Barefoot World Atlas

Minor bug fixes

Fixed several bugs in the country and state quizzes.

The brand-new edition of the award-winning Barefoot World Atlas app contains loads of fascinating new educational and interactive content inviting a whole new generation of children (and adults!) to travel the world at will. Features streamlined navigation, fun “surprise option”, improved search and vastly reduced file size.

The brand-new edition of the award-winning Barefoot World Atlas app contains loads of fascinating new educational and interactive content inviting a whole new generation of children (and adults!) to travel the world at will. Features streamlined navigation, fun “surprise option”, improved search and vastly reduced file size.

Minor bug fixes

This updated version features streamlined navigation, improved search and reduced file size. Additional content on world art, cities and more is now included, and a new “surprise” option allows children to jump to a random place on the globe simply by shaking their device. 

Optimized for the latest iPhones and iPads.

Minor tweaks and bug fixes.

Thanks for updating! We've fixed a few bugs and made some improvements so you can continue to enjoy Barefoot World Atlas on iOS 11.

Thanks for updating!
We got so excited about the school start we decided to make the packs free for a week (offer ends Monday 5 September)! Get the packs and discover more wonders of the atlas!
The Barefoot team has also been on a bug hunt, squashing some of those small beasties and making your experience even better.

Thanks for updating! The Barefoot team has been on a bug hunt, squashing some of those small beasties and making your experience even better.

Here's what we did:

– If you're on iPad, the settings menu will stay where it's supposed to, as will the quiz options.
– We found and fixed a weird bug that caused occasional crashes for people who were looking at country panels on the hour.
– We added some new blurring effects so that everything continues to look gorgeous when you view a list.

As always, if you're having any issues send us an email at support@touchpress.com and we'll be able to help.

If you're enjoying the app, don't forget to leave a review. It really helps!

Thanks for updating! Some of you told us there was an issue with the app on iPad Air 2, so we tightened a few screws and got out the polish, and now it’s as good as new!

We also took the opportunity to optimise the app for iOS 8 so you can use it on all of your new devices.

If you enjoy using Barefooot World Atlas, please leave us a review – it really helps!

Something not working? Send us an email and let us know: support@touchpress.com

The Barefoot Team has been working hard this month making our puzzle pack even bigger and better. In this update you’ll find not one, not two, but three new games! Now you can test your knowledge of the animals, buildings and people you find dotted across the globe. We’ve even gone and added a new game to the International Soccer pack (yeah, we miss Brazil 2014 a bit too).

But that’s not all! We’ve managed to dust off some long-lost features and bring them out of retirement. Back by popular demand are Search and Favourites. Track down those sneaky features with the search, and mark your favourites with a star.

As always our bug-catcher in chief has been at work with his net, travelling the globe capturing any nasty little bugs and getting them out of the way so you can have a better, more enjoyable experience.

That’s it for now. We’ve had great fun building this update and we hope you love it as much as we do.

Don’t forget to let us know what you think in the review section. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts.

The Barefoot Team have been working hard this month making our puzzle pack even bigger and better. In this update you’ll find not one, not two, but but three new games! Now you can test your knowledge of the animals, buildings and people you find dotted across the globe. We’ve even gone and added a new game to the International Soccer pack (yeah, we miss Brazil 2014 a bit too).

But that’s not all! We’ve managed to dust off some long-lost features and bring them out of retirement. Back by popular demand are Search and Favourites. Track down those sneaky features with the search, and mark your favourites with a star.

As always our bug-catcher in chief has been at work with his net, travelling the globe capturing any nasty little bugs and getting them out of the way so you can have a better, more enjoyable experience.

That’s it for now. We’ve had great fun building this update and we hope you love it as much as we do.

Don’t forget to let us know what you think in the review section. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts.

After listening to your excellent suggestions, we waved our wands to improve the app even more. It’s now quicker and easier to download the extra packs and expand your world!

That’s pretty cool, but our favourite new feature in this update has got to be the ability to hide country names in puzzles—you can switch them off for an extra challenge.

We also found some sneaky bugs clinging onto the globe, so we brushed them away, gave the planet a bit of a polish, and now it’s squeaky clean. Lovely.

We hope you have fun exploring the latest version of Barefoot World Atlas. As always, let us know your thoughts so we can keep making the app better. And don't forget to rate it and leave a review!

Hold on to your hats, guys! We’re about to go around the world in 80 seconds…

Since you last heard from us we’ve been working out ways to make your 3D world even better, and we’ve come up with something we think you’re rather going to like: it was a careful balancing act, but we somehow managed to fit even more icons on that there globe! The Starter Pack now has fully-functioning sample icons from all the different packs for you to explore.

