Common Sense Media Review
By Amanda Bindel
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Answer, create fun, shallow polls; beware ads, data mining.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 15+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
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Wishbone - Compare Anything
Parent and Kid Reviews
Based on 12 parent reviews
Based on 22 kid reviews
Kids say the app is entertaining and provides fun polls and a platform for social interaction, though it does have some ads and the potential for inappropriate comments or contacts, which necessitates parental supervision. While many users suggest it's suitable for ages 12 and up, some reviews indicate it may not be appropriate for younger children due to the presence of suggestive content or comments.
- fun polls
- parental supervision
- ads present
- suitable for teens
- potential inappropriate content
Summarized with AI
Summarized with AI
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Pass
Meets our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices.
Warning
Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
Fail
Does not have a privacy policy and should not be used.
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What's It About?
Which do you like better? WISHBONE wants your opinion. Teens can answer 12 new questions each day that are usually a combination of pictures, 10-second videos, and text. City or country? Spaghetti or lasagna? Which would you rather be haunted by? After answering, users can see percentages of how others answered. They also can answer community surveys, 50 questions at a time. Polls can be shared via social media, and teens can report objectionable content with a swipe. There's no topic choice and no way to skip a question. Ads interrupt the quizzes every few minutes, and users have to wait a few minutes after completing the 50 community questions before a new set becomes available. User also can create their own polls by uploading images.
Is It Any Good?
Everybody likes to share opinions, and here teens can exercise limited creativity in creating polls, but this free app does come with a price: the data collected from how users answer and frequent in-app ads. Generally, the polls are tame and appealing to kids. They reinforce mainstream cultural messages with pictures of scantily clad celebrities, judgments about fashion, and overall superficiality, but there's nothing inherently mean-spirited or degrading. To avoid more targeted data collection, teens don't have to connect through their social media profiles if they don't want to log in, which might be the best choice.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about media literacy and how to question messages. Ask kids why a company would create a free app such as this one and how it makes money from it.
Discuss how some questions portray stereotypes of attractiveness and value. For more information, read Boys, Girls, and Media Messages.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Pricing structure : Free (in-app purchases for sticker packs)
- Release date : June 25, 2015
- Genre : Social Networking
- Publisher : Sway Network
- Version : 3.0.4
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 7.0 or later; Android 4.0 and up
- Last updated : October 9, 2025
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