Toca Boca World

Educational

7.6~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.4 Google Play·100M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-05

Screenshots

Character Creator with six characters and badges reading no ads and Editor's Choice

Home Designer room being decorated with furniture from a side panel

Roleplay scene with a group of characters gathered at a shop front

Outfit Designer showing a wardrobe grid of hats, tops and accessories

Classroom and film studio scenes used for making stories

Split view of a vet clinic with pets and a bakery counter

About Toca Boca World

Toca Boca World is a digital dollhouse with no score, no timer and no way to lose: children move characters through apartments, shops, a hospital and a bakery, dress them in the Outfit Designer and build new ones in the Character Creator. The base app is free and carries no advertising at all. Everything past the starting locations is sold as a pack, priced from $0.99 to $4.99 each.

Game information

DeveloperToca Boca AB

Version1.138.1

Size85.5MB (Android) · 1.0 GB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsNo

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating4+

Requires (Android)Android 7.0+

Requires (iOS)iOS 13.0+

Offline modePlay works offline once installed; purchases need a connection

Interface languagesAR, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR + 15 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.4 from 6,839,423 ratings

Installs100M+

Updated by developer2026-09-03

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Toca Boca World Review: The Add-On Store Is the Game

No Ads, No Third-Party Advertising, No Scores

Three absences define this app. There is no advertising — the Google Play listing carries no Contains ads badge, and the developer states plainly that no third-party ads appear, which is rare in a free children's title. There is no fail state: nothing counts down, nothing is scored, and a session ends when the child stops. And there is no chat or multiplayer, so a stranger cannot reach the child through the app. Apple rates it 4+, the developer describes it as COPPA compliant, and the collected data is limited to coarse location plus purchase and device identifiers.

Packs Run $0.99 to $4.99 Each

The business model is add-ons, not a subscription. Individual purchases include the Character Creator at $4.99, a Hospital at $3.99, an adidas Style Pack, a Modern Mansion and a Mall at $2.99 each, a University and a Vacation Pool Villa at $1.99, and smaller furniture packs from $0.99. There is no bundle that unlocks everything, so a child who wants the full world is looking at a running total rather than one payment. Prices are US listings and change with promotions, and the store keeps adding locations, which keeps the total moving.

Character Creator, Home Designer, Outfit Designer

The three creation tools carry most of the replay value. Character Creator builds a person from face, hair, body and skin options rather than picking from a roster. Home Designer places furniture freely in a room, with no grid or budget to obey. Outfit Designer mixes clothing across a wardrobe grid so the same character changes between scenes. Around them sit the roleplay locations — a vet clinic with animals to treat, a bakery to run, a classroom, a film studio — each a stage rather than a level. The listing claims more than 60 million monthly players.

Pros

No advertising of any kind, confirmed by the Play listing
No scores, timers or ways to lose a session
No chat or multiplayer, so strangers cannot reach a child
Character, home and outfit creators drive most replay
Rated 4+ and described by the developer as COPPA compliant

Cons

Locations and tools cost $0.99 to $4.99 each
No bundle unlocks everything, so spending accumulates
Store rating of 4.3 trails the closest rival
The install is heavy for a phone aimed at children

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Verdict

For children roughly four to nine it is one of the calmest things on a phone: no ads, no chat, no way to fail, and no pressure to return daily. Buy it knowing the model — the free app is a demonstration, and the world people describe online is assembled from packs. Set purchase approval on the phone before handing it over, and treat the store list as a birthday-present menu rather than an evening decision.

Core function8.5Open-ended roleplay works exactly as intended: pick a place, move characters, invent the rest.

Ease of use9.0No text, no menus to read; a four-year-old can navigate it by tapping pictures.

Monetisation5.5Every new location is a separate purchase, and the packs list runs well past $30 in total.

Performance6.5A gigabyte-class install for a children's title, and older phones load scenes slowly.

Privacy & permissions8.0No third-party advertising, no chat, and a short collected-data list for a free kids app.

7.6out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Is Toca Boca World free?

The app is free to install and includes a set of starting locations and characters with no advertising attached. What costs money is expansion: homes, shops, the hospital, the university and the Character Creator are sold separately from $0.99 to $4.99. Nothing expires, and no subscription is involved.

What is the Character Creator?

A paid tool, $4.99, that builds a character from face shape, hair, skin tone, body and clothing rather than choosing from a fixed roster. Children who use it tend to treat their creations as ongoing characters across scenes, which is the point: without it the cast is limited to the ones the app supplies.

How much does the whole world cost?

There is no single price. Packs run from $0.99 for furniture up to $4.99 for the Character Creator, with most locations at $1.99 to $3.99, and new ones keep arriving. Buying every current pack costs well over $30, which is worth knowing before a child starts asking for them one at a time.

Can a child spend money without asking?

Purchases go through the normal App Store or Google Play flow, so the platform's own parental controls decide it — requiring a password or approval for every purchase blocks it entirely. The app has no separate wallet, no currency to top up and no loot boxes, which makes accidental spending less likely than in games with coins.

What are the alternatives?

Avatar World from Pazu covers almost the same ground with a coin economy instead of paid packs and rates higher on both stores. Roblox offers far more content and social play, but adds chat, an age check and a currency, none of which apply here. For under-sixes, this one stays the simpler option.