Musical Trees
© 2015 DADA Company
Turn your iPad into a beautiful but busy musical mobile, where any touch adds to a rather busy chorus of tree-themed items. There are five nicely illustrated scenarios: Regae, Folk, Chill Out, Lullaby and Electropical. Each is hosted by a different type of tree with items that move and sing. Content includes 100 interactive elements and sounds. The illustrations and sounds are good quality. After you choose a tree, you simply tap to see a tree; already moving and swaying. Weaknesses include too much motion and sound (the scene doesn't let the child control the start of the events). There's so much motion that it's easy to forget what you touch. Contrast this type of app with Bubl Tap, where the child is in control of everything. Ideally, this type of app would start quieter and let the child take the first turn; and it might include an optional pop-up keyboard on the bottom of the screen for older children, so that a child could the explore the musical relationships. As it is, the experience is rather random. There are no language prerequisites. Created by the The BolognaRagazzi Award 2013 award-winning publisher DADA Company, from Spain.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: music, causality
CTR Rating: 80%