Parents' Guide to Doodle Buddy for iPad - Paint, Draw, Scribble, Sketch - It's Addictive!

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Dana Anderson By Dana Anderson , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 8+

Bright, creative drawing app clouded by ads and "bucks."

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What's It About?

Kids creating with Doodle Buddy can choose a color, as well as brush width, and just start finger-doodling on the plain screen. There are also lots of emoticon-style stamps and backgrounds to choose from, and a glitter effect. The app includes options to doodle over a photo already stored on your device, save your doodles to your device, and send doodles via email.

Is It Any Good?

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This app offers a lot of fun ways to draw and stamp images onto your painting, as well as choose background scenes and more. You can use more than one finger to doodle and create some pretty cool images with options like smudging and glitter. However, this free app has tons of pesky ads and constantly asks kids to download other apps so as to earn in-game "Doodle Bucks" (which can be used to buy other art supplies). Free in this case comes with a cost.

App Details

  • Device : iPad
  • Subjects : Arts : drawing , Math : shapes
  • Skills : Tech Skills : digital creation , Creativity : imagination , making new creations
  • Pricing structure : Free
  • Release date : December 1, 2010
  • Genre : Other
  • Publisher : Pinger, Inc.
  • Version : 1.1.1
  • Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.2 or later
  • Last updated : November 11, 2020

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