We’re also a little fanatical about football here, so we wanted to do something to celebrate the beautiful game during the World Cup. The solution was simple: we’ve called time out and thrown in a fantastic football kit matching puzzle AND made the International Football Pack completely and utterly FREE for the entirety of the World Cup! Free as a bird. That’s taking a free kick.

We also found some pesky bugs interfering with a few things, so we carefully collected them up and they’re now playing their own miniature football tournament in our office. Believe it or not, the bugs from Brazil are the best.

And that’s it. Ta da! We really hope you enjoy the new version of Barefoot World Atlas. As always, tell us your thoughts, and don't forget to rate the app and let us know with a review which packs you would like to see in the future.

What’s new, you ask? Only two more incredible expansion packs to add to your global collection! Hooray!

After many moons of complicated scientific experiments to find the perfect packs, we are very proud to announce the arrival of…

(drum roll please)

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER and WORLD ART!

The mighty International Football pack is fever-pitch full of facts, photos, rankings, stats and other fantastic football fun. You name it, we’ve somehow managed to fit it into this pack. You’ll find hand drawn home and away kits, upcoming fixtures and the latest results for every international team! Not to mention their national anthems!

And now for something completely different: for the World Art pack, we’ve sent our scouts through time and space across the world, gathering sculptures, textiles, jewellery, paintings, ceramics and photographs. With this pack, you can see how different cultures have created and viewed art, from prehistory to the present day. You can also test your skills with a sliding-tile art puzzle for every entry.

And if you look carefully, you’ll notice we have even MORE expansion packs in the pipeline. So watch this space…

Finally, we’ve squashed a few pesky bugs that we found scurrying around the globe. Take that!

Phew. We really hope you enjoy the new version of Barefoot World Atlas. As always, tell us your thoughts, and don't forget to rate the app and let us know on our Facebook page which packs you would like to see in the future.

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REVIEWS OF BAREFOOT WORLD ATLAS

“This is a great educational app and is sure to keep kids amused and stimulated about geography and history.”
– ABC News

“The bottom line… Barefoot World Atlas needs to be on every iPad that is used by children.”
– Teachers With Apps

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Thank you for all your feedback to help us improve the content and quality of the app. If you like the improvements, don't forget to rate the app and let us know what content packs you would like to see in the future on our Facebook page. You could become part of the global editorial team!

• Significant stability and performance improvements, in particular on iPad2, iPhone and iPod Touch

New expansion packs:

• North America
Travel around the breathtaking states and provinces of the USA and Canada. Learn about some of the most interesting, important and intriguing features of North America. Test your knowledge of the region’s names, shapes and flags with playful puzzles.
- 120 hand-painted features
- Stunning photographs
- Narrated by Thérèse Plummer
- Highlights notable people born in each state, province and territory

• Great Cities
Explore 100 of the greatest cities in the world, from Bogotá to Bangkok, and discover what makes each one unique.
- Stunning artwork and photographs
- Quirky facts about famous city features
- Audio narrated by Seema Anand
- Cities and Countries matching puzzle

• World Puzzles
Test your knowledge of the world with this wit-sharpening puzzle pack.
- Flags and countries matching puzzle

Coming Soon:

• World Art
“World art” presents carefully selected works of art from around the globe. Look at each extraordinary object to see how different cultures have created and viewed art, from prehistory to the present day. Includes sculpture, textiles, jewellery, paintings, ceramics and photographs.
- 100 incredible works of art
- Learn about each object
- Sliding tile puzzles for each work of art

• International Football
Read all about your favourite FIFA teams, and become a world expert on international football. Includes up-to-date rankings, squad names and much more.
- 209 international teams
- Comprehensive statistics
- Stunning stadium photographs
- Football kit matching puzzle

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Praise for the first version:

“Geography has never been more addictive.”
– Ane_mone

“Tapping any text box to have it read aloud is fantastic and keeps the kids entertained for hours! Great app all round.”
– calten35

- Beautifully brightened colours, responsive labels, high resolution graphics and additional sound design
- Three brand new packs: Starter Atlas Puzzles, Great Cities and North America (with puzzles of their own)
- Starter Atlas updated with new countries, extra photographs and US states (in response to popular demand)

- Minor bug fixes

- fix bug on iOS5

Optimized for iOS7

- German localisation added
- Re-engineering of the animations that has reduced the app size by 600MBs
- Minor bug fixes

- Now fully translated into Japanese
- In-App language switching

- Now fully translated into French
- Optimised for iPhone 5