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Thanks ! According to my wife who is english to french translator - which helps me a lot to check my writing - my english is not so good ;-) But I believe it is enough to explain c…

I've never heard about this. Some apps have a lot of "fake" 5-stars rating and are not performing very well...

I support all ios device (but you need at least ios5.1).

No.It would be very hard to succeed, I believe. My brand is only known in the educational space. But sometimes I really like to create a game :-)

It is a big discussion in the Montessori community. Some montessorian love my apps, some wants kids to play only with wood objects... Nobody knows what would think Maria Montessori…

it really depends on your skills. Coding is one thing. Designing is another and graphics and third one. If you are weak in one, you should get help... I'm good in coding and design…

Yes I would say that. Merci!

If you put all EU markets together I think you've got something as big as the US (although one would need some figures to prove that). Now the issue is that you need to market in e…

Nice feedback on Android market (yes the issue is that I sold mostly on tablet). I don't agree about cloning - what is difficult is to have a good/large user base and being feature…

it's Acapela. it's impossible to build your own text to speech engine if you want quality - it's years of R&D to have a very good one.

kid's game market (not "purely" educational) is more competitive, and you have to fight with big players like toca boca/disney/nickelodeon. So you have to innovate even more. I've …

Thanks ! Yes it's not a secret that the best way to market app is word of mouth but the issue is really to get a large user base so that it works. Happy to read that you play with …

yes it is still an open question for me. There are many big brands that don't do this - why ? I think everybody is experimenting in kids'app world - it's not clear as in games wher…

The issue in schools is that older kids are smarter that the teachers and can fool them to do what they want on the iPad Or simply they can the hack the device to do what they want…

Let's say that you can't always play with your kids, so sometimes it's nice that they have some toys to play with...By the way, my kids are just around with friends and they are pl…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education Now there is a lot of discussions on how this approach can be translated to touch devices because moving things in the real world …

France is strange. I've got articles in NYT but never in french major medias. Recently, I've got more exposure in the US App Store than in the french app store... Perhaps I don't k…

thanks - but I don't think it is the case anymore. There are indie,big publishers, funded startups that are doing great stuff (some have based their business model on my previous r…

Thanks - it's just because I'm still a kid somehow, so I like it to be fun for kids like me ;-) For the UX, I worked in this field so I've got some experience/feeling/theoric knowl…

yes it is after Apple cut. Sorry for my bad english - I should use profit I believe. I've got a little bit of expense but not much since I work alone and from home. I just have som…

all my apps were promoted on the app store (thanks Apple to help some indie!) but apps doesn't stay for long featured (competition!)

I think my luck is that I was here at the beginning of the /marketiPad. I was not thinking the market would grow so much. Using the Montessori name was not a big marketing plan act…