The question for today; Do you download apps to your iPad or your iPhone or both? Mr Tiny Shiny Apps (dev guy) raised a very interesting point. Do people download apps on their iPad for their kids to use at home or on their phone as a distraction tool in a crisis?
I only download apps on to my phone. Mainly because that iTunes account is linked to Mr M’s bank card…. oooops, cover blown now! But I have to say I definitely use them to distract the kids when I need them to be moderately still! Example being; talking to the mechanic about my MOT fails…. grrrr! Or when I’m taking my Mum for lunch so she has the (false) impression my children will sit for a civilised meal.
But I guess I should download them on to my iPad instead, and then they can actually see all the graphics and functionality. This is particularly true for the Phonics apps where Daisy really struggles to make her letter writing fit the tiny screen on my phone.
Always fancy dress day for Daisy!
So what stops me?
I don’t think about getting apps when I’m at home. Its when I’m out and its more of an impulsive purchase based on where we are or who we are with. I don’t think I have ever bought an app based on a top ten listing I’ve read….. or is that just me?
Really interested to hear your thoughts?
I rarely download an app for the kids on my iphone. My eldest is only 2 and a half but shes loved the sight and sounds of a touch screen device since she was old enough to raise her arm. Firstly im not sure if thats good for her or not, but she loves iit and we are both of the impression that it helps her development.
On the purchasing point. We both use the ipad more and its normally based around keyword searching in the search bar for words like kids, childrens, education etc. if we are out and about i dont want to wait for the app to load over what is typically a slow connection. They need it now. So for us its at home when there is some time and we will look at the top lists, read some reviews and read some of the supporting text. Hope that helps.
I only download apps at home on the iPad (I don’t have an iPhone) over WiFi. I am not usually an impulse buyer, I tend to look at review sites, news on Twitter etc to check out apps I might like to buy later. I think my children would struggle to get as much out of them on a screen the size of an iPhone, but maybe that’s because we’re used to to the luxury of the bigger screen!