Indie developer Mathieu Brassard released Explore the Animal Kingdom into the App Store. The game is designed for babies and preschoolers with the emphasis on teaching children different types of animals and the different sounds they make. With over 92 animals featured, Explore the Animal Kingdom is the perfect app to expose your child to the animal kingdom.

We’ll be taking a closer look at this app in the coming days.

Explore the Animal Kingdom is available now in the App Store here for $1.99 and it is a universal app so it is optimized for all iOS devices including the iPad.

Press Release

Independent developer Mathieu Brassard today released Explore the Animal Kingdom 1.1 for iOS. Explore the Animal Kingdom is especially designed for babies and preschoolers. Easy to use and intuitive, this App captivates kids by presenting them with 92 high-quality pictures of animals, their sounds and also the correct pronunciations of their names. Touching the picture will reveal the sound the animal makes, and touching the name will pronounce it.

Blainville, Quebec/Canada – Independent developer Mathieu Brassard today is pleased to announce the release of Explore the Animal Kingdom 1.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The first App in a series of four, Explore the Animal Kingdom is especially designed for babies and preschoolers and provides them with rich visual and auditory content that teaches about animals.

Easy to use and intuitive, this App captivates kids by presenting them with 92 high-quality pictures of animals. When children touch one of the pictures in landscape mode, they will hear the sound of that animal. The App includes animals that you would see at the zoo, such as monkeys and elephants, and it also includes animals that you might see walking down the street, like dogs, cats or raccoons.

Portrait shows the picture and name of the animal. Touching the picture will reveal the sound the animal makes, and touching the name will pronounce it. The new version has been enhanced for the high-resolution Retina Display, and more animals were added.

The second and third Apps in this series, EducaFood and Discover Musical Instruments, are also aimed at children between the ages of 0 to 6 years, and they are available through the App Store. The fourth App, which is currently in development, will be related to transportation. All Apps of this series include words in both English and French.

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later
* 43 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Explore the Animal Kingdom version 1.1 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent in other currencies) and is available worldwide on the App Store.