UK-only app from Moshi Monsters maker is used by ‘hundreds of thousands’ of children, and will now launch elsewhere in the world

Moshi Monsters maker Mind Candy is selling its social app PopJam to fellow children’s entertainment firm SuperAwesome.

The app launched in July 2014 as an Instagram-style photo-sharing app for children, and remains only available in the UK. Neither company is disclosing the acquisition price for the app.

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