Yasa Pets Hospital
Virtual dollhouse hospital has too many ads for young kids.
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Yasa Pets Hospital
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this app.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Yasa Pets Hospital is an open-ended play experience in which kids can explore a virtual hospital full of animal characters. Though the app is free to download, there are lots of opportunities to watch video ads for more access. Grayed out sections of the hospital unlock when kids tap on a pulsating ad button. And each ad kids watch earns them a star. After six stars, they can access a different setting outside the hospital, though when they exit the setting, they need to collect stars again to return. Ads are for third-party apps and include direct access to the app store with no parent gate. These pervasive ads make Yasa Pet Hospital not appropriate for younger kids even though the game is clearly accessible for them. There are different sections of the hospital, with one of three floors dedicated to labor and delivery so expect lots of play centered on pregnancy and birth. A pharmacy includes pills and medicine of various forms, and bottles of something poisonous, that kids can make the characters swallow. Read the developer's privacy policy for details on how your (or your kids') information is collected, used, and shared and any choices you may have in the matter, and note that privacy policies and terms of service frequently change.
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What’s It About?
YASA PETS HOSPITAL is a virtual dollhouse where kids can explore, move objects around, and tell stories with the animal characters. The first floor features a reception desk, ambulance receiving area, gift shop, and cafeteria. Take the elevator to the second floor to find an x-ray room, pharmacy, medicine lab, and patient rooms. Go up again to the third floor to the labor and delivery department, which includes a surgical room, exam room, and nursery. There are lots of props and bunny and kitten characters to move around or dress up. Watch six ads to leave the hospital and go to a garden baby party with more settings and objects to play with and explore.
Is It Any Good?
This virtual hospital setting has cutesy animal characters and lots of settings and props to stimulate imaginations -- but pervasive ads interfere significantly with kids' play experience. Yasa Pet's Hospital is a standard virtual dollhouse space with lots of things for kids to explore and use in their storytelling. The emphasis here on a hospital could be a nice opportunity for parents to talk to kids about visiting doctors, especially if that's anxiety provoking. Kids also tend to really enjoy hearing about the story of their own entry into the world, and the labor and deliver setting could be a nice way to explore that together.
That said, Yasa Pets Hospital is free, but unfortunately there are lots and lots of ads. Though kids could conceivably play without tapping on any ads, that's unlikely as there's lots of grayed out content with pulsating icons inviting kids to tap an ad. The ads themselves encourage kids to engage and sometimes trick them to tap into the app store for eventual purchase. This makes Yasa Pets Hospital not appropriate for young kids.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the stories and situations kids create with Yasa Pets Hospital. What are the characters doing, saying, or thinking? Why are they visiting the hospital?
Start a discussion about going to the doctor or visiting a hospital? When is it important to see a doctor? How do doctors and hospitals help us? If kids are scared or worried about doctors or hospitals, help them tell calm, feel-good stories to work through their fears.
Encourage kids to engage in pretend play off screen too. Provide dolls, stuffed animals, animal figurines, action figures, tea sets, doctor bags, or even cardboard boxes to help inspire kids.
Talk to kids about when they were born. Were they born in a hospital? What was it like? How long were they and parents in the hospital?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Subjects: Language & Reading: storytelling
- Skills: Creativity: imagination, Emotional Development: empathy, perspective taking
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: May 2, 2019
- Category: Role-Playing Games
- Topics: Cats, Dogs, and Mice
- Publisher: Yasa Ltd.
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 8.0 or later: Android 4.1 and up
- Last updated: August 23, 2021
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