KidArt for iPad
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This finger painting experience for iPod Touch and iPhone, with a new version for the iPad, has a clean visual design, a manageable 10 color palette and resizable stickers. It also has a one-step undo feature. But it is easy to accidentally save (and then loose) your project. You start by choosing from three themes (ocean, school or farm). Next, you see a well designed creativity space, offering colors, a single, one size paint brush, an eraser and a row of stickers. There are also icons for saving your picture to your photo library, or alternating between 12 backgrounds per theme, including a blank white or black canvas. We liked the simple, well-designed drawing experience, especially on the iPad, and the screen changes from vertical to landscape modes simply by rotating the screen. While it is easy to save a picture to your photo library, the process also starts a new picture, which erases exiting work. You also can't import old projects. Finally, while the clip art is well designed and can be resized, the icons for choosing them are are small. All in all, this $.99 App is worth consideration -- just make sure you're there at first to help children understand how not to erase their pictures.
$0.99, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: Art, Creativity
CTR Rating: 78%