My Underwear Review

My Underwear is a really cute and fun universal application full of underwear-themed activities as well as the great use of the wonderfully whimsical artwork of Todd Parr.

I was very excited when I first heard that this app includes drawings by Todd Parr, whose one-of-a-kind illustrations, bright and bold color choices and oddball sense of humor have made him a very successful author of over thirty children’s books. I am a fan of his work and have really enjoyed seeing it come to life in this interactive app.

My son is now three years old and has been in underpants for some time, but the novelty of wearing cartoon creatures on his bottom has not yet worn off. He insists on helping himself to a new pair after every trip to the toilet, even though the underpants he had on were still clean and dry. After seeing that this app includes a section where one can decorate one's own pair of underpants, I knew he would really enjoy the decorating and decision-making of creating one’s own underwear-art and I was correct. It is nice that one can scroll though ten undie choices, looking for the right pair to decorate as well as ten color choices to choose from. Options include the wide strokes of a paint brush, the finer strokes of a pencil, or the use of a paint bucket to fill in the underpants completely with a single color choice. My son really enjoyed the stamp section, being able to stamp his pants an infinite number of times with various fun little drawings that are wonderfully Todd Parr and it is nice that my son can save this undie masterpiece to look at later.

Another favorite activity is a matching game where the player matches underpants to their animal owners, sorting by color and shapes. I like the whimsy of being able to have the animals in question wear the underwear as usual or on their heads if the player wants to be silly, and I am impressed that this game progresses to be more of a logic game for kids than a simple matching activity as the game gets harder and the matching becomes more about patterns and less about the sameness of colors. I do wish, however, that there was an option of turning off the cheering and pop-up drawing of game play instructions after each level is finished as it tends to get in the way of game play.

Two other sections are included as well. One includes an underwear-eating monster who swallows falling underpants. I appreciate that one can control the game with both tilting the screen or dragging a finger to guide a monster. A “memory” style game is also included where one turns over cards looking for two-of-a-kind, and it is a nice treat to turn over each card to see what fun illustration is waiting to be paired.

I have really enjoyed My Underwear. It is cheeky enough to entertain children, but still wholesome and appropriate for all ages. A nice choice for toddlers, preschoolers and beyond.