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Social Girl
- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Price: Free
- Category: Role Playing Games
Common Sense Media says
Dating simulation app is rude, silly, and materialistic.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Social Girl may be a free app, but there's a hefty price to be paid not only in all the in-app purchases, but also in the loss of a healthy view of what positive dating and social interactions look like for kids who play this game. Going on the "hottest dates," being in the "coolest cliques," and shopping for the "trendiest clothes" may seem like harmless fun at first glance. But the $99.99 "duffel bag" full of diamonds that players can buy is but one of many classy touches on this game. It also encourages gossip, parties, and shopping in order to be "cool enough" for your next date and to make sure that "other girls envy your life" and not the other way around. Dialogue on this game includes the crass: "Our generation is so self-centered," to the rude: "You're not cool enough to hang out with Taylor." If this app were billed as a parody, some might be able to find it funny. But if any kid or teen comes away with the idea that what this app sells is the way to becoming "cool" in real life, there's nothing funny about that message.
Is it any good?
SOCIAL GIRL's developers say that the app is "all about getting more friends, showing off your personal style, and being pampered by your boyfriend -- so do it all and unlock new features to become the most popular SOCIAL GIRL around!" But being friends just because you're considered "as cool" as the others isn't so cool; there's a very limited view here of what "personal style" entails; and being pampered by one's boyfriend involves dates that most teens could never actually afford. Most talk between the boy and girl characters happen in front of a bed. Friend relationships are all about who's "cool enough" to be in the clique -- which usually means who has the best clothes and gossips the most. Bottom line: This app is teen social life viewed from the point of its least common denominator. Teens -- and apps -- can do better than this.
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PARENTS BEWARE- $420 WORTH OF CHARGES FROM THIS APP
My 5 year old daughter and her friend asked to borrow my phone, and then asked if I would agree to download this "free" game app called Social Girl. To my shock and surprise, today I found $420 o charges (4 charges of about $99-$110 each) on my credit card statement for items such as "a duffel bag full of diamonds." coins, and other things they racked up while playing with that app. $420!!!!!!!!
THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO USES YOUR PHONE OR IPAD MAKE SURE TO CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS!!!!!!
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Kid, 11 years old
January 29, 2012
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Wait for It.....
I think this is a fun app. But really, it's very shallow. All you can do is add friends to gain "coins", then coins let you buy outfits, and if the outfit is cool enough, you can go on a date with your boyfriend. The problems are that:
- you can only go on a date every 30min.
-you can only "hang out" or "gossip" with your friends a little bit before your enery runs out (wait another half hour and it will be full again.....
I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that it takes a lot of waiting. And if you don't want to wait, you have to buy dimonds with real money just to speed things up! $100.00 later, your the most awesome girl in the universe! Whoopie.
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Mehh
My niece had it and I played it with her I didn't like it and it annoys me
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funnn
this game is really fun and i have it and i play it all the time
if u ever waiting for something play this app! :)
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Kid, 12 years old
January 29, 2012
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fun game!!!!!!!
i love this its so fun and easy to play their are 5 cliques in order :Sporty clique,hipster clique,preppy clique,rocker clique,and girly clique.I'm on the rocker clique plus you have virtual boyfriends that you can change if you want to and you can go on dates one thing that i hate is that you cant make them move
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Ehh. It's just one of those stupid teen girl games. Kinda boring in my opinion. It's trying to portray that "typical girl" who isn't anything like real girls. -_-
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WARNING!
Be warned, our daughter played this thinking it was free and it cost us a hundreds of pounds.
How can this be legal? What do you actually get for the money?
CHECK THE SETTINGS ON YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INSTANT PAYMENTS!
Crowdstar must be laughing all the way to the bank.......
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misleading for the young.
My daughter thought it was a game with 'fake money' and charged almost $400. to my debit card !!!!!
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| Category: | Role Playing Games |
| Platforms: | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad |
| Price: | Free |
| Size: | 18.20 MB |
| Publisher: | Crowdstar Inc |
| Version: | 12.05 |
| Release date: | January 13, 2012 |
| Minimum software requirements: | iOS 4.0 or later |
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