Five years ago, if we talked about mobile games, we meant games for portable consoles from Nintendo or Sony. Today, mobile games are Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and other super popular and free or very inexpensive smartphone games. IOS and Android have tripled their market share since 2009.

According to the latest NPD Group study, 91% of children aged 2 to 17 years in the United States play computer games – this is 9% more than in 2009. In absolute numbers, this is about 64 million people. At the same time, more and more children are playing games on mobile devices. Does this mean that educational apps for children are a promising direction?