
• Es ist keine Internetverbindung nötig
• Geschützte externe Links
• Es werden keine Informationen gesammelt
• Es wird kein Standort gespeichert
Awards
Blog Reviews
smartappsforandroid.com:
The second in a series of three apps released by Jan Essig on Android, this app is also jam packed with activities. There are six mini-games to play, covering math/logic type of skills, and all presented with good quality graphics and audio. Jan Essig ensures that none of his apps include push notifications, data collection, location storage, ads, in-app purchases or a need for internet connection. Phew! You know this is going to be safe for your kids. … more
famigo.com:
Playground 2 is jam-packed with tons of games for kids to explore! With familiar games like tic tac toe and Connect 4, and new games like Mills and Color Code, these puzzlers are sure to keep younger kids on their toes. This is perfect for the back-to-school season and is a great way to get kids to practice their logic and math skills in a fun way. There is also a handy area for parents with a timer, so parents can place limitations on how long kids play. In addition, many of the games can be played with a friend or against the computer – you can toggle the settings for each game in the top right hand corner! … more
appskids.de:
Herrn Essig ist auch mit der zweiten Ausgabe seiner Spielplatz App ein wirkliches Kunststück gelungen. Gepaart in nur einer einzigen App sind fünf bzw. sechs sehr sinnvolle Spiele für die Kids hinterlegt die ohne lästige Werbung oder die Gefahr einen teuren In-App Kauf zu tätigen, sich dem Spielevergnügen widmen können. mehr…
appymall.com: ★★★★★
… This is truly an amazing app! Six amazing games, various language modes, and a parental timer for play time make this a must have! And while each game will keep your child entertained and engaged, it will also build fundamental learning skills like: memory recall, matching, number identification, fine motor manipulation, prediction, and turn-taking! The simplistic controls and colourful design are perfectly done! I truly love it and highly recommend it! more…
theimum.com:
Playground HD 2 is a new number app from Jan Essig designed for the iPad. The app is comprised of six mini games involving math such as tic tac toe, connect 4, shell game which involves finding a pearl, numbers which involves learning numbers from one to ten, Mills allowing you to play against the iPad and Mastermind which has you finding a color code. The app appeals to a wide audience ranging from preschool through adult especially for the Mills and Mastermind games which involve more strategy and higher level thinking. more…
smartappsforkids.com:
Playground HD2 has seven mini-games: Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect 4, Shell Game, three different numbers (1-10) games), Mills and Mastermind.
All of the games except Tic-Tac-Toe are not easy to find in other apps, so that’s good, but their target audience is vastly different. The numbers games, for example, are very simple and target toddlers/preschoolers learning numbers in the very early stages. The Mastermind game, however, is one that even I found a tad challenging (and fun). more…
theimum.com:
Playground HD 2 is a new number app from Jan Essig designed for the iPad. The app is comprised of six mini games involving math such as tic tac toe, connect 4, shell game which involves finding a pearl, numbers which involves learning numbers from one to ten, Mills allowing you to play against the iPad and Mastermind which has you finding a color code. The app appeals to a wide audience ranging from preschool through adult especially for the Mills and Mastermind games which involve more strategy and higher level thinking. more…
bestappsforkids.org:
Playground HD2 – Smart Kids Edition. 6 logic games for kids aged 4-7 years in 1 App is presented to us by Jan Essig. This app contains 6 well known logic games for kids. Numbers, which has a ‘draw the number’ feature, can be heard in 8 languages! more…
funeducationalapps.com:
Playground HD2 is another great game app for your kids in the Playground HD series by Jan Essig. It includes a nice collection of games that are fun, challenging and educational, ideal for every child from 3 years old to adult. This app features some timeless classic such as TICTACTOE, CONNECT 4 and MASTERMIND and 3 other new and original games. We are sure all parent will love the timer for a set playtime to let your kids play and learn the fun way for a controlled time screen! more…
pappasappar.se: ★★★★
Uppdaterat den 20 november 2012
Idag kom appen i ny version med bra svenskt tal. Det är Susanne på PappasAppar.se som lånat ut sin röst för att förbättra denna app.
En annan bra nyhet är att delen som tidigare hette ”Nummer” nu är förbättrad. Den består nu av tre olika delar. I en av delarna matchar man kort med siffror på mot rätt antal. I en annan gör man tvärtom. I den tredje delen övar man på att forma siffror. Detta är ett bra komplement till Lekplats 3, där man formar bokstäver. more
appcraver.com: Playground HD is a Tidy Collection of Kid-Friendly Games.
… As an all-in-one, Playground HD offers a nice collection of games that are surprisingly suited to the preschool age range. Rather than downloading various puzzle, memory match and coloring book apps, Playground HD provides a solid all-in-one option that has broad-based appeal. Using standard colors, graphics, animation and characters, there is nothing gender-specific about Playground HD making it appealing to both boys and girls. And because the activities are varied, there are options for both the youngest and oldest end of the age spectrum.
