Edinburgh App Reviews

AA Theory Test for Car
AA Theory Test for Car
Curricular area Health & Wellbeing Star
Purpose General knowledge rating

5
Observations

Angry Birds
Curricular area Numeracy/Mathematics Star
Purpose Estimating angle and velocity rating

5
Observations Best game on ipad

B Classic Lite
Purpose Hand eye co-ordination rating

4
Observations More levels please!

Basic Math Deluxe
Basic Math Deluxe
Purpose rating

Observations Multiple choice, multiple levels plus timer.

Beatwave
Curricular area Expressive Arts Star
Purpose Music composition rating

4
Observations Really easy. Good for rhythm, awareness and listening skills

Blowfish
Curricular area Games Star
Purpose rating

4
Observations More levels please!

Brain challenge
Brain challenge
Purpose rating

Observations Very challenging which kept the gifted and talented focussed!

Brain Tuner
Purpose rating

3
Observations Had to hit right or wrong when faced with different sums. Good app but no
differentiation and very difficult to get onto next level (determined by speed not
accuracy and it had v. high expectations!) Nice to have more than just Pop Math
but this could be better.

Purpose Supports mental addition and subtraction rating

5
Observations This was great for my top group, as you have to be fast as well as accurate. It
provides a real challenge and is a great game to get those brains working in the
morning!

Brain Tuner
Purpose Numeracy rating

Observations Some iPods don't allow difficulty level to be changed. Quite easy for most pupils at
level 1 (P5)
Great way of practising number work.

Purpose rating

Observations Recreate the pattern shown. Flip a tile and all the direct neighbours are flipped too!

Purpose rating

Observations Select whether an equation is right or wrong. 20, 60 or 100 problems. Speed and
accuracy is given on completion

Purpose Brain Train rating

Observations P6 group of fast finishers-
Once the children had completed their work hey went on to use the iPods.

Brain Tuner

5
Observations

Buddhism
Curricular area RME Star
Purpose rating

5
Observations

CopyCat
Purpose Improve your memory rating

Observations Repeat the sequence of flashing buttons

Crunchy Cockroach
Crunchy Cockroach
Curricular area Language/Literacy Star
Purpose Literacy rating

Observations P5- Disappointed as it wasn't a game. Some think it is boring.

Doodle Buddy
Purpose Drawing App rating

5
Observations Not as good as the other drawing apps.

Doodle Jump
Purpose To bounce on objects to get as high as possible and get a high score rating

5
Observations Lots of children engaged, had to limit time to 5 minutes!
"It was really fun but I kept falling every 1 minute. The farrest I got was when the
blocks started changing colour."

Doodle Jump
Purpose Tilt phone to move character rating

4
Observations Really useful for pupils with fine motor control difficulties

Purpose rating

4
Observations Particularly useful that settings can be changed to increase difficulty for higher
acheivers.

Flash Maths

Observations Challenging- good
Fun but only one level (P5)

Flash Tables
Flash Tables
Purpose Practise any times tables rating

Observations Used to practise times table. Found it a bit tricky to use at first because for flash
cards you have to scroll down for the answer then scroll left for the next question.

Purpose Practice times tables rating

4
Observations "It helps me to learn my tables"

Purpose Practice times tables rating

Observations Easy to use.
Great to have options for answers.
Needs colour or sound to make more interesting.

Purpose Support learning of times tables rating

5
Observations Great visual aid for children to look at tables then practise what they have learned
with a test.

Flash Tables
Purpose rating

5
Observations Great reinforcement of times tables.


Observations Tricky using the clock but good practice. Enjoyed selecting a mixture of tables by
pressing the blue buttons then the tables required. (P5)

Purpose Practice and consolidate tables rating

Observations Group 4 maths using it as a warm up activity. They started with the practice app
then moved onto test. Very motivated and on task.

Flight Control
Purpose Observation skills, planning rating

5
Observations

Flood
Flood
Curricular area Star
Purpose rating

4
Observations

FlowMath
Purpose rating

Observations Test your skills to build math problem that matches the answer. Choose the
number and the operator and see how fast you can make it through the tables. You
can switch operators on and off , you can also include negative numbers.

