Doodle Buddy for iPad - Paint, Draw, Scribble, Sketch - It's Addictive!
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What parents need to know
Ease of play
Violence & scariness
Sexy stuff
Language
Consumerism
Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Privacy & safety
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Doodle Buddy is a free drawing app that offers kids a lot of ways to get creative with paints, stamps, and backgrounds -- but it comes with a lot of ads. You can disable the ads by making a $0.99 in-app purchase. The app also entices kids to download other apps so as to earn "Doodle Bucks" to use within the game. Parents can turn off the ability to download other apps from within the "Settings" section of your iPad. A similar free version of this app is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch called Doodle Buddy -- Paint, Draw, Scribble, Sketch -- It's Addictive!
What kids can learn
Subjects
Math
- shapes
Arts
- drawing
Skills
Creativity
- imagination
- making new creations
Tech Skills
- digital creation
What Kids Can Learn
Doodle Buddy for iPad wasn't created with educational intent, and we don't recommend it for learning.
User reviews
Parents say
Kids say
What's it about?
Kids creating with Doodle Buddy can choose a color, as well as brush width, and just start finger-doodling on the plain screen. There are also lots of emoticon-style stamps and backgrounds to choose from, and a glitter effect. The app includes options to doodle over a photo already stored on your device, save your doodles to your device, and send doodles via email.
Is it any good?
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This app offers a lot of fun ways to draw and stamp images onto your painting, as well as choose background scenes and more. You can use more than one finger to doodle and create some pretty cool images with options like smudging and glitter. However, this free app has tons of pesky ads and constantly asks kids to download other apps so as to earn in-game "Doodle Bucks" (which can be used to buy other art supplies). Free in this case comes with a cost.
App details
| Device: | iPad |
| Price: | Free |
| Pricing structure: | Free |
| Release date: | December 1, 2010 |
| Category: | Other |
| Size: | 12.90 MB |
| Publisher: | Pinger, Inc. |
| Version: | 1.1.1 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 3.2 or later |
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creative entertainment
This was a great way to keep my child entertained while waiting for their sibling’s after-school classes to end. It did help to be watchful to avoid clicking out of the app and into ads.
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Some Issues--But Overall, Pretty Good
It is OK--I have it, but me myself I don't think it is the best you could possibly get. You can make funny faces on people, and put stamps on photos--I think it is educational because you can teach kids a bit about the color spectrum, ans so on. But I do think language COULD be an issue, I'm not saying it is--kids can draw or write inappropriate words on photos, and they don't have a moderating system to minimize it. Same with drinking and smoking--kids could take photos of something like a cigarette and draw on it, or something like that. Anyway, anyone reading this I think gets it, so have a nice day! It is worth downloading, but be careful.
What other families should know
Educational value
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
QUALITY
Fun app! You can draw anything!
Fun app, you can draw anything, with stamps, chalk, different colors, stencils, typing, ANYTHING! So much fun
