Fiete KinderZoo

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: animals, zoo, German culture, children, art

CTR Rating: 78%

CTR Review

Here's a refreshing idea -- to let children provide the pictures and sounds of an app. Created by the German studio Ahoiii (home of Fiete), the creative power in this app came from 30 children (aged 3 to 10 years), who used paper scraps and markers to make an animal. They also made their animals food, and recorded an accompanying sound. All of this content is put into a side-scrolling "zoo." You explore by touching on the left or right side of the screen, to see each animal. Tapping an animal makes it move, letting you hear the recorded sound. You can then feed each animal by dragging a food item into place. Note that the animal names are in German, and the animals range from several fish to dinosaurs.The children who made this app obviously learned a lot; but for the children consuming it, there's not that much to do. Still this is a novel idea and it is always refreshing to see how children from another country think. Use this app as a fun cultural experience.