STORY CREATOR

Innovative Mobile Apps. (2017). Story Creator - Easy Story Book Maker for Kids (Versions 5.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/story-creator-easy-story-book-maker-for-kids/id545369477

Price: Free

Rubric Score: 9/22

Age suggestion and intended audience: 6+

Review: The Story Creator app allows children to create their own virtual book. There are options to include personal photos, voice recordings, text, or you can use drawing tools to create your own pictures. The user can create a book without creating an account but must have a parent create an account in order to save or share the book. The parent portal requires placing three fingers on circles that appear on the screen when the portal is accessed. The placement of the circles requires fine motor skills and helps to prevent young users from entering the parent portal. There are glitches present in the account creation portion of the app, and I was not able to create an account with any of the email addresses in my household. I received an error message that every email address I tried was already in use. The forgot password option stated that the email address entered did not have an associated account. The personalization options for the book has endless creative possibilities, but without creating an account, you are unable to save the book or share it. This app would receive a higher score if the glitches are fixed in the next update.