KidPad for Windows

Name: KidPad
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: University of Maryland

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 26, 2026

KidPad empowers children to craft stories by drawing scenes and linking them in a dynamic, zoomable two-dimensional space. It's a collaborative tool designed for creative expression.

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Pros
- Supports drawing, typing, and hyperlinking features.
- Utilizes a large two-dimensional zoomable workspace.
- Enables collaborative creation with multiple mice support.
- Designed by children and academic researchers.
- Integrated into school curricula since 1998.
Cons
- Primarily focused on visual storytelling.
- Relies on specific hardware for multi-user input.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 22, 2002

Latest update: February 26, 2026

Version: 1.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows NT
Windows 95
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 11,744

Downloads Last Week: 9

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User Reviews

3/5

2 User Votes

Might like it if it would work
SimplySamantha1979February 4, 2011
Pros
Can't think of any
Cons
Hung up badly-over and over. WOULD NOT UNINSTAL AT ALL!
Summary
Won't uninstal and hangs up.
PERFECTLY AMAZING PROGRAM
bluexsimplicityApril 16, 2005
Pros
I have been searching for these kinds of programs for ages and this is the best ever, I highly reccomend this to all of you. It's a cool program with alot of details, I think kids from 1-8 years old would like this program alot. It has pretty much functions and you can save your piece of work. It is quite similar to paint but this program would be mostly reccomended to small kids. You might want to try project dogwaffle if you're older. They are great programs and I defintlely have no negative points about this optomistic program. I feel that it can be highly devloped and I would actually pay to have this program for kids.
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Developer’s Description

By University of Maryland

Let children create stories by drawing story scenes.

KidPad is a collaborative storytelling tool for children, designed by children and academic researchers. KidPad provides drawing, typing and hyperlinking capabilities in a large two-dimensional zoomable space. Through these capabilities, children can create stories by drawing story scenes and linking them together in two-dimensional space. KidPad supports multiple users through the use of multiple mice. Elementary schools in England and Sweden have made KidPad a part of their curriculum since 1998.

KidPad for Windows

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