An Amazingly Designed Kid’s App That Feels Alive

Plants is the new app from Tinybop, a Brooklyn company whose apps encourage kids to discover the natural world. Illustrations by Tinybop

Plants is the new app from Tinybop, a Brooklyn company whose apps encourage kids to discover the natural world.

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The app comes with two interactive biomes, a desert, shown here, and a deciduous forest. Illustrations by Tinybop

The app comes with two interactive biomes, a desert, shown here, and a deciduous forest.

Illustrations by Tinybop

Kids can poke and prod at the scenes to learn about the wildlife. You can drag that tab int he lower left to get x-ray vision into the soil. Illustrations by Tinybop

Kids can poke and prod at the scenes to learn about the wildlife. You can drag that tab int he lower left to get x-ray vision into the soil.

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And speed through time using the dial in the bottom right. Illustrations by Tinybop

And speed through time using the dial in the bottom right.

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Tinybop is averse to didacticism. In testing, it finds that these more open-ended apps are far more engaging for youngsters. Illustrations by Tinybop

Tinybop is averse to didacticism. In testing, it finds that these more open-ended apps are far more engaging for youngsters.

Illustrations by Tinybop

Nothing tells you to rub two clouds together, but if you do, you'll find that they create lightning--and eventually a forest fire. Illustrations by Tinybop

Nothing tells you to rub two clouds together, but if you do, you'll find that they create lightning--and eventually a forest fire.

Illustrations by Tinybop

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