Welcome to App Friday, our weekly link exchange of family-friendly apps. Today we are featuring an app for curious young minds who love to experiment with their eyes and ears: Sound Shaker. Developed by the team at Tickle Tap Apps, this app is about as open-ended as it gets. You don’t win or lose, you just work that iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch until it becomes your own pocket orchestra. Little conductors, take note!
What is your app about? Sound Shaker is a wonderful preschool sound-making game. It’s the most popular game in the Tickle Tap Apps series, has been featured by Apple as a “What’s Hot” app, and was selected by the Children’s Technology Review for an Editor’s Choice Award. Kids love to play Sound Shaker because they can create all kinds of sounds (drums, whistles, barnyard animals for example) with simple taps. Tilting makes sounds spin and collide in whimsical combinations. Colorful graphics and surprise animations add to the fun!
Why is it special? Preschoolers enjoy Sound Shaker because there’s something new to discover with every game play—whether it’s a new sound, funny combination of sounds or different colored bouncy balls. It’s fun to fling balls around the screen and watch what happens when you tilt or shake the device. We’ve tested the game with kids who shriek with laughter each time they press a ball long enough to make Robin the bird suddenly appear—and that’s incredibly satisfying to see whether you’re a parent or a game developer (or both!). Watch a demo of Sound Shaker, and see a four-year-old immersed in Sound Shaker gameplay. It’s also the first of the Tickle Tap Apps available as a ‘universal’ app so it’s optimized to use on both the iPhone and iPad.
What’s in it for me? Here at App Friday, we love FREE. So the folks at Tickle Tap Apps have set Sound Shaker to FREE on iTunes for May 28th. To get your copy, click HERE TO DOWNLOAD. But make sure you do it by Friday, May 28th, before it goes back to regular price.
Related Apps Looking for more from Tickle Tap Apps? Try the Tickle Tap Toddler Pack (5 incredible Tickle Tap Apps bundled for just $4.99!); Still interested in Toddler Apps? Try Fish School (the latest from Duck Duck Moose); Learning to read music? Try DoReMemory (teaches young composers where notes belong on the treble and bass clef staffs).
App Friday Link Exchange Our goal at Moms With Apps is to spread the word about family-friendly apps. Do YOU have a favorite app to share? An app for toddlers, or just one your family enjoys? Please participate in our link exchange and post it down below. Include the app name in the Link Title, your email, and a URL to the app. Thanks for your participation!
