Parents' Guide to Talking Carl

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Entertainment
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Common Sense Media Review

By Carla Thornton , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 9+

Voice-morphing app is fun but may encourage bad behavior.

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Why Age 9+?

Any Positive Content?

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age 6+

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age 5+

Based on 9 kid reviews

 

 

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Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 2 ):
Kids say ( 9 ):

Talking Carl looks like a red toaster with golfball eyes and a mail slot for a mouth. Repeating everything he hears in a Bart Simpson voice, he yells when poked and laughs when tickled. Ignore him and he mutters discontentedly. This voice-morphing app is slick looking and very funny, but might not set the best example for kids with its poking and punching. SmackTalk, with its talking baby animals, is a better fit for preschoolers.

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