Ginkgo Dino: Dinosaurs World Game for Children
© 2017 Moona Group
Steer an "overly cute" talking baby dinosaur around a beautifully illustrated 3D world to find and interact with ten dinosaur characters: Vera the Oviraptor, Donna the Troodon, Zato the Rapetosaurus, Nyam the Velociraptor, Bataar the Tarbosaurus, Min the Nemicolopterus (a flying reptile), Anna the Ankylosaurus, Nut the Protoceratops, a family of Shuvuuias, and Liz the Elasmosaurus (a marine reptile). Each does a silly routine that can't be interrupted. While the theme of this app will appeal to young dinosaur lovers, the underlying abstract concepts of giant prehistoric lizards with names that are hard to spell are not developmentally appropriate. But the app does expose them to language, and it is fun to explore in the beautiful world. Ratings would be higher if the routines were more interactive and child controlled, and if there were more control over the sounds. Content includes a dinosaur encyclopedia with narrated excerpts on each of the ten dinosaurs, and some silly "cute" animated routines and puzzles that include the ability to find fossils, build skeletons.
$2.99, iPad, Android
Teaches: a dinosaur theme, reading, language, dinosaurs
CTR Rating: 78%