Kids love technology, but many of them do not feel the same about chores. It is a form of work that can feel unrewarding and useless. Bringing the two together, though, may be just the trick in order to literally get things done. ChoreMonster, which has already had a presence on a few platforms, is now available for Android and Kindle Fire devices. It is a chore management app that makes chores fun for kids while bringing simplicity to parents.
ChoreMaster aims to allow parents to reward kids for completing their chores. With a reward in sight, in theory it should be easier for an individual to want to complete a task. For example, parents can reward children with things like television time, gaming time, trips, and money. Also, completing chores rewards kids within ChoreMonster by giving them tickets to the Monster Carnival. Here, they can collect the various characters of ChoreMonster. This gives the app its own kind of reward in addition to real life ones supplied by parents.
The developer says it has assisted families by completing more than 5.5 million chores since the start of 2013. Its success has not gone unnoticed as ChoreMonster has been selected to be a part of the Disney Accelerator program. This gives the developer additional resources and guidance to grow on the right path. ChoreMonster has already found success and is seemingly ready to continue doing so, ensuring kids have fun while completing chores.
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You can find out more and sign up by visiting the ChoreMonster site.
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ROBLOX is a gaming community where people create games and add then to the ever growing list of games available to play. When you play ROBLOX, you’re not getting one game, you’re getting a bunch of games in a variety of genres including FPS, adventure, puzzle, and even a couple of RPGs.
Here’s how the premise works. The app is essentially a well-done wrapper app for the ROBLOX website. Using your tablet, you can access and play each game that the community creates and releases. There are additional things you can do that require an account which is easy enough to sign up to get. With an account you get advanced sorting features, community access, and you can even begin work on your own game. In essence, you’re not getting one game when you get this app, you’re getting dozens.
ROBLOX games are all done with the same graphical style and general controls. Everything is made out of blocks similar to Minecraft. The graphics are very simple and that allows games to load quickly and play without much work from the device CPU and GPU. It’s a nice touch and in the games we tried, we had no problems entering games and playing them without lag. For most games, the controls include a joystick for movement, you can swipe on the screen almost anywhere to move the camera, and tapping on the screen allows for an action.
It isn’t without its quirks, however. Standing in front of this really cool idea is a very minimal and old school app design. There is a lot of blank white space and plain text buttons. The games themselves play well enough most of the time but you’ll need a tablet to really enjoy them. Even on the gigantic Galaxy Note 3, many game play elements were cramped over overflowing which means you’ll need a minimum of a 7″ screen to use this app to its fullest potential. There are some games that can be played on phones but you’ll definitely know when you run into games that are not for phones.
It's an awesome idea but it needs a little work.
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Big things are happening for the smallest of Android devices. Over the last month, we've seen several attempts to extend the capabilities of Android Wear, some have worked out, while others haven't fared so well. Most of the activity has come in the form of 3rd-party apps, so there hasn't been much action for dedicated modders. That is, until today. Team Win just posted its first official custom recovery for the LG G Watch (dory).
[Update: Added Gear Live (sprat)] TWRP Recovery Now Available For The LG G Watch (dory): Phenomenal Flashing Power, Itty Bitty Screen Space was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
