Super Why! - A collection of educational games for Windows Phone (Hidden Gems)

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This page explains it:
http://www.wpcentral.com/hidden-gems

Thank you! I recall now, we write a review of the app etc...

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Okay, I tried the app thoroughly (at least I think so) and my little sister (7 yrs. old) helped me out unintentionally :P She loved the app although the characters were new to her as this show isn’t hosted over here. I used Lumia 520 (WP8.1) and Windows 8.1 PC to test it. My initial thoughts about the app follow below. FIRST IMPRESSION (9/10) Price It’s $2.99, not too cheap and not too costly either, considering an educational app. But in all honesty, when I saw the price I thought it ought to be a “Universal App” but later came to know it isn’t when I didn’t see the universal sign in the store. It could be a deal breaker for some I guess, please make it universal. Size Size of the app is 30mb; good, considering the amount of audio files has been used. USER INTERFACE (8/10) Starting of the game and going to the main menu takes a while. Should be faster or at least an option should  be given to skip the splashing logos. Clean and children-friendly. I loved the animation and the characters as well. I would suggest a tour for the app especially for “Sticker Book” section. A first timer may get confused how to select a sticker and where to put it (though it’s given in “How to Play” but still); I’m saying this because the kid ought to be from 3 to 6 years as the apps suggest it and it has some bugs that I’ve discussed later. The text that appear under “How To Play” are considerably small, it could be a little bigger and would go easy on eyes. Its fine for tablet and PC I guess but not for phone (not my phone at least). WORKING (7/10) The game modes work just fine, as they’re designed. But nothing is perfect and it does have some flaws (includes suggestions as well). I’ve listed them below according to the game modes. Princess Presto's Wands Up Writing: The alphabets that appear on the screen are not big enough, at least not in a 4” screen (I guess it works pretty good in a tablet or a PC though). Making those a little bigger would be perfect. In addition, the wand of the prince could be made a little better – color it bright. The background is pink and so is the wand, my sis didn’t recognize it immediately to follow where it goes. I also noticed when my sister moved over the letter, it took her several tries while she was doing it correctly, not sure why (I guess there’s a little bug there). Next, unlike the three other characters, Presto never smiles. She should, when considering the game is for children ;) Another thing is, the alphabet must be *highlighted* if the kid gives no response for some time, I found it missing. The head animates, but not rest of the body of the character. Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: The word to be filled that goes like D _ _ M isn’t bright, change it to yellow or something (just a suggestion!). I observed some lagging when moving after completion of one word to another (like, it takes around three screens, should be done in one single screen). I also noticed that Alpha pig sometimes speaks faster as compared to the other three (children of 4 or so may have a hard time recognizing the voice). Alpha pig says a word to find and quits. What if the kid wants to hear it one more time? On tapping over Alpha pig, it should repeat the question. Example: "Okay, we need all of the letter in the word Drum... Do you see the letter D?"… On tapping, it should say “Do you see the letter D?” again. Super Why's Story Save It may ask whether to go for the next round or not or at least say “Wow! You finished this level!”. It never does. I also faced some image / sentence overlapping issue with this character (I’m not sure if it’s due to my phone’s resolution size, 480x800 or not) Please see the screenshots: Image1, Image2, Image3. Wonder Red's Rhyming Time I didn’t find any bug in this level, so I guess this one is perfect. Apart from the levels, the performance of the game on the phone isn’t perfect. I mean it did crash two times. First, when coming back to main menu from a game and second, when I tried maximizing the window from the minimized status. SUGGESTION + IMPROVEMENT Sticker Book When she tapped few stickers on a picture, let’s say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… 10. Now she wanted to move the 2nd one without moving the 10th one. It’s not possible currently. Add an option to remove any sticker from the picture other than “Only 1” and “All”. Characters I noticed all the characters animate their mouth while saying / explaining mostly. Would love to see more animation throughout the body. Confirmation Suppose a kid is in between completing a game and wants to pause, there’s no such option to do that. Pressing the back key, exits to the main menu without confirmation. Yes, the confirmation, again, can be children-friendly like “Do you want to go home?” The game in its current status, won’t ask you to exit the game as well. Pressing the back key directly exits the game. Non-Uniqueness I found the game kinda repeating all the time. There could be something new in each try (that’s not practically possible but many alternative paths can be created). Music: Although I loved the background music the game plays but would definitely recommend you to put different music in different levels. At least the music in those 4 game modes shouldn’t be identical. Interaction This is definitely one thing that I’ll highly recommend. You can take advantage of the phone’s mic for voice input and interact with the player directly. I mean in this way, they can easily learn alphabets, numbers etc. Example: The app says “What letter is it?” and the player replies “E” and based on that, you can perform several other functions. Mini Games: I understand why it has just 4 games, its definitely due to the number of characters but it being an “Educational” app, I’ll suggest to add a few more. Like, recognizing colour games, Number counting games, Odd one outs etc. Cortana Integration: The app would be more fun if I could open the mini games by commanding Cortana. I wish the app suports this soon as well. ______________CONCLUSION______________ AVERAGE RATING: 8 / 10 ________________________________________ In the end, I would say it’s definitely a must-have app for children of around 7 or so. The price is justified for the brilliancy of learn-with-fun environment that the app provides. P.S: I might have gone a bit too technical than required but I wanted to give a complete review. REQUEST TO THE DEVELOPER (JUST A SUGGESTION!): Please make the app free instead of $2.99 with 2 – 3 levels, never put ads (it already doesn’t have). Make more levels and an option to buy more levels with further purchases (that can sum upto $2.99). Free apps have more visibility in the store than paid / trial ones, since even the trial ones fall under the category of paid apps. It’ll not only make the app more discoverable to the people but also much more people would actually try it out and gradually, buy it. Thanks to the developer for this amazing app! I'll edit the review in case I find more bugs.

Wow! That was a detailed and well-written review! You should work at WPCentral as an app reviewer. 

Thanks, I appreciate that !
LOL! No that would be too much of an expectation for me and read my horrible English?

Hmmmm.......ok so price is justified and u want it to be free too??? i think i miss something there

Justified with current status of the game.
I didn't suggest to make it free completely. Yeah you probably missed something there ;)

Annnd the winner for this contest is here...

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Excellent review!  Both of my boys loved Super Why but are beyond this now, otherwise it probably would have made it's way to the phone.

Thanks, I've to agree as I felt my 7 yr old sister was also smart enough to play these games ... Would love to see Super Why adding more challenging games

Congrats man for the great review makes the rest of us look massively rubbish

Thanks, I appreciate that! ......... That wasn't my intention dude, everyone's review is counted and helps the developer too ;)

Nice review ! I think it covers everything ! Great job !

Nice to see you liked it!! Yeah I tried to cover as much as I could in an hour :P

My little brother loves this show much fun will be had. Super clean layout in this one.

Looks like something my little sister would enjoy. Definitely bookmarking this for later. Posted via Windows Phone Central App

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Until I have kids of my own, this will be perfect for my nieces. Thanks!

Finally ! Downloading now and will edit

Super me think it's good game for kids, i've no idea what to like or to hate
hmm, maybe nice colors i don't know what i'm doing in my life....

ROFL

Well yeah
Nice UI and smooth
Nice cartoonish feel
Multitasking isn't great (some lag and sometimes it just exit the app)
It's available on both W8 and WP8 why not universal ?
My suggestion will be make it universal and some bug fixes 

good article

At least my little brother can be entertained in a more beneficial way now

as well as a good game

keep up the good work!

Looks slick and well layed out.

Forwarding this to my brother in law (another wp8 fan)
With two young kids.

Yeah its so awesome... My neighbours seems to like it

I'll be a dad in about a week and I am already keeping my eyes open for apps for children. 

Ha ha you wont have time for that my friend, in a few years the only app you will want it one that plays music very loud trust me

not a universal app, why?

Because they make movies lol

My daughter will love this..definitely downloading.

My 11 month old enjoys the show. I'll download it just to have something to occupy her attention with

This looks pretty great for kids!  Fun and educational seems to always be a difficult feat to achieve.  

Trying now..

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First Thought:
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A really nice game game for kids to play. Price isn't too bad considering that it is clean, simple & fun app for kids.
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What I Like:
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This is an example of a well coded beautiful game.
• I like the UI (User Interface), it's simple, beautiful and easy to use (My little brother had no problems navigating through the app).
• I like how the game itself walk kids through the game (My little brother got the hang of the game real quick).
• Gameplay is quite fun, my little brother is already addicted to it (Gonna put it in Kids Corner now).
• I like that there are 4 games in one app, so it doesn't get boring.
• Beautiful Animations & Graphics.
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What I Don't Like:
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• Well I don't know if it is just me, but it literally drinks my battery.
• It's not an Universal App.
• App sometimes crashes after opening from multitasking menu.
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Suggestions:
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• Make it an Universal App.
• Add a 'Record' or something mode where we can see how is the progress of our kid, and where did he/she made the mistake.
• Maybe you can add a few stories (that the app will narrate) that will be unlock when a kid accomplish certain task.
• Improve Multitasking.
• Add Instant resume.
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Overall Impression (8/10):
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Super Why! Is a really fun & helpful games for kids. It helps kids to learn stuff ALOT. All in all Super Why! is a nice addition to Windows Phone, price isn't bad either.

I read the title & immediately had an urge to read it in Woody Harrilson voice lol
Do you know Wwwwwhhhhhyyyy? Lol
The mask makes Super Why's had look funny lol.

It is not a universal app, have to buy separately for Phone and PC. Please look into this issue.

My sister would be interested in that

Not my type but I'll definitely try it on both WP8.1 and Windows 8.1 and leave my review as a reply to this comment later :)

Ok,used it for a while now on both WP8.1 and Windows 8.1 laptop.(Not technically me,but by my 8 year old brother :D )   What I like:- -The first look,my brother was quite excited as the game began. -The UI was simple and neat.No problems there. -The artwork is neat but the mouth movement could be a bit better.(That's my opinion,I don't think my brother noticed :p ) -Different types of games so my 8 year brother played it for almost an hour before he got bored.That's pretty good for him considering he's not into educational games/apps.He wants to play games like six-guns/PES/Fifa :p -The soundtrack used was quite good for kids. -The way the characters in the game interacted with my brother was quite good."Super You" and stuff like that.Teased my brother about that for quite a while xD -Multitasking was smooth and fluid on my laptop at least.Didn't test it on my phone though. What I don't like:- -Improve the animations a bit.Make characters have a sharper outline(My opinion,not my brother's) -It's not a universal app!The app is almost identical on both WP and Windows,why is it not universal.I don't think many people would buy it on both PC and WP.That's the biggest drawback. -A minor thing I noticed was that while the "how to play" section looked fine on my 15.6" laptop but on a 3.8" WP,the instructions font was quite small,even I had to strain my eyes a bit(Just so the developer knows,I own a 620) -The companies' names(splashscreens) were almost 3 as far as I recall.Quite much for logos which only cover a small part of the screen.Both me and my brother thought that the menu would appear after the first splash-screen but we were trolled every time :p -This last thing I don't like is probably because we are Asians.My brother found the English a bit hard for his level xD. He understood what he had to do but couldn't understand some words when the characters were praising him xD   Things I would like to see improve:- -Make it a universal app ASAP.This needs to be done. -Improve the characters' looks a bit.(My suggestion) -Increase the "How to Play" section's font on the phone.Looks fine on a laptop though. -Make one splash screen with all the companies' names.Minor suggestion.Ignorable. -Add 1 or 2 more things on the menu screen.It's quite simple right now which has it's pros and cons.Maybe adds maps/achivements/additional content. -Make the English a bit easier for Asian kids a bit please xD Minor suggestion again.Ignorable. -Add a roadmap or something as well.Could be extremely useful for the child's caretakers. Overall Rating:-8/10 A decent educational app overall,fun and neat for kids but with it's pros and cons like I mentioned above.I don't think it needs much social integration(Facebook,Twitter etc) as it's obviously intended for a younger audience.Yup,that's all,I guess.A nice app for children below 8. (y)

Its supposed to teach me ABC....But super why!

