Franklin’s Bumpy Buggy Race-Off

 

Franklin’s Bumpy Buggy Race-Off
By Watch More TV Interactive Inc.

About the app

Show off your soap-box skills in this race to the finish line. Fly through the air using your favorite Franklin bumpy buggies by collecting special boosts and combos and avoiding pesky obstacles along the way, to be declared champion of Woodland.
• Select from six bumpy buggies.
• Race 10 unique tracks.
• Save and watch your favorite races.
• Upload your favorite races to Treehouse TV for other kids to watch.

Our Thoughts

Franklin, Benjamin in French, has been part of childhood stories for many years now.   Everyone in Canada knows about this adorable turtle who have adventures whether on television or in books.    Did you know that Franklin has made a debut on the iPad?   The Bumpy Buggy Race-Off game will keep your preschooler entertained and busy while you wait at the dentist or while you drive around for errands.

This adorable app was discovered by my daughter not too long after I had uploaded it on the iPad.   She immediately played with it with eagerness.   She played by herself and enjoyed selecting her own vehicle.   In all there are six vehicles to pick from:

• Sam the dog with his airplane car.
• Tinka the ladybug with her flowerly vehicle.
• Snuggles the rabbit with a car that reminds me a c bed with its cushion in it.
• Winky the owl with his dune buggy.
• Buster the mole with his vehicle.
• Camilla the duck whose vehicle is partly build for the water and partly build for the land.

Personally I prefect the ladybug but I must admit that I am biased as I adore the little creature.   On each side of the iPad, you will have controls that will allow you to drive the buggy as well as make it jump.   Every now and then roadblocks will appear as well as jump or special tracks.    You can even get some speed by grabbing special bottles during the course.

My daughter loves this game and she goes back to it quite often.    You also have the possibility of saving the races and also include the name and age of the child who played when doing so.

Available for purchase on iTunes for 1.99$.

Disclaimer: Thanks to Corusent for sending me the above mentioned product for review purposes. I was not monetarily compensated for this review. Please note that the review was not influenced by the Sponsor in any way. All opinions expressed here are only my own.

Max and Ruby–Max’s Mole Mash

Max & Ruby – Max’s Mole Mash
From Treehouse TV

About the app

Entertain your child for hours and hours with hilarious game play as they help Max mash moles before Grandma gets home. Tap the screen every time a mole appears and watch as they quickly disappear back into their holes. Mash all the moles before time runs out to win!
•Select from 8 Max & Ruby themed mole mash machines.
•Play in Arcade or Puzzle mode.
•Enjoy an unlimited number of levels to play and mash.
•Unlock a mini version of the racing game, Speedy Max.
•Collect 8 Max & Ruby Wallpapers.

My Thoughts

This app is definitively fun and addictive.      This colorful and original app will help your child to developing hands-eye coordination, reflexes as well as rapidity as he/she advance in the game.     Essentially, the child has to tap on the moles as they get out of the hole.    It will remind you of the kind of game you find at a fair to win stuff toys.

You have two modes to choose from – arcade or puzzle.   The child can also choose different levels with theme like summer, fall, winter, valentine, and more.   For the purpose of this review, I had selected the Valentine one since we were in February after all.    The background was reddish in color and you could see hearts everywhere.

The game is incremental in its difficulties and in the things to tap on.   For example, at some point you can get an item flashing red.   If you tap it, the app will deduct a certain amount of points…  Plain and simple.   The goal of the game is to be able to get as much points as possible without loosing any or missing moles/objects coming out of the holes!

This app is very entertaining and I would recommend it for parents of younger children.    Though I must admit that I had fun playing with it!    Seriously though, this app would be perfect when you are waiting at the dentist or doctor’s office, while waiting in the car or for simply having some fun time in the living room.    I personally don’t like driving around and hearing games going on so I don’t let my kids play continually.   Besides, it is well known that having exposure to computer games/apps constantly is not necessarily good.   So my kids grab books to read/look at when we are driving or we listen to podcast/music/Adventures in Odyssey/books on tapes instead.

Since my daughter, who is four years old, discovered this on our iPad, she also asked to watch some Max and Ruby episodes on Netflix but that’s another story.

The Max’s Mole Mash is available for purchase on iTunes for the price of 1.99$.

Disclaimer: Thanks to my contact at Corusent for sending me a iTunes code for the above mentioned product for review purposes. I was not monetarily compensated for this review. Please note that the review was not influenced by the Sponsor in any way. All opinions expressed here are only my own.