Wheels on the Bus App for iPhone Review

Wheels on the Bus App for iPhone is an educational application that is designed to entertain a young child. Wheels on the Bus is a fun, interactive musical iPhone book based on the popular children’s song. It is an original production by Duck Duck Moose who is an award winning creator of children’s educational applications for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Wheels on the Bus iPhone app include fresh illustrations, creative interactions and live music. The application is designed for children of all ages.

Wheels on Bus – An Educational tool

This songbook for children and classrooms is based on “Wheels on the Bus” taken from CJ’s “FUNdamentals” recording. This animated “Sing n Read” songbook engages every child with hip music, clever and familiar lyrics and pitch perfect illustrations. Each word is highlighted in real time as CJ sings it, which helps children learn to read and recognize vocabulary.

Features of the App

• The unique Paint n Play feature allows kids to interact with the beautiful illustrations, giving them the ability to magically paint each page with their finger as the song plays.
• Encourages cognitive, language and motor development in children.
• Children can read, play and sing along.
• There are fun surprises and sounds throughout the application.
• The child is introduced to foreign languages like Spanish, French, German and Italian.
• It is designed for children as young as 18 months.
• Option for selecting certain types of instruments like Violin, Cello, Piano Trio, Duet, Kazoo and Gibberish and also learn about the sound it creates.
• There is an advantage for the ability to record your own version.

Rewards and Recognitions

Wheels on the Bus won the KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show. It has won Best Kids iPhone/iPod App of the year award from ILounge, Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award fro Excellence in Design and also the Parent’s Choice Gold Award.

The success of Wheels on the Bus iPhone application is due to the dedicated and committed work of the creators. The application has a distinct quality of its own. At just $0.99, Wheels on the Bus is such a great application that ticks all the right boxes.