Papumba: Kids Learning Games

Papumba is a pretty good educational app for kids. There’s a pretty good variety of educational games and activities for a variety of ages and abilities. My son enjoyed using it for a couple years. Unfortunately, sometime late in 2024 we were no longer able to access the app. I spent many months trying to get support from the Papumba team. The majority of the time they did not respond at all. When they did, they requested information about our account to help us gain access to the app. Then they didn’t respond with any assistance. This happened repeatedly over many months. Eventually, I requested a refund for our annual subscription since we haven’t had any access at all to the app since we paid our most recent annual subscription. They did not respond. I requested a refund through my credit card company, but was told that Pupumba refused to provide the refund. It’s all a shame since my son would’ve liked to continue using the app for several more years.

My nephew and I really enjoy using this app! I like how their is a variety of different activities for kids to play with on this app, and my nephew has learned a lot of new things from using this app too! I would recommend this app for any parent that is trying to teach their child something new whether if it is for getting their child ready for school or for helping their child learn a new skill!!! 😁😎😀

This app is a really great app in terms of education. He has a great games that teach colors and numbers and even has really cool games that allow free play in different worlds. Though, there is one big glaring issue with this app that needs to be changed: lack of diversity. For instance, in one of the games that teaches about different careers, all of the characters of each career are white. Having a black child, it’s concerning to not see any other people of color, especially as my son is learning these careers. It would be nice to have a game that shows characters that are reflection of my son so that both he and other kids see themselves no matter their color, in the shoes of the characters that he’s learning about. In the year 2022, diversity is no longer a choice, it is a requirement. And if you make products that you want all children to use, it needs to reflect them all.