Pony Style Box

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: creativity, horses, hair

CTR Rating: 80%

CTR Review

Think "Toca Hair Salon with horses" and you get the idea of this playful app with five ponies in need of washing and styling. After you choose a pony, you enter a washing stall where you can give him/her a bath. There's also a trimmer, hair growing gel, various color dies, a comb, a hair drier, a curling iron and so on. When you finish your horse, you can take a picture that is saved to your photo gallery. Any child who has already used Toca Hair will instantly recognize the tools and the menu. While this is a playful idea, there's not enough variety between the horses, and some of the tools aren't responsive and the graphics are cluttered. You're shown items that don't respond when touched, like the piles of hay, a fun looking feather collection and so on. Too bad. This app was designed in Germany and made in China for Fox and Sheep by RedRabbit Animation using art from Perrine Marais.