Mon Sep 15 2025
Bugfixes
Kids Balloon Pop is a masterclass in 'stealth learning' for toddlers. It takes a universal joy—popping balloons—and overlays it with essential early-childhood education. The brilliance of the app is its simplicity. There are no complicated menus for a child to get stuck in, and the immediate feedback of a popping sound and a spoken letter or number is incredibly effective for reinforcement.
The customization options for parents are also surprisingly deep. You can adjust the speed and size of the balloons to match your child’s motor skills, or even disable the background images for children with visual impairments. It’s rare to see this level of accessibility in a free kid's app. The multi-language support is a huge bonus, making it a great tool for bilingual households or those looking to introduce a second language early on.
5 educational game modes
Supports 10+ languages
Adjustable balloon speed and size
High-contrast mode for visual impairment
Kid-safe with no third-party ads
Choose from five modes on the main menu: Normal, A-Z, 1-20, Colors, or Shapes. We recommend starting with 'Normal' for younger toddlers to build motor skills before moving to educational modes.
In the settings, you can toggle the 'Speed' and 'Balloon Size'. For beginners, use large, slow balloons. As your child's hand-eye coordination improves, decrease the size and increase the speed for a more engaging challenge.
The game supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, and several more, allowing kids to learn in their native tongue or explore a new one.
My one year old loves playing this game. I finally unlocked it on my phone while we were out and about but unfortunately it didn’t apply to my iPad or husbands phone. It says upgrades work with family sharing but for whatever reason we are prompted to pay to upgrade on each device. Otherwise the baby likes the game.
Initially, I stopped allowing my black son to use this app because the voice for the colors was joyful except when saying “black.” The developer updated the app so that black did not sound so sad, dreary and unacceptable. My son really does get excited when he finishes the colors or numbers exercises, so I’m glad he can use this learning app again. Black is beautiful.
For ppl having issues with the sound on iPad that doesn’t have a mute switch on the iPad to toggle. Go to setting. General and change where it says “use side switch to” from mute to lock rotation. And then the sound works again ... cheers
When I was 2 or 3, i used to play this for hours! And when I eventually got bored of it around age six, I just changed the language and saw what other alphabets looked like! Great for learning all kinds of alphabets, but the balloon popping can get a little annoying for parents
Voice and sound effects no longer work for this app, rendering it useless for the learning aspect of it. I have tried reinstalling, turning the settings for both audios off and back on, restarting the app multiple times. This app is no longer what it advertises as a learning tool.
So she is going to need to learn to count, her colors, and the abcs so I think this will be good but for 3 dollars that’s a lot of iTunes for special effects and more animals but I guess I’ll deal with it and it says you can restore ur perchase but so far I haven’t found the option.
When I was 2 or 3 years old I loved this app so much. I used it to practice my ABCs and Numbers. Sadly, I stopped playing it until I was 10 years old and then started playing it again. This game is fun, you should download it.
My daughter LOVES this app and it’s perfect for cause/effect as well as those with visual impairments such as CVI (cortical visual impairment). I just wish it were a little harder to change the language. She taps all over and eventually ends up switching the language.
Pop the balloons to learn the alphabet, how to count numbers, recognize colors and identify shapes. Five different game modes available in 9...
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