Mother Goose Club: Kids & Baby Video, Books, Games - StoryToys Entertainment Limited

This review of Mother Goose Club: Kids & Baby Video, Books, Games was completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 28 August 2017.

About the app

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

ACCM review

This review of Mother Goose Club: Kids & Baby Video, Books, Games 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

All categories were considered in this review.

App description

This educational app offers a large selection of short video clips, books, and games featuring the Mother Goose Club Characters Baa Baa Sheep, Little Bo Peep, Eep the Mouse, Jack B. Nimble, Mary Quite Contrary and Teddy Bear. Videos and books incorporate classic and new nursery rhymes and songs & games include puzzles, matching games, and solving patterns. The app provides entertainment, encourages interaction like singing and dancing along, and includes educational elements such as early literacy, basic mathematics, memorising and logical thinking. Subscribers can regularly download new content and save favourites.

Reviewers comments

Although the app can initially be downloaded for free, most content is locked unless either a monthly or annual plan is purchased. In order to access the whole range, users can purchase a monthly plan for $5.99 or an annual subscription for $57.99. Content is updated every month. It is not necessary to create a user account or provide any personal details. Internet connectivity is required to download contents. Contents can be saved as favourites and accessed offline.

In App purchasing

•    Users are encouraged to subscribe. A monthly plan is available for $5.99, an annual plan for $57.99.

Online information

Purchase of a subscription requires logging into an iTunes account and paying either through pre-purchased credit or credit card.

There is no connectivity to social media. 

Gambling

At the time of review, the reviewer found no simulated gambling content. If you discover simulated gambling content in this app, please contact us with the details so we can update our review.

Advertising and product placement

There is a link to the app store on the start page promoting download or purchase of related apps.

Gender stereotypes and sexual references

None of concern.

Coarse language

None.

Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents

None.

Other

None.

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