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I also am the consultant on app purchases for our whole agency of over 1000 students in over 50 classrooms.…",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"8642705","ntucker","This is great. I laughed out loud when I discovered that notes you throw upward off the screen eventually come back down if you throw them straight up. Definitely getting my…",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"Pre-school and young children, and adults","commenter",[66,67],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"8645770","ja27","It's questionable whether it's worth doing an iPhone version. Most iPad kid apps aren't but I think this one might be worth it, since it appeals to more adults as well. The…",{"value":72,"source":64,"evidence":73},"Paid after trial; in-app purchases for extras",[74,78],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"8642238","ANH","Nice. I'm going to put this in front of our resident toddler tonight. 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