PLAYTALES — PRESS KIT
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PlayTales is an audio play player for children that reaches into the Apple Music
catalogue. Big cover tiles instead of lists, titles read aloud for children who can't
read yet, a sleep timer, and offline playback for the road.

This kit holds everything needed to cover the app. The current version always lives at
https://play-tales.app/press/


AT A GLANCE
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App name (App Store)  PlayTales: Audiobooks for Kids
Subtitle              Audio drama & bedtime stories
German name           Hörspieler: Kinder Hörspiele
Developer             Peter Kurzok, Gersfeld, Germany
Category              Entertainment (secondary: Music)
Price                 Free. Optional one-time in-app purchase "PlayTales Pro"
                      at $2.99 / £2.99 / 2,99 € — no subscription, Family Sharing enabled.
Requirement           An Apple Music subscription. Without one the catalogue won't play.
Current version       1.5.0
First released        4 January 2024
Platforms             iPhone, iPad, CarPlay
System requirement    iOS 17.0 or later
Languages             English, German
Age rating            4+
App Store             https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6444850972
App Store ID          6444850972
Bundle ID             de.peterkurzok.KidsMusic
Website               https://play-tales.app
Privacy policy        https://play-tales.app/privacypolicy/
Contact               playtales@peterkurzok.de


BOILERPLATE — COPY AND PASTE
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One sentence:
PlayTales is an audio play player for children that makes the Apple Music catalogue
simple enough for a child to work on their own.

Short (about 50 words):
PlayTales hands children the Apple Music catalogue of audio plays in an interface they
can work themselves: big covers to tap instead of lists, titles read aloud for anyone
who can't read yet, and a sleep timer that ends the episode on its own. Anything
downloaded plays without an internet connection.

Long (about 100 words):
PlayTales is an audio play player for children, drawing on the full Apple Music
catalogue. In place of lists and menus it shows big, colourful covers a child can tap
straight away, and it reads artists and episodes aloud for anyone who can't read yet.
A sleep timer ends the story by itself, and episodes downloaded through Apple Music
keep playing with no signal at all — in the car, on the train, on holiday. Favourites
and playback positions sync through the family's own private iCloud. Parents keep the
settings behind an arithmetic task small children can't solve. PlayTales was written
by Peter Kurzok, a father of three, originally for his own family.


WHAT'S IN THIS KIT
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icon/                    App icon, 1024 × 1024 px
  appicon-light.png      Default
  appicon-dark.png       Dark variant (iOS 18)
  appicon-tinted.png     Tinted variant (iOS 18)
  appicon-squircle.png   Cut out, with a rounded contour

promo/promo.png          Promo graphic, 2048 × 1024 px

screenshots/iphone/      Framed store screenshots with captions, 1320 × 2868 px
screenshots/ipad/        Framed store screenshots with captions, 2064 × 2752 px
screenshots/unframed/    Plain device captures — no frame, no caption. Usually the
                         better choice for your own layout.
                         CarPlay.png is 800 × 480 px.


USING THESE ASSETS
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The app icon, the promo graphic and the screenshots may be used freely in editorial
coverage of PlayTales — print, online, video and social. No need to ask first; a link
back is always welcome.

Please don't: alter, distort or re-colour the icon, and don't use these assets to
advertise a different product.

The screenshots show cover art from third-party audio productions (among them KIDDINX
and Paw Patrol). That art belongs to its respective rights holders, comes from the
Apple Music catalogue, and appears here only as an example of a real library. It is
not part of the app and is not shipped with it. If you would rather not reproduce it,
screenshot 02 (Player) or the CarPlay view are the safe choices.

Apple, the Apple logo, Apple Music, CarPlay, iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Siri and Spotlight
are trademarks of Apple Inc. PlayTales is an independent project and is not affiliated
with Apple Inc.


REVIEW COPIES
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I'm glad to unlock "PlayTales Pro" free of charge for coverage — a short email to
playtales@peterkurzok.de naming your outlet is enough and a promo code comes back. The
same address reaches me for questions, an interview, or background on how the app came
about.
