# Felt Board

> Digital felt board app for imaginative play, storytelling, and learning. (iPhone/iPad app by Software Smoothie.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/felt-board/id492342753 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Software Smoothie](https://appshunter.io/developer/430261128)
- Category: Education, Games, Family
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 52 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 640 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-03-05
- Data updated: 2026-07-09
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/felt-board/id492342753/reviews.md

## What is Felt Board?

Design scenes, dress up characters and let your imagination soar as you invent your own stories with Felt Board.   Especially designed for imaginative play, storytelling and learning, Felt Board is perfect for children, families, teachers and therapists.  

Create characters by selecting skin color, hair and facial features. Choose from a wide variety of costumes, settings and props for hours of magical make believe play. And because it is an app, the pieces will never get lost.

Recently updated with all new images, Felt Board now also includes a gallery to save and edit Felt Board designs.



Whether used by children as a creative play set, or by adults as a storytelling resource and teaching aid, Felt Board offers a variety of benefits for children, including:

- A simple user interface that allows independent exploration
- A wide variety of characters and settings to encourage creativity and imaginative play
- Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination skills are developed while dragging, placing and pinching objects to scale
- Colorful shapes, Letters and Numbers are included as an educational resource
- Pattern block shapes that can be rotated to make geometric designs
- Varied facial expressions to discuss emotions of characters
- Community helpers characters and vehicles
- Pieces for popular preschool and nursery songs, stories and rhymes including 5 Little Monkeys, Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider, 3 Billy Goats Gruff and more

Winner Best Kids Toy App, 2012 Best App Ever Awards



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What reviewers are saying:



“One of my favorite apps for early learning.” – Childcareland



“The kindergarten teacher in me is doing cartwheels and flips over my latest app find: Felt Board by Software Smoothie.” – The Orange County Register, OC Moms



“We love the open-ended nature of this app with plenty of backgrounds to keep your child engaged.” – Kindertown



“Felt Board is a lovely app for iPad, a charming simulated rendition of a traditional felt board…” – Giggle Apps



“LOVE, love, love this app from Software Smoothie!” – The iPhone Mom



“This app has a variety of benefits for children with Special Needs.” – Somewhere Over the Spectrum



“Little kids and big kids alike will love this app..” – Four Monkeys 4 Me



“The sky’s the limit with this brilliant app.” – Storytiming Flannel Friday



“I see all sorts of uses for this app – It’s great for fine motor practice, imaginary play, as a stimulus speech practice and for storytelling, but above all it is fun and creative.” – The iMum



“An excellent app to share with your loved ones…” – Apps 4 Moms



“A rare gem in a sea of fool’s gold…” – Pre-K Pages

## Key features

- Scene and character creation
- Extensive costume and prop library
- Storytelling and imaginative play
- Save and edit designs
- Educational resources (letters, numbers, shapes)
- Fine motor skill development

## Recent user reviews (10 of 52)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/felt-board/id492342753/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Update for new versions of iOS

*2025-10-22*

There seems to be a glitch where as if you close the app, then the number of boards in the gallery will be how many you created. Please fix the bug. And have everything in the app the same exact features.

### 5/5 — good childhood game

*2024-01-15*

i remember in elementary i used to play this all the time on the ipad and when i got home from school truly a great time and memories i dobut that the creator will see this comnent since this game is over 11 years old but i just wanna say thank u for a great childhood game yayyy

**Developer response:** We are so pleased that you enjoy our app!

### 5/5 — Wonderful app! I just have a request

*2020-04-30*

I’m a preschool teacher. I’ve recently started doing Zoom meetings due to the pandemic. I teach 3 year olds and I’m very happy that I get to do felt board stories, rhymes and games with this app. My class loves them! It is easy to use and intuitive. It functions like a real flannel board and I like that you can reduce the size of the objects.

One request I have is for the developers to provide different colours of the same object. For example, I have this game where the kids guess which house the mouse is hiding. Originally, the houses have different colours. But because the house in the app has only one colour, I had to add a number to the house. 

