Diversity in children’s apps: ‘Gender depictions tend to be very stereotyped’

But a growing number of developers are thinking hard about how they present gender, race and socio-economic differences

A growing number of children's app makers are upping their efforts to ensure their products do a better job of reflecting the diversity of their young audiences.

This was the verdict of a discussion at Tech With Kids' Developing Apps for Kids conference in San Francisco, where moderator Raul Gutierrez of developer Tinybop admitted that his industry has more work to do on diversity.