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Pictopia: Disney Edition App

Pictopia: Disney Edition App

If you have a Disney lover living in your home and are looking for an app just for them, look no further, this just might be app nirvana for them. For those whose Disney knowledge borders on encyclopedic this is going to be a little slice of heaven. If your Disney knowledge is limited or […]

Babys Brilliant

Babys Brilliant

Apps for babies? Really? YES! Baby’s Brilliant is an app that provided soothing and engaging entertainment for our littlest testers with vivid pictures, a soothing voice, music and a night light. Testers felt that the images appearing on the screen of their phone or tablet were appealing and held baby’s attention. There is a wide

LeapPad: Mr. Pencil Draw Together, Learning Friends Preschool Adventure: Turtle ABCs, LeapTV: Banzai Beans: Ninja Number Challenge, LeapFrog Letter Factory Adventure: Amazing World Explorer and Scouts Learning Lights Remote

Mr. Pencil is making another appearance here as a Seal of Approval winner serving notice that he really connects with children. Once again, we witnessed how they respond to his lessons and encouragement. This LeapPad app is a great way for little ones to improve their drawing skills by engaging them with age-appropriate challenges. Parents

LeapPad: Learning Friends Preschool Adventure: Turtle ABCs

This new LeapPad app impressed testers as being fun and engaging. The graphics in this game are cute and very vibrant. The voices are sweet like they are talking directly to your child in a friendly, soft manner. The “host” of this application is a turtle character who is encouraging throughout, telling children that they

Disney Movies Anywhere

Disney Movies Anywhere

Disney movies are a part of childhood, we grew up with them and so are our kids. We remember the days when had to go to theaters and check showtimes in the newspaper to see The Little Mermaid or The Lion King. Today, thanks to the new Disney Movies Anywhere app, you can watch virtually

Home Team, by Panasonic

Welcome to your next “must have” app. Testers described Home Team as the next wave of Facetime technology. It doesnt just allow for the face-to-face video calls we have come to know with Facetime, Hangouts, Skype and the like. Instead, Home Team gives you a fully interactive experience by adding the ability to read stories

Care Bears Love to Learn App

Care Bears Love to Learn App

American Greetings has brought the Care Bears to the mobile world with an app that captivated children. The colors used are bright and appealing, the characters look authentic and nicely rendered and most importantly, according to our testers, the app works smoothly and glitch free. There is a nice assortment of short games for toddlers/preschoolers

My Talking Angela

My Talking Angela

When we saw the suggested age of this app listed as All Ages we were skeptical, as were many of our testers. Not many apps geared at young children can entertain ALL age levels. Well, we had some very surprised testers. The app is about virtually taking care of a pet, Angela, and watching her

Cozi Family Organizer

Cozi has been in front of hundreds of testers over the years and it consistently garners strong reviews for its ability to help busy families keep track of each other’s schedules. Cozi Family Organizer will keep your family all on the same page when it comes to upcoming appointments, messages, meals, and To Do lists.

Disney Story Central

Disney Story Central

Story Central is a tech-based approach to putting books into the hands of children using the characters and storylines they know and love. The wide range of characters available in the online store (after you exhaust your first series of free books) will cost you but according to testers the payoff, watching their kids excitedly

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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