Little Fox Train Adventures

$2.99

Teaches: causality, stopping, starting, trains

CTR Rating: 82%

CTR Review

This nicely illustrated starter app will work well with a young preschooler, despite an interface that could offer more to do. The idea is to move a train through a series of stops, by tapping on the screen. The trouble is you don't know exactly where to tap. To move the train, you touch it (a longer touch makes the train move faster). Your first stop is the orchard where you load three cars up with apples, one step at a time. Each screen tap moves a crane, which fills the car. The process can't really be sped up -- so you have to move through the process at each station. The next stop is the pie factory.. and so on. Each station is operated by sheep. We liked how the colors of the sheep have nothing to do with good or bad behavior (the "black" sheep are depicted in both helping and mischievous roles). Content includes 30 stops. Testers noted that it is possible to accidentally reset progress which makes you start over. No internet is required, and no information is collected.