Parents' Guide to Applaydu family games

This set of immersive stories, games, and AR looks great and encourages family interaction -- but despite big learning claims it's more fun than educational. There's a lot going on with Applaydu family games. With no explicit explanations or instructions, play and navigation can get confusing and it's easy to lose track of what the big picture is. On the other hand, each little step has such overly explicit directions that kids don't have the chance to make their own judgments about what to do next. This creates a strange situation of too much direction in some places and not enough in others. The games touch very lightly on learning themes and often misjudge the target age, so it's quite a stretch to expect kids to learn much. And, while it's a nice idea to engage kids in creating a story to make them to protagonist, it's often quite confusing to explore the story setting with no idea about what's going on. The stories are sometimes odd, and they're completely text-based, which makes it impossible for pre-readers to play on their own.

All that said, there's lots to explore and some kids may really enjoy looking around, experimenting with the AR, taking silly selfies, and so on. And, it's nice that kids can play without ever really knowing that Applaydu family games is associated with the Kinder brand. Though if they do know, parents may want to be prepared to manage kids' expectations about buying chocolates to collect more characters. Overall, parents looking for an app to play together with their kids for some silly family fun may enjoy Applaydu family games -- but don't expect much in the way of learning, and be ready to provide lots of help.