12-15-2011, 03:35 PM
I have a Leap Pad for a 4 year old. It's a durable enough device but if your 4 year old can take care of his/her possessions you might be better off with something else.
The "app" selection is fairly limited. I'm hoping that after this holiday season, with more units in people's hands, that will get better. There are a couple of good apps, most of them, are crap. Very limited in terms of play before you get bored. Many are educational but again they can be very one dimensional.
Also the apps are fairly expensive if you're used to the Apple app store in terms of pricing. A decent game on the LeapPad is $25. Many are $10, some are $5. On the Apple App store, the same level of quality and functionality would be $10, $1.99 and free.
My sister got her 5 year old a Leap Pad for Xmas. And had some relatives buy some games/accessories. All told, about $300 was spent. She lamented to me; "For $300 I should have just bought an iPad."
The "app" selection is fairly limited. I'm hoping that after this holiday season, with more units in people's hands, that will get better. There are a couple of good apps, most of them, are crap. Very limited in terms of play before you get bored. Many are educational but again they can be very one dimensional.
Also the apps are fairly expensive if you're used to the Apple app store in terms of pricing. A decent game on the LeapPad is $25. Many are $10, some are $5. On the Apple App store, the same level of quality and functionality would be $10, $1.99 and free.
My sister got her 5 year old a Leap Pad for Xmas. And had some relatives buy some games/accessories. All told, about $300 was spent. She lamented to me; "For $300 I should have just bought an iPad."