Some are clearly more fun than others and my 5-year old niece and 4-year old nephew particularly enjoyed the Pet app, using the stylus to play games with a little monkey. For your free app you get the choice of an educational game about cleaning your teeth called Sugar Bugs, a puzzle game called Scaredy Cat, and the Ozzie and Mack eBook. There’s Pet, Pet Chat, Voice Memo, Art Studio, Photo Fun, Clock, Bookshelf, Calculator, Notepad, a music player and a Calendar. The LeapPad had five pre-installed and now you get 11 plus a free download once you have registered the device. There’s a decent amount of apps to get you started at least. All of the content is pre-approved by LeapFrog, but when Android and iOS apps generally don’t break the £5 barrier for similar content that could be enough to put people off buying the Ultra. Pricing of apps range from £3.50 all the way up to £20. But this is also where the LeapFrog model becomes something of a contentious issue. Venturing into the app centre, there’s a relatively extensive range of apps, videos, music downloads and eBook available including Disney-endorsed content. If you’ve already spent a lot of money buying apps on previous LeapFrog devices you can transfer them over using the LeapFrog Connect software and store the same apps on up to three devices along as they are all registered to the same email address. That can all be done from the App Centre where you can download content straight to the tablet homescreen. Now that there’s Wi-Fi on board you don’t need to rely on the LeapFrog Connect software for Windows or Mac computers to browse, purchase, download and sync apps. This will gain you access to the parental settings where you can control the Wi-Fi setup, manage content, access the app store, keep the tablet updated and reset the lock. You’ll need to set up a four digit lock code when you first turn on the tablet. Here you can adjust profiles, lock or unlock the screen orientation, log out and access the all-important parent mode. Down the bottom there are shortcuts to the camera, photo gallery badges and a settings tab. Up top you’ll find status indicators for Wi-Fi signal and battery life. There’s no Android-style app drawer so all apps live on the multiple homescreens. As a guest user you’ll still have access to all of the apps installed on the tablet, but scores and badges will not be saved. When you first boot up you can sign in as a guest or create a profile. The LeapPad Ultra runs on its very own operating system and as expected it’s big, bright, colourful and very easy to navigate around. Software, Apps, Performance and Verdict Review.
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