The iPhone Mom

Animal Guesses is a whole different type of app for your iPhone. It’s something called a “web app”. Have any of you heard of web apps before? I hadn’t but when I asked my husband he knew all about them.  I’m wondering if I’ve been under a rock or if this is one of those instances where my not being a “techy in the know” comes into play. A web app is an app that you access through the internet. As my husband explained to me, it’s an internet page that does something. There’s a BIG list of web apps available at www.apple.com/webapps.  You’ll want to bookmark that page on your iPhone. You browse through the list and then tap on the one you’re interested in. The web page opens up and there you go. Here’s the cool part- tap on the plus sign at the bottom of your screen and select “Add to Home Screen”. From now on you’ll see an icon for the web app on your home screen. You can tap that icon and the web app will automatically open up.

So enough about web apps in general, how was Animal Guesses? The idea behind the app is a guessing game – you vs. the game. It starts out telling you to think of an animal and will then ask you yes or no questions about the animal. Depending on your answer you’ll get different questions. Finally the app will ask you “Are you thinking of….” and you answer yes or no. If you answered no then you’ll be asked to type in what animal you’re thinking of and answer a few questions about that animal. From then on the animal will be included in the possible answers. As you play the game it goes from being simple to more complex over time.  There are two versions of Animal Guesses, a free version and a $.99 version. In the free version you can save up to five animals. The paid version allows you to save more and this will make the game more difficult over time.

I think Animal Guesses is a great thinking game for elementary aged kids. It gets them reading and thinking. There aren’t any bells or whistles to this app. No moving pictures or loud music, just a simple game that has kids actually using their brains. I like it.

See the free version at apple.com here: Free Animal Guesses (Then click on the company link to learn more about the game.)

For more information and to see the $.99 version click here: Animal Guesses