Parents' Guide to

Disney Magic Timer

By Amanda Bindel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 5+

Unpredictable, brands-driven timer guides kids' brushing.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Health & Fitness
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 4+

Based on 8 parent reviews

Mejep
Mejep Adult
January 26, 2022
age 3+

Scanning characters DOESNT work

The fundamental idea of this app is good however when the scanning of characters doesn't work and your kid screams and cries morning and night as It is the same for free BB cars there and not the one we bought in the store… until they fixed this issue do not buy it!

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Too much consumerism
Darry P.
Darry P. Parent
January 2, 2018
age 2+

Bad side i have found

I love this app but i have found that after a day or two it completly erases all progress on my daughter and anything scanned gets erased
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What’s It About?

Each device can accommodate several brushers, each with a brusher account to track daily brushings and collect sticker books. Start by selecting the brusher (or creating a new brusher the first time; kids can choose which character they want for their profile picture) and then selecting the toothbrush tool. Scan the Crest or Oral-B Pro Health character product by holding the device to the product as if taking a picture of it. This works best if the product is lying flat on a surface and you hold the device about six inches from the product and slowly move closer. If the scan won't take (which seems to happen occasionally) or you don't have a character product, just hit the arrow button to skip scanning. Then kids start brushing. As they brush, an animated toothbrush moves through the quadrants of the screen (just as they should be moving through the quadrants of their mouth while they brush) revealing a new picture each brushing. The timer counts down from two minutes, showing both a digital and analog timer, and a little music plays in the background. When kids finish brushing, they earn a half a star -- half for the morning and half for the evening -- getting a full star for brushing twice in a day. They'll also earn a sticker to go in their character's sticker book. Kids can check the calendar by selecting the calendar icon to see their brushing history, or they can look through the stickers they've earned by selecting the book icon.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: (8 ):
Kids say: Not yet rated

DISNEY MAGIC TIMER does what it sets out to do: get kids excited about brushing their teeth. And it may very likely add to the sales of Crest or Pro Health character products. The timer gives kids something to focus on to make sure they're brushing according to dentists' guidelines, and the quadrants help them be sure to hit all four parts of their teeth. It's all just a bit unpredictable. Some days, the toothbrush just won't scan. When it does, it may not correctly identify the character on the brush. Three scans in a row of a Cinderella toothbrush unlocked Ariel, Rapunzel, and finally, Cinderella. Another scan unlocked Lightning McQueen from Cars. Really, that bug just adds to the excitement of "which character will I get today?" and saves parents the requests to buy additional character toothbrushes.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Make tooth brushing a part of the morning and bedtime routine so that it becomes habit.

  • In the settings, you can turn the music off or choose training mode, which sets the timer at one minute rather than two. Use the training mode with younger preschoolers, letting them brush for one minute with the timer before you go over their teeth again.

  • Play non-screen games while brushing teeth, too. Sing a song or recount the day's activities as your brush different parts of your kids' teeth.

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