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Life & fun · September 10, 2021

Yaktraks

A fun 'say and play' app inspired by 90s nostalgia

Yaktraks launched on September 10, 2021 with 11 votes, #1,227 of 2,940 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

What it does

Yaktraks is all about simple, honest fun. It’s a kids app, built natively for iOS, that allows them to record their voice, and play it back with silly sound effects. Kids are great at finding joy in simple things. I know they'll love Yaktraks - mine do!

A fun

90s apps of old allowed a single recording. Yaktraks includes unlimited recordings forfrom sonasapps.github.io

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