Dr. PetPlay Review
Price: $2.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPad 3
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Dr. PetPlay is a new app for iPad that my son has really been enjoying recently. This app allows him to pretend to be a veterinarian; taking care of the stuffed animals he has and oftentimes performing surgery and other medical procedures. Dr. PetPlay opens up to a choice of ten animals including a cat, bird, elephant, monkey, and two kinds of dinosaurs. Although not all animals are included, most of his stuffed toys can fit into one of these choices such as our panda, who resembles a bear enough to easily be worked into this game play.
I do wish other areas of the body were covered in the intake form instead of just the head area, as my son, who has had his fair share of belly pains, wanted to have questions about gas pains he is familiar with as well as orthopedic concerns of arm, leg, or tail issues that could require a cast made of paper towels. Likewise, I would have loved for children to take the x-ray themselves with the snap of the camera instead of the images already in the patient file to be found, and I would have been quite tickled to find a short video of an MRI or CAT scan as well as other vitals such as blood pressure and breathing rate.
As is apparent, my son is allowed to spend time with choice children’s apps that I deem worth his time, but I have continued to avoid other video and arcade games in favor of simple toys that my boy continues to fine value in. Although he is now almost six, hopefully my son can continue to have the imagination to bring his toys, animals, and dolls to life, flexing his creativity. I appreciate that Dr. PetPlay has created an outlet to help him explore and pretend. It would be really fun to see an update in the future to include more information to peruse, but I can whole-heartedly recommend this app just the way it is.