App-t-tude

Here are some of the Apps we have on the i-phone. Thought you might be interested ...

First App off the rank is 'Happy Street'. I'm fair-dinkum obsessed with this free App. It's fairly repetitive, but you build a little town, and chop down trees, fish, and build shops and make money ...

We all play it. Even the Husband. But I don't let Martha play because she inadvertently deletes the shops I've bought and she spends my 'floofas'. Of course, it's one of those Apps where, occassionally, other 'games' will pop up requesting you 'purchase' them, but we're across that App-purchasing conspiracy, so we ignore and play on.

Next, is 'Sneaky Sam'. I bought this one. Martha loves playing it. I find the Australian narrator's intonation annoying ... but no one's perfect. The App tells a story and you can play a couple of little games ... actually, Sneaky Sam's the kind of kid I'd like to give a good shove. (He's a bit rude and precocious.)

Miffy. How can anyone not have a Miffy App? From memory, I think this one was 99c. Martha likes to play it with the Dutch language narration on. Who am I to argue?

Hmmm, I'm sensing a disturbing trend here ... the Lego App is also one that's played by Martha. It was free. It's really simple, and even though it says 4+, Martha played it at 2. Genius child. It was the first App we down-loaded and is worth the entertainment value.

Here's one for Mummy. I forget how I found the Ceramics Daily App. It won't rock your socks off. It's basically a photo of a piece of ceramic every day. Beware, they are sent out at midnight and everytime they arrive the phone makes a noise, so if you're a light sleeper and not keen on gazing at pottery in the middle of the night, you may think twice about this one.

 Next is Solid Gold Dancer #3's current fave. It's the dinosaur App from the American Natural Museum. The cover shot is a T-Rex mosaic, and if you expand the mosaic, you'll see its comprised of a whole lot of photos of other dinosaurs, and if you click on an individual photo you can read all about that particular creature. Hours of pre-historic fun.

 

 And finally, this one is for Solid Gold Dancer #1. I find it difficult to get that particular member of the troupe to do her homework, but with this App (I think we bought) she types in her spelling words, records the word, and then can be tested on them by re-hearing her recording and then re-typing the word. Get it? She does. That's the main thing.

Other suggestions for moi? 

Fin.