The TOMMI and GIGA-Maus children's software awards honor high-quality games

Many children and young people want digital games for their birthday or Christmas. For parents, the award-winning games from the TOMMI and GIGA-Maus children's software awards offer helpful guidance when making a purchase.

The TOMMI and GIGA-Maus children's software awards honor high-quality games

Whether game apps on smartphones and tablets or computer and console games - digital games are a popular leisure activity among many children and young people.

The TOMMI and GIGA-Maus children's software awards take a positive approach to digital games and annually award prizes to high-quality offerings. This helps parents and grandparents in particular to find their way through the large selection of children's software and to make the right purchase decision. Last week at the Frankfurt Book Fair, a wealth of recommendable software for children and young people was once again honored. All winners can be found in the following overview. 

The winners of the German Children's Software Award TOMMI 2017, which were judged by a jury of experts as well as children:

  • CONSOLE
    PLACE 1 - Switch: Mario Kart Deluxe (Nintendo)
    PLACE 2 - Switch & PS4: Skylanders Imaginators (Activision)
    PLACE 3 - Switch: Splatoon 2 (Nintendo)
  • APP
    PLACE 1 - iOS /Android: PetHotel Premium (Tivola)
    PLACE 2 - iOS /Android : Conni English  (Carlsen)
    PLACE 3 - iOS /Android: In the Garden of Dandelions (Mixedvision)
  • PC
    PLACE 1 - Portal Knights (505 Games)
    PLACE 2 - Crazy Machines 3 (Daedalic)
    PLACE 3 - Queens Quest 2 (S-A-D/ Purple Hills)

  • ELECTRONIC TOYS
    PLACE 1 - Cozmo (Anki)
    PLACE 2 - Osmo Pizza Co (Tangible Play)
    PLACE 3 - Dash: Blockly Learning Robot (Wonder Workshop)

  • Special prize kindergarten and preschool
    Osmo Coding Awbie  (Tangible Play)

Detailed information on the award winners at www.kindersoftwarepreis.de


The winners of the software award GIGA-Maus 2017, judged by a jury of experts as well as children:

Children 4 - 6 years

  • The best educational game and winner in the category " Children 4 - 6 years": Do you speak English? (Ravensburger Spieleverlag, tiptoi®)
  • The best educational program: Der Löwe - ein Lese- und Schreibabenteuer (Beltz Publishing Group, iOS & Android)
  • The best game: kikaninchen.de (The children's channel of ARD and ZDF, online)
  • The best multimedia picture e-book:  Mein Lern-Spiel-Abenteuer: Merken und Konzentrieren(Ravensburger Buchverlag, tiptoi®)

Children 6 - 10 years

  • The best game and winner in the category " Children 6 - 10 years": Series: Fiete Sports, Fiete Cars, Fiete Hide & Seek (Ahoiii Entertainment, iOS & Android)
  • The best learning program: Learn to read more easily (Nils Müller, iOS)
  • The bestprogram for looking things up: #stadtsache (Anke M. Leitzgen and Bruno Jennrich, iOS & Android)
  • The best game: Conni English app (Carlsen Verlag, iOS & Android)
  • The bestmultimedia e-book: Die Zwuggels - Reise ans Meer (Ploosh, iOS & Android)

Children 10 years and older

  • The best program for reference and winner in the category " Children from 10 years": kika-kummerkasten.de (The children's channel of ARD and ZDF, online)
  • The best learning program: mathegym (Rainer Ammel, online)
  • The best educational game: Serena Supergreen und der abgebrochene Flügel (Wissenschaftsladen Bonn, the Good Evil, Technische Universität Dresden, iOS & Android & PC)
  • The best game: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Koch Media, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4)
  • The bestmultimedia e-book: kapiert.de (Westermann Publishing Group, online, iOS & Android)

Family 

  • The best multimedia e-book and winner in the family category: The Fire HD 8 Kids Edition children's tablet (Amazon EU SARL, Germany branch, tablet)
  • The best learning program: Einstieg Deutsch - Die Sprachlern-App (Deutscher Volkshochschulverband e.V., iOS & Android)
  • The best program for reference: Planet-beruf.de - Berufswahlmedien für Geflüchtete (BW Bildung und Wissen Verlag & Software GmbH and Bundesagentur für Arbeit, online, iOS & Android)
  • The best educational game: Knietzsches Geschichtenwerkstatt (SWR Südwestfunk, iOS & Android & Windows)
  • The best game: Silence (Daedalic Entertainment, PC, Mac, Xbox One, PS4)

SPECIAL PRICES

  • Children's prize: Little Kitten (Fox & Sheep, iOS)
  • Golden GIGA Mouse - The best program of the year: BandDings (doDings, iOS)

Detailed information on the award winners at www.gigamaus.de/giga-maus


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