Another reason for having different colours for an object is so that they’re easy to see even though they overlap. There’s a rhyme that involves 5 elephants playing in the bathtub that I’m bummed to not be able to do because putting them together in the tub makes them look like they’re 1 entity with multiple eyes and trunk.

So yeah, different colours would be great. I’d even be willing to spend extra for those additional things

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful review.  We really appreciate your suggestions and are so glad to hear about how you are using our app with your preschool students.

### 4/5 — Good

*2014-09-12, version 2.0.1*

But glitchy.  Keeps crashing when adding clothes.

### 5/5 — Awesome game

*2014-08-30, version 2.0.1*

This is a really awesome game. It can be fun for older kids too. I am 9 and I love it. There is a lot of different stuff to work with, and you can be totally creative!

### 5/5 — A Must Have

*2014-06-12, version 2.0.1*

This is the creativity app that everyone needs on their iPad.  It will be the dream app for early childhood and special needs teachers, children of all ages love it, and I can’t think of too many adults who won’t enjoy making felt scenes either.  There are so many backgrounds, characters and items, and you can save your scenes too, which is a big bonus for my kids as they like to go back and work on scenes they have created earlier.  What I love is that you can have unlimited pieces, and  they never go missing!  This is one of my favourite apps EVER.

### 4/5 — Great App!

*2013-11-30*

This app is used by my class and is a preferred program.  There are endless possibilities for the pictures that can be made with this program.  There are a variety of categories as well as choices within them. You are also able to resize the pieces to fit your pictures. I recommend this program to other teachers.

### 5/5 — The Gold Standard

*2013-11-30, version 2.0.1*

I don't really know any way to describe this other than it is pretty much the Gold Standard for what a felt board app should be. Very well thought out, User Interface feels incredible. After a minute or two, you forget that you are using an app on an iPad and the experience transforms into what feels like, looks like and essentially is a traditional felt board------ but with all the awesomeness that software brings to the table. I would pay $20.00 for this app because it accomplishes and surpasses it's intended goal. Thank you Software Smoothie.

### 5/5 — Great!  Lots of choices.  Parents get this for your kids.

*2013-10-20*

I really enjoy this app.  My kids do too.  The felt objects are great and there are several options. As a future update it would be cool if you could start out with felt squares and "cut" to create your own shapes!

I am surprised there aren't more reviews.

### 5/5 — FANTASTIC!!

*2013-10-05, version 2.0.1*

If you're only given 1 choice to download a creativity app, GET THIS ONE! It is creativity at its best! Great user interface, very easy to navigate, amazing graphics! LOVE it!

## Frequently asked questions about Felt Board

### What is Felt Board?

Felt Board is a digital application designed to simulate a traditional felt board. It allows users to create scenes, dress up characters, and invent their own stories using a wide variety of digital pieces, costumes, settings, and props.

### What are the key features of Felt Board?

Key features include the ability to create custom characters, a vast library of costumes, settings, and props for imaginative play, a gallery to save and edit designs, and educational resources like letters, numbers, and shapes. It also helps develop fine motor skills.

### Is Felt Board free to use?

Yes, Felt Board is a free application. It does not include advertisements or in-app purchases, allowing for uninterrupted creative play and learning.

### Who is Felt Board for?

This app is ideal for children, families, teachers, and therapists. It's beneficial for fostering imaginative play, storytelling, early learning, and can be used as a teaching aid or a resource for children with special needs.

### What educational benefits does Felt Board offer?

Felt Board offers several educational benefits, including encouraging creativity and imaginative play, developing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and providing colorful shapes, letters, and numbers for learning. It also includes characters and pieces for popular preschool songs and stories.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.1 — 2019-03-18

bug fixes

### 3.0.0 — 2017-08-19

- Now a universal app.
- Removed shake to delete feature.
- Fixed various bugs that caused the app to crash.

### 2.0.2 — 2014-11-09

Bug fixes for iOS 8

### 2.0.1 — 2013-10-05

Bug Fix for Camera Functionality.

### 2.0 — 2013-09-29

- All New Look 
- Retina Images and new zoo animals, pattern blocks, and vehicles
- Added ability to rotate pieces
- Added a gallery which allows you to save and restore your felt board creations
- new video tutorial and Know What's Inside program badge

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