Human Body, The

© 2013 Tinybop, Inc.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: science, human anatomy, biology, health
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's ChoiceEthical

CTR Review

Note: See also Mammals (CTR April 2017). Note: See also Plants (CTR, June 2014). The first in a series of educational apps called The Explorer's Library, for kids ages 4+, The Human Body ($3.99, www.tinybop.com) lets children explore the wonders of the human body, without embarrassment. The result is one of the best human anatomy interactive media products we've reviewed. And there have been hundreds. The Human Body presents a working model of the human body (boy, girl, man or woman), with each key part animated, complete with sound. The animated graphics are clear, yet free of gore. This is a case when realism is not a good idea. But they achieve their objective of scientific accuracy. Of particular note are the working models of the human eye and ear, that incorporate the features of the camera and microphone. In the case of the eye, the on-screen eye "sees" what the camera sees. Your photo and music libraries are accessed to demonstrate brain function, and device orientation shows the effect of gravity on the body. Features include the ability to create individual profiles for each child, plus parent options that let you track children. It is possible to switch between text labels in 50 languages, including English, Arabic, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Croatian, Czech, Creole, Greek, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan,Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, and Vietnamese. Content includes six interactive, animated layers of the body (skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, and digestive) with close up views of the heart, brain, eye, stomach, mouth and lower intestine. We noticed no marketing or advertising. Tinybop, Inc. is located in Brooklyn NY. Visit http://tinybop.com. Works with the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (5th generation) iPad 2 and iPad 3. This app is optimized for iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. It will not work with the iPad 1 due to memory limitations.