Review: Tinga Tinga Tales iPhone App

Setting Up Tinga Tinga Tales is a popular cbeebies programme that has always been a hit with my son.  So I was interested to hear that an app for the iphone had been released.

In Play  There are 9 mini games: MONKEY’S MANGOES – Monkey loves mangoes! Help him avoid the green mangoes and catch the ripe orange ones before they fall to the ground.
YUMMY FLIES! – Tap on the flowers to help Chameleon catch as many flies as possible to eat.
CLEVER CHAMELEON – Help Chameleon disappear by tapping on the correct pattern that matches his surroundings.
SNAPPY CROC – Crocodile is trying to spoil Hippo’s swim. Tap on his head before he disappears.
FIND LIZARD – Lizard always hides under rocks. Tap on the right rock to find him in a classic game of hide and seek.
GREEDY TORTOISE! – Guide Tortoise to his heavenly feast in the clouds, but watch out for the birds!
I’M NOT A ROCK! – Tortoise is trying to cross the land of TingaTinga, but other animals mistake him for a rock! He needs help!
ANIMAL MISMATCH – The animals are all jumbled! Slide the animal parts in place to create your favourite Tinga Tinga Tales characters.  Henry enjoyed creating some strange animals with this one.
BATH TIME! – Help Elephant wash the dusty animals clean.

There was no need to explain how anything worked and Henry was up and playing immediately.

What stopped play? Henry enjoyed the games to start with, but was less interested after playing after a while.  I think they are geared more towards the preschool audience rather than school age at least in terms of providing long term interest.  I’d recommend this for a younger child 3-4 years rather than 5-6 years.

Price and Availability It’s available from itunes for £1.49 which is good value for 9 games.