Jump Jump

I’ve mentioned in the past (a few times) about the need for an iPhone wrist strap. Here’s another app that makes me hope my kids never use it when they’ve got sweaty palms. Goodbye phone. Jump Jump is aptly named because that’s what you’re going to be doing. You play the game by listening to music and jumping in time to the beat. On your screen you will see a line with blue dots moving down towards the bottom of the screen. There is a white circle near the middle of the line. Your job is to jump (holding your iPhone – tightly!) right as a blue dot lands in the circle. You’ll earn points depending on how well you land it. The app is designed to be played by several people so you can compete against each other. There are three levels of difficulty, the higher the difficulty the faster the blue dots stream down the screen. You can choose to jump to a single song or a longer sequence of three songs. That would be about ten minutes of jumping. Jump Jump lets you enter in your weight and tracks the daily, weekly and monthly time you spend playing. It will also track your calories although we haven’t been consistent enough players to judge that feature.

I’m not sure how long this app would last in my house. I think after my kids use it a few times they’ll probably  be done with it. Not because it’s a bad app but because they’re not the kind of kids who’ll jump over and over. We’re more curl up in a corner with a good book people. But this seems like a great app for wearing out children before bed time. Has anyone tried Jump Jump out with their kids and if so, how’d they like it?

Price when Reviewed: $2.99

Seller: Amon

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