Wacky Chatter

I’m finding irony in my review tonight. Dinner time at our house is fun. Tongue in cheek fun most days. Four kids, ranging in age from 10 to 9 months makes for a busy dinner table. Add to that the fact that I have a second grader and a five year old son and the conversation is questionable at times. The second grader is in a phase where gross out humor is hilarious. Her little brother is the age to fully appreciate big sister’s jokes. The combination can be a little much at times and last Sunday I ended up lecturing the family on having more “class”. It was one of those times where the words come out of your mouth and you’re thinking to yourself, who are you kidding? So the family got the lecture and now tonight I find myself reviewing Wacky Chatter, an app that finds humor in the words booger, underwear, snot and poop. The irony? The mother who asks for class absolutely loves this app.

Wacky Chatter is such a unique app I hope I explain it well and do it justice! Here goes. The app features twenty cartoony characters, each with their own unique voice. (A side note – ten of the voices are done by one of the app’s creators who is also a voice over actor.) On the main screen you have three wheels showing all the characters. Now above that you have three more wheels. One with a pronoun, one with a verb and the last one with a noun. Now for the fun. Spin the word wheels to mix up your pronouns, verbs and nouns. The nouns are all pretty darn silly (worms, bellybuttons, slugs, and several words fit for the bathroom) and you’re going to come up with some outrageous sentences. When you’ve created your sentence spin the character wheels until you’ve selected three, one from each wheel. Now tap the word “Chatter” on the screen and hear the sentence read aloud by those characters. It’s going to sound different depending on who you’ve chosen and you can experiment by spinning the character wheels again.  If you’re craving some random silliness you can either tap the word “Wacky” or shake your iPhone/iPod Touch. The wheels will spin on their own and the app is going to make a sentence and choose characters for you. Be prepared!

Two last details. There is a button titled “Who Says”. Tap this and you’ll see character biographies. These provide details about nicknames, age, occupation, favorite food, etc. Lastly, if you create a really terrific sentence you can email it out. The email sends an mp3 file so your friend will hear the sentence read aloud by the characters.

I love the way Wacky Chatter embraces it’s outrageousness and turns it into education. Sentence structure! Pronouns, verbs & nouns that are crazy and fun! Without a doubt this app is sure to appeal to kids.

**To all you fellow moms I feel it’s only fair to disclose the potty words found in this app. I wouldn’t want you to download it and find yourself caught unaware when your child turns the volume up and plays this one in the grocery store checkout.  So without further ado…boogers, pooh, underwear, farts and snot are all Wacky Chatter nouns. Enjoy!

Price when Reviewed: $.99

Seller: Sands of Time Ventures

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