ColoringByPattern-Beach

Coloring By Pattern gives you a coloring page and then an example to copy. The app awards points for correctly following this example. It also keeps track of the number of taps and time it takes you to finish your coloring. To fill in the picture you tap on a crayon at the bottom of the screen and then tap on a section of the picture. If you make a mistake you can tap on the correct color and then tap on the section again. When you’re all done you can shake your iPhone to erase what you’ve done. To choose a new picture you’ll need to tap on the open book icon. Right now there are ten pictures to choose from, all with a beach theme. The colored example is shown in a small square at the top left of the screen. If you’d like to see it enlarged then double tap on the square. I found myself having to enlarge the example several times but my son didn’t have to do it once.

There are a few things that I think would be nice additions to the app. The first is a scoreboard. The app gives you points and keeps track of your time but older children might like to record that score and see how they improve. To be honest they’d probably also want to compete against siblings. Or is that just my house?? I also think the example square could be a smidge bigger and it would be nice if you could swipe the screen to switch to a new picture instead of having to back out to the coloring book pages. Lastly, the app could use more coloring pages. But overall, I like the idea behind Coloring By Pattern. The combination of memory, matching skills and coloring is fun and something different.

*There is a Lite version of the app available. It features two coloring pages.

Price when Reviewed: $.99

Seller: Alis App

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