Super excited about this one! My two year old LOVES Super Why!

It's for a child, not for me

Don't tell us that you have grown up? Us adults should never grow up lol

Downloading  - Love good quality apps for young kids.. Thanks WP for not forgetting about the little critters. These apps are life saver for those long trips.

Probably a great app for my future children! Love those little animals! But its a bit slow on my 8X, no idea why.

I'll get my cousins to try it :)
Cloud raiders has me tied up for now :D

This will be great for my nephew who always want to touch my phone, and switch it to Kids Corner. Thanks for this suggestion, WPCentral!

Its a great educational app that really helps my younger sister. The graphics is designed beautifully 

Nephew will love this

This should be a good one for my nieces and nephews and the price isn't too hard to swallow. Hopefully the keep expanding it.

My son loves this cartoon. His first birthday theme was super why! For some reason he likes the dumb little pig

They are really nice for kids.....to teach them using technology is good

Always glad to see games like this come to WP; people love their games and they love games that occupy/entertain/educate their kids. I feel the cost may be prohibitive to many; it would be great to see these sold in a package.  For example, the company/dev could offer a series of games and the more you buy the cheaper they get.  $2.99 for one, $4.99 for 2, $9.99 for 5.

i don't think buying a package is availabe on windows phone not even android
i think it's only IOS

Is 2.99 really prohibitive? People won't hesitate to buy a cheap plastic toy for 2.99, but for an app it is too much? Developers need to make money somehow, and if you want quality apps you have to be willing to pay them something. For kids, you shouldn't use an add supported model, or sell their personal information (like "free" apps do). So pay for it. I think it should cost more. 

I agree about the ads; i hate kids apps that have ads.  However, if i bought every app my kids wanted i would be broke so a few low cost / free ones go a long way.  But i see and agree to your point about devs making money.

More games like this :-)

Im here only for hidden gems

Bad bad bad you will go to hell you know lol

This is fantastic, my kids love the show, and I'm sure they'll be excited about the game. My only issue is that it's not a universal app. Otherwise, this looks like a great game for kids. WP definitely could use more apps for kids like this one.

Wow, I'm old for this... but well, I gave it a try and this is my review: COOL Nice cartoons for the little ones in our family. They will learn how some words rhyme with others, write letters and some new vocabulary and spelling with this game. LESS COOL A bit repetitive after a while. There are only four games and they don't vary much. (Personal opinion:) The voice of the character are a bit smartass for my taste and I got a bit sick of them after a while. (Again, just my humble and personal opinion). SUGGESTIONS Instead of (or apart from) stickers, add levels. In my opinion (or at least me when I was little), kids find more rewarding passing levels than collectibles. Add a few more minigames or variations to the existing ones. In case that you add levels, increase difficulty as the player goes up in the rank. OVERALL Nice game to entertain kids and, of course, make them learn something while they have fun. WIth no doubts, this a nice addition to the Windows Phone and Windows 8 ecosystem :)

I will be straight forward. Posting for the competition. LOL   Well anyway, I will let my cos try it out. Nothing from me as I am not into these games.

Same here. Posting for the competition :D

I think this kind of apps plays an important role in the development of any community and OS ... It's an amazing app I really mean it...

Great app for my kids. They watch this show almost every day. It's a great learning app for the kids, just wish it was free, but at least there is a free trial.

Definitely need more games like this for both WP8 and W8.  Would also like to see the Watch Disney app for WP8 and W8 and maybe some of the Story apps from Disney.

A nice basic kid's game, but from the other comments, it looks liks it could use some improvement  

I have this app on my Surface 2 tablet, Laptop running Windows 8.1 Entrerprise, and Lumia 1520 Windows Phone. My two girls, ages 5 and 3, absolutely love playing this game, and I like it because they're learning some great stuff while having fun. Great app on all Windows platforms!

This game may be good for small kids, but this is way too childish for me. What i have noticed though it isnt a universal app which is not a good idea, it should be fixed. But it is good to see there are educational games in WP too.

I will love to play this game if I was a small kid ....

Really Nic app for education awesome

This seems like a very nice app. Clean and easy to use UI for younger children. Good job devs! Although, a suggestion. I think this app would be even better if it was universal. :)

If there was a "Play with " option these would be even better!

I will definitely give this one a try

My little sis will love it! Thank you WP Central!

Nice.... Downloaded:)

This app is perfect for kids corner. A good app that can keep kids occupied for a bit that is actually more than just a game. Teaching tools like these are helpful for the little ones.

will have my two sons test it

I have no kids or kids around me so in all honesty I won't even bother downloading it or make nice comments just to get a shot at a contest. Good for whoever really needs it I guess.

Downloaded it, to try for my niece and nephew. Nice game works great on my 8x. I played for a bit and really like that it is easy to learn. Gotta love porridge.

I love seeing the PBS stuff appear. My 3 year old little girl will love this!

Nice. Not much use for these personally, but it's good that they're there.

Great stuff. My nieces and nephews shall enjoy playing :)

Kids dont need this; they should play outside.

I like watching the show with my niece, so we should have a grand ol' time with the app!

My lil brother loves this show! Now it's a new addition to my Kid's Corner!

Uau!!!! My kid is going to love it!! It's wonderful to see a great hit from Discovery Kids channel in our WP. One more app for Kid's Corner.

Ohhh.....nice games..My brother will have a busy time with my phone today onwards..eee...

I love games like this for my children during their summer vacation. It really helps maintain their cognative ability from the school year. I have found that by using games like this one which is fun to play helps kids get back to school without the need to be eased back in after their long summer without any education. 3 months off school is a long time for a child. This game will help pass the boring summer days when Mom and Dad have to work. Thanks for the heads up WPCwntral.

With a three year old who loves super why this is awesome news, and the app is smooth to boot! Transitions are quite fluid apart from one crash when trying to open the princess game. Otherwise this is a solid app that I look forward to enjoying with my daughter!

Hmm, let's see...

I will recommend it to others…

Nice for kids... Downloaded for my little cousin

My boy with love it.

Really like this. I'm a social worker and educational game apps intrigue me.

My daughters really like this show. It might be worth the entry fee.  Always glad when there is a trial.

Great show for kids and a great app!

My students LOVED Super Why when I taught Technology Education at an elementary school. I had never heard of Super Why until I became a teacher. One day a student said: "Mr. Harris, can we play Super Why???" I was like "Super what????". He said: "No! Super WHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!" Lol.   It is great to see SW on Windows Phone.   Now.....if only we could get a WP app for Education City....(I used to use my Nokia N900 and the powerful MicroB web browser to play online games with my students as I walked around the class). Loved that Stig icon. I used to say "Click on the icon with the CrrrraaAAAAAAZZZZZZzzyyyYYYYyyyyYYY HAIR!!!!!" Good times.

I don't have children so this app really doesn't appeal to me, but it looks like quality development.

I personally really appreciate thus for my kids. They are always using my phone for games and here is something educational. I wish they also had levels for older kids.

Simple and yet very much likeable

This game is great for the kids. It's a mixture of fun and some lessons.

Nicely crafted game for Kids. My small brother loves it, though.

A little bit out of my age, but its great that there are apps like this, it gives schools another incentive to mass buy windows ecosystem products.

My daughter like it.

My 2 year old niece is still a little too young for this, but it looks like it will be good for the age intended. I don't believe the cost is warranted though, there are better free learning apps, ie. the ones by KidZone Studios.

Looks to be the same price and quality as the iOS version! This is always a bonus.  I wonder why it isn't a "universal".  Could it be licensing and they don't want to charge $6 for it?

Nice... my youngest child used to like this show. I'll be checking it out. Great. Now I have the themesong in my head.  GAH!

Definitely not my type but it's nice to see you guys are covering the spectrum. Any music 'Hidden Gems' would be appreciated! :)

Awesome, my son loves SuperWhy.....and there's not many educational games that develop speech, and language, and reading that are actually any good.

Very cool collection for Kids!

The layout is very clean

Simple game. Good for learning.

This app looks good for small kids and a well balance between education and entertainment which the kids will definitely love....!!! Nice work by WPC for finding such useful app.

Learn more!

I'm still too young to raise kids. :P But I believe that games are a good way to teach kids new things. They don't feel like they are learning and are more motivated this way.

Looks like a really entertaining app (for a kid, that is). It's great to see so many more educational apps for kids nowadays. Kids have really found technology like second nature, and it's clear that educational apps are essential to a store's ecosystem. This app has great visuals, easy controls, and an overall great mood/vibe for children. Kudos to the developer(s)!

This app is not an application that I would like buy , but I don't have children.

My daughter loved Super Why when she was younger. Excellent show and nice to see an app for WP!

Oh, yes it is nice to see apps for WP❕❕

Fun little app, the graphics are basic, but still an interesting addition if you have small kids. The sticker game is a nice touch that should keep the learning more fun with little breaks. Overall not bad, worth $2.99 that depends, but give the trial a try and decide then.    

My son loves Super Why! Downloading now!

Well 25 years ago it would be perfect for me, but now hmmm.

still don't have a kid, but this application will be in my list and it's sure going to make my future child feel happy. Thanks a lot

Downloading..although I'm not a kid :P my neighbours little son woud love it...Will ask for his review too and will post back :)

Its a fun, very clean and nice app.

My nephews loves the program and the game!

This seems great for kids. I think if they dipped into elementary language learning it could be even better. 

Nice app to learn new things and revise old ones especially for small children

Looks like a pretty neat game for kids. I'm sure kids of age 3-4 or 5 will enjoy this game a lot. :)
I like how it develops skills like reading, writing and listening. The music, the background is perfect for kids. If I had a cousin that old, pretty sure would add it to kids corner ;)
Even if you make a mistake in the story mode I liked how they still made humpty dumpty sit on a lizard, kids will have a laugh at that for sure an enjoy this game thoroughly.
Even in the sticker section where you can learn and make the kids test their memory by making them add stickers to the location at which they saw them..Or just place randomly and have fun.
It's definitely a good game no doubt, but adding a point system or even better a star system 3/3 for all right answers and stuff like that makes kid very happy. Remember in our time getting a star in notebook meant a great deal, so just something that can be added. :)
All four games were cool enough great for kids.
Would definitely recommend it to my relatives with kids about the age of 3-5.
Nice job done by developer.

For some strange reason the Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing fell in love with my little sister, so much.  I will see me in the obligation to buy a 520 Lumia for mi little sister and let my 920 for me :D

Actually, the discovery of this app is exactly what my son needs. He's going into kindergarten and happens to watch some Super Why, so the combination my help prep him for his upcoming academic rigors!

A very nice game for Kids.
Graphics are cool and UI is good too.Easy to learn and use.
If I assume myself as a small kid then it is an excellent educational and fun app.
Suggestion :
Make it Universal app.

Seems like a cool addition to the kids cornor but not much more.

What is recommended age?

I'll keep this game in mind when my brother's kids visit.

