https://happipapi.com Fun and Educating iPhone, iPad and Android Apps for Kids https://happipapi.com/blog/if-the-app-store-feels-crowded-developers-should-do-this Now, wouldn't it be great if the first sentence of this post held a definitive answer to the above statement? Yes and no. Yes, because it would mean there was … Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:23:51 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/apps-go-from-good-to-better-to-tailor-made-and-free Now is a great time to teach with apps and tablets. Gone are the days when teachers had to settle for a generic $2.99 learning app by a developer knowing … Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:24:51 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/the-educational-app-market-is-no-longer-a-toddler A lot of the makers of apps for kids are also parents with young children. Thus it is not without irony that it came as a bit of a surprise … Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:21:49 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/happi-papi-at-appcon16-in-washington-dc Once again Happi Papi joined ACT – The App Association and other app developers for briefings and meetings on Capitol Hill. This year's event focused on Computer Science education for … Wed, 04 May 2016 13:51:10 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/redefining-learning-apps-with-app-designers Hello teacher or engaged parent. Would you like to create a stunning looking, tailored learning app for your students or children in about 5 min? If so, continue down to … Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:13:22 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/why-apple-tv-apps-arent-discoverable-and-how-to-fix-it In November of last year we got an email from our Apple contact asking us if we were planning on making an app for the new Apple TV platform. We … Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:55:55 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/make-your-own-app-in-5-min-introducing-happi-create Yes, you are right. The above headline was meant to be attention grabbing and is in fact stretching the truth a little bit. But still, being able to offer any … Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:47:10 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/how-do-you-compete-with-greatness-ask-your-customers When an app customer can buy a learning app for under two bucks that is both stylish and has great learning content, what more is there to offer? This was … Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:25:20 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/the-landscape-is-changing Almost five years ago to the day, Happi Papi released its first learning app for kids – Happi Reads. Already before that, we had made two promises upon which we … Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:28:35 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/what-kind-of-game-can-you-make-in-a-week No matter what you do, there is always an 80/20 rule ready to explain your situation. In the case of app development we read a while back that it takes … Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:25:15 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/how-teachers-teach-with-tablets-2 Over the summer we sent out a couple of surveys to the teachers in our Happi Teacher Program asking them questions about how they teach with tablets. We have compiled their … Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:42:00 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/app-bundles-strategies-for-indie-developers Not having had the possibility to offer potential customers "deals" to convince them to take the plunge and buy our apps have been a major drawback of the Apple dictated … Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:18:47 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/get-yourself-an-app-store-presence-part-3 In part 1 and 2 of this series we have talked about getting into the app business by creating your own apps from scratch (part 1) or by outsourcing the … Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:07:06 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/get-yourself-an-app-store-presence-part-2 This is the second part in our 3 part series on ways to establish an App Store presence for yourself. In part 1 we talked about creating your apps completely … Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:19:25 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/how-to-craft-your-app-keywords We believe keywords is the most important pieces of meta data for your app. We think so because keywords help your app to be found when customers search for apps … Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:30:19 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/get-yourself-an-app-store-presence-part-1 It has been a while since our last post so we want to start off again in grand fashion by a 3 part series on ways to make or acquire … Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:48:29 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/how-teachers-find-and-buy-apps As you might already know, Happi Papi runs a free App Evaluation Program for Schools with almost 3000 teachers from all over the world participating. Normally, we use the program … Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:17:16 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/what-about-a-bogo-campaign-he-said As you all know, standing out from the crowded app scene is extremely hard and absolutely necessary for an app developer. Over the last few months we at Happi Papi … Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:40:01 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/its-easy-app-marketeer A short while ago we decided to see if we could do more for education in hopes that it would extend the iPad’s reach in schools even further and in … Thu, 03 May 2012 21:00:38 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/free-apps-teachers There’s no such thing as a free lunch! You have all heard the expression. However, in the case of Happi Papi’s newly launched free “App Evaluation Program for Schools” we … Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:19:30 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/for-parents-combining-information-and-marketing It’s not always easy to admit it but we have painted ourselves into a corner. Actually, two corners to be more exact. Let me explain. When we launched Happi Papi … Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:45 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/our-app-sales-say-kindle-fire-is-outselling-the-ipad Several months ago we released a version of our first game, Happi Reads, for Android Market. This was more of an experiment than something we actually thought would make us … Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:38:36 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/so-we-were-featured-by-apple-now-what When I woke up on October 20 I found an email from my partner in Sweden with the subject heading: Yeees!! Naturally it peaked my curiosity a little extra. The … Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:49:54 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/review-buyer-beware When an app developer launches a new app he needs to get the word out in order for sales to take off. An app won’t sell itself in the presence … Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:20:03 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/rejected-for-spamming-the-app-store After successfully implementing our “Many a Mickle…” strategy by releasing our first game “Happi Reads” in six different languages and markets, we were getting ready for the last two of … Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:42:24 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/happi-papi-is-born About a month after its release our first game “Lära läsa HD” had made it to the top of its App Store category (Educational Games). We were, of course, very … Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:20:24 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/selling-ipad-apps-very-different-from-selling-iphone-apps We started by making an iPad app. Most developers probably start with either an iPhone app or a universal app. Starting with an iPhone app makes the most sense since … Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:01:10 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/choose-your-app-store-name-wisely-it-cannot-be-changed When you develop for the App Store as a company, your company name will be listed as the developer. This is both logical and, in most cases, appropriate as well. … Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:07:31 +0000 https://happipapi.com/blog/many-a-little-makes-a-mickle This is the first in a (hopefully) long series of blog posts about the trials and tribulations of a small, newly created app development initiative. We will write our posts … Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:55:05 +0000