Butterfly HD

What it is: an app teaching about butterflies and their lifecycle.

What you do with it: start by 'arranging' the lifecycle of a butterfly. Explore the available sections (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly): view diagrams, photos and related videos, read the text (or have it read out to you by the narrator). You can also take the quiz (answer questions related to the subjects, 3 levels of difficulty) to test your knowledge of the subject.

What we liked: the concept, good educational content with many small 'extras' (e.g. all photos are captioned, there are some short interesting 'facts' thrown in etc.) , simple operation.

What we didn't like: little interactivity, especially in 'diagrams' (think of the app as a more sophisticated 'viewer' for texts, photos and videos). Navigation could be more consistent. The 'quiz' activity is very simple. No narration in videos.
For younger (or poorly reading) kids this app should be considered as a 'teacher/parent tool', not an app your child will engage in by himself/herself.

Bottom line: a simple but well put together educational app with lots of interesting content.

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