Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is I Spy a Tale of Beowulf – Hidden Objects. The app only has an average review rating of 3/5 stars, but if you read the negative reviews they’re largely complaining that the objects are too easy to find, or that the app is better suited to kids than adults.
Still, many reviewers have remarked on the beautiful artwork and the way the app employs some the original language from Beowulf, but also explains it in plainer English.
If you look at the app as more of an interactive book, and a great way to introduce tweens to a celebrated classic of literature, it should actually be rated quite a bit higher.
The description for this app says “Guidance Suggested”, because the app allows for in-app purchases (you can block this functionality by setting a Parental Controls password) the story of Beowulf is a violent one. The app has images of cartoon violence, but nothing worse than you’d expect to see in a PG or PG-13 animated movie. See the screen shot below:
From Amazon:
In the Lands of the Danes, King Hrogar and his people are beset upon by a crazed monster, Grendel. Answering their cries for help, a Hero arrives from far geatland, to save them. Beowülf. He slays the monster and its avenging mother, freeing the Danes of this monstrous tyranny.
But this is only the start of the legend of Beowulf. This story, the oldest known example of vernacular european literature, tells of his great deeds. Of how he became King of the geats, of how he slayed dragons, and of how he is now remembered as the greatest hero of all time.
– 3 Game Modes
– 300 Different items
– 10 Different Scenes with an average of 30 unique items per scene
I Spy a Tale of Beowulf – Hidden Objects – get it today, while it’s Amazon’s Free App of the Day!