Time for going back to school... Let me learn Alphabets again, then I will write a review for this app... But I'm not sure if I would be able to learn Alpabets and Words by the time hidden gems contest is over.. :p

my cousin who i converted to windows phone has a couple young ones.  i'll let him know about this game, i'm sure he'll love how it keeps them busy and teaches them something at the same time

My daughter is a bit young for this as she is not quite yet two but I think she'll like it when she is older. There are a few areas where it could use a bit of improvement though. As a side note this is on a 520.
1) It might be a nice idea on Super Why's Story Saver to have a complete story versus a page from various stories. A younger child might not notice but I know that by age four I would definitely have had a problem with it. It assumes too much that the child knows something of the fairytale in question.
2) The background music could use a setting in between muted and loud as the voices of the characters are constantly fighting with the background music.
3) In the Princess Presto game, the wand doesn't always follow your finger and I found myself having to go over the letters multiple times for the game to acknowledge that I was tracing it.
4). A very small nitpick is that the lip movements of the characters are incredibly sluggish. I don't expect them to be in sync but they actually look a bit creepy when the character is talking and their mouths move as slowly as they do.
5) The font on the how to play section is way too small. If you mean for this to be included for parents you want to remember that our eyes are not quite as young as they used to be.
6) . One more thing, it would be wonderful if we could import pictures of our kids into the app and give them the ability to use the stickers to play dress-up.
That's all I can think of right now that would improve the app, otherwise it's quite solid. As others have pointed out, it would be nice if it were universal.

$3 ... Isn't that a bit steep...? Not even universal... Won't download.

Looks neat, but they should really try to localize it more often. All the cool stuff is in English only which my kid doesn't speak yet.

We need good kids games. Nice to see this!

Good lord, my son just loves it...i can just forget about my phone if I install it

Well from me,
This game is a great one for Kids. First I faced some crashes but overall they were fixed in the latest update. The gameplay also gives some knowledge about literature so for kids..+1

My 3 year old son loves super why, this app is way better then letting him play angry birds when he plays on my phone. as many others have said, I would love to see this be a universal app.

My daughter likes really likes super why. Is this a universal windows app or is it required to buy twice? Oh I see someone asked this question. That's too bad.

Impressive looking game, although probably a bit beyond our young kids. It's be useful in reviews and game info to suggest approx age for players!

I have the game for my sister she loves it.

This looks great. I like SuperWhy for children. I would prefer this on my Surface vs. my phone but I will check it out

No need for me , but ,I am gonna suggest this app to my uncle hope his kids find this useful

Seems like a really good app.. Downloaded the app for my cousin.. He really likes the app!! It is both educational as well as provides entertainment for the young ones! At least this will keep them away from all those stupid games.. Thank you dev!! A really needed app :D

Nice app...great UI.
BUT..there is no option to turnoff the background music. Sometimes its a little difficult to understand/listen the instruction and the characters talking. Just give an option in the next update..otherwise a great app. 

If only this app came out a couple of years ago when my son was first learning his letters and words, this would have been perfect for him. He was a big Super Why fan. Unfortunately he is a bit too old for this app, but it looks to be a very good fit with the show.

Great game for kids, but I don't have kids haha. I like how it has a variety of games all in one. Hopefully in the future these could expand. Also, it would be a lot better to have the app free with in-app purchases. I believe it to be the best selling model. Overall solid for younger kids, keep up the good work!

My niece uses this app, it is a delightful app for childeren. They love it! Thank you for making such apps and supporting the platform!

First off, the app works smoothly on my L520 8.1. No lags or jitters. Not familiar with the characters, being from the UK, but the graphics are bright & colorful and there's plenty of audio which helps keep the kids interested in the games. Comes at a price, but happily comes with option of a trial.

Is that a 925 in the picture? That phone looks so slick in black...

My nieces and nephews love this app on my Lumia 1520. Thanks for posting about it. They watch the show all the time and it's great that this app is available on Windows Phone devices.

With a little one on the way it won't be long before a wonderific app like this will be helpful. I demoed it and like that the play all keeps on going. The animations are nice and the colors are good. The voice transitions are a little amusing (as an adult). They're fine for a young kid though. Thanks for developing this app. It's of high quality.

Seems like a nice app, but why not make it free?

At first my cousin is always on my fone playing this game however after a while she started looking for other games on my fone cuz the game is slow and kids love to keep tapping on the screen and love colorful games, she loves subway surf even though she's not that gud. I think she likes the vibrant colors and the sound etc. She's four .

I really like the look and feel, although it's a kids game, I think it could be a lot of fun for them.
But I would like some more games as a kid!
Btw.: Some delays and stutters have to be fixed ;)

Very colourful! I'm sure kids will love it and the familiarity of the characters fom the big(ger) screen on the small screen! Nothing like what I had back in my day!

Pretty cool app from PBS :-) My little one is only 4 months but when he gets older this should be right up his alley.

My little cousin loved it! 

Nice and colourful which is good. I feel like the text in the 'how to play' section is too small on the phone version (Lumia 625) and could do with being bigger. Or alternatively, have each game you press start with the rules in either text or tutorial format as a preface for each game instead of just jumping into each.

You guys should see the apps, "Lightbox Pro" or "Lightbox Free." They rock.
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I'm passing on my original Surface RT to my nephew who is learning to read.  I'll load this one up an the tablet before giving it to him!

"son, do you know where the humpty dumpty sat on?" "Hmmm ummm ummm ummmm no dad." "now take your lumia, and download this!"

Hmm... No guinea pigs around me to test it on...so i guess i'll just leave this comment here & move on. However, my conscience won't let me do that, so here's the only thing I found that probably needs some looking into - To purchase it on either & being able to play over both.

See Games like this would be great if they had a Universal version instead of making you pay twice for the app.  

A very good and informative games for the younger ones!

This is a great game to have in kid's corner.

This is something which the platform was missing. Let's hope more games will follow so Windows tablets can be used more in the classrooms.

I didn't see a hidden gem yesterday? Did I miss it?

Pretty nice, colorful, with nice voices and animations that certainly will be attractive for most children. My nephew will certainly love it and he will have a good distraction with this game. I just think there are some occasions in that the spelling of the required letters is too low and it is hard to understand which letter it is asking for. Also, maybe it would be better to change the font to something more fun than this "century gothic"-like font.
Everything else is very nicely done.

If these games are as good as they say, i wouldn't be downloading them, my nephew will finally murder my phone. I have about two games installed for him and he cries down the roof if I don't let him play them whenever he likes. No need to add fuel to the fire

Those kids app may look simple, but as every parent knows it's really difficult to keep a kid attention for more than a few minutes. I believe this app hit the target, and provides a fun and engaging learning experience for little kids. I feel that the first story (the one where the player needs to complete a phrase) would have been better if it followed a narration through various slides. As it is it feels a little disconnected and dry, and even if it presents a lot of traditional fables, it only does so in slices, leaving the kid wondering about the background story.

yeah one more app to put technology in your child's hands. parents already babysitting their kids with way too much access to phones and tablets

Great for anyone with kidies, I myself don't have any but will recommend it to my friends that do :)

Can't wait to have my little girl give it a whirl! I love finding these little educational games for her!

Had a look and played it for a while with my 5yr old son. I have downloaded a few of these types of games, but he always tends to drift back to the typical type of game, and there is very little time spent on them. This time, I decided to sit with him and go through it with him, so he may have a go when it hits kid's corner. Loaded quickly enough, and looks nice and colourful. We started by looking at the first character. I think that a play through with an adult is essential for the younger ones. The way it works is to read the line to you, which is good, but I would like it to indicate which word, possibly by filling it with colour as it is spoken, or have an indicator above or below the word. Also, the font, I found it to be just a little small and the fonts were proportional fonts. This meant that the words were tricky to read. A couple of times, my son sounded out the letters, but missed one as it was difficult to pick out. For example carrot, the first "r" and the preceding "a" merged in to one. Milkshake too, the "ilk" bit almost becomes one. I was using my 920, so not a tiny screen, but a different font would help. Phone did warm up quite quickly too, so I imagine that it is loving the battery. It is a keeper though, I have added it to Kid's Corner, so I am hoping he will try it again. One final thing that this and all these could do with is some kind of feedback for parents. Even a simple email would suffice. Perhaps MS may consider some kind of function for devs to use. Nice game.

It didn't seemed fair that I review this app, so I put my 3 years old nephew to play this, he like it, everything is colorful and intuitive (some words are very small, but overall is ok) For my adult taste the background would be more striking without all those effects and gradients, maybe more textures would be fine, also the background music was annoying for me, but apparently not for my nephew. Also you should put this in markets outside US, (I had to do some tricks to download this app in México), it could be very educational for kids who speak other languages, learn english with this app

That looks exciting

i downloaded this for the next time my cousin is over.  i dont have much use for it myself, but from what i have seen it seems good.  i guess i will have to wait until my cousin plays it to see what a child thinkgs about it.

Had a few minutes to play around with it, myself. I started Story Time and game 2 has a word mispelled - parrat should be parrot.

I won't download this as I don't have anyone this age in my house, and I no longer have a need for it. However, the premise looks good, and educationally seems to fit with some of the Common Core Standards the US is implementing. As others have said, I hope the game can keep their attention long enough, and that is has enough replayability to keep them coming back. That's always been the issue with educational games.

This can be of great help to my autistic 4 y/o daughter but.. - UI is too sparce and non-intuitive for kids. Add buttons. - Adds more language options... mainly Spanish - Can they add subtitles when any of the characters is talking ? - Price is a big negative too high being a non-universal app.

Looks like a good app but 10-15 years too late for my daughter.

Great app; certainly one of the better educational titles on the Windows Phone app store.

This will be good when my daughter gets a little older   p.s.: it's my birthday, so you should pick me as a winner! xD

My kids love it. It is good for learning English (I am from Germany).

This is great for my two youngsters! Love it when the platform gets kid fun games as well as popular apps

Keep em' coming!

Nice review by the by.

Not my kind of app ;p but it looks good for younger ages. It's good app devs focus on that age too!

It's awesome that these type of educational games are available on WP for our mini me's. Visually the app looks good. The games will certainly keep the young ones busy. It's a good app. It's also great that it has multiple games and not just one. Keep 'em coming.

I really like how intuitive this game is. I am always on the lookout for games that my daughter will enjoy and that are easy to navigate. She loves super why already, so this app was a slam dunk, but it seems really well made, so thumbs up from me, and from her.

Man, some of these readers really go through the trouble of reviewing these apps and games and post extensive stuff! Bravo!

Great game for younger people. I suppose it could help them learn and get them off your case for a while. If I had younger siblings of the correct age, I'm sure they would like it

It's nice. Like it for my son. Even if he is from Denmark and only six years old, he's already using the English basics apps on the iPad. This one will be a great addition.
Is disagree with the need for a "performance" section for the parents though. I can see the idea, but I prefer to sit next to him (sometimes) when he plays. It's a very quick way to see how he is doing.

My little brother loves this app! It has everything an infant could want. I really advise you to try it, parents out there :).

Any apps are good apps when it comes to Windows Phone and educational games somewhat more so, well done and thanks on behalf of my nephew dear devs :)

At last my phone in my hands after a long time with my brother.
its a very addicting game for toddlers.!!
It should've been a universal app. Then it would've been easy to play whenever required on pc or mobile. And yeah improve the resuming time between switching apps on phone.
The UI is so good and easy to surf through. considering the price and the features it is a very good and handy app for your toddlers to enjoy with and learn. Try increasing the animations more.
Overall 8.5/10

Love that WP is getting more kid friendly apps.  I'd buy it in a second if it was a universal app.  As it is, I'm not sure if I want to get it on my phone or tablet but do know that I don't want to buy it twice.  

