DJ's House · Fruit Games by Hao's Dad
Fruit Trail, Fruit Park and Fruit Rescue are three little fruit games I made for kids. The same clay animal friends appear in all three, and the challenge grows as your child does. There are no countdowns, and a wrong answer just means try again.
See the three gamesiPhone · iPad | English · 繁中 · 日本語 · Español
Why I made them
Around preschool age, kids start wanting a turn on the tablet. Many kids' games keep them playing with countdowns, energy meters and daily login rewards, and kids end up finding it harder to stop.
I'm an engineer and I can write code, so I made my own: a few little games with the same animals and fruit, played at the child's own pace. Each one was played at home first, and only went on the App Store once it felt right.
No countdowns, no lives, and no waiting for energy to refill.
A wrong answer never ends the game, and leaving halfway never wastes points or progress.
Easy to follow before kids can read. Voiced in four languages; switch the language and the screen and voice switch together.
All three share one cast of clay animals, so kids meet old friends as they move from mazes to puzzles.
Pick by age
Age 3+Fruit TrailTrace the path with a finger to lead each animal to its food. A first step in getting hands and eyes to work together.
Ages 3–6Fruit ParkSix little games for matching, memory, sorting and counting, with Little, Middle and Big levels.
Ages 5–8Fruit RescueFruit Match, Fruit Merge and Fruit Blocks. Now there are scores, and a little strategy.The games
Help each animal find the food it loves
Six little games for matching, memory and counting
Score points to free animals from their cages
What kids practice
Slowly tracing a maze path means hands and eyes have to work together.
Fruit Trail
Remembering where a card was, spotting an animal, finding fruits that line up.
Fruit Park · Fruit Rescue
Sorting by color or habitat, counting how many, then picking the number.
Fruit Park
Working out the rule in a row to guess what comes next; fitting blocks into just the right space.
Fruit Park · Fruit Rescue
Looking before choosing at a fork; waiting for the right moment to merge; leaving room for the next block.
Fruit Trail · Fruit Rescue
Mistakes aren't punished, points add up bit by bit, and every rescued animal is a small win.
All threeThese are the things I hoped kids would practice while designing the games. They aren't tests, and I can't promise any particular result. Kids get the most out of them when a grown-up sits nearby and talks along.
For parents
All three are free to download. Each handles purchases and ads differently:
| Fruit Trail | Fruit Park | Fruit Rescue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ages | 3+ | 3–6 | 5–8 |
| Download | Free | Free | Free |
| Paid content | No in-app purchases | One-time unlock for the Big level | One-time unlock for Fruit Blocks |
| Ads | Yes: a banner on the menus and one full-screen ad after every 8 levels, never during a maze. Child-directed, non-personalized ads | None | None |
| App Store Kids category | No (because of the ads) | Yes, ages 5 and under | Yes, ages 6–8 |
| Parent gate | An addition question before settings | An addition question before any purchase | An addition question before any purchase |
| Account and data | No login; progress stays on the device; see the privacy policy for how the ad service handles data | No login; progress stays on the device; no personal data collected | No login; progress stays on the device; no personal data collected |
Fruit TrailFruit ParkFruit RescueOne-time purchases are not subscriptions: pay once and keep playing. Prices follow your App Store (US$0.99 in the US).
Playing together
Say “until this level” or “ten minutes” before starting, and stopping goes more smoothly.
Planning preschool screen time →Ask “Who's that? Where are they going?” and the game becomes talking practice.
Playing tablet games together →Use playing cards, socks and toys to play matching and sorting at home.
Screen-free matching, memory and sorting games →Around age 3, start with Fruit Trail or the Little level of Fruit Park. From about age 5, once kids can finish a scored round, try Fruit Rescue. Every child is different, so feel free to download all three and see which one they like.
All three are free to download. The Big level in Fruit Park and Fruit Blocks in Fruit Rescue are one-time purchases. Fruit Trail has no in-app purchases and is supported by ads.
Only Fruit Trail. There is a banner on the menus and one full-screen ad after every 8 levels, never while a child is tracing a maze. Ads are set to child-directed and non-personalized. Fruit Park and Fruit Rescue have no ads.
Not yet. They are on iPhone and iPad only.
Game progress stays on the original device and doesn't move over. Anything you bought can be restored for free from the parents' page with the same Apple Account.
English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. Switch the language and both the text and the voice change.
