With the phone outside of the monkey, each paw provides songs and lessons based on counting, letters, shapes, colors or music. With the phone inside the monkey, each paw simply makes a sound effect. You can still use the touchscreen through the protective plastic barrier, but the paws do not effect the app. Also, probably my biggest negative remark, is that there is no way to get out of the app and try a different lesson without exiting the app completely and restarting it. No 'menu' button. If you pick letters, it will just keep looping the lesson.
As far as the actual toy goes, it is fairly charming, and an attractive way to keep your device clean and safe. The front of the enclosure is hard plastic, and the back is also hard plastic with a thin cloth cover keeping the battery pack concealed. I found the door to the device case difficult, but not impossible, to open so I did not fear that my niece would be able to open it on her own. There is also an option to secure the home button from use, or allow it to be pressed. Also, one of the paws was slightly torn by the plastic band that secured the monkey to it's box. I did like that there is a tear out section on the back of the box that leads to the main banding, securing the toy. It was very easy to remove the toy, and did not need additional tools. I didn't notice it until I had my iPhone inside, but there also seem to be some sort of motion sensor inside the toy. If you bob it's head, it makes a monkey sound. If you shake it, it makes a bouncing sound.
Overall, its a great idea, but the Fisher-Price apps that correspond with the toy need some work.
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I bought this at the bullseye store for about 25% more. I was a bit worried about how much I could depend on the review score here because so many of the reviews were done by vine members. I understand that this means they didn't actually have to pay for the toy and I know for me the amount I've paid for something plays a big part in how satisfied I am with it.My 9 month old was excited when he saw it go into the cart, so I sat it next to him. He really likes it. We already have the other app case for babies, so I knew he liked the Fisher Price apps, which are fantastic. But he seemed to enjoy the songs and the monkey quite a bit. Even my older boys (4 & 2) were interested in the monkey sans the iPod. So despite my worries, the reviews here were solid. It's a great toy. As far as the one reviewers concerns about early exposure to electronics, all you have to do is go to the grocery store to find that. We own an iPod. Our baby wants to eat it. This protects the iPod, and let's the baby enjoy a little bit of the alphabet, some shapes, and numbers. My only complaint would be the video that is clearly misleading. However, I read the reviews here first, so it didn't catch me off guard when I got the toy home.
UPDATE: I read that the monkey didn't interact with the device, but I have noticed that our monkey does interact with the app on the 4th generation iPod touch. The Laugh & Learn Monkey app is the application that matches the monkey's paws. When you push the paw, it goes to that activity within the app.
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Cute, soft and perky. My 13 month hasn't let go since he got it. But description says it is compatible with 1st thru 4th generation iPod touch anx this is not true. While the device will fit, in order to interact you need a 4th gen. iPod unless you want a nice, quiet, soft and huge iPod case. Once the device is in, the monkey mutes itself so baby can play with the device, sooo if you have a 1-3 gen there is no speaker, therefore, no real use for the monkey.Honest reviews on Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Apptivity Monkey
My 2 year old son loves this monkey! I purchased it with the intent of keeping him entertained in the car and out and about without risking my ipod being broken. the only down side to this is when the ipod is put in the middle the monkey isn't really interactive. This wouldn't be much of a problem