Toca Life World combines Toca Boca’s beloved children’s apps into one massive world.
What we love: There are no boss-level battles or clocks to race here. Instead kids dive into an array of environments—including a thriving aquarium, a fruit-themed gym, a cave of stalactites, and the egg-cellently named Omelette Islands—and explore at their own pace. We especially love charming details like a marshmallow toasting over a fire and riders on a roller coaster throwing their arms in the air.
Quick tip: To ensure its characters are representative of everyone, the app offers more than 2,000 customizations—from hip hairstyles and silly glasses to prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, and hearing aids. The character expressions feature offers a nuanced way to communicate the complexity of kids’ feelings—not just happy but hyperexcited, not just sad but brokenhearted, not just surprised but wide-eyed with wonder.
Meet the creator: Based in Stockholm and San Francisco, Toca Boca has been delighting children with its open-world apps for over a decade. And the company strives to make that fun universal, says Petter Karlsson, who leads creative design for the series. “Whether you’re a boy in the Netherlands or a girl in Saudi Arabia, you’re enjoying the same thing the team put so much effort into.”