Press

“Here's an app that gets to the core of geometric thinking (aka spatial relations) by way of a set of nicely-designed shape puzzles that start easy and get harder.... The bottom line? Besides the collaborative play opportunities this app presents, the puzzles are challenging and well-leveled making this an app that should be on every child's iPad.”- Children’s Technology Review
Editor’s Choice, 2016
“SIIA Announces Education Technology Finalists for 2017 CODiE Awards”- Best PreK/ Early Childhood
Learning Solution Finalist
“Parents especially enjoyed and appreciated the multi-touch screen feature that allows parent and child to work together on some of the more challenging puzzles.... RelationShapes is a well-rounded game that provides a solid basis for later geometric coursework, in preschool and beyond.”- Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner, 2017
“This delightful puzzle journey uses something familiar and incorporates technology to add a new dimension. With clear goals and few bells and whistles, it won’t overstimulate little ones. Ultimately, it encourages them to be creative, to problem-solve, and to have fun. Best of all, it creates a space for parents and friends to join in and make it a more social experience. This gem is a must-have for your device library.”- Common Sense Media, 2017
“Open-ended play gives young children opportunities to practice problem-solving and experience visual-spatial reasoning. Geared towards early childhood, RelationShapes allows young users to move and resize shapes on one side of an axis, then create a matching image on the other side.”- Best Apps for Teaching and Learning
American Association of School Librarians, 2018
“Another feature that is an essential foundational skill is learning cause and effect. RelationShapes gives multiple opportunities for a child to “play” with this concept and be in the driver’s seat making their own decisions of where to go and view the results.”- Teachers With Apps Certified
Best TWA Play & Learn Apps of 2016
“One of the great features of this app is the ability to change both sides of the screen. This is ideal for a multiplayer situation or a classroom task. The teacher can move around the classroom creating patterns within the split screen for the child to match. This can really help with differentiated tasks.”- EducationalAppStore.com
5 Star Review
“The mix of puzzles and creative parts support both the feeling of success and joy of creation. Because of the freedom the app offers and the enjoyment that arises from the pleasant way the shapes can be interacted with, the puzzles feel engaging. The visuals are harmonic and pleasant, and small details, like animations on creative assets are very nicely done.”- KOKOA Standard Certified, 2018
“RelationShapes is gorgeous. A mesmerizing and rewarding experience for kids (and, as we discovered, big kids). While helping children build creative problem-solving skills, it entertains and educates in equal measure. We particularly loved two features: a gallery where kids can proudly show off their work, and a grown-ups section that provides insight into how well your young learners are doing.”- App Store Editors’ Notes
Featured in "New apps we love”
“Our whole world is basically made up of different shapes, and I love that this app gets kids thinking that way and encourages them to observe shapes in the world around them. There are also lots of opportunities for kids to match, analyse, reason and problem-solve.”- Book Chook
Featured in “Books, Apps and Gift Ideas for Kids and Other People, 2016”
“RelationShapes is an excellent app. The gameplay is flexible and forgiving, so even the youngest kids will be able to play along.... In addition to helping kids develop crucial skills for more advanced learning later on, the app is also great for promoting creativity.”- Geeks with Juniors

Testimonials

"Kids at my library are enjoying this app on our mounted iPad. The multi-touch feature is engaging multiple kids, or kids and their adults, playing together at one time. The sticker play spaces accessed between puzzles are quite a hit! The kids I've watched or played with, especially the younger ones, are happily spending a lot of time playing with the stickers and shapes I think in part because of the free play they experience there and the silly conversation that results.” - Claudia Haines, Youth Services Librarian and Media Mentor