… Playground HD provides a dozen different, ad-free activities that were clearly designed with children in mind. … more
kinderappgarten.de: ★★★★★
Innerhalb einer 100% kindgerechten Spielumgebung, ohne ungesicherte Links und Werbung, können die Kinder zwischen 6 verschiedenen Spielen wählen: Vier gewinnt Apps für Kinder? Spielplatz HD 2! … Spielplatz HD 2 bündelt die schönsten Logik-Spiele für Kinder, in einer einheitlichen und übersichtlichen Spielumgebung. Alle Daumen hoch! … mehr
bestappsforkids.com: ★★★★★
Jam packed fun with some of our favorite childhood games and terrific parental control features; all of this and more at a reasonable price. … Awesome app, awesome price! A number of our favorite childhood games packed into one app. Fantastic parental control features to boot! … more
iphonekinderapps.de: ★★★★★
Fazit: Spielplatz HD2 bietet in nur einer App sechs ausgefallene Kinderspiele zu einem super Preis-Leistungsverhältnis. Stundenlanger – auch gemeinsamer – Spielespaß – garantiert! … mehr
AppStore Customer Reviews
★★★★★ klasse!
by Katja 123 from Germany – 2.5.0 – 03.12.2013
eine sehr sehr schöne Kinderapp!
★★★★★ Excelente!
by Kelele2012 from Germany – 2.5.0 – 03.12.2013
Minhas filhas adoram! O app é perfeito para crianças, ótimo design e funciona sem problemas!
★★★★★ Wunderbare App, so viel drin!
by Memekoenig from Switzerland – 2.5.0 – 30.10.2013
Alte bekannte Spiele und neue schön verpackt und liebevoll aufbereitet. Hat man die Spielplatz-Apps braucht man fast keine anderen Kinder-Apps mehr. Sehr empfehlenswert!
★★★★★ Spielplatz 2 , gute Ergänzung zu Spielplatz 1 auch uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen
by ubenthin from Germany (Amazon Appstore) – Version 2 – 24.09.2013
Spielplatz 2. Macht mir und meiner 5 jährigen Tochter einen Riesenspaß und wir spielen fast jeden Abend eine halbe Stunde. Für meine Tochter aufregend und lehrreich, für mich nach einem langen Arbeitstag unterhaltend und spassig. Uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen
★★★★★ Spielplatz 2 App – jetzt auch für Android
by a Google User (Google Play Store) – 05.09.2013
Jetzt gibt es die tollen Spielplatz Apps auch für Android. Im Spielplatz 2 sind einige bekannte Brettspiele wie Mühle, TicTacToe oder Superhirn enthalten. Die Grafiken und Illustrationen sind sehr liebevoll gestaltet. Die Spiele können sowohl in einfacher Schwierigkeit, die für kleinere Kinder geeignet ist, und in höherer Schwierigkeit gespielt werden, so haben auch größere Kinder und natürlich auch Erwachsene viel Spaß an den einzelnen Spielen. Vielen Dank an den Entwickler für die Umsetzung auf Android 🙂
★★★★★ Cool
by William123PunktiSuper from Germany – Version 2.1.1 – 30.06.2013
Echt tolle App. Macht Riesen Spaß!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
★★★★ Great app but…..
by Barinder from United States – Version 2.1.1 – 17.05.2013
Great app and my son loves to play. Unfortunately I am unable to change the language. It lets me go to the page but then does not save it. Please fix it. Thanks
NOTE: Update 2.2.0 fixed this issue 🙂
★★★★ Great ap
by Coops from Australia – Version 2.1.1 – 04.05.2013
My son is 5, we love it play it together, very educational, must try
★★★ Fun for a while
by Heiti1981 from Sweden – Version 2.1.1 – 04.05.2013
It’s good, safe fun – for a while. The two features I miss most are: two-player option in the mills game and the lack of translation into finnish (the latter shouldn’t be to hard to fix)
NOTE: Hm, this app supports german, english, italian, swedish, spanish, russian, french and polish. I´m sorry that finnish isn’t supported yet. If you´d like to help with finnish please contact me 🙂
★★★ Mixed feelings
by Ty2-911 from Poland – Version 2.1.1 – 04.05.2013
A nice app, but I am lowering the score to three stars for two reasons:: 1) playing tictactoe and connect4 against the ipad makes not much sense for a kid: the computer plays too perfectly and the kid constantly looses games. Or achieves a draw, if it plays equally perfectly. The computer opponent should adapt its difficulty level to the kid, otherwise it is not much fun. 2) Besides, it is nice that the app is localized, but the developer should hire some natve speakers, at least for polish and russian: the numbers are pronounced quite awkwardly. It is quite clear the the speaker has put a lot of effort into the pronounciation, but he still misses many peculiarities of the slavic languages.
