As the winner of the 2023 Google Play Best App for Families Award, PAL Award from Play on Words, and finalist nominee of 2024 Kidscreen Award, PAW Patrol Academy is a multiple award-winning learning app for toddler boys and girls.
About
- Developer: Originator
- Publisher: Play Piknik
- Platform: Mobile Game on Android and iOS
- Genre: Education
- Release Date: Sep 27, 2023
- Content Rating: Everyone
- Target Age Group: Toddlers aged 2-5
- Official link: https://pawpatrolacademy.com/
Gameplay Overview
The home screen is situated at the lookout tower. Ryder and his pups surround the lookout tower with their vehicles. Each pup hosts a different educational activity. You may browse each activity as you swipe around the screen. What makes this game unique is all educational activities feature PAW Patrol characters.
Age Appropriateness
This game is intended for toddlers aged from 2 to 5. Toddlers are able to use their fingers on phones or tablets to tap, drag and drop to play the game. They can also listen to the PAW Patrol characters’ voices in-game to guide them throughout the game. Thus, this game’s mechanics are age appropriate. The game introduces letters, numbers, shapes, coloring and other topics that are appropriate for toddlers’ development.
Ease of Use & Accessibility
This game is available to download through the Google Play / Apple app store. It is easy to set up and start playing the game.
This game has simple controls and intuitive gameplay that younger children are able to play without adult help.
Educational Value
This educational game helps children practice pronouncing letter sounds, recognize letter names, spelling words, counting numbers from 1-20, identify and trace shapes, practice coloring, groove to the music, and learn about different feelings, self-care skills, and basic life skills.
In this game, children have a chance to roleplay as part of the PAW Patrol team interacting with different characters from PAW Patrol.
This game is designed to make learning fun and engaging by using PAW Patrol episode clips to provide context and meaning behind words and concepts.
This game helps children develop their problem-solving, social, emotional, creativity and fine motor skills.
Safety and Content
There are no ads in the game. This game offers a free 1-month trial. There are in-app purchases for monthly or annual subscriptions. No online connection is required to play the game. PAW Patrol Academy meets COPPA and GDPR standards. This game is safe for children to explore on their own.
Graphics & Design
This game has the same type of 3D animation graphics as the PAW Patrol TV show. The graphics are brightly colored, smoothly animated and transitioned, and appropriate for children.
Price & Value for Money
After the free trial, PAW Patrol Academy requires a monthly or annual subscription to access all activities and additional content. There are no hidden costs.
PAW Patrol Academy is part of the Piknik bundle. The bundle gives full access to the world’s best apps for kids from Toca Boca, Sago Mini, and Originator with an Unlimited Plan. The trial period is 1 month, the price is $11.99 USD/month for the Piknik – Unlimited Plan.
This is a reasonable price for the variety of apps covered in the buddle.
Replayability
There are 8 different types of activities children can explore within the game. More contents are added over time with each update.
In the shapes and numbers activity, the level of difficulty increases as shapes and numbers are mixed together and out of order. There are no scores in the game. If players make mistakes, the parts just fall down. There are no penalties for wrong answers.
Children can play as many times as needed until they master all the topics.
Overall Parent Experience
This is a single-player game. Other family members can’t join at the same time. With no ads and offline gameplay, parents can feel free to let your children play on their own.
This game is easy to pick up and play at any time anywhere. I’d recommend this game to any parents with kids between the age of 2 to 5, especially if they are PAW Patrol fans.
Gameplay on YouTube
This playlist showcases my gameplay walkthroughs of all games featured in the PAW Patrol Academy app: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMv2Qi74MWYrJwK2iA1cZ2LtAGoovw5Ri
