Parents' Guide to

Splish Splash Inn

By Jonathan H. Liu, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 3+

Cute counting with musical sea creatures.

App iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Education
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What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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TKM2004
TKM2004 Parent of 2-year-old
November 14, 2011
age 3+

2 Year Old Loves Splish Splash Inn

My child has been using this since she turned two - and just began to play without help last week at 27 months old. It took a while to figure out the small set of doors on the bottom right would take her back to the main screen. She loves the sounds the animals make, and is definitely picking up numbers from the app. Enjoyable entertainment for her, great for waiting at the Doctor, in a checkout lane, etc.

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Is It Any Good?

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SPLISH SLASH INN lets your child pick one of ten rooms from the screen, numbered from one to ten. Within each room is the corresponding number of some type of sea creature: seahorses, jellyfish, clown fish, and so on. As the creatures move onto the screen, a voice counts them out loud. The animals can be moved around the screen just by touching and dragging them, and they also float around when you tilt the device. In addition, each animal makes a different musical noise when they're touched. You can set the language to English, Spanish or French.

It's a very simple app without a lot of extras, but its perfect for younger kids who enjoy colorful sea animals and sounds.  The English mode includes a small child's voice in addition to the regular voice, but the Spanish and French only comes in an adult voice.

App Details

  • Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
  • Release date: September 20, 2010
  • Category: Education
  • Publisher: Shortstack
  • Version: 1.0
  • Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.1 or later
  • Last updated: August 23, 2016

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