Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Wilkey Oh
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Video creation app fun to use but has real privacy concerns.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 16+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Viddy
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Viddy is both a video creation tool and a social network for sharing and watching user-generated videos. All users can browse or search public video streams, then watch, comment on, and “like” videos. To create professional-looking video clips, users add cool effects like retro or 3-D and choose a soundtrack from a set of music clips. Users can title their videos and create descriptions with hashtags for searching. Uploaded videos are public and include location information unless the user disables location services and edits privacy options.
Is It Any Good?
VIDDY is like Instagram for video. It combines cool video editing tools with the social scene of Facebook, the #hashtags and tag streams of Twitter, and the viewer commentary of YouTube. It’s easy to make professional-looking video clips and share them across multiple social networks. Encoding and uploading the 15-second videos is fast, making the creation and sharing process instantly rewarding.
It's also fun to browse the video streams to see what people share; from a view of Hong Kong Harbor to a peek inside the studios of a popular radio station, many of these brief scenes of life can be inspiring. With more moderation of videos and comments, it could be a neat creative network for teens. As it is, Viddy is still a great free app with an easy-to-use, ad-free interface.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Arts : film
- Skills : Tech Skills : digital creation , social media , using and applying technology , Communication : multiple forms of expression , Creativity : producing new content
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : May 29, 2012
- Genre : Social Networking
- Publisher : Viddy, Inc.
- Version : 1.7.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.2 or later
- Last updated : January 25, 2022
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