Pacca Alpaca Travel Playtime
© 2015 Anamil Tech Ltd
This second app in the Pacca Alpaca series features seven types of mini-games that feature headline content from 23 countries. Despite the shallow approach to the content, it is one of the rare apps created from an Arabic point of view. The objective is to introduce children to cultural and historical settings from around the world. The app pulls headline features from 23 countries, along with a snip of music. There are seven types of games -- none very innovative: Jigsaw Puzzles, Dot-to-Dots, Spot the Difference, Hide and Seek, I Spy, Drawing and Stickers. Weaknesses include an inability to adjust different sound channels (if you turn down the music, you also kill the anthems from the countries). The bottom line? There's enough choice that is high in child control to merit purchasing this app. Produced for Anamil Tech by the producers of the BBC's "The Lingo Show." According to Sarah Faisal Al Saud, Anamil Tech Founder, “My children were born in the UK and I wanted an app that supported language learning in my mother tongue, Arabic." This despite the fact that the USA version of the app has no Arabic (the default language is determined by your device setting).
$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle
Teaches: geography, early reading, creativity
CTR Rating: 86%