Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Interesting mashup of shared media use a bit complicated.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
WEYV
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
To use WEYV, create an account and explore the options for music and magazines. Once your free trial ends, choose a subscription plan. Invite others to become part of your group. Each music and magazine uses a certain number of WEYV "units," which are returned to your group's account to use again when you're done. Create channels, and download magazines and music to listen to offline. Select genres or decades. Add new artists. Set the percentage of song popularity.
Is It Any Good?
While this app makes the common pastime of listening to music while reading magazines convenient, it might also make it a bit more complicated. There are a lot of good music choices on WEYV for people who enjoy all genres -- from current pop to '80s country and everything in between -- and solid but more limited reading choices. That said, the varied subscription structure and group organization adds some twists to the reading and listening mix that may be more trouble than they're worth. Sure, it can be fun to share what you're reading and listening to with others, but when you have to keep track of units and prices, it takes away some of the casual ease of something that's meant to be relaxing and generally easy.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about reading and listening to music simultaneously, which can be done using WEYV. Does your teen feel like they're able to listen to music and still comprehend everything they're reading? Why or why not? Is reading a magazine casually different from studying?
Talk about the "shared digital currency" and groups formed on the app. Does your teen like sharing his or her music and reading with others? Who? Would your teen share it with you? Why or why not?
WEYV is intended for registration by people 18 and older. If your teen uses this service, information about what they read and listen to may be collected. For more information, read Common Sense Media's Who's collecting my kid's data and what are they doing with it?
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Pricing structure : Free to try (two-week free trial, then $15/mo. for one person)
- Release date : December 5, 2017
- Genre : Entertainment
- Publisher : WEYV, Inc.
- Version : 1.0.41
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 9.0 or later; Android 4.4 and up
- Last updated : July 11, 2020
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