StoryBots Tap & Sing

© 2013 JibJab Media Inc.
iPad, iPhone
Teaches: music, pitch, note recognition
CTR Rating: 96%
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Video review at http://youtu.be/yoBO6nfQDXU. Well designed, free and responsive, this is a living xylophone that has keys that can teach you songs. Each note on the two octave scale is represented by one of JibJab's StoryBot characters. You can toggle between four voices. For the price of $free, you get three songs (Mary Had a Little Lamb, This Old Man and Row Row Row Your Boat). For more interesting songs, you need to subscribe for $4.99/month -- sold as an in-app sale, a process that is not well designed (if a child knows your password, an accidental subscription could be activated). The social media options, however, are kept behind a firewall. All in all, this is a good app to download -- just be careful. Tap & Sing is part of the StoryBots family of apps from JibJab. Visit StoryBots.com.