I've found a number of fantastic iPad apps for my 2 year old. Our favorites at the moment are the ABC series by Peapod labs. I complete agree that it is hard to find them -- in particular because Apple doesn't have a "Kids" category -- they have "Education" and "Entertainment".
I think Famigo is a great idea -- though it would help if you had a "How old is your child?" prompt on the homepage, instead of burying it in the "Power Search" because I could care less about great apps that aren't appropriate for my kid.
I also feel like the most important thing I want to see in an app is some kind of educational experience. I'm not going to give my kid the iPad just to pacify him with a game -- I wish your site presented me with a straightforward way to filter by educational value, as opposed to "free/paid" since I'm willing to pay for an app if it is well rated and educational, but won't download a free game. I know the power search gives you a checkbox for educational, but that's not the same thing. Further -- does it count as educational just because they say so?
Some other concerns I have with Famigo:
* I can't see how to rate an app on your site.
* If I could rate, I'd like to be able to rate by the quality of educational content i.e. does this app do a good job of teaching ABCs or Counting?
* I couldn't find our favorite app "ABC Music" by searching, nor could I find "Cat in the Hat" what gives?
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I've found a number of fantastic iPad apps for my 2 year old. Our favorites at the moment are the ABC series by Peapod labs. I complete agree that it is hard to find them -- in particular because Apple doesn't have a "Kids" category -- they have "Education" and "Entertainment".
I think Famigo is a great idea -- though it would help if you had a "How old is your child?" prompt on the homepage, instead of burying it in the "Power Search" because I could care less about great apps that aren't appropriate for my kid.
I also feel like the most important thing I want to see in an app is some kind of educational experience. I'm not going to give my kid the iPad just to pacify him with a game -- I wish your site presented me with a straightforward way to filter by educational value, as opposed to "free/paid" since I'm willing to pay for an app if it is well rated and educational, but won't download a free game. I know the power search gives you a checkbox for educational, but that's not the same thing. Further -- does it count as educational just because they say so?
Some other concerns I have with Famigo:
* I can't see how to rate an app on your site.
* If I could rate, I'd like to be able to rate by the quality of educational content i.e. does this app do a good job of teaching ABCs or Counting?
* I couldn't find our favorite app "ABC Music" by searching, nor could I find "Cat in the Hat" what gives?