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Though I am not sure what is the best strategy to add…",{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Young children and their parents",[59,60],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"4110910","Thanks for all the feedback guys! App like this should never replace real thing! My wife is children book illustrator (and created the first set with animals) and she draws with…",{"value":64,"source":51,"evidence":65},"Free to download with a one-time all-in-one unlock purchase",[66,69],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"4112424","For now I have tried to solve it by removing all BUY buttons from the interface but one - on welcome screen, that buys you everything forever - which is effectively turning app…",{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"4111188","UPDATE: All BUY and RATE buttons were removed from all sets. Only all-in-one unlock is available in welcome screen and it enables everything forever. 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Just using a 'tap and fill' functionality takes that completely away from them :(",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"4113753","webjprgm","Doesn't flood fill defeat the point of coloring books? The kids will never learn the hand-eye coordination necessary for drawing within the lines.",{"value":118,"source":83,"evidence":119},"Flood fill removes the need for hand-eye control within lines",[120,121],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},[123,131],{"value":124,"source":83,"evidence":125},"Offer an iOS version",[126,130],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"4110722","cncool","Why no iOS?",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},{"value":132,"source":83,"evidence":133},"Make in-app purchase buttons harder for kids to trigger",[134,138],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"4112239","dclowd9901","Just a tip on the \"Buy\" feature: Kids will instinctively mash the button 40 times to buy something. You need a more complex stop. Also, most of the fun of coloring books comes…",{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"4110948","Deestan","> I am also getting mixed feedback about buy buttons Personally, I prefer approach where there is a free version with ads, and a non-free version with no ads and no buy buttons.…",[143,150],{"value":144,"source":83,"evidence":145},"What age is the app suited for?",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"4110911","rodolphoarruda","What would be the recommended age for kids to play with this? My daughter is 17 months old.",{"value":151,"source":83,"evidence":152},"How is it different from similar coloring apps?",[153,157],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"4111420","mistercow","I don't understand what makes this a \"different kind of coloring book\". Because it has flood fill?",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"4110728","Peroni","Father to a two year old boy who loves playing with my iDevices. Firstly, can you tell me in simple terms what's 'different' about it? 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