Garf
Purpose Memory game rating

Observations Excercise your memory- press the buttons in the same sequence

Harbour Master
Harbour Master
Purpose To guide as many ships as possible in to the harbour and back out again rating
after refuelling without crashing!
5
Observations This ties in perfectly with the maths we have been doing on co-ordinates and
mapping centred around WW2. The pupils were told these are British ships carrying
much needed food to Britain!
Children all fully engaged- all were discussing their highest scores and trying to
beat each other.
"I think Harbour Master was great because you can use your hands"

Human Facts
Purpose rating

5
Observations

i-sentence
Purpose Construct sentences rating

5
Observations Great way of discussing whether sentences make sense or not.

iBoggle
iBoggle
Purpose Wordsearch game rating

Observations 3 minutes to make as many words as you can from the letters you see by
connecting them together. Longer words are worth more points. You can use any
letter that is touching the previous letter, but each tile can only be used once.

iJumble
Purpose Word jumble game rating

Observations Most pupils enjoyed this app

Kids Math Fun 3rd
Purpose rating

Observations Good for practising estimation.
Includes Timer.
A settings page- total problems, total minutes.
Unfortunately no preference settings for adjusting the level of task

Line Art
Line Art
Purpose Fun rating

2
Observations Children enjoyed making colourful patterns. Good for a wind-down/chill out.
"It's fun because you learn stuff, it's like energy dancing around. It looks lovely."

Purpose Drawing rating

3
Observations App kept freezing

Magic Piano
Purpose Playing known and unfamiliar tunes rating

4
Observations Would have liked internet to get more content

Make a Martian
Make a Martian
Purpose Creating different aliens rating

Observations Used for fun in children's free time (but if class had more ipods this could have
been used as a writing stimulus)

Purpose General rating

Observations P2 loved it. Appealed to their sense of humour and was actually a good way to
access colour, shape etc.

Math Bingo
Purpose Consolidate maths skills rating

Observations Children enjoyed the fact that games are timed. They began to replay games to
beat their score.

"I enjoyed this app because it's a fun way of learning your times tables" Eleanor
P5B

Math Bingo
Purpose To get 5 bingo bugs in a row by answering questions correctly rating

4
Observations Seemed to engage for short periods. Didn't like the fact there were no levels!!

"I thought that maths bingo was really good"

Math Magic
Purpose Answer simple maths questions rating

Observations Less able pupils in the class were willing to try out this game happily because it
gave four answers to choose from.

Purpose Maths activity (addition) rating

Observations Just worked with 1 group all very enthusiastic and engaged in their learning.


Observations Too easy for P5 but good for younger pupils.

Math Magic

Observations Amazing! Tricky- maybe more for P6

Mathemagics- Mental

Observations P5- found much of this too difficult

Purpose Mental maths rating

Observations Too difficult for level C maths. Might be good for end of D/Level E.

MathQuiz Kindergarten
MathQuiz Kindergarten
Purpose Addition, subtraction rating

Observations A very basic maths app. Pupils became bored with this very quickly. Too simple

Maths Quizzer
Purpose To answer maths questions correctly rating

Observations After answering one question and pressing next question it automatically jumped
back to the main menu!!


Observations One of the ipods kept going back to apps when 'next question' was pressed.
Very good game.

Maths Quizzer
Purpose Addition and subtraction rating

Observations Very basic- number within 10

Miss Spell's Class

3
Observations P5 found this quite tricky as the words were difficult. Some of the pupils couldn't
read is=r understand the words. However they all persevered with this one and
were keen to see what level they acheived.

mTable Lite
Purpose Learn the multiplication tables rating

Observations Multiple choice

Pocket Phonics
Pocket Phonics
Purpose Practise letter names, writing letters and spelling short words rating

Observations 1 child who needed to practise phonics enjoyed the opportunity to use this
application

Purpose Practising letter sounds and formation rating

Observations Good for beginning writers.
Colourful audio is clear.
Ads were a little annoying.
Needed good motor skills.

Purpose Letter formation rating

Observations Useful for a few children who don't form letters correctly


Observations P"- They liked the concept but could not fully utilise because we had no
headphones- therefore no sound- for the second word building level

Pocket Phonics
Purpose Help with letter formation rating

Observations P1 group- letter formation. They enjoyed the clapping when they were successful

Purpose Phonics rating

Observations Good for handwriting though difficult to observe whether formation is correct or not.

Pocket Story
Purpose Fun rating

2
Observations Children enjoyed listening to the story. They chose to have it read to them or read it
alone.

Pop Math
Pop Math
Purpose To match sums to their answers rating

Observations In maths pupils enjoyed practising add and subtract sums on the ipod rather than
another page of the workbook!
Enjoyed the challenge of different levels and became competitive to see which level
they could get to.

Purpose Consolidate maths skills rating

Observations Children really enjoyed progressing through the levels.
"I loved this app cause you can compete against your friends and enjoy maths at
the same time" Ruth P5A

Purpose To consolidate maths skills rating

4
Observations Children fully engaged in game, enjoyed the challenge and were keen to progress
to next level.
"It was very fun, it makes your brain tick. I would play it again.

Purpose Maths calculations from table of 2 up to 12 rating

5
Observations Fantastic application- by far my class' favourite. I loved that it can be adjusted for
different operations/tables - great consolidation of numeracy work and fab for
improving speed and sight recognition. Would have my class do this for 10 mins a
day, every day if I had resources!
(Also bright coloured and bubbles go 'pop' in a satisfying way- the class just loved
it!)

Pop Math
Purpose To practice mathematical operations rating

Observations Easy and fun to do but still challenging!
Children enjoyed it, you had to be quick and fast.

Purpose Maths lesson- activity rating

5
Observations All engaged and motivated. I was able to link this to lesson I was teaching- 8x
tables.
All worked well in groups and this made my maths lesson a lot more fun.

Purpose rating

5
Observations This really helped me when tracking fractions of numbers.
Excellent!


Observations Excellent- levels are good idea. Suits P5 at level 6 up to?

Pop Math
Purpose Quick recall of maths functions rating

Observations Group of four girls in P6 challenging one another to get the highest level. Brought
out the competitive nature.

Purpose Just adding rating

Observations Group of 6 children 1 between 2.
Sharing ideas and bursting the bubbles. Soon realised that the colour of the
bubbles was significant.

Purpose Mental maths rating

Observations Interactive. Can choose function to differentiate. Moves through levels quickly so
high level of achievement for children.

Red Button
Purpose No idea rating

0
Observations What is the point?

Sally's Salon
Sally's Salon
Purpose rating

5
Observations Lots of fun

Shanghia Mahjong
Purpose Mahjong Solitaire rating

Observations A variety of game modes

Sight Words &

Observations Reading words- not a game

Sneezies
Sneezies
Purpose rating

5
Observations Good fun. You need to plan and watch really carefully to get the best score.

Spel it rite
Purpose Choose correctly spelt word rating

Observations Audio didn't work
No level choice


Observations A bit tricky for P5

Spel it rite
Purpose Spellin rating

Observations Spell the given word which is repeated in a sentence- only 50 words in this version,
800+ in the full one.

Purpose rating

Observations Not working with audio files

Story Kit

Observations Reading- not a game

Sudoku Unlimited
Sudoku Unlimited
Purpose Logic rating

Observations 5 levels of difficulty, only a couple o pupils interested in this.

TanZen Lite

Observations Very enjoyable for P5. Trick but fun.

Times Tables
Purpose rating

Observations Multiple choice, timed quizzes, multiple levels.

Touch One Number
Touch One Number
Purpose Number sequencing rating

4
Observations An excellent warm up, switched brains on ready for the main lesson.


Observations Too easy for P5.
P4 loved this- we set up a competition for fastest time and they became so
motivated. Good fun.

Tozzle
Purpose General rating

Observations They found this very easy to use but did enjoy exploring all of the different puzzles-
Would be good for nursery.

UK Traffic Signs
UK Traffic Signs
Purpose General knowledge rating

5
Observations

Units

Observations Not really a game- conversion table.

Where's Wally?
Purpose Observation skills, patience rating

3
Observations Not for everyone, can be boring and frustrating.

Word magic
Word magic
Purpose Practising beginning/middle/end word sounds rating

Observations Group enjoyed it.
Having someone say the word helped the children work out the missing sound.

Purpose Identify missing letters in words rating

4
Observations Really helpful for less able group and good as a warm-up before teaching spelling.


Observations P2- This was a bit tricky for the SFL group but they liked the app and the graphics.
It is good that you can choose where you want the missing letters to be- either at
the start, middle or end of the word.
P4- Much more suited to the SFL group at this stage.
Liked that it seemed to get progressively more difficult
P5- Good fun but a bit too easy

Purpose Phonic development and assessment rating

Observations One to one with a learning ass. More interesting than magnet letters.

Word magic
Purpose Spelling practice rating

Observations Good for general spelling practice though difficult to differentiate as can't choose
the words and seems to jump around a lot.

World Fact Book
Curricular area Social subjects Star
Purpose Used in conjunction with world cup rating

Observations Each group had 1 ipod. They used this app to research a country in the world cup.
Easier than having the laptop, excellent app!

Purpose General/literacy rating

5
Observations

Wurdle
Wurdle
Purpose Use the letter tiles to make words as in a wordsearch rating

Observations Make as many words as you can from the letters you see by connecting them
together. Longer words are worth more points. You can use any letter that is
touching the previous letter but you cannot use the same tile more than once per
word. Tiles can be shuffled.

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