I'm a full-time mummy

When I received the pitch request from the developer to review this app, I immediately thought of how I can use this app with my 1.5 years old girl. I'd love to nurture her musical sense and to start her interests in music area as well. Without further ado, here goes my feedback...

* Title: Baby Musical Toys
* Price: $0.99
* Category: Games
* Released: Mar 15, 2013
* Version: 1.0.0
* Size: 11.8 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: CV. Hompimplay
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

Description from the product page:

"Babies are just taking their first journey into exploring the world of sound and color, and this is the app to aid them along in their adventure! Baby Musical Toys was specifically designed for children ages 6 months to 2 years old. At such a young age, children are not as aware of sound or color. Here come the toys to introduce your little one into this new, beautiful yet wild world.

Scientists say that picking up musical knowledge from an early age can release an interest in music that they may benefit from in the future! Baby Musical Toys is one stimulus to implant this interest. You child can have fun in this new generation of the ‘knowledge toy’, watch as they engage and have fun whilst learning. Watching their smiles and laughter and playing along with them, you’ll form a deeper bond with your baby. Enjoy some musical playtime with your sweet child when you download this great app!"

* It is engaging and interactive and I love that we can touch the objects in each page on the screen and the different musical sounds that is being played as you tapped along!

* I like that there are different musical instruments being introduced in this app as I can teach my child the different tunes and sounds made from different musical instruments.

* I also like the future possibilities of reusing this app to teach my child about different objects such as shapes, fruits, vegetables and so on.

* Maybe it's my own preferance, but I would prefer that there is a navigation button to go back to main screen/menu instead of having to swipe across the iPad screen to return to the main screen/menu.

You can purchase the "Baby Musical Toys " app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

I had earlier reviewed 2 apps under the same developer, 'The House That Went On Strike' and 'David and Goliath' and this time when the developer contacted me to request me to review their next app, of course I'm all for it! Without further ado, here goes my feedback...

* Title: House Band
* Price: $0.99
* Category: Entertainment
* Released: Mar 06, 2013
* Version: 1.2
* Size: 42.9 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Jumping Pages Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

Description from the product page:

"Conduct the characters from “The House that Went on Strike!”  Touch, interact, and create your own band by bringing the appliances from the House to musical life with sounds created by two-time Grammy winner Vernon Reid.  As the House band maestro, make irons, washers, dryers, toasters and blenders come to life using 20 original sound loops and sounds, compiling five tracks at the same time, recording your own voice and emailing musical compositions with the press of a button."

* This entertaining app is a continuation of 'The House That Went On Strike' app and it's nice to see the familiar objects and characters in this app.

* I love the interesting and catchy tunes of the various combinations of sounds you can come up with! Just switch between the family characters, the household appliances and you get different type of tunes and songs!

* A fun and entertaining app to get your child to be creative and appreciate the different type of tunes and effects it can give!

You can purchase the "House Band" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

I mentioned before that we are big fans of "Little Critter" apps and the latest app we reviewed is the "What a Bad Dream". Just in case you missed out on my 3rd pregnancy announcement, I was very interested when I saw the words "Little Critter" and "Little Brother" in the latest Oceanhouse Media's press release in my email inbox, I immediately requested for a review copy. Well, at 2.5 months preggy now, we still can't tell the gender of our baby now, but I would like to see how my kiddos react to this app. Anyway, my review as below...

* Title: Just Me and My Little Brother
* Price: $0.99
* Category: Books
* Released: March 11, 2013
* Version: 2.1
* Size: 30.0 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Oceanhouse Media, Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

Description from the product page:

"Little Critter is looking forward to all the fun things he can do with his little brother. They'll go trick-or-treating on Halloween, ride bikes, build a snowman, watch spooky shows on TV, and more. Little Critter is eager to share these exciting experiences with his brother, but he'll have to wait since his baby brother must first learn how to walk!"

* It is engaging and interactive and I love that we can also touch the objects in each page on the screen and the words pop out to tell you what it is!

* I like the storyline where it tells how Little Critter looks forward to doing lots of fun and cool activities with his little brother. As mentioned earlier, I'm currently expecting my 3rd child and although we have no idea of the baby's gender yet, I would like to instill this idea especially to my 4 years old Benjamin that having a baby brother and baby sister again is going to be fun, fun, fun all over again!

* I particularly enjoyed the page below where it shows Little Critter and his little brother sharing a bunk bed together as my hubby and I are considering getting a bunk bed to put in our room, to slowly transition Benjamin out of our bed as we are all still co-sleeping at the moment. So having a bunk bed, maybe Benjamin could sleep on top while I continue to sleep at the lower bed with Alyson and the baby then and at the same time, hubby's King size mattress right next to our bunk bed.

* One thing I don't feel comfortable with is the page below where it shows Little Critter hugging his little brother while watching spooky shows, I'm okay with the idea of spooky shows (monsters are spooky to Benjamin) but the thing that makes me uneasy is the 2 cans on the floor and the messy snacks left on the floor. Not exactly something I would want my kiddos to learn and think it is alright to be messy so as we go through this page, I reminded Benjamin that we should be clean and tidy and make sure we clean up after eating or snacking.

You can purchase the "Just Me and My Little Brother" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"