BusyBaby

BusyBaby is meant to be used as entertainment for your baby or toddler. I have a 9 1/2 month old baby in my house so I tried this one out on her. I’ll give you a run down of the four sections in the app and let you know what Baby J thought.

Smiley – The “Smiley” screen has three things on it- a puppy’s face in the background, a sunshine in the corner and a smiley face. The smiley face moves around the screen while you move your iPhone. If you tap it then you’ll hear a baby laughing. If you tap on the puppy it will bark at you. The sunshine in the corner fades in and out and if you touch it you’ll hear a sparkly sound. On this page the only thing that seemed to hold Baby J’s interest was the puppy. When he barked she paid attention.

Rattle – In this section you can scroll between five different rattles. They appear on the screen and when you shake your iPhone they rattle, each one with a different sound. Baby J wasn’t really interested in this section. She’s used to being able to put her rattles in her mouth and when I wouldn’t let her do that with the phone she was peeved.

Letter Safari – This section has soothing background music. The alphabet scrolls across the screen, pausing with each letter to tell you what it is and something that starts with it. “F is for Frog, G is for Goose…” This was Baby J’s favorite part of the app.

Sing Along – Here you can listen to nine classic children’s songs. The music plays and you are supposed to sing along. The lyrics are provided for you on the bottom of the screen but in my opinion they need to be a bit larger and easier to read. Also, the musical accompaniment is nice but I think I’d rather hear the son sung in case I didn’t feel like doing the singing myself. Baby J really wasn’t into this part of the app but I did learn there is more than one verse to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. How did I not know this before???

I’ll probably try using this app out again when my daughter is a little older. It did distract her for a bit but I think she’s still a bit too young and her teething instincts are just too strong. She’s almost 100% focused on getting the phone in her mouth rather than what’s on the screen.

Price when Reviewed: $1.99

Seller: Tango Down Studios

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this app for review purposes.