I've liked most of the toddler games presented on this site, but I refuse to support a show where they "fix" the books by changing them. Those stories have lessons, and it's not that you can change the book to suit your needs. I am not a conspiracy nut by any means, but I refuse to support anything that has the capability to change books or stories with out your knowing, or encouranging said actions in the young. There are other great ways to learn about reading and words, but changing stories to suit YOUR need is not one of them. Sorry for the rant, it is just very important to me.

As usual, apps aimed at kids are limited in that English suddenly won't do as a catch-all language. Too bad, 'cause it does look neat...

I think the game is amazing for little children they can deffinitely learn from this. The pictures look great and i think kids can play this for quite a time
but the points you may want to improve might be:
- The mouth animations are very bad (altough the children might not notice but maybe they do and then it might be bad for learning mouth recognition)
- Some letters and words sound very cut off when they are spelled or pronounced, it doenst sound like a sentace.
- Some more options in the sticker book, at least the ability to move a sticker and to remove a sticker of your choosing not only the last one.
I think that's it (and of course make it an universal app!)

Surely a hidden gem. My little one will be thrilled to see this in Kid's Corner.

If only this app had been out about 8 years ago, it would have been great timing. For some reason my daughter adored this show when she was younger (and still has fond memories of it now, though it wasn't watched too often). Perhaps for the youngest in a couple of years.... The show itself was entertaining for an educational show aimed at kids and I imagine the app would be equally entertaining.

Thanks! I think my daughter will like this.

This is actually pretty nicely done :) It reminds me of a game I played when I was really little... "Pixeline". 
Much better for kids to play, than Angry Birds and other "mindless" games :)

cute graphics

Not sure how long kids are going to play this game, but it is a nice 'tool' to make them learn and be rewarded for it in-game (with stickers). It gives them the knowledge of "If I do something good, I get rewarded". For me, the game modes were pretty dull, but then again, this app is not based for those at my age. I might hand it over to my nephew, but then again, he does not understand English (he is two years old, and English is not his primary language. Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt had a bug where it wouldn't show the letters at the end of each road, but if you clicked where it was supposed to be, it registered the letter. I can't give it a rating, because I don't know how it would suit younger children, but I think the price for the game is too high. 0.99$ would fit better in my opinion.

Might have to buy this one my kid loves superwhy

Not for me, but hey, if we can stop some of those children playing flappy bird and actually get them learning something then I have no problem with this.

It's better on Windows 8 than it is on Windows Phone.  There is just a little too much on screen for my little ones to use comfortably on my phone.  They were able to get a lot more out of it on the Surface.

 Good for  KIDS

Can you elaborate please?

After a while playing this game,
I like:
- Education in games is always a good idea.
- Nice UI (for kids, maybe).
- Nice and cute graphics (for kids, not for me lol).
- Quite interesting mini games, GAMES, not GAME. Those keep your kids busy and not bored.
- Characters are well voiced.
- Games are simple and well-guided, making kids easily get used to.
I don't like:
- The price tag (actually, it is not very expensive, but not cheap either - for a game-for-kids - which they will quickly get fed up with).
- I'm not kid, and I don't have kids, yet. lol. That's all, not many things to be disliked in this game. Good piece of work.

My review is positive, but I'm not interested in this game though. I'm older than a kid and younger than an adult, so this game is no use for me...

I guess its good to have 4 games covering basic school skills interrelated in the app

I guess I need to start getting into games more...

kinda clever to use motivation with the sticker packs for completing goals

my 3.5 year old son loves this game. He doesn't get the chance to play it much as I'm not keen on handing my Icon over very often to his not-very-careful fingers. But when he does get my phone it's his favorite app in the Kids Corner. He watches Super Why on PBS and is a big fan. I like that it teaches sight reading, letters, rhyming. I wish PBS would bring more apps to WP. We like them all on the iPad.

This app looks like a good change to some of the other mobile game apps out there, I'd like too see more of these for the kids.

This is great.  We need more edu-games, iOS and Android have some great titles and seem to keep my kids interest more than any offerings on MS right now.

Ugh not looking forward to my 6 week old girl growing up and wanting to play these games on my phone / tablet.

I had screen responsiveness issues on my Lumia 1020. Couldn't spell H for the princess but I did much better for Lickety Pig and he said I was AMAZING. Well, I hope so at my age! Anyway, this is a sweet game and reminds me of Reader Rabbit years ago. I'd buy it if I had young kids but mine are hoping for something more like F-18 Carrier Landing.

This looks like a great app. Kid friendly ++.

Nice graphics and animations. A solid simple concept that kids will love and learn from. My nephew really liked the app. Price is realistic for an app of this quality. Would certainly recommend to anyone with kids looking for an app to occupy their kids but be useful by educating them at the same time.

Nice little app for me and my 18 month old girl to sit down and play. Nice and simple and for her to be able to keep engaged and learn to press certain areas of the screen when prompted. Couple of crashes (app just exited) but other than that a good experience. Cant say about the app on win8 as don't have it on win7 but from what I used was worth the money. Regards

Perfect for my 4 year old, she is just at the right time to be learning the alphabet etc. This is off course even better because it will stop my wife complaining about our daughter playing games on my phone... Now it's educational!

Well, my nephew loves it, altough he is 9 months old, he is smiling like crazy, and we are all happy.

i still prefer parent/child activities to apps that children use themselves for this type of learning

In addition she is now off for the summer (as of this Friday) and I think an app like this will keep my daughter learning through the long wet cool summer (I'm in Ireland)...

My litle girl likes this one !!!

I wish I'd known about this one sooner. My daughter loved Super Why years ago, and this would have been a great game for her to play to assist with her learning.    Oh well. I do have a younger niece though...

Not challeging enough for my baby sis. She's five soon six.

Will try that out with my nephew this weekend. Looks fun for kids, though not really my type.

My daughter enjoys this show and it is a fun way for them to learn. If you have a small child I couldn't see why not trying it could be a nice addition to kids corner.

Now my twins will be fighting over my phone.. Well maybe when they get a little older!

I gave this to my 5 year old nephew to review. He said "This is way better than kindergarten!"

Good that it is also available on W8. Sometimes kids need bigger screen for this:

Nice, simple game with useful skills for the children. The animation and characters are pretty nice, making this app very visual appealing for children. Overall, this app is one useful app to have for your children.

My daughter loves the show. Downloading now and will try it with her tonight...

I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team

Very clean layout. It's good to have a wide array of children's apps. Maybe this can propel Windows Phone 8.1 OS forward.

Good games for kids..

nice educational games that will keep my little one occpied but the one big problem iis not being able to disable the back, windows key and search. My little one has a tendency to hit the hardwatre buttons and get kicked out the game. Besides that this app is a winner.    

Love how kids corner keeps getting better for entertaining my grandson!!

This app is everything! It houses some of the nicest graphics, and is so smooth! It's a simple concept but dont let that fool you into thinking that your kids wont learn from it! My friends son thought it was pretty cool! And if the kids love it, I'm all for it! The price is pretty resonable! The only con is that it's no performance update as in a progress report ! Other than that its great!!

I think this one is actually a hidden gem. I have a 2 year old PBS addict and I'm super excited to find SuperWhy on Windows Phone. It really does make learning basic literacy skills fun. This is one I need to get!

Damn!

Looks great for my daughters age group, but my daughter absolutely despises this show and will cry until I change the channel.

I thought of why this game is in the hidden gems category as this is after all a small kid game. But, as it is in the category of hidden gems, I thought there would be something special about this, and i Downloaded it. I was just opening the game, and at the time, my bro saw thegame. He was just amazed by it. He told me that he loved this game a lot and he kept on playing.  I thought if this game is really that good? So, I too tried the game. As it is a Kid's game, it didnt really impress me much. When I changed my attitude to a kid, and played it as a small kid attitude, I too liked it very much. I was really impressed by its colorful games, which would surely attract a kid. All the games are educational, and suit for the smaller children to enhance their knowledge in an easier and funny learning process. A good game that would be surely liked by many children. There is no doubt in it. Understanding now if WPCentral is also posting the apps related to kids, to make them avid readers of WPCentral from their very child-hood. Good Idea! Keep Up WPCentral..!

Looks like fun app for they kids

I love this app!  I'd like to see progress reports integrated, but otherwise it's very nice.

I gave my kids my old nook color when I got a W8.1 tablet to keep them off my phone, but this looks like a game that I will have to give them to play with. They love anything that involves reading and spelling.

No thanks. My kids don't touch my phone!  

PBS and NPR are great. I would love to see more apps from them, especially an official news app or NPR app. But this one is great for my daughter. Loves it. Some fonts though are a little small and the stories could be a little longer.

The app is very very slick and fun to use. In that case this will be very much useful for children and having the trial option is a very big plus for this. Though there are some mistakes in the number of blank lines in super why's game. The design and the voices used for the game is excellent and very child friendly. Having more learning games would be a very good addition, specially one that is focused on math and numbers. Certainly a value for the price.

Nice deal. :)

Liking what I've seen so far, can see this being great for the little ones. The stickers are a great idea. Like the clean playful look. Would be great if additional games /activities could be added later.

Perfect for my six year old

Nice UI , good way for us to make our kids learn something (^_^), and also the app is pretty simple, so that the kids don't need our help to navigate through the app. And the chartecters are very lovable ;)

my kids used to watch this show daily. i think it really helped them. i will try this with my younger child.  thanks

This is one of those awesome find when you have a young child and tired of downloading"Trickware""Adware"..... I have my 4 yr olds go on out and she navigated the app pretty easily and was really stoked over it which is exactly what I hoped.

Looks like an app slapped together in 5 mins. Lol

This app would actually be pretty good for my little bro, just learning to read. Looks kid friendly, but don't want him touching my Lumia!

Looks nice, but I ain't got no rug rats so I'll have to pass.

you guys do know that i am commenting to get the price

I kinda felt like there weren't many kids games on windows phone. I guess titles like these make kids corner more useful (never used it much myself tho).

I had my 4 year old try it on the Surface and I thought the graphics were decent but there were some major audio flaws. More than half the time that the characters would say the key word or phrase it would cut off the end so it wouldn't get the entire word or letter sound. At one point my son kept clicking on all the wrong letter which was strange as I knew he knew the correct letter and at the end he asked why were they saying eight. The letter they were supposed to be saying was actually H but it kept cuttong the end off so it did sound like the number 8. He tried out all four games but quickly got tired of them after a few minutes of playing each one. Maybe if they added some games where they characters sang some songs or were a little more active it may have grabbed his attention more. He actaully loves a few learning websites that have more musical aspects to them. Not a bad attempt of an app and maybe the audio issues aren't as noticable on the phone or other devices but as it is now on my Surface RT it's pretty broken.

This are awesome! Great for my daughter's kid corner on my phone!

A comment appears! Seriously though, it would be cool to see something like this that is science-oriented.

game is cute

My first hidden gem comment.

No young children at the moment so the usefulness of the app is limited for me but that's just because I am not in the target audience for this app. Other comments seem to suggest children like the app and it is simple to use so I will keep it in mind for when I will have children. A pro is that there is a trial option so one doesn't have to buy the app if he/she or the child for whom use is intended doesn't like it. One con however is that it isn't a universal app - not that 2.99$ x 2 (or 1.99£ in the UK x 2) is a prohibitive price, but it would be nice.

