Fiete World

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: language, co-op play

CTR Rating: 96%

CTR Review

April 2020: Fiete World Mexico has been released. https://youtu.be/cdf3mXQwzrQ. This adds to the existing content in Fiete World, for subscribers. This is a silky smooth "dollhouse" style app that uses a globe navigation scheme, making it easy to jump between five themed play worlds. On one large island, you can cook, garden or care for animals in three different homes. Or you can hop onto one of four vehicles (pirate ship, fishing boat, tractor or helicopter) to visit a pirate's island or lighthouse, for dress up play or beach-themed adventures. The app borrows from the Toca Life play pattern, in that you can move any item or character into another part of the app, and multi-touch is supported so that more than one child can play at the same time. You can't record audio or video, however. Fiete, the pirate, shows up as one of the characters, in this nicely crafted, open ended language experience. Specific challenges include: a treasure hunt, drive the pirate ship, cut down trees with a chain saw, make fire, plant a garden, repair a tractor, bake cakes, deliver packages, make a picnic. Developed in Cologne Germany. Our testing has revealed that Fiete World is "highly desirable" to younger children with playful themes that are "less accurate" than Toca Life. In other words, more fictional liberties are taken with this app. We also noted that the main menu is confusing to young children, because they see specific characters that they want to play with, but the world doesn't immediately gratify their interests.