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Alan Kent from A Touch of Learning has published a detailed review of FunBoard . There is a lot of really useful information in this review and a lot of the observations that Alan has made are going to influence the development of the next version which we are working on at the moment.

We had an atrocious review today on a site called AppStruck by a reviewer who clearly didn’t get the point. Atrocious in terms of it’s sentiment and in terms of its quality. You can read it here if you like, it’s pretty interesting really (but not in a good way).

Tortured Caterpillar.. or not. You be the Judge.

I suppose if you don’t know anything about child development and you don’t have an 18 month old child to hand, then some of the subtleties of this app are going to be lost on you. But that’s no excuse for actively bending the truth. For example: for those of you who know the game, you’ll know that when you touch the caterpillar, it giggles. For some reason the reviewer here interpreted the giggle as the following:

“any time you touch him, the poor caterpillar develops an expression of utmost pain or annoyance or both, eyes squinted shut, teeth braced, his body writhing beneath your finger.”

I’d say that was a tad dramatic, she didn’t provide a clip to back this up, so allow me and you can Judge for yourself:

And it looks even better on an iPhone, the video doesn’t capture the laughing movement quite right. Here’s what she had to say about the caterpillar when it moves:

“A bleating bird chirp is heard, as well – apparently mean[t] to be the winching sound of his body moving in that undulating caterpillar movement -, when you drag him around screen in some bizarre, torture display. It’s quite the turn-off.”

Hehe. A glittering career in horror fiction does await the reviewer! (more…)

Here’s a slightly clearer version of the video. The pause at the end is to demonstrate the menu hint that happens after a period of inactivity to help the child know what to do next.

FunBoard can be downloaded here: (iTunes link: http://appsfire.com/bq)

I just received this from the US!

(posted with permision) another satisfied customer of FunBoard

(iTunes link: http://appsfire.com/bq ).

Since it’s been downloaded (about a week ago) little Kai has demanded to play it everyday! sooo…cute :)

We’re now on page 3 of 219 most popular education apps! Thank you for everyone who downloaded the app and for everyone who left feedback. To be two pages from the top is just amazing! I hope your kids are really getting something out of it.

iTunes link: http://appsfire.com/bq