Title: Drawnimal
Developer: Lucas Zanotto
Compatibility: iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch // iOS 6.0
Size: 31.1 MB
Description: A simple program which uses the iDevice as the jumping off-point for creative drawing. Select one of the alphabet's 26 letters (if you're doing this in English -- there are five languages available), place the iPad, etc. down on a piece of paper, and have your kid trace around the iPad as indicated on the app. (So, in the case of the picture here, a couple triangles on the top, a tail near the bottom.) Most kids will be able to figure out the animal -- I think "C" is fairly obvious here -- but watching the animation (and listening to the narrator say "C is for... cat") once the user presses the "play" triangle will amuse the kids playing along.
The replay value isn't the best -- there's only a single animation and therefore a single drawing that can be done for each of the 26 letters -- but the multiple languages may extend that value somewhat. The execution of the concept is very polished, and the concept itself -- that creativity need not be limited to the digital world -- is worthy.
Age Range: 3 through 7
Price: $1.99
Link: iTunes