The app is easy enough to navigate, with those big, colorful buttons and visual cues. The UI layout is upfront and well thought out. However, the game can get boring very quickly (I got my youngest sister who's still in elementary school to test it out). The games revolve too much around spelling and word completion. And there's not enough animation to keep the games interesting.

My little sister can't get over it. I can't get my phone back.

My 2 year old is a fool for Super Why, downloading! Posted via Windows Phone Central App

Cool app for kids. My nephews love to play this all day. As little they are, operating windows phone comes naturally to them.

Having the app for $2.99 is quite a deal breaker for many, me included where there's so much of competion out there os free apps Making the app as “Universal App” would enhance more its ability to be chosen and purchased since it can be used on crossed platform.

Yea this seems like a perfect app for kids corner, not my cup of tea personally.

Lovely Kids game. Kids would like it more. Graphical resolution can be improved. Game progress can be saved in cloud and synced over multi-platforms. Overall an average game good for Kids between 4-6 yrs.

my nephew picks it up on my 925 and wont let go, which is both the good and the bad thing about it

A very educative game …. To be perfect in the kid’s corner

I dont know why, but I can't download it to my windows 8 through the store . more preciseli: I can't find it in my Store, maybe because my Region oprions.   On Windows Phone it's working and I can tried it.  I am a father from 22 months ago, so I really loved the games for childrens. Its not good for an almost two years old child, but I can explain, it will be good from 5-6 years. Maybe, if the parents are helping to read the words, this app is great from 3-4 years. The graphic is sweet, but not revolutionary. The best thing in this game, the interactive communication and the quality of the caracters' speech. They are communicating with the player, and its so humanly. The exams are also good from 3-4 years old. 7/10

It looks like the market gap is narrowing when I see that kind of app released. Posted via Windows Phone Central App

Best way for learning is through media & this educational game is a must for kids to learn easily. One complaint about this is that it should be free so the kids have no excuse to ignore it.

I used this to teach a little cold in our neighbourhood. It was quite fine but I don't think a 5 year old child could be able to operate it. Please make out more child friendly otherwise it s quite well.

I love educational games! Children have fun, parents happy they learn something at the same time :) This one is nicely done, children will love it.

Since my youngest is a fan of the PBS show, I decided to download and let her try it.  She was pleased with the colors and it kept her occupied...until it became repetitive.  Kids have short attention spans as it is, and making an activity repeat is not a good way to keep their attention.

It's nice to have game like that if you have someone younger in your familiy. I personally like it because it's educational and I can see that it's not made in 1h. Only bed thing is that it costs 3$. They can make this app better if they fix some little bugs that are there and if they make it free with expansion that costs 3$.    

I gotta get this for my kids. Oh wait, I don't have kids... I guess I'll have to play them :D

Great little game for kids. It would be even better if it had a pause button in the mini games. I was trying out the pig game this morning and noticed that upon pressing the back button the game just resets to the starting point and you have to listen to the pinky creature's instructions all over again without being able to return to your game.

This kind of games are great for kids that are starting to learn the alphabet and to read. I believe that the education is part of the foundation of the creation of persons that can contribute to a better society and this game well the process. The game is simple but also attractive making the process of learning enjoyable to the kids making them learn without them thinking of that because they are having fun. Hope that they launch the app in other languages so that kids from other countries have the opportunity to enjoy the game in their natural language, still is great for them to learn English the fun way.

a good one for my kid. it looks as he might like it

great game for kids

who told that kids things are easy?? I couldnt write review on this app....Ahhh but all the best to others!!!! Keep it up

What works for this game is that it has four types of games in one package.And it is just 30mb in size for such nice graphics and so many audio files, also works like a charm on my lumia 520. I think a suggetion to the developer would be if possible he can put pictures of cartoons which are region specific,i.e. if you from USA you get cartoons which are famous over there and if you are from INDIA you get cartoons which are famous here in this way kids can relate more with the game. I got the above idea from my 9 year old sister who told me she do not know who this "Wonder Red" is and she would like if it were some familiar face.  

It's a good application, but it has some problem.
The games in themselves are pretty and useful to children.
It makes the phone very hot when you play it and the game doesn't save the results your children do. The stickers functionality could be improved, as at the moment it isn't so pretty.

Definitely a game that helps kids learn stuff in a fun and entertaining way.
The price is a little high, but worth it.

unfortunately its not in my native language, as for the majority of educational apps (each platform). However i see the mobile devices (phone's, tablets, phablets) as an importing tooling for education !

Way too funny, 4-5 years of age and they both are fighting over this I love watching my great nephews go at it. I'm on guard duty this morning so I downloaded this to keep them, well out of my hair. they like it and I would think that would be the whole point of this game as it's for kids. I texted my nephew and told him the kids are playing a game on my phone and that he would need to get this. Seriously  I'm not into this game but the boys are enjoying it much bottom line if these two soon to be radicals are enjoying it then your little ones may too.

Its a little on the pricey side.. But my little Brother loves it, i thinks kids will love this app. Add more puzzels

It's a beautiful idea to make kids learn having fun. My nephew loved it (and so did I LOL). PROS: Colourful and friendly. Those "super" characters are perfect for both boys and girls. Kids Will improve reading, speaking, writing and describing skills. CONS: Probably too redundant. No way to keep track of improvements. Sometimes writing letters on the screen was weird and unintuitive (I mean, I had to write T starting from the bottom). Drains battery too much. WHAT TO DO: More games needed. Parents should have a way to see their kids' improvements. Both easy and hard levels will make the game way more challenging. Still a little work to do to make this app worth the price. 7/10

This is cool my daughter loves Super Why. Ill be sure to download it

Beautifully made game. Gave it to my niece to try it and she loved it! however it could be cheaper

Is it available in other languages?

Really simple  and clean UI. Characters are well voiced. Good for learning purpose.

Bought and tested on some Norwegian kids. First impression, search did not show this app in the Store. Had to go to WPCentral and click the link. Hopefully searching the store can be improved going forward. Second, my Lumia 920 screen is too small for the smaller kids and their hand-eye coordination skills. Maybe I need to go to the 1520 to fix that, or 930 maybe? Upgrade time! Third impression is language, while Norwegian kids start learning English real early I wish I had this in Norwegian. I know this is difficult to do, but truly international = multilingual. Especially for apps targeted at children.

had this same app on iPhone and iPad very good all around

I think I'll try this one, thanks.

yuseems to be a pretty solid app but i still wouldnt want kids to learn with a smartphone. 

Thanks for bringing this up!  I just tried it with my daughter and she loves it!!  Thumbs up for this app!

On my Lumia 1020 with Windows Phone 8.1 Preview,   PROS / LIKES - Very educative! The character's animation will surely attract any kids in the world - Interface is neat and simple - 4 games in 1 app. That is a very cool thing to do! - Character's voice integration. I like that. Not just that it teaches kid to read, but it does teach kids to speak the word properly too - The character's costume nicely done. Very attractive. I'm sure any kid will be addicted to play this   CONS/DISLIKES - The most dislike i have is the graphics. Graphic looks like you just cropped the picture from Google or somewhere. The images for example "My Super Stickers" box looks like it is very small size and then you expand it just to make it bigger. So what happened is the pixel becomes distort or not sharp or HD enough. Some of them is HD, some of them are not. Some of them have very high Stroke border line, some of them did not. It isn't consistent. I found it very distracting. 
- Every time for instance, when i successfully played the Super Why's Story Save, the sticker doesn't fit nicely and neatly into the sticker box. And again, the sticker box looks like it has been expanded from a small image. 
- So I request for improvement in the graphic, make it consistent HD GRAPHICS for all the images or icons in the games. This is the main point I really would like to see the changes you will make - Animations. The "moving mouth" animation doesn't synchronise properly with what the animation is saying. I know it is very hard, but better if you do it properly by synchronising the mouth with the speech, or don't put the moving mouth at all by making it look simple and neat - Speech. Again, the speech isn’t consistent. Sometimes I heard a deep tone voice; sometimes I heard a high pitch voice, like in the game of Princess Presto’s Wands up Writing. To make it better, change all the voice speech to a happy tone and one consistent normal pitch. This is only a minor bug but it would be better if you change it   SUGGESTIONS - Adding more levels and levels of difficulty. So that our children knowledge can expand to the next level. Plus on the bright side, maybe the child may have a high IQ just because of this app! And that is incredible - Adding tutorials before each games, but I think you have done good enough about this. You only just miss the My Super Sticker game tutorial. I suppose you need to add that because when I played it, I don’t know what I should do with it. So a tutorial before that game will be very helpful - Adding a few more options for the My Super Sticker game. When you had already placed the sticker, hopefully we can move it around if by chance we want it to locate it to a different place in that page.
- Plus a zoom in zoom out for each sticker to change the sticker size would be lovely. Because I don’t think it is wise to put a large Pear as the same as the princess. So yeah. Option for Sticker Size
- Maybe a brush or pencil, so that the kid can wrote something on it, to make titles or any drawing on the sticker. It will be more fun I promise you - Maybe a confirmation button before going to next game? Or exiting each game. Plus a confirmation button when you choose a word such as in the game SUPER WHY’S STORY SAVE. - In PRINCESS PRESTO’S WANDS UP WRITING game, I suggest when you drag the finger to write the alphabet, can you please make the animation smooth like the clouds following the user’s finger? So that the user can see how the alphabet that the user does looks like. - Pause Gap between Speeches. For example in the WONDER RED’S RHYMING TIME game, “would you help me find them? Terrific! It’s rhyming time!” I suppose you put a pause between the two sentences. Let the user (which is a child) have some time reply “YES” before it proceed to the game - Voce Interactions between the character and the user. I know this one is pretty hard. But if you can do this, it will be totally awesome! It’s like we interact with Cortana. It is 100% awesome if you can do this   OVERALL RATING (7/10) - I will give it a 7/10 because of the graphics, animations and lack of levels of difficulty. Other than that, it is an OK app. It could be better - The price for $2.99 it is pretty expensive for this kind of graphic and animation. Better to make it $0.99 so that it can be more affordable and much more user can download the app without any second thought. Otherwise, if you still want to put a $2.99 price, then you better improve what we all have just commented - Even though there are still some needs of improvements, but I’m sure, many users will surely download, install and play the games. Hopefully you like my comment. Hoping for an improvement. Thank you :) Editted: I don't know why my "Bulleted List" doesn't show up. So i re-edit the text. Now it looks so messy -.-

A nice overall app for the little ones, I think that for 3 dollars it could have some more content like a math game maybe to change from all the letters. The voice naration is very well done. I think it's one of the best games to put in the kid's corner ;)
I hope it will be updated frequently so the kids don't get bored. The one thing that really needs to change is the tile, that iOS icons look so ugly.

My kid loves Super Why. Games are fun. I wish it was cheaper.

I gave the game to my little cousin after playing with it a little and she loved it, it's very easy to use and she actually felt like she was watching an interactive TV show! Maybe it just need more "levels" but it's an awesome app for children.

I think adding a stickerbook for achievements would be a great addition. When printing comes to WP8.1, you can print the sticker achievements for the kids :)

Nice Idea...

My son declares "Super Why is awesome!" I agree! PBS did a great job with the game design, complementing the TV show perfectly. My son loves playing (and learning) and singing the TV show theme song. After playing a few rounds of the game, he'll leap to his feet, stand boldly and announce "I'm Super Why, Super Hero!" The Super Why game and show really focus on engaging kids while very effectively helping them learn. Likewise PBS did the same with Wild Kratts. Both Super Why and Wild Kratts are excellent and set the standard.

Great app for small kids. I like how it makes learning fun but I think this should be a universal app would make this the complete experience.

My kids love Super Why serials. And this game, too.

Seems like a fun game, but super why is fairly dated now. Not even sure they are making new one now. They need some Daniel Tiger apps on WP.

App functions are really smooth and quality graphics make it look beautiful... App just need some animations added at the start of each game... Will make kids love it more... Addition of Learning numbers and maths would also be appreciated... Sound is a bit low... And as this app has got more to do with sounds... It needs to be loud enough to be heard even with a few people around chit chatting... Rest is all perfect for youngers...

The "Super Why" App for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 (Review done from WP8 version) is a really awesome kids App and very well presented. It's easy for kids to use. It's bright and colourful and offers four main educational game modes as well as a fun area where you can paste stickers you collect from the four main game modes into a canvas. This is a great way to reward kids for their accomplishments throughout the game. This means kids would want to improve there learning in other game modes to collect new stickers. The game also helps guide you towards the correct answer if you run into difficulty and explains why your might be incorrect on an answer you have given. The educational game modes involve spelling, rhyme, reading and sentence/word usage. Sometimes it can feel slow but this might be a good thing. I would love to hand this App to a child if I had one to see if they like it and I'm sure they would love it. This is a great App to get for the kids. My rating 9.5/10.

Amazing games indeed! My 2 nieces love them and are craving for more. Please add more to it!

Playing this game making me feel like im a kid...!!!  But for the Kids level its gonna make them learn Fast well designed....

I tried the Win8 app, but not the WP8.1 app. Definitively, this is a must have app, if you have kids. I have one, and he is totally trilled with it.  I hope developers would update this app regularely.   Cheers

Someday I'll win., maybe

The Idea seems to be great but the game is visually not appealing to me, so I would not instantly download it.. I guess kids don't see the visuals the same way as I do so why not give it a try ;)

I have downloaded this for my daughter to try out, I think she'll like it :)

great app for my cousins and nephew. they enjoyed it eventhough they dont know how to play with it. a 3 years old wont mind what the game is all about but as i observed her, she is very happy as i handed my friends 520 to her.    they will learn in rhyming, some nursery words, reading and in word spelling.  this is very good additional to the kids corner. Good Job (Y)

I think the app is great for children. Its very easy to use. As i don't live in an english speaking country the app isn't good for kids here.

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE APP:
-The sliding splash screen before the game starts.
-My brother liked the four cartoon characters specially alpha pig.
-The design and UI is clean.
-My brother played four games without getting bore.
-The background music looks good for kids.
-No bugs.
-I don't have any problem with multitasking.The game running smooth after resuming from other apps.
WHAT I DON'T LIKED ABOUT THE APP:
-The characters lips movement not match with the voice movement (i think).
-Multitasking is smooth but sometimes while multitasking when I resume the game again it shows splash screen again which i don't like.
-I like the sliding splash screen but it takes lot of time to reach the menu.
-Price is ₹160 but it is not a universal app.
-English is tough for my five year old brother.He sometimes not understand some words.(because i live in Asian country:India)
- I also found while my brother is playing the Alpha Pig: Lickety Letter Hunt when the pig says do you see the letter Z. My brother not heared what the pig said because the volume of TV is high. Then i found pig not repeat the line which it said. And all other characters have this problem.
SUGGESTIONS :
- Make it a universal app due to price.
-Bring better live tile support (I pinned live tile of this game but it not flipping or moving)
-Please notice characters in the game said a line(sentence) only one time and not repeat them.(suggestion) I think on clicking on the cartoons characters they must repeat the line(sentence).
-Some work should be done on cartoon characters to make them more sharp and perfect. (like lips movement not match with voice speed).
-Make english a little bit easy for my brother and other kids.
-Make splash screen faster
OVERALL RATING : 7/10

Have tested it on my 4 year old, only a few problems,
Princess Presto - can it be changed to lower case, we are teaching him lower case letters as are the school so would be handy to have an option to choose lower case or capitals.
Super Why - we both found the words choice hard to press, could they be put in separate boxes.
Alpha Pig - again a choice between upper and lower case would be handy.
We both enjoyed using this app and is good to see PBS bringing out WP apps now I'd love to see them release dinosaur train app on WP

Seems like a great app for a parent to use while teaching their child. I feel like apps like these will get people talking more about the platform! And not just the big apps like Spotify, Flipboard and Snapchat.

It was hard to do a review since the game targets children and they dont really look so into details. I like the colorful and easy to use UI. The games are easy to understand and play and are educational. And the animated caracters with audio are really great and it think thats a important feature for children. Really like that the character explain the game, so you dont have to explain it to the child. A great feature is also that you only need to chose the game and it starts instantly. Didnt find any gamebreaking bugs. And the game has no lags ( atleast on my l520 ). The game is perfect for kids, and the price is not to high.  

Super why is a game for the youngest who area just starting to learn writing and spelling.
There are 4 different game modes:
- Listen to the letter and tap the right one.
- Listen to a letter, trap the right one and write it by dragging your finger over the screen.
- Listen to the word and select the one that rhymes.
- Listen to a sentence and select the right word that matches in the sentence and appears in a picture.
If you're doing it right you earn some stickers! Yay. With those stickers you can decorate some paintings. However there is no ability to save those in an album of in the photos library.
It's a nicely designed game with chip animations you should download right now if you're children are learning to write and spell!

Tried it out myself on my wife's phone (we don't have kids yet unfortunately). The UI is very kid friendly and colorful. The games are pretty basic but are appropriate (I guess) for the target age range. I just wish there was more variety though. But all in all a good educational app.

ooh it's a fantastic app. my cousins ​​were playing a log time with it. Kids love to learn when they are young and this app has fun and useful exercises. One bad thing is the design. It looks like paper

Nice layout, and very good app for my nephew. The only drawback is tha is not universal. Please make it!

Okay. I thought I would download it and put up a review here. But then this app is probably not made for me and I don't have a nephew or cousin or any kid at home to tell me how it acts for the one it is made for.

I'm a part-time tutor for kindergartens and I see this app will be a breeze of fresh fun to my teaching. The characters are cute enough to catch my learner's attention.

I like these educational games a lot, but I wish they start making them multilingual. Not all kids speak English!

good for kids :D

i don't think it would hold my interest

Meh. I'm not a kid. But how could a kid write a comment on how he feels about the app. Even if their dads/moms write it for them, they juz can't cover every aspect and get it right. Anyway installed to see how it feels like to be a kid, again. The app is okay, i guess. It covers all the basic things to learn as a kid. Not bad, well done developers.

Great app for kids.

Oh my God, a have to make a child first! And wait some years...

Nice app. I tried it on my 5 year-old nephew, he got bored. But my niece took it better. Should be a universal app though.

My friend's kid loves this game, but in my opinion is a bit expensive, I would say that 1,99$ is a more reasonable price despite the fact that Super Why is extremely kid-friendly!

Our daughters are always wanting to play on our phones. My wife has kids corner setup for them and this game should fit in nicely. Just downloaded the trial on her phone and going to see if it can keep their interest.

Awesome

Kids gonna love that.

My kids love this app. They love this show and this app lets them take it on the go.

My daughter might like this.

Wow what an app. I'll make my cousin play. he'll love it. Thanks. Now please give me my freebie :(

It's good to see that Microsoft promotes this kind of app... education first!!

Good, My 4-old cousin loved ths app

We tried this one out for Windows and there were just too many issues with lag as well as not enough content to keep her interested for a long period on time unlike say, 'Bugs and Buttons.'

Nice UI and smooth
Nice cartoonish feel
Multitasking isn't great (some lag and sometimes it just exit the app)
It's available on both W8 and WP8 why not universal ?
My suggestion will be make it universal and some bug fixes 

This will be useful and fun for me and the grandson.

Looks like a good app for kids with four different games, fairly decent graphics, and its good that it shows how to play the assorted games as well. good that its on both windows 8 and windows phone. $2.99 seems a fairly high price but i guess developers have to make their money somehow. overall looks like a good game for kids.  

Great to see such a strong addition to the kid's app selection in the WP store.  My daughter is still too young to get much out of this app, but she loves the show!  It has a nice selection of games and activities to give it a similar feel to the show.  I'll have to hold on to this for a little while before I know if it's right for her. 

My daughter loves super why. She enjoys playing this app. No complaints. If you have young children give it a try!

My little children will love this app!

It's the logical next step, after pure tv shows. better to interact more activ, than just sitting in front of the tv and sing along. I like the very simplistic structure, makes it very easy to learn for the kids without distract them too much.

I like it!!!

Unfortunately we do not get this show in England (UK) that I am aware of, but I don’t think this will hinder the app in anyway, since its graphics and characters are sure to attract the attention of your children. The app makes use of bright colours, and the fact that it’s interactive and talks to your child, will make the child feel more immersed into the app.
I like the option of being able to play all subjects at the same time and the sticker section, which is a nice addition to the app, allowing your child to be creative and I like the fact that you are rewarded with more stickers the more you progress, and if you do get something wrong, the app guides you to the correct answer.
I really like the app, it’s a well put together and enjoyable app. The only thing I would change is to have more learning games, like maths, colours, shapes, and the ability to draw in the stickers section.

First, the app should have been a universal app. The developer has put in good effort with this app. Moreover, the app is responsive. However, there should have been more customizations since all children do not possess the same knowledge and have different learning curves. Although this is not your fault strictly since this needs way too much customization that is not possible. Overall, a nice app to have in the kids corner or the kids mode on your phone instead of the crappy games.

I managed to get some leisure time and i utilised that time to give this educational game a try.. Here's what i found: WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE GAME: The app is very well suited for the kids.. Thanks to its simple UI.. It's a game which definitely can definitely go to your kids corner and kids and play this game on their own.. Those four games are really helpful for the kids of the ABC's age.. Voice guide is very handy and perfect for kids.. Game is fluid and fast.. App resume is is fast.. WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE GAME: The phone heats up more than usual.. I don't know if it's OS's problem or the game problem.. If its a game problem then please fix it.. Except that i have no complaints.. WHAT THIS GAME NEEDS: Add more learning and interactive games if possible.. That will be really good.. And parental review for sure WRAPPING IT UP: The game doesn't fail to impress for sure.. Kids find it really interesting.. And its a great way of making your kid's ABC's better.. Must download if you have a kid of ABC age..

- I wasn't able to find the app in my store at first. I had to change my store location.
- Rewarding stickers is an good idea. When I was little, I was also eager to score some stamps. The teacher would sign a stamp when you have done a good job.
- Would love to see more games. More variety is alway good to keep thing fresh and interesting
- Overall I think it is very suitable for the kids. It's catching the kids attention to play and learn and that's the point of the app.

This app can help kids learning something. But i think the dev can make the lay out more fun, more cute and more colorfull

my kids love super why, i can't figure out why, but i'll take it.

Really neat idea! The ability to self-publish through the app is a fantastic idea.

Good we need more of this kind of games and also a child category in the store to easely find them.

Fun but I guess it was made solely for kids. It would be good ti have these kind of things for adults as well...

Well, this app was not my kind, atleast I thought so before using it!. I love the audio in each of the four games! For me, the best game was of "Princess presto" specially the letter imitation part. The rest of the app was so-so(atleast for me). I hope to see better apps(Hidden gems) in the future.

please make it available for wp7.8...Developers are concentrating on developing apps for wp8 .what about wp7.8?? We too need updates we too need apps.these apps are good to use .. we bought our phones at high costs yet we aren't getting any good apps for wp7.8..we are suffering even after spending lots of money on phones(wp7.8)..please make good apps like these availible to wp7.8

Finally WP is receiving the recognition from devs it badly needs. coming the app its a great concept,games are well guided and narrated for kids and since it has a TV series also kids will definitely get attracted to it. nice app overall.  

little kids like this one .this is a great app and it works great.new apps are gaining their attention in windows 8 and wp8 what about wp7.8?developers please develop these apps for wp7.8.people bought these phones paying a lot of money and getting disappointed because they cant get best softwares like this.help us by developing apps to 7.8.

I definitely think the developers should expand this to be a universal app

My 6 year sister loves it, she loves the game and does a great job the aplhapigs game. One thing though, the volume isn't as loud , she'd have to get in a quiter room to hear it clearly

My son will definitely going to like this application. I would call it learning with fun. With the internet savvy children era, I would say such application as internet boon for children's growth!

This is a nice learning game for younger children to play.
What I like:
The UI is simple and easy to use.
Repetitive ("Mother of all retention")
What I don't like:
Only four games
Not a Universal App.
Suggestions:
Fix the negatives.

Well, my sister want to play it than my little brother. I think this app is really good for kid. However, the price is $2.99, which is a little high. It should be universal app.

Its a great app which makes learning for childrens exciting and fun for them. I love the user interface, its pretty simple.

I thought this is just another kids app, but I am not ashamed to admit that it sucked me in. It has hit clear narration, good music and a captivating theme to it. The animation and scenes are appropriate for a kid. One thing that really annoyed me was that backlight went off even while the game was running. That should not happen. The game is worth $2.99 and I am sure the kids will love it. Thanks, Dev :)

I'm not married, so, this doesn't interest me but it looks well-done and informative.

Cute little app for kids, maybe even for learning foreign languages. I will probably try that in a few years :-).

Useful app for parents and kids :)  The user interface is kid-friendly and easy to use, the gameplay and audio visual directions are well made and the cute sticker rewards is a good way of keeping the kids interested and engaged with the app. The price of $2.99 is affordable as it is an educational app and also contains 4 games but still the developers should update the apps and make them universal windows app.

Thanks for this find. Definitely a good idea for the developers to add parental review features. Look forward to trying Super Why for myself

Initially, I thought this was a Universal app.  I think the $2.99 would be more justified if you only need to buy once for both phone and PC.  Good idea on the unlocking of stickers based on the user's progrress.

downloaded this on my sons lumia 521 and it works great... he loves it matches up with his favorite tv shows, he wishes to challenge people on facebook tho

Nice way learn science in a fun way :)

Subtitle should be added because children can't understand what they saying that fast. Even though children still may know how to play, but adding a subtitle can let them learn more. When writing the letter, it is not that responsive. ( might be only Lumia 1320 problem not sure ) More picture should be added to the game to make it more interesting. Sound effect can be added like when the children succeed guess a cat, a cat picture will be pop out ( in a larger picture compared to the current one ) then tapping it will produce a meow sound.

A great educational app for children. it makes learning in a way that is enjoyable and fun. Just please add games related to math and im sold.

Some of the the graphics and icons are blurry, while others aren't.
the game's graphics overall aren't coherent, different styles of illustration are used all over the place. in the first game, I'd like to see more feedback when I tap on the word I want to be filled in. It moves a little bit too little and leaves me wondering, if the app recognised it as a tap.

If we're going to be the OS that heralds Kid's Corner, we need games like this to put on it. This seems like a great game to give your kid in a waiting room or short car ride. It's an educational alternative to the mind numbing games like Angry Birds and Temple Run. My wife's a teacher, and she agreed that apps for kids is one "App Gap" in WP8 that has not yet been closed, and this game is a good step foward.

It's a nice app, but its intended group is very small, too small I'd say to make it successfull. Apart from that, the animations are fluid, colours vivid, etc, it's really well built.

I will wait on this one as my child isn't quite old enough.  However, I am a big fan of educational games.  Also, I'm really glad they have a trial mode.  I'm cheap when it comes to app purchases and I like to try it first to make sure I really want to buy it.

its a funny app. i tried and i think the kids will like it. interface is interactive and engaging for the kids. 

Cool app...
Gave it to my neighbours son...
He enjoyed...now keeps asking for my phone everytime....
Anyways its a good entertainer for children...
Not commenting much but i must say its a good piece of entertainment for children...
Fun and learning

Cool app...
Gave it to my neighbours son...
He enjoyed...now keeps asking for my phone everytime....
Anyways its a good entertainer for children...
Not commenting much but i must say its a good piece of entertainment for children...
Fun and learning...

I showed this app to my baby sis and she loved it. Thanks for the suggestion!

This is an excelent game! I only hope they add some other languages, my brothers would love it! They love the tv show, and the game is very similar. I'm really impressed with the sounds of the game and the graphics. For such a "small" game, it's really good, in my opinion. I just have to say that in the "how to play" section, I find the letters way to small when you use the app for Windows Phone... I also think that there should be a save button to continue playing the same game. Other than that, I have nothing to say! :)

Cool little kids game that is educational. My 5 year old grandson liked it.

My wife is pregnant with our first, so I better get used to the idea of these types of apps. What I would like to see is support for additional languages. An alphabet is an easy topic to teach in this format, and adding non romantic languages would be a boon. Also, a cheat code to get to a Math Munchers clone. That would be awesome.

Good thing that it comes with a trial version. Nice graphics and audio...

My 3 year old nephew visits once in a while...had to hand over my my 720 and he wanted to play tough games like Mirror's edge..almost tried to climb a wall in that fashion once and what a fail that was... :/ am gonna lock him into Kid's corner next time and give him this instead... !

Probably a very good idea to use television show characters. Games have an attractive look and very good way of rewarding the user.

Such a great game for kids I hope devs will add support for more languages :)

I'm almost scared to download this one as it looks like it would be hard to tear my kids away from the device (they LOVE Super Why!) As a parent, I really appreciate PBS' efforts into accomodating the WP8/W8 platforms. Keep it up!

  PBS has been the best for children's programs and this is no different. Hopefully this will convince them to bring the PBS and Newshour apps from iOS to Windows Phone  

Thanks to the "Hidden Gems", this app would have gone unnoticed. It looks like an excellent app that would be a good complement to educational curriculum. Hopefully this developer and others will continue to make quality apps that are educational and entertaining for children. Enough with the mindless stuff that is producing a nation of robotic young people.

As I don't have a Windows Phone 8 device I was not able to try the app, but I have based my opinion on this post. It looks like a very useful app for the category. What I love about it is that it is not the same old Windows modern design. Even though it is a great design, it does not always need to be used. This app is a great example of that. This app uses a unique design that works for what it is trying to do. But nonetheless I think it is a great app, and if it helps a kid learn some more than it is accomplished a great achievement. 

Hm.., just english.

I really like the graphics and sounds. They did a very good job there. However, I found that in the How to Play section the font size is pretty small... You should fix that.

Really cool! If only there were more apps like this, but with Russian language support.. :P
 

Anything that makes someone learn is a great thing ;D

Educational games are very underrated and I hope more of these apps are made! They could be very important

My brother love this cartoon! I'll download it for him!

Se que no tiene nada que ver pero me gustaría ver este sitio tan genial en el idioma español o en otros idiomas espero que no se olviden de sus lectores en otros países

Gave it to my  niece and she enjoyed it, didn't ask for help so UI etc. must have been good :)

My little cousin is an avid fan of this show so I let him give it a spin...and he liked it ;)
The UI is clean, the animations and characters are great - From a kid's perspective, a well designed app. 
It is a 4-in-1 game, so it keeps kids interested in it for longer time.
However, it doesn't run very smoothly, it kind of seems slow. And also, the price is a bit high.
All in all, Super Why! is a fun and educational game for kids. My lil' cousin approves of this app ;)

My younger sis liked it very much its very much interactive

It's super smooth, totally no lags from my experience. But apparently I don't have any younger cousins nor nephews/nieces to have them try this game. I think it'll really be fun and intellectual.

Very nice game collection for kids, font could do with more consistency. I like Super Why overall though.

Very great app, awesome images and graphics.  At first I wish it was cheaper, but the price is good for the quality it offer. Still I wish it was an universal app, but anyway, is great and kids love it

A fun collection of games for kids..

I thought this app would suit my sister but she is too old aparently lol, but with my time using it it has been a solid app!

Now thats the digital teacher kids will love... Great work... One of the best apps for kids corner:)

Good to keep young ones entertained. even though i prefer to interact with them personally and not give them my phone so they don´t bother, this is a really nice app

A great app for children. One of the reviwers said earlier that age 7 and up were applicable, but my 3-year-old loves this app as well. As soon as your children start learning letters I think it's applicable. The corresponding show on PBS is also a good companion.

This is a great learning tool. I have it for my phone and PC. Well worth the $3 price tag. My little one adores it.

Good game for a great educational program. My 5 year old would love this game. My only complaint is that it's not a universal app. Would like to only buy it once.

Too expensive I'm afraid, already enough free apps like it.

Got kid that always wants to play on your phone, might as well let them learn something new!

My little boy is going to love this!!

Awesome! I've seen apps like this used on the iPad, nice to see that Windows users also have an app suitable for this purpose. Keep up the good work!

The games look good but for me my phone is a work phone, and I'm too scared of the abuse it might take in the hands of a toddler!

Glad there's more educational games coming to the platform.

Hip hip hooray!!!! The Super Why app saves the day!!! One of the better, quality programs on PBS Kids in the morning, the app is as useful, educational, and fun too.We could use more apps just like this!

I think one of the Apps you guys have to use as a hidden GEM is Endless alphabet by http://originatorkids.com/endless-alphabet/ This is an amazing app the uses little monsters for aplhabet puzzles. As a father of a young child of special needs this app helps him with his motor skills.  I also recently contacted the guys over at Originator and ask if they were porting the rest of their great apps from iPAD to Windows and they told  me that they are plannint to hopefully by the end of the year (they are only 5 guys)

Similar to the other Hidden Gem on Toca Kitchen and Hair Salon, the price is the real turn-off here. At $0.99 it would be easier to consider it a trivial purchase.

app for kids again lol

my phone is full of app for kids thanks to wpcentral 

nice app though!

Very educational app;  +nice soundtracks and graphics,  +simple to use +has a trial - $2.99 little over i think overall 8/10

My 5y-o daughter loves this series, and I'm taking advantage of this app to teach her the basics of English.

More good stuff to entertain the kiddo's

Super Dry

love it

Nice article even though I can never get my neice to pay attention long enough. haha..Kids!   Anyway..I hope I win one of those 930s..:P

I would like to comment on the apps, but it seems it's not available for Windows 8 in my region? When I click the view in store link, the store opens, but does not show the app, but instead goes to a general overview page...

Sent the link to this app to my brother-inlaw. He installed it on his windows touchscreen pc and his kids are loving it. Thank you. :)

Reminds me of my junior classes days. Games are good especially Lickety Letter Hunt. All games are well designed and thought upon by the developer.

I probably won't download this, but hey, I'm glad not only the grownups get new games.

Uh oh... my eldest nephew watches this show. I don't know if I want download these, I might not get my phone back. :P Though it would be better than just letting him play Angry Birds, maybe he can actually learn something of value other than to fire small feathered animals from a sling shot to break things... :)

Seems like a game my niece would enjoy. Could be worth a download for that reason alone.

Nice

Despite of it's price it is a very good app for learning kids. i would say the perfect app an all stores.

Kids love this game collection.

I wanted to try, but too nervous to let my phone with some kids i know. HAHA

Played it for a little bit. Some of the words in the one with the boy in the green super hero suit were cut off (for example: "Jack played gui-" instead of guitar or "Humpdey dumpty sat on the wa!" instead of wall). Strange quirk, but still seems like a nice app for the kids. The more apps we can get on tablets for kids that don't have excessive amounts of ingame purcahses, the better. I like how ads aren't slathered everywhere either. If I had a kid I'd let him or her play this on my Surface.

The fact that it tells kids what they've done wrong so that they can improve is key. Glad it's part of the app. Too many times do you see kids being told they've done something wrong in educational environments but they are provided no guidance after the fact.

While this won't be an app I use on a daily basis, I will say this will be great with my neices and nephews. I dont see them very otten so its cool to find apps like this I can use with them.

Quite nice i gave it a try and my sis. found it cool. Overall very nice, should include more games and reduce the price slightly.

Comment!

The gameplay seems decent, but I've seen better graphics in a kid's game.

My daughter haven’t tried it yet but I will definitely show it to her. She’ll like the colorful scenes and those funny characters. Regarding the price: In-app purchase would be better way to reach more people in my opinion.

Another good recommendation for my cousin.  I'll ask his mom to check this out.

The game is funny as well as easy to play ! Of course not for me but for my Kid's Corner ! My little Bro play it with interest :)

seems exclusiv to only small children.

That seems like a nice App.... Kudos to the DEV 

wife is trying it out she will post the up date on useabillity.

I'm single so no kids to try.. hence suggested this app to my neighbour.. his 4 year old son is just starting learning and he says its hard.. pics are deceiving... sometimes the texts are tooo small..

Good but with not-so-legit graphics. Fonts are default

its a pretty app , not for me , but my cousins are always asking for my phone ,just to play this. i think the developer knows what the children like

Got it for the kids, great app. 

Yes.. good one for Kids!!

This is great! I loved the start of educational apps when Nokia started making that kids story-book (I think Elmo themed?). I'm not at the age to truly enjoy this, and I don't have any kids, but it makes me hopeful that technology won't simply distract kids, and won't simply be a toy. When I was a kid, technology was essentially just a TV for me. It was a distraction, but channels like PBS at least made it educational. All the games for phones and tablets are making technology just a distraction and just entertainment. Apps like this are great to get kids to have fun while learning. Plus Minecraft encouraging creativity, I'm getting hopeful for how technology will be used in the future. We just need to keep making sure going outside and socializing is encouraged as well.

While I've never heard of the show (I live in the UK), the cartoony feel and well presented minigames make it a really fun way for learning.  The stickers are a fun little bonus too.

I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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I have been waiting for the next "Hidden gens " game for the past two days. I looked into the article each hour to see whether the 'Hidden Gems' game is released,so that I can leave the first comment on it . And atlast here it is posted, but sadly at night while I was sleeping.According to Indian time its 2:30 now in the morning. Anyway I have downloaded the game and observed it for about 20 minutes.The following of this comment is my review on this sweet game 1,........USER INTERFACE........ I have to admit it, this game absolutely needed a chance to show its beauty to the children. The game is Children friendly as It is really simple and easy to understand. The loading is smooth and fast. The animations are nice and swift.I loved the large tile in the home screen its attractive .For any kid, this would be an awesome game. 2,......FIRST IMPRESSION........ When I opened the game into the main menu, I was like ' What!! Am I a kid to play this game'. That's exactly what you need to be. This is a 100% children's friendly game.The way the games icon was arranged is a nice look . It would be fun to learn like this. I wish i had a game like this when i was 3 year old, Lol. I also read that the characters of the game was from a tv show, which makes it perfect for the kids 3, ........ABOUT EACH GAMES........... I,Super Why's Story Saver: * First thing I wondered about this game was its name. ThIs game as a whole is called "Super Why".Then why would the game inside it has been given the same name even there are three other characters too. Then i thought anyway it is a game for children, they wont be curious about that. *The game was to fill the missing word from the sentence with the help of the picture given along with the three options. *This game would surely improve the reading skill of a child ii,Princess Presto's Wands-up Writing: *This game is all about spelling words. * The narrating voice was excellently done in a way for the child to understand *The game also teaches the child ,how to write the letters. iii,Wonder Red's Rhyming Time: *This was about finding two correct rhymes from the provided option of the given word. * This could improve there ability to find and understand rhymes. iv, Alpha Pig's Lickety Letter Hunt: * I have to admit that this game was not much use full as compared to other three. * It is about identifying the letter on the screen narrated by Alpha pig which is already on the other three games * But the animations were nice v,My Super Stickers: * It was a nice element in the game to make the kids play more games to earn stickers. * It was also a relaxation for the kids after learning. * There are many backgrounds for the kids to select from on it. 4.......OVERALL IMPRESSION........ *These games were fun and was useful for learning. *The narration of voice by the characters are really good and was clear to understand. * The "Super Why" book was a nice idea to play all the games simultaneously one after another without changing the game from main menu. 5,.......SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE * The " How to play" option in the main menu was not necessary as all the details about how to play the game was already narrated by the characters in each game. *You could bring more learning games to this game .
Like , a game that improves the speaking of the child by reading out a sentence or word on the screen. So the phone could recognise it and tell whether it was pronounced right. Its like a feature of Cortana or voice searching. *You could bring more elements like candies or chocolates to the game other than stickers. Candies and chocolates are the favourites of kids ,right?.So it might make the game interesting *In " My Super Stickers', The eraser should be more useful. Right now it can only be used to 'undo' or 'erase all' purpose only. Make it functional to erase which ever sticker we want * The 'Credits and legal terms' and 'Mute' buttons are reply close to the game buttons. I have tried to open them but accidently most the time it opens the games. May be its because of my 4 inch Lumia 525 screen size. But you can work on that. *(Bug) : When i minimize the game for more than 2 minutes and then open it, the game restarts from the beginning showing the logos and names of studio and all. 6, .......CONCLUSION........ The game is excellently built for kids to enjoy and to learn. This games proved its worthy to be purchased for €2•99. Keep up the good work team
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This will be great for my daughter for those times when she wants to play on my phone. These are the same types of games she plays on the PC already. I way to review how she did would be a great addition to the game, though.

Using Super Why heros to teach children some basic reading and math skills is a nice and well executed idea. Rewarding them with stickers makes it real fun!

A small and intelligent app for kids. Simplly amazing

Firstly: I'm not a fan of this kind of educational games for young children. I gave it a try anyway... Secondly: I think the bright colors are great. So is the continuous gameplay without having to tap on anything. It's always nice to see apps on Win8 and WP8 but it still has to be marked as an universal app in the Store. Stickers as rewards are a good idea. A bad thing though is the difficulty. It should be increasing as you get a lot right. I don't know if this is technicly possible with WP8. But it might be interesting to use the game in the kids corner and beeing able to see statistics as you completely unlook the phone as an adult. It would be helpfull to check if the child is getting better or with what topic of words he or she has difficulties.
You could also add the ability to hear small definitions or descriptions of words. In an extend that is suitable for children of course.

Not my kind of app. It will be useful for kids to identity alphabets and learn some basic words. My suggestion to the developer is to make the fonts bigger to help kids make out the letters easily.

Looks like a well-built app, but thing is I'm no kid and has no kids to test this around :(

i used to see this on the tv when i was young. I was not really into it but hey it looks like a great app. I like it. Nice ui very interactive gets your kids thinking. it has potential. high
ly recommended. more mini games maybe ?

I think my nephew liked the sticker packs more than the game itself. Will probably uninstall.

I don't have children, but this does seem like a decent option if I had. A pet peeve: having the 'i' and volume elements in the corners up against the screen edges. Another pet peeve I see in a lot of apps is when some UI elements are low resolution and some are high resolution, as with the aforementioned 'i' and volume symbols.

My nephew always wants to play with my phone. With this simple game I've finally got something new that I can trust not to contain harmful content and allow him to play it.

I generally don't like educational games but this one looks it's worth a shot!

My daughter is almost three and had some trouble figuring out the UI... She just kept tapping the arrow instead of anything else, because it looked too inviting to NOT tap I guess.  Otherwise, she did like the games if I helped her.  My 4.5 year old son, who is autistic, couldn't figure it out at all, unfortunately. 

This app is pretty basic - a small number of simple tasks and seemingly little progression of the challenge level. i would expect my kids would be interested to use this app twice and then never again. This may also be related to the fact that the characters are not familiar to my kids as we are not in North America.
the interface and controls are intuitive for little fingers which is a plus - not all children focussed games get this right. I just think the content is lacking challenge progression.
There is a place for apps of this challenge level - free!

+Simple and beautiful designed app for childrens :) +nice for kids corner +wpcentral doesnt forget the little ones #thumbsup -for my point of view in terms of using colours... less is sometimes more!  

good learning game for kids.

I like all things WHYY and was excited to try this out. It's not as smooth as I had hoped but it usuable. On my more than capable machine, there seems to be sound issues. Especially after the sentence is correctly read with the word you selected. It seems that the "You earned a sticker" transition page cuts off part of the last word from the sentence. It's a little jarring though I doubt kids will mind. Also, I would prefer if the music were a little lower, as I found it "battles" the selected guide for volume. Nice job!

Hi there Super You :'-D Wow, this learning game is fun for the kids, but annoying for everyone around them if the kids decide to set volume on max. The good:
- Nice child appealing graphics, very colourful
- Kids dig it, they smile all the time
- Learns children a lot of words and improves their spelling
- Earned stickers can be used to create drawings The not so good:
- Irrelevant for the app developers but the app can get on your nerves if the kids dig it a lot :-D Conclusion:
Very fun app for kids, I placed it in the kids corner of my phone and my little nieces love playing it. Thumbs up for the Super You developers :-D I give it 9 out of 10

Excellent game, my son really love it.   It's great to see more and more official apps in the store, and this app particularly shows an excellent quality and usability.  Very good with the sound helkp and good graphics.

Never heard tell of the show.  The graphics have a nice aesthetic for kids.

+ Very clean and simple UI! + Fun! + Good for education - Not an Universal App... - No ability to see how much and what your child has done

I can't put down my phone... Fantastic!!

I see that a lot of these hidden gems are educational games for kids, which is good, seeing that they are quite important. However, the lot of the WPCentral-community seem to be younger people, so it's not really targeted perfectly.

I would might check it in feature when it will come in a non-English language.
 

Great concept for a fun & educational game.  We also found the missing letters bug in the Alpha Pig letter hunt.

This looks sooo fun to play. If only I was 15 years younger ..... Oh well, no one will find out, right?

Let my niece to give this one a go but it seems she's a little to advanced for it. Would be nice if had some more challenging games to support a wider age group.

It's a great app for children for learning with a lot of fun. The app is snappy and works just fine. The price is okay for a game like that with nice graphics and animations.

Unfortunately, I was unable to download the app to try as it appears to be locked out of my geographic region - so frustrating!

my nephew loves and won't let go of my phone ....:(

Though its for kids i thoroughly enjoyed it , its graphics remind are pretty immpresive , till now didnt notice any lag or anthing else , the experience is simply smooth and fun

any educational game for children is good for learning and this one is no exception well done to the creator.