Common Sense Media Review
By Jenny Bristol
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Addictive sim pushes connecting to FB, in-app purchases.
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Animal Academy
Is It Any Good?
ANIMAL ACADEMY is oddly addictive in that players will want to build more of the school, creating new classrooms and experiencing new features. But there is very little challenge to the game. It's about keeping everything going and expanding the school to make room for new things. The app is mostly a waiting game, since players have to wait for classes to finish before starting the next one. Different classes take different amounts of time to be completed. For impatient players, the waiting can be skipped by spending coins or brownie points, discouraging kids to practice delayed gratification. Also, players will eventually run into limitations if the game isn't linked to Facebook or new brownie points aren't purchased.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : September 20, 2011
- Genre : Simulation Games
- Publisher : IUGO Mobile Entertainment Inc.
- Version : 1.2.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated : June 19, 2019
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