Common Sense Media Review
By Amanda Bindel
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Evil's never been so fun with sing-and-dance-along tunes.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 8+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Disney Karaoke: Descendants
What's It About?
DISNEY KARAOKE: DESCENDANTS lets you sing along to tunes from The Descendants plus four other songs from Descendants: Wicked World. Some songs include dance moves for singers to mimic while they sing, as lyrics run along the bottom of the screen, karaoke-style. Recordings can be saved to the in-app library and shared from there, or kids can skip saving if they want. The camera can be front-facing or rear-facing so kids can record themselves or friends.
Is It Any Good?
Combining music from a much-hyped Disney movie with videos of themselves singing may be a tween's dream, and it certainly makes for sleepover fun. There's quite a bit of versatility that will keep kids entertained: adding frames, shooting from the front camera or back camera on the device, and adding dance moves. You can't see the lyrics when using the back camera, but the songs are catchy enough that kids won't need them after a listen or two. Parents might not appreciate that, even with such a pricey app, there are still in-app purchases to unlock some of the frames.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the messages in the movie and the songs. Is it OK to rebel against parents or other authority figures if what they expect of you is negative?
Ask kids which is their favorite song and why. Do you identify with the lyrics or find them interesting for other reasons?
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure : Paid (different backgrounds available for in-app purchase)
- Release date : July 30, 2015
- Genre : Entertainment
- Topics : Arts ( Music and Sing-Along )
- Publisher : Disney
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 7.0 or later
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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