Luca Lashes Visits the Doctor
© 2013 Luca Lashes LLC
Luca is a boy with magic eyelashes which give him special brave powers that help him with all his scary firsts. This is a good story idea and the illustrations are OK, but the interactive design limits the usefulness of the story. This app is part of a series designed to help children overcome their fear of firsts (first dentist, haircut, trip on an airplane and so on). This story consists of 15 screens, each with some hidden hot spots and narrated text that is highlighted. While this is a nice feature for emerging readers the font is so small that it is impossible to read on regular sized tablets. We suspect that the app was initially designed for small screens and never properly adapted for larger tablets. The app contains links to iTunes on the last page. Features include the ability to toggle between English, Spanish, Chinese, French and Italian. The apps are available for $1.99 and the accompanying eBooks are $2.99. The series of iPad apps is available in Chinese, English, French, Italian and Spanish. We'll hope future titles will be better designed, easier to read and higher in child control.
$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: overcoming fears, reading, language
CTR Rating: 28%