IPAD App

[App Review] Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

Screen shot from the game

Screen shot from the game

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted by Electronic Arts was recently released on the 30th of October. The boys were waiting anxiously for the release as they are very into cars and racing games.  They couldn’t wait to try out the game once it was downloaded onto my iPad.

The different competition zones

The different competition zones

In this game the objective is to race your way through the different zone to collect experience and cash. This would enable you to unlock and purchase better cars and upgrades for existing cars. The races that you have to go through are of varying difficulties for different among of cash if you do win the race.

 

screenshot

Screenshot before the race

The  objective before each race is clearly started before the race commences. I’m still stuck at the above stage as I’ve yet to master how to throw off the police and get the car to it’s destination in one piece.

screenshot from iTunes

screenshot from iTunes

My thoughts

The boys and I found this game really entertaining. We had lots of fun collecting cars and upgrading them as we went along in the game. We love the graphics and enjoyed the thrills being able to race the various sports cars in the various races.

It was quite easy to control the car while the game was in motion as you only need to tilt the iPad left or right to move along the route.

It had been really addictive and I had to set strict time limits on the boys playing the game to ensure that they had time off screen to rest their eyes.

You can purchase this app for  $6.99 from the iTunes store

Disclaimer: I received a promo code by the sponsor to redeem and try out the app for review purposes. Opinions are 100% my own. This post has a Compensation Level of  1 . Please visit Dominique’s Disclosure page for more information.

[App Review] 3 Groovy Pigs HD

3 Groovy Pigs HD

3 Groovy Pigs HD is  an interactive  version of the traditional 3 little pigs story with a twist. In this story the 3 little pigs are talented musicians who can play their chosen musical instruments very well.  They play the piano, violin and drums and have their own Groovy band.

One day the 2nd and 3rd little pig decided that they should pursue their career as individual musicians and left the eldest pig and their home in the middle of the night. This started of their adventure and encounter with the Big Bad Wolf who eventually joined their band and became the fourth member of the group.

There are many selections to this storybook app. You can select to have the story read out to your child or for him to read the storybook herself. There are also stickers which you can paste on a selected background to create your own unique poster, a colouring game and a jigsaw puzzle feature.

 

Tiger girl reading the story

There are interactive features on each page. Kids can try out some of the in-games related to the story like

* Tapping a run or jump button to help the Pigs escape from the Wolf
* Blowing on the mic to help the Wolf blow the houses down
* Trail their fingers to help the Pigs find their respective houses
* Finding hidden itemsinteractive games

You can also tap on the musical instruments/characters to play the sound, swipe images to reveal colours and also colour in the pigs and their instruments on certain pages.

testing out the colouring page

The colouring activities were Tiger girl’s favourite and she enjoyed herself tremendously filling in the colours on the pigs.

Check out the video below to see the app in action.

 

My thoughts

I like the wide range of activities which they had within the story. My kids enjoyed reading the story and trying out all the various applications. It was as app which they  could read/play several times without getting bored.  The only difficult that they had was  blowing on the mic to help the wolf blow the house down. They skipped that activity as they had problems locating the mic on the ipad.  It would be great if there was a short video or better explanation of how to do the “blowing” then just a one liner at the bottom of the screen.

 

You can purchase the app for $3.99 at the iTunes Store.

 

Disclaimer: I received a promo code by the sponsor to redeem and try out the app for review purposes. Opinions are 100% my own. This post has a Compensation Level of  1 . Please visit Dominique’s Disclosure page for more information.