Parents' Guide to Angry Birds

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Christopher Healy By Christopher Healy , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 7+

Popular knock-down-blocks app pits birds against pigs.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 7+?

Any Positive Content?

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age 7+

Based on 19 parent reviews

Parents say this mobile app is highly addictive and appeals to kids, featuring fun gameplay with bright colors and simple physics challenges. However, the presence of inappropriate ads and technical issues, such as frequent cuts and stutters, has been a major concern for many users, leading to mixed feelings about its overall value as a children's game.

  • addictive gameplay
  • negative ad content
  • frequent technical issues
  • suitable for kids
  • educational aspects
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age 5+

Based on 101 kid reviews

Kids say this mobile app is an addictive and entertaining game suitable for all ages, especially enjoyed by younger players due to its simple mechanics and engaging characters. While it features some minor violence and in-app purchases, many users fondly recall it as a significant part of their childhood, although some mention it can become repetitive over time.

  • addictive gameplay
  • suitable for kids
  • nostalgic experience
  • minor violence
  • in-app purchases
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What's It About?

Kids drag and tap their finger on the screen to aim and launch birds out of a giant slingshot to collapse structures and destroy the pigs that are hidden on and inside them. By observing how the birds behave in flight, they'll learn how gravity and momentum affect objects of different consistencies (such as ice, wood, and rock). Players can retry a level as many times as they want without penalty, leaving them free to experiment with different strategies until they've mastered the level.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 19 ):
Kids say ( 101 ):

ANGRY BIRDS gives players the same kind of visceral, destructive joy as a console game like Boom Blox. Launching items at a stack of blocks or planks, and watching them tumble to the ground is undeniably satisfying. Of course, here, the items you're launching are birds. And the blocks you're knocking down are landing on pigs. But the cartoony graphics and tongue-in-cheek humor does make you laugh at the destruction rather than cringe at it. The game can be quite challenging, and seems to get more so with each successive update. New levels almost always seem harder than the previous ones -- and there are currently 240 levels. However, the addition of the earth-shaking Mighty Eagle is a boon to stuck and frustrated players. It also provides replay value for levels already beaten, since there are all new Mighty Eagle-specific challenges that have also been added.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Help kids build their own structures and knock them over. How can the physics principles learned in Angry Birds be applied to these real-life models?

  • Contrast the physics of this game with its sequel Angry Birds Space. How are the "floaty" physics of Angry Birds Space different?

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