Collingwood Football Club - LarNoa Media

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Unofficial app for Collingwood Magpies Football Club

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No gambling content found in the levels played

This review of Collingwood Football Club was completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 9 April 2014.

About the app

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

Name of app: Collingwood Football Club
Developed by: LarNoa Media
Platform reviewed: Google Play
Cost: Free
ACCM suggested age: 4+
Gambling content advice: No gambling content found in the levels played

ACCM review

This review of Collingwood Football Club contains the following information:

The level to which the game was reviewed

Not applicable.

App description

The Unofficial Collingwood Magpies Football Club App contains a diverse range of features including all the team news, fantasy team news, scores, ladder, fixture, and team Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram page links.

Reviewers comments

This app is the unofficial Collingwood Magpies Football Club App, and is free to download with no paid sections or shop access. This app is safe for children and has a wide range of features which will be explored in detail below.

Team-Specific News: This section directs to news stories from Collingwood Magpies Telstra Media, which contains individual news stories on players with videos and a range of team-specific text based articles, such as 'A grand thing to have done'.

AFL News: This section contains non-team specific news and videos from Telstra Media such as:
'Young Hawk Hill a fledgeling no longer'.

Fantasy News: This section contains news and information relating to individual players such as injuries, bans from playing, and exemplary performances, such as 'Uneasy Ryder: Paddy out with ankle injury.

Scores: This section contains live scores from completed matches.

Fixture: This section contains the complete fixtures for every competing team.

Facebook: This section links to the team's Facebook page, with the option to either “Like” the page, or scroll through the team's recently posted information and updates.

Twitter: This section links to either the official team Twitter page, where individuals can see recent tweets by the team itself, or to the Twitter page of both the AFL Newswire, and the twitter pages of some of the team's most popular players.

Song: This section has the youtube video of the team anthem available to watch with lyrics below so that individuals can sing along.

Videos: This section links to the team-specific youtube page, where individuals can browse and watch various team-related videos.

Instagram: This section links to the team's instagram page where individuals can see recent photos and comments uploaded by the team for the public.

#gopies: This section allows individuals to send photos into the app with the hashtag of #gopies.

Overall, this is a comprehensively built unofficial team app, with a large amount of relevant information to any Collingwood Magpies supporter.

In App purchasing

No: This app has no in-app purchasing.

Online information

This app has options to connect via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – as a result, there are many methods of online communication which parents should be aware of. Parents who are concerned about this may wish to carefully monitor their child's use of this app.

Gambling

No gambling content found during the review.

Advertising and product placement

This app features banner ads across the bottom of the in-app window, but all ads are age-appropriate and non-invasive.

Gender stereotypes and sexual references

All genders are represented equally within features such as #gopies.

Coarse language

This app contains no coarse language, and appears to be closely monitored

Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents

This is an information app.

Other

N/A.

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About our colour guide

Content is age appropriate for children this age

Some content may not be appropriate for children this age. Parental guidance recommended

Content is not age appropriate for children this age

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Transmits Sensitive Data
Uses Dangerous Permissions
No Privacy Policy
No tracking found in current check

Gambling content advice

Most games contain elements of risk, chance and knowledge, that is why they are fun to play. There is growing concern about the impacts of simulated gambling games on the health and wellbeing of children. That's why we are identifying games that contain gambling elements on our site. These icons signal simulated gambling activity and where none was noted.

Simulated casino style gambling. Not suitable for minors

Contains some elements of gambling. Some content is not recommended for minors. Parental guidance recommended

No gambling content found in the levels played