Here’s a twist on a drawing app. Instead of drawing with simulated markers or crayons , Draw with Stars! lets you draw with…drumroll!…Stars! You use your finger to add stars onto the screen. As you add a star a little bit of music plays. The more stars you add the more music you get. The [...]
Olivia has been a part of our house since my eldest daughter was very young. We bought the very first book when it was published, not knowing what a magical story it would turn out to be. Since then the books have continued to join our bookshelves and my second daughter was particularly entranced with [...]
123 Color HD is the updated iPad version of the app 123 Color that I reviewed awhile back. The original is a fantastic app – a twist on the idea of coloring by numbers. The HD iPad version looks terrific and it makes good use of the increased screen size. In 123 Color HD you [...]
123 World HD – Geography Coloring Book features the world maps that are available for purchase within the 123 Color HD iPad app. In this app they are the only pictures available to color. The coloring process is the same as it is in 123 Color (read how it works here) but there are a [...]
handPaint is a brand new iPad app that will also work on your iPhone at no extra cost. The app has two different modes – one that you see when you hold the iPad in landscape mode, the other you’ll see when the iPad is held upright. In the landscape mode you can choose an [...]
I gave you a video link to this app last week and Saturday we were able to try it out for ourselves. It’s a fantastic app and my kids have been wearing it out. Your iPad screen is a drawing pad and you’ve got paintbrushes, colored pencils, crayons, markers and roller markers to use for [...]
Color Me!!! is a coloring book app that’s best suited to the younger kids. It lets them color in “chunks” of the picture instead of coloring like you would with a crayon, one scribble at a time. Your child would select their color and then tap on an area of the coloring page. That area [...]
Chalk Walk is a very unique iPad app. It has been developed to help your children improve the pincer grip they use to hold a pencil.
iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]
I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.