Old MacDonald

A fun interactive story app for the iPhone and iPod touch

Grade: B+ | Age rating: 2+ | Price: $1.99

Old MacDonald by Fish the Mouse Media isn’t the first version of this classic kids’ song to hit the iTunes store, but it’s the coolest and funkiest.

Created by two dads (one a kid-tech entrepreneur, one a fine artist with works in the MoMA’s permanent collection), this app really lets kids explore the story.  Touching farm animals and objects launches fun sounds and animations, and the song comes in many flavors (English, French, instrumental and self-recorded).

What’s Hot:
The illustrations are mouthwatering, and the music and sound effects are wonderful too.  Kids can work to unlock a secret scene (shhhh!) by touching every button on the farm scene, though very young kids may need a little help finding everything.

What’s Not:
You drive a tractor to get to the farm scene, and I found the controls counter-intuitive (you touch the back of the tractor to move forward, and the front to move backward).

The Bottom Line:
Big fun for little people, and very easy on the eyes.

We tested version 1.0, which is compatible with the iPhone (OS 2.2.1 or later) and the iPod touch. Developer Fish the Mouse Media. Read our disclosure policy.

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