Baby Animals: Cute and Cuddly Animal Babies
© 2014 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc.
One of a series of five apps released last month by SeaWorld Kids (the others dealing with Big Cats, Polar Bears, Penguins and a general app called "Kids Network"), this app features newborn animals in videos, jigsaw puzzles, concentration and match-3 games. There are 18 bits of content in this app. Children will meet Cupid the newborn giraffe in a clip from The Wildlife Docs, say “baaaahhh” with newborn baby lambs born at Busch Gardens, and see a dramatic Sea Rescue episode where an orphan killer whale is reunited with his pod. The app features: high definition videos of baby animals and their adoring parents; e-books that highlight words as they are read to you; puzzles with four difficulty levels; image galleries filled with pictures of newborn animals; memory/matching games; and infinite runner games in which kids read and learn about turtles while jumping from platform to platform. Need to know: If you don't have an Internet connection, you only see a black screen. All the apps follow a similar formula, mixing high interest video content with fail-safe jigsaw puzzles and bejeweled-matching games. If the app is free, what's the catch? Children are promoted to register every few screens. The app was created for SeaWorld by Playrific.
iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch. Requires Internet.
Teaches: science, animals, memory
CTR Rating: 84%