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Ricky the croc has the same big feelings your kid does. In a short animated story he feels it, names it, and uses a skill a child psychologist chose: big breaths, 5-4-3-2-1, powerful words.
The app where kids 5–9 learn to handle the hard moments, through stories and games they love.
The Reading Eggs of emotional learning.
The meltdown over the wrong-coloured cup.
The tummy ache that only shows up on school mornings.
The ‘what if’ questions that start at bedtime and won’t stop.
The drop-off that ends in tears. Again.
The party they begged to go to, until it was time to leave.
This isn't who they are. They just haven't been shown what to do yet
About ten minutes per adventure. Easy to fit in before school or before bed.
Ricky the croc has the same big feelings your kid does. In a short animated story he feels it, names it, and uses a skill a child psychologist chose: big breaths, 5-4-3-2-1, powerful words.
Then a game turns that skill into muscle memory. Kids replay their favourites again and again, because they want to.
So at the school gate or at bedtime, the skill shows up on its own. Parents tell us their kids start using Ricky's words away from the app.
The daily battles fade.
And your kid gets to just be a kid again.
Her capacity to articulate what is happening for her in real time has really improved, and we've been able to regulate together instead of having overwhelming feelings lingering on and on.
The breathing does work! I felt like crying and then I breathed and I didn't cry.
My son absolutely loves his stories, we have read them countless times and even better his worries are dissipating!
My daughter is already talking about her Billy the Bodyguard (the amygdala) away from the app, and it's only been a week!
InnerSteps has had such a positive effect on my son. I want more!
Really good to support children's emotion regulation.
Great tool for emotional regulation.
Made in Australia
The first steps are on us.
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First 5 adventures
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$9.99
Ricky Croc Series, one-time
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Download freeInnerSteps is an Australian emotional learning app for kids 5–9. Kids watch Ricky the croc handle a hard moment in a short animated story, then practise the same skill in a game, about ten minutes a day. The skills are chosen by child psychologists. The first 5 adventures are free.
That's the first thing every parent asks. It's built as animated stories where your child is the hero, plus games they want to finish, so it feels like play they choose, not something you have to nag them into.
It's the opposite of zoning out. In about 10 minutes a day they're building real skills for calming down and handling the hard moments, so it's screen time that gives something back.
Playing through a short animated story where they learn to spot a big feeling, calm their body, and take one small brave step, then locking it in with a game. The big scary thing gets broken into steps they can actually manage.
Every skill was built with child psychologists using methods used in real clinical practice. It's been featured in Forbes and The Australian, with 20+ awards behind it.
Yes. InnerSteps is on the App Store and Google Play. One purchase unlocks the full Ricky Croc series on that store.
Yes. You can set up a profile for each child, and each one follows Ricky at their own pace.
We don't show ads and we don't sell data. The app asks for a first name and an age so Ricky can talk to your kid properly, and that's it. Our privacy policy explains the rest.
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