This app is great, but... – Monster Coloring Book Review

Ok, in general this is a pretty cool app. The art is awesome and the idea is really neat. Being able to save, share, print, etc with the images is cool. HOWEVER, there are several issues that annoying from the get go. First, the biggest thing, get rid of the stupid monster bucks and buyings monsters, patterns, brushes, etc scheme. For a kid, they just want to color. Either make the images available or not but don't confuse kids with the colors some. Earn bucks, and buy (unlock) more flow. If you want to make money, then sell additional packs of these things as in app purchases. The app needs a LOT more colors, colors need to have opacity so they can be mixed to make more shades. Same with patterns. With those I expected something more like a Microsoft office color palette, where I could pick a wavy line pattern and then have it be any color from my palette. Needs an "advanced" mode to allow older kids and adults to truly finger paint so you can put a swipe of color here and there along with the fill. Would also be nice in this mode to have the option to stay in the lines as you swipe or to bleed a little so the monsters could look more artsy. Stickers need to have opacity as well as a "blend" mode so they can be masked by other elements. For example if a monster is holding a book and I want a sticker on the book cover, the monster's hand should mask on top of the sticker and not be covered by it. Again, overall it's a great app. The art is the best part by far. Just loose the more adult purchasing flows and enhance the overly childish coloring tools and I think you'll have one of the best kid and adult apps I've seen. PS - also, think about letting kids color a picture and then e,ail it as a post card or birthday card to grandma or something. Now to mail a postcard, I'd pay 99¢ per for that feature.
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