[theodoregray]

Hey, that's my app, and it's definitely still there! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-elements-by-theodore-gray/...

Fun fact: when we made the app the song was of course not yet in the public domain, so I made a deal with Lehrer to trade him an iPad for the use of the song in my app. He was already talking at the time about eventually putting everything in the public domain. His main concern was to try to do it in a way that would prevent record companies from ever making money from his work.

Theodore Gray https://theodoregray.com

[SanjayMehta]

Oh wow. The original apps I bought were all from Touchpress and they vanished from my purchases quite some time ago.

I remember The Elements, Barefoot Atlas(?). Was the animated story book also yours?

[theodoregray]

I was the founder and creative director of TouchPress, so I had a hand in all those apps. For Disney Animated I wrote the text and directed the production. Sadly the business model of $10 interactive eBooks did not work out (unlike $10 static text eBooks, which seem to be much more popular?), and TouchPress was sold (apps and the name) to a company called Story Toys out of Ireland. About a year ago they were bought out by a larger Japanese company, and we were able to buy back The Elements, Molecules, and a few of the other apps, so they are now back to being published by myself and my partners on a low-key maintenance basis.