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| Toca Boca | |
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 Current logo since April 30, 2024 | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 18 July 2010 |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Games |
Number of employees | 100-150 |
| Parent | Spin Master |
| Website | www |
Toca Boca is a Canadian-owned Swedish children's mobile video game developer company. The company is owned by Spin Master and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Toca Boca was founded 18 July 2010 by Emil Ovemar and Björn Jeffery, both of whom worked for the Bonnier Group. They released their first application, “Helicopter Taxi” in March 2011. Toca Boca's apps have been downloaded over a billion times by users in over 238 markets ever since the first launch.
In 2016, Bonnier sold Toca Boca and sister company Sago Sago to the Canadian toy and entertainment company Spin Master for 263 million Swedish krona. In 2020, Fredrik Löving took over as Toca Boca's new CEO.
Toca la boca means "touch the mouth" in Spanish, referencing the logo design of a face with an open mouth; as well as being able to skip an app's intro animation by "touching the mouth".
Toca Life is a series of games. On 21 November 2018, Toca Boca announced they would be merging all of their Toca Life games into one free-to-play app, titled Toca Life: World. Instead of releasing standalone apps for future themes, additional play sets are introduced over time as in-app purchases. In January 2024, all standalone apps were removed from the Apple Appstore and Google Play Store. On 30 June 2024, all standalone apps were removed from the Amazon Appstore.
A web series based on the game, under the title Toca Life Stories, was released on 21 February 2020 on Toca Boca's official YouTube channel. It focused on four close friends with mismatched personalities, Rita, Zeke, Nari, and Leon (the main characters in the Toca Life app series), on a quest to vanquish boredom in their neighborhood of OK Street (based on one of the towns found in Toca Boca World). It aired on some television stations such as Disney Channel France in France, Pop in the United Kingdom, and Cartoon Network in the United States.[citation needed]
On 30 April 2024, Toca Boca Days was announced. The game is poised as a significant departure from previous entries in the Toca Life series, utilising a 3D world with multiplayer functionality. On 2 May 2024, Toca began rolling the game out in early access for Australia and New Zealand. The online functionality of Toca Boca Days ended on 25 August 2025, with the developers shifting focus to other titles.
On 15 November 2025, Toca Boca Jr Classics was realsed and it was also on Piknik.
On 5 October 2023, Toca Boca announced that they would be delisting and merging most of their smaller and older titles into one app titled Toca Boca Jr, as part of a new subscription service targeted towards preschoolers called Piknik.
Toca Boca has won the following awards:
2025
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
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