ABC Playtime - Australian Broadcasting Commission

This review of ABC Playtime was completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 30 June 2014.

About the app

This section contains details about the app provided by an ACCM Reviewer.

ACCM review

This review of ABC Playtime contains the following information:

• The level to which the game was reviewed
• App description
• Reviewers comments
• In App purchasing
• Online information
• Gambling
• Advertising and product placement
• Gender stereotypes and sexual references
• Coarse language
• Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents
• Other

The level to which the game was reviewed

Not fully reviewed yet.

App description

This App gives children the opportunity to explore routines and daily activities such as getting up, eating meals and playing.  It  draws on the idea of “Humpty’s day” using the Playschool characters from ABC television.

Reviewers comments

This App, designed for young children, draws on characters from the ABC television series Playschool. Within the App, children explore the ideas of “Humpty’s day”, from waking to going to bed. A collection of mini-games and activities are included with children prepartng for a birthday party for the character Humpty.  Activities include eating (healthy food options available), jumping on a trampoline, blowing up balloons, building with blocks, having a bath, reading a story and going to bed. This App is highly engaging with simple rewards (such as piano sounds) with instructions and praise recorded by the Playschool actors. In user testing, parents and children were particularly impressed with the Australian accents and the ability to have open-ended play and choice of activities.

Note there is also the option to view ABC playschool videos (although in user testing most children moved straight to playing the game).

In App purchasing

N/A.

Online information

N/A.

Gambling

No gambling content was found during the review.

Advertising and product placement

N/A.

Gender stereotypes and sexual references

N/A.

Coarse language

N/A.

Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents

No game playing behaviour which may be of concern for parents was found during the review.

Other

N/A.

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