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ToolZeit – Loopy Tunes

What’s it do?

A sound art APP that provides beautiful sounds, musical loops, and visuals.

Basic Features

Within the visual frame of a vintage TV or radio there are two rows of images that produce sounds or loops when tapped. At the bottom of the TV there are 10 buttons that can be pushed to change the images and sounds.

How do you see it being used by an educator or student?

preschool/ lower elementary teaching patterns or music composition. Beautiful at integrating image and sound. Does not record.

How we rate it:

Ease of Use (How easy is it to learn and get started? Navigation is easy or difficult.) – 5

Looks/Aesthetics/Design (How does it look.) – 5

Editing/Customization/Feature set (Can you make it work the way you want it? Use it in different ways or is it totally locked down or very few features )  - 4

Bang for the buck (Is it cost effective? Freenium and Pricing Plans, Education Deals? Trial version available??) – 3

Educational Value (Meets the needs of teachers and/or students in or out of the classroom)  - 4

Overall Rating – 1 (Looks to be abandon-ware. Crashes on the latest version of iOS 6)

Cost – 1.99 (No volume purchase discount available)

Links

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loopy-tunes/id447518874?mt=8

http://www.tokeru.com/tag/loopy-tunes

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