The Little One Loves It
Great app for young kids. My 17 month old loves this app. He is learning about animals right now and loves seeing the pictures and listiening to their sounds. It keeps him busy in offices and when hes getting fussy I will use the app to distract him. It really is educational for a young child because it includes pictures and sounds Its really fun to play engage him with. I make him sit with me so the phone doesnt get broke (big concern.... busy young toddler), but with close supervision I am happy to let him explore the animal sounds.
This is a really good app sitting on the verge of greatness. Very small amount of work needed to make it really great.
A few brief critiques for future versions:
1) Some sounds are long, sometimes as long as 30 seconds. This is great. I like this. But other animal sounds are very brief, maybe one or two seconds long. Now, I know some animals dont say much, but I think all the sounds should be at least 15-20 seconds long.
2) The sounds from one animal dont turn off when you click on a new animal. This is disorienting. I wish they would turn off when you go back to the menu.
3) Someone mentioned a grid view. I think this would be a great innovation for the app in the future. As this type of app is likely most utilized by young ones, a grid view would be ideal.
4) It seems like a lot more animals could be included in future version, in particular animals that make fun noises or even different versions of the same type of animal.... For example not just cow, but long horned cattle, oxen or different types of frogs, etc or other fun, perhaps even exotic animals. Lots more insects make great noises as well. Theres a lot of animals included, but many more to be explored.
5) Finally, I dont even know if this is possible, but if there was a way to disable the "home" button while the app is playing, I would be utterly thrilled. Again, very young kids are utlizing this app. They are of the age when they are fascinated both by animals and buttons. He keeps hitting the home button and exiting out of the app. Drives me nuts.
Twister J about AudioZoo: Animal Sounds, v3.6.3