NOTE: Update 2.2.1 will come with native polish and russian sounds! 🙂
★★★★★ love it
by JackieBryla from United States – Version 2.1.1 – 03.05.2013
Six games in one app….and they are great games too! Choose Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect Four, Numbers, Mills, Mastermind and Shell game. Your kids are sure to love the choices! The numbers game even has 3 games to choose from. A fun one all around. A good one to use for a reward at the end of a teaching session.
★★★★★ Fun fun
by WinterSLP from United States – Version 2.1.1 – 03.05.2013
There is a lot of fun wrapped up in one app. Six games with some simple and some more challenging as well as we’ll made visuals make this a great app that your kid will love playing (even some adults too).
★★★★★ A lot of fun
by SLPMCA from United States – Version 2.1.1 – 03.05.2013
This is a very entertaining app that includes familiar games like Connect Four and Tic tac toe as well as more challenging games like Mills and Mastermind. The look of the app is fun and clean with settings available with a delay so only adults should be accessing them. I would get rid of the countdown with a smiley face that displays when you access the settings. Instead, I would just have the phrase „hold for 3 seconds“ flash once. The built in timer to determine how long your kid can play and the different language options are nice touches to the app.
★★★★ molto carino
by Troppogigio from Italy – Version 2.1.1 – 03.05.2013
app molto carina, ha un timeout per definire il tempo massimo di gioco per i bimbi
★★★★★ Impressed!
by Sharon Turriff from Australia – Version 2.1.1 – 03.05.2013
I love the new take on these classic games, making them extremely fun for children. Watch your kids play tic, tac, toe, or connect 4. Test out their memory and ability to follow things in where is the pearl? or help them with numbers in the matching numbers game. An absolutely brilliant logic app for your children. It has really cute pictures which are great for kids. Highly recommended.
★★★★★ Impressed!
by SD_SLP from United States – Version 2.0.0 – 06.12.2012
I love this app! If you are in the therapy room, there are multiple games to use for reinforcement. If you want a game/activity that can entertain your child, then this is for you, too! Problem solving and simple strategy allow for enjoyment and fun! This is a must have app!
★★★★ Logic games with a „parent timer“
by jkiekhoefer1 from United States – Version 2.0.0 – 05.12.2012
I really enjoyed the variety of games that were available on this app such as tic tac toe and connect four. My kids enjoyed using their thinking skills with the shell and master mind games. I found the mill game to be very confusing to explain to my kids. The best part of the app was being able to set a timer within the settings for the amount of time my kids could play the app. Overall, I believe this app has a lot of options for the price.
★★★★ Great app for kids and parents
by Sodaguy from United States – Version 2.0.0 – 05.12.2012
This app has some very fun and educational games. My daughter and I really like to play the two player games together that I used to play as a kid. There are some excellent educational numbers games as well. I especially like the game that teaches children how to actually draw the numbers. I have not been able to use the timer function on iPhone due to a bug. Overall I think this app is a good value.
★★★★ Challenging and fun logic games
by Mr. Frausto from United States – Version 2.0.0 – 01.12.2012
It’s a nice game with a bit of a twist on some classics like TicTacToe and Connect Four. The characters are very cute and playful, and therefor give the games an air of innocence. There is a great option for parents and teachers to time how long the child is allowed to play. The best thing is that the difficulty level varies tremendously making it apt for a variety of children and learners. Mills and Mastermind are great games even for adults.
★★★★ Classic Collection of Childhood Games
by #fourlittletesters from Australia – Version 2.0.0 – 27.11.2012
Playground HD 2 is great collection of classic childhood games, which provides a good range of complexity for our various children’s ages. The classic ‚Shell game‘ was a nice surprise and kept the kids engaged. Our favourite game in the collection was ‚Fishy‘ Mastermind which was really well executed and lots of fun. This game has something for everyone and is a great multi-language learning tool.
★★★★ fun games for the very young AND their adults!
by emily_girl from United States – Version 2.0.0 – 26.11.2012
As a parent, I give a standing ovation to any app that allows me to set a timer that will automatically shut down the app when the time is up. Well done, app developer! Playground 2 has a selection of games that will appeal to a young child all the way up to adults (no need to stop with older children!) who enjoy strategy. My son, age nine, loves board games that employ strategy, and he really enjoyed the „Mills“ game, as well as „Mastermind.“ There are games familiar to Americans (we all played Connect Four when we were kids) and novel ones (it’s the first time I’ve played a game like Mills). Lots of bang for buck, here.
★★★★ Fun numbers and strategy games!
by jenrising from United States – Version 2.0.0 – 26.11.2012
This is a fun app that teaches math and strategy skills for preschoolers to much older students. The Numbers game teaches children their numbers in three different ways – matching numerals to objects, writing the numerals 1-10, and counting objects and choosing the correct numeral, which is great practice! There is even a Shell game that young children can understand and enjoy. Mastermind and Mills games teach great strategy skills!