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Bugs and Buttons app review: a collection of games designed for young children 2021

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Introduction

Packing a powerful punch with this 18 educational iPhone games app that employ imaginative play, Bugs and Buttons is an app that will teach your child skills such as counting, sorting, tracking, path-finding, and fine motor skills through the interactive medium of an iPhone or iPad.

Featured on the likes of Parenting.com and SmartAppsForKids.com, this games app has become hugely popular among parents and their children, making it to the best of iPhone Education category in App Store Rewind 2011.

Bugs and Buttons is available for purchase at a modest $0.99 to remove ads and yield a carefree, distraction-free experience for the user.

Is this a good games app for iPhone users? Keep reading our Bugs and Buttons app review to find out.

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Bugs and Buttons

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Interactive Gameplay

Going above and beyond the graphics and music, both of which are fantastic, Bugs and Buttons adds an extra edge by using intriguing gameplay that engages and develops your child's mind by adapting to his or her skill level, getting progressively harder with time and increased gameplay.

Each of the 18 games is available in over ten languages, providing instructions in a visual form so children who have not begun to read can also follow and partake in each activity without necessitating extra guidance from parental units.

In total, the games constitute just shy of an hour of unique, fun, and enjoyable music. This is perhaps one of the more considerate features in place for parents because while we all enjoy watching children immersed deeply in a game, it can also get really irritating if the music, often preferred on loud settings, is highly repetitive. Thanks to the developers, this is not the case with Bugs and Buttons.

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Playing Modes

There are two modes of playing: explore and play or automatically guided play, so your child can explore and play at their leisure with no competitive pressure, or use the guided play to earn the 40 achievement stamps. Instructions are all in a visual format and hide from the screen during gameplay or pop up when your child seems to be stuck and needs guidance. This system is very intuitive and comes up just at the right times to facilitate gameplay.

The games consist of fascinating bug and button-themed activities, each employing different gameplay techniques and gesture-based navigation when applicable. Your child can go from flinging bees at target flowers, to playing tic-tac-toe with a dragonfly. There are some tilt-to-steer games such as flying a butterfly through the valleys, and racing roaches across the finish lines.

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Bugs and Buttons

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Learn fundamental life skills through 18 uniquely styled games
  • Choose between two modes of play: explore and play or guided learning
  • Minimize frustration and boredom through progressive skill adaptation

Cons

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

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Final Words

I think most parents would benefit from downloading Bugs and Buttons on their iPhone or iPad to have a wide variety of games in one package that will impart some basic skills to their child that are critical for cognitive development.

It truly seems like the developers just wanted to produce an awesome set of games to engage and further the development of children rather than come up with something bright and shiny for profit purposes. Highly recommended!

Bugs and Buttons

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Neha Sinha

Neha has been writing and editing since 2010 and has been reviewing iOS apps since early 2014. She has lived in four different countries and loves having the world at her fingertips thanks to these awesome apps.