Happy App Friday!
Become a doctor and cure cartoon patients with Pepi Doctor, free this Friday, then learn a different alphabet with Shoonya Learn Hindi for Kids. Plus, do brain training apps really work?
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Pepi Doctor
by Pepi Play
Pepi Doctor is a medicine-themed role game where children play a Doctor and cure three patients Amber, Eva and Milo. The player will explore over 20 doctors’ tools and get to cure five different diseases in their chosen sequence and at their own pace. After successfully curing each disease, the Doctor will also get an emotional reward from little patients and receive their smiles and applauds.
Shoonya Learn Hindi for Kids
by Shoonya
Newly updated. Kids can create their own avatar (with an impressive range of faces) then learn the Hindi alphabet. The app includes pronunciation, tracing letters, animated characters, and puzzles along with very good production values. It appears to be focused on learning the Hindi alphabet rather than the language, much like most ABC apps are focussed on learning English letters rather than learning English. Free to try with an in-app purchase to unlock the full alphabet.
Does “Brain Training” Work?
It works, kind of. The brain training tasks do make you better, but apparently just at the brain training puzzles themselves.
https://psychcentral.com/blog/brain-training-is-supported-by-neuroscience/
How do we get the free Pepi app? I only see the one that costs $1.99.
Hello Stephanie, it was a time sensitive price change through the app store. The app has since reverted to regular pricing.