Images via The Lonely Beast 123As you may have noticed F loves books, and there are certainly some firm favourites on our shelves, one being The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. So when we were approached to try out The Lonely Beast 123 app for kids, we were super excited. Learning to count with his favourite beast is now a daily occurrence and he doesn't seem to tire of it, the app captures the character and style of the book, bringing the beast to life with simple yet effective interactive fun, as we help him wear coats, eat cake and water the flowers in the garden. The app has some great little touches hidden around the screen for those curious fingers to find, like turning on the lights, bounding balls and slurping lemonade while counting the stars.
F now spends ages making sure he's found each one before moving onto the next number and let's out a giggle when the Lonely Beasts relatives talk in their various accents.
The Lonely Beast 123 was created by Chris, James and Simon in their little shed at the end of The Beast's garden. Their first app, The Lonely Beast ABC, was winner of the Editor's Choice Award from the Children's Technology Review, and a finalist for the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.
It's now available as a universal app for the iPad and iPod Touch and costs €1.99. Well worth the cash for some learning fun for your little ones and even the chance of a quiet cuppa for you. Check out the promo video below to get a taste of The Beast in action.
We were given The Lonely Beast 123 for free for review purposes only.
Oh this looks great, I'm always looking for new apps for Cherry x
ReplyDeletelooks good - will have to check it out!
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ReplyDeletei would have loved something like this as a child!
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome, I used to review story apps and was always surprised how good they can be :)
ReplyDeletealways on the look out for new apps! thanks for the recommendation! x
ReplyDeleteWe have been thinking of getting a table as more and more apps sound like a lot of fun and educational and I am sure my little man would love this one
ReplyDeleteLaura x
This looks great - anything that's not the awful Peppa app where you have to chop the vegetables again and again...x
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great app - my son is a bit past it now but will definitely bear it in mind for my daughter.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fab app, my boys are too old for stuff like this now, it is FIFA and Minecraft all the way!
ReplyDeleteHa ha I love the idea of dressing the beast! He doesn't look too scary, either, which is good.
ReplyDeleteHave to admit I always prefer paper for books and pens for writing, but gadgets are the way of the future for sure.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fab - my kids adore playing these sorts of games on the iPad
ReplyDeleteThis looks great, I wish we had an ipad x
ReplyDeleteI love how many fab apps there are for children these days - it's clearly the future! x
ReplyDeleteThis looks great. Unfortunately we haven't got an ipad hopefully it'll become available for Kindle x
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great app. We don't have an iPad and I won't let the kids use my iPhone so hopefully they'll bring an android version
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely app. Always good to find new ones for my little boy.
ReplyDeleteI'm sounding really old now but it's amazing how things have moved on technically since my kids were little. Whichever way you read them, books should be an integral part of a child's life from an early age. This looks great :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great app, I'll have to tell my sister as her kids are younger than mine and it would suit them better :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks great thanks, I am always looking for new apps for the kids
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this will come out on Android too... would be handy as no Apple product in the house
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! We shall take a look at this for my little ones.
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