Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Bell
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fun app lets Gleeks sing with perfect pitch; privacy iffy.
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Glee Karaoke
What's It About?
GLEE KARAOKE is a social-networking driven karaoke game inspired by the TV show. Kids can buy songs to sing along with the written lyrics or they can sing along, for free without lyrics, to songs in their iTunes library. Kids also have the choice of joining in with a song sung by others around the world. Kids earn stars by singing the right pitch in the songs, and they can choose to have their voice auto-tuned to help them sound like they are singing the right notes.
Is It Any Good?
Glee Karaoke lets fans share their love of the Glee TV show with other "gleeks" from around the world. Users can make recordings of themselves singing songs from the show to background music and scrolling lyrics, then upload them to Facebook. The neatest feature, though, the ability to broadcast singing sessions in real-time so that other fans from around the world can listen and even join in. The app comes with one free song, and additional songs must be purchased.
Glee Karaoke is a lot of fun, but the issues with privacy, consumerism, and iffy user content make it an app for teens or older.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Talk with your kid and define parameters for safe social networking before they play this app.
Discuss auto-tune and how some professional singers use it. Ask for your kids' thoughts on the practice.
Have some fun and sing a song or two!
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Language & Reading : presenting to others , Arts : music , singing
- Skills : Tech Skills : social media , using and applying technology
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : May 4, 2010
- Genre : Music
- Publisher : Smule
- Version : 1.0.4
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 5.0.1 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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