Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips
By Marc Saltzman,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Reference app folds in multimedia and interactive games.
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As you might expect, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: AT YOUR FINGERTIPS contains a number of records held by individuals or groups from around the world -- but it also includes multimedia content and interactive games. Tap to open sections, such as "Fastest," "Tallest," "Most Expensive," and so on. In the "Strangest" section, for example, you'll read about and see the farthest eyeball pop and stretchiest skin (as a result, this might not be appropriate for young eyes). The interface is attractive and easy to navigate, plus the 150 photos and 20 videos are well-done. Gamers might like the three bundled challenges in this iPad app, each of which gives you an opportunity to be named in the Guinness World Records if you get the high score by May 1, 2011. In one game, you're tapping to "run" against Usain Bolt to beat his 9.58-second 100m record. Great fun, but it would've been even better if all the Guinness World Records were listed in the app instead of only a couple dozen.
App Details
- Device: iPad
- Release date: December 16, 2010
- Category: Reference
- Publisher: Guinness World Records
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.2 or later
- Last updated: August 23, 2016
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