Buubuu Jumble Zoo
Written by Heather Leister
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My seven year old daughter uses the word “stinking” when she wants to give a phrase some extra oomph. It might be “stinking mad” or “stinking funny” or “stinking cute”. The last one makes no sense (because can something be stinking and cute?) but when it comes from her you know exactly what she means and that it’s the highest of praise. Now that I’ve explained let me tell you that “stinking cute” is the phrase that came to mind when I saw the animals in Jumble Zoo. I promise, it’s a good thing!
Jumble Zoo features flashcards of zoo animals. Each one is divided up into three body parts – head, middle and bottom. You can swipe your finger across the screen to change the different parts and make some pretty silly animals. When you’ve matched up the correct parts the animal is shown in it’s “habitat”. Now you can tap on the pull string (that doesn’t sound right but I can’t think of a better word) at the top left of the screen to see the animal on a plain white flashcard background. Here you’ll also see a microphone icon on the bottom right. If you tap that you can record yourself saying the animal’s name. From then on you’ll hear the animals name when you match up the body parts.
Right now Jumble Zoo features 9 different flashcards, 7 animals, 1 zoo keeper and 1 zoo visitor. I absolutely adored the graphics in this app. The app costs $1.99 and I’m hoping more animals are added in future updates. Because the world could always use more stinking cute zoo animals.
Price when Reviewed: $1.99
Seller: Stuart Eaton






By Maggie on Feb 22, 2010
This looks cute but we had one similar and the kids soon tired of it. Slide-a-ma-jig is another sliding game but is still holding the kids interest. They’ve even started making up their own games using it as a starting point. We’ve had many new characters added so it stays fresh.
By Stuart on Feb 24, 2010
Hi Maggie, I am the developer / designer of this app. Give it a chance, I will be adding more animals and languages as time goes by. If people like it then I was planning to add more similar apps in the series i.e. Buubuu Safari Jumble, Buubuu Ocean Jumble, Buubuu Cityslickers Jumble etc.