It’s okay, but could be much better – Osmo World Review

This umbrella “launcher” app works pretty well for how it was designed, but it has a bug and a fundamental flaw. The bug is that it won’t open the Word Explorers app (the paid app, not the one that came with the Genius Kit). It keeps directing me to buy the Genius Kit, which I already have installed, and my son has played at length. I should mention that the Word Explorers app open correctly from it’s own icon, so the problem is definitely this launcher app. And for what it’s worth, this launcher opens the Numbers Toybox correctly (Osmo’s other paid app). I’ll add a star once this bug has been corrected. The fundamental flaw is that there isn’t a version of this app that is compatible with Guided Access (i.e. a single app that includes all of the Osmo games). While this would have an effect on required iPad resources, it should be fine since this is the only thing these iPads are used for. Guided Access is a big deal to us because we have these iPads set up as dedicated learning stations that are out of our sight. We need to be able to just leave the iPads plugged in on their bases and open for use, and know that they aren’t being used for anything else. I’ll gladly add the other two stars once there’s a solution for those of us that need to use Guided Access.
Review by LamboMF on Osmo World.