Christmas is coming, and the app stores are getting fat with new children’s apps. Dr Panda’s Bus Driver is joining the apps rush hour.

It’s the latest in the series of playful apps from developer TribePlay, and as the title makes clear, it puts children in control of a bus.

The obvious comparison is to something like Toca Train, in that they’ll be picking up a succession of characters (animals rather than people here) and taking them to their destination.

“The world in Dr. Panda’s Bus Driver is randomly generated as you play, so there is always a brand new world to discover,” explains the App Store listing.

“Kids can take it slow and enjoy the craggy mountains, raging waterfalls and beautiful fields of lavender, or go at top speed with a fun-filled rocket-boost and get animals to where they want to be… fast.” The controls are simple to master, and in a nice touch kids can paint the bus before they start driving it, too.

Dr Panda’s Bus Driver costs £1.99 for iPhone and iPad from Apple’s App Store, and £1.79 for Android from the Google Play store.