PLAY-DOH Create ABCs App Reviews

Great app. My kids love playdoh and this app provides hours of fun. Its educational too!

The Details screen says this is a 243 megabyte app, however when installed on an iPad 1 it ballooned to 1.4 GIGAbytes and wouldnt install. I had to connect the iPad to iTunes on the computer and delete other content before it could be installed. If you have a basic i-device with only 16 gigabytes of storage be aware that this takes up more than 10% of the available storage.

My 3 year old likes to play with it, but he gets very frustrated with the letter tracing. The app forces you to make letters in a single stroke, like you would in cursive writing. A much better approach would be to split the strokes into multiple strokes, like a line and then a half circle for a D. The letter writing also forces you to draw the letter in the same direction as the example, but if you miss the opening animation that shows the path, you cant complete it. Some visual cues on the screen would be in order. As an adult I couldnt get it to recognize my letter p, and I know how to write, thank you. Refining the letter writing would definitely make me rate this higher, but its a huge problem right now.

This app is absolutely fantastic -- totally perfect for children who are learning their ABCs. I love how the app teaches the user HOW to trace the letter. So many children incorrectly write their letters. This app helps the child to repeat the activity until they trace the letter in the right way! As a bonus, the young boy I babysit for LOVED squishing the play-doh creation when he was finished. Innovative AND engaging!

Tiesz

Found myself playing on this for over an hour!!! Super creative and fun! The kids I babysit love it too and are begging their parents to buy it for them for when their "nanny" isnt around. Good price too. Lots of inventive visual effects!!! Interested to see what this company brings out next. --percy.

I am a reading teacher who works with toddlers and elementary children and this is one of the BEST apps I have seen. There are so many things that this app does right to develop the prerequisite skills needed to learn phonics and reading. Along with letter recognition, it teaches letter sound and letter formation. In the matching section, it teaches left to right progression. The multi-sensory approach to learning the letters -i.e. visual, auditory and kinesthetic - is the best way to learn and this app does better than most in that regard. Since rhyme is a critical component to phonemic awareness, I especially liked the poems they have after the child learns a letter. Funny and brilliant! The graphics are refreshing and the animation is delightful. The pace is just right and the voice is pleasing and encouraging. The creativity aspect where kids can create their own masterpieces makes this a superb app for creative development. Also, the ability for the child to save and send their creation to friends, parents and grandparents makes it a hit for everyone. There are a few drawbacks that I would like to see changed. First, it takes up too much space on my 16 GB ipad. Second, I found that although some 3 ad 4-year-olds enjoy and learn from this app, their short attention span had them skipping the poems and creation parts of the program. They mostly enjoyed writing the letters and then "squishing" the picture which youll have to understand is fine for their level and still worth buying the app. I would just like to see a "back" button on the pages (instead of just a "home" button) so they can go back to choosing a new letter. However, the entire program is very well-suited for kindergarten or advanced preschool children who will listen and engage more readily in all the fun activities. Third, while most letter formations are correct, some lowercase letters are taught to be written in one stroke which is not the preferred technique for many schools, including mine (p,g,d,b). Some kids seem to forget how to make these letters after the app demonstrates the sample letter.To make it easier for kids, I would like to see directional arrows or the letter strokes broken down into more steps. When a child makes the wrong stroke, Id like the app to say, "Go back to the top", instead of go to the "beginning" or "first dot." What a perfect time to teach directional words. All in all, I would highly recommend this app. It is very well done, and I hope with such a smart and well-developed app, it will continue to improve and make updates. Thank you for focusing on critical pre-reading skills that preschoolers and kindergartners need to know!

Crashes every time

My son received a gift card for Christmas and was very excited to download this app. Hes at the phase where he has a strong interest in learning to write and this app capitalizes on this. Hes really enjoyed it the last few days and Ive had lots of fun watching him be excited about his success. I highly recommend it As an aside, I had some minor issues with the download process and the customer service team was very responsive and extremely helpful- the day after Christmas when Im sure they had family things to attend to. That was appreciated as well.

App wont open. Tried troubleshooting still,wont open. Can someone give me my money back or fix the app please :(

The app wont even open at all. How do I get my money back?

I PAID for this APP and it wont open up plus crashes every time I click on it! I want my money back! :( I have a VERY disappointed 4 year old!

Seems like a potentially good app, but since it doesnt open, even after restart/reinstall/etc., theres no way to tell. Dont spend your money until the crash is fixed. In the meantime...hey Playdoh folks, can I get a refund?

This looks like a really app, but it doesnt open on the iPad or iPhone.

This app crashes every time it is installed just like everyone who bought it. Why isnt App Store taking it out? We want our money back

My 4 year old was so excited for this game and even saved up her money to buy it. It was a complete dud. One portion of the game requires you to trace letters by connecting the dots of play doh. This thing was so finicky that it would never approve the trace - even after I did it. All we heard was "try again" ... Over and over. My daughter got so frustrated and no longer wanted to play it after a few minutes. A complete waste of $2.99!!

Junk app. Cant believe they actually made this. My daughter almost they the iPad through the window after 2 minutes. Not user friendly at all.

Game wont even download!! What kinda scam is that?! $2.99 for a game that doesnt even finish downloading??? So sick of these apps that do this an get away with it!!!

Fun and learning at the same time! And we love the new Spring additions!! Keep them coming.

This is the second time upon downloading an update we have been unable to play this game. Its been over a month of downtime as was the last time. My four year old is very unhappy, as this was one of his favorite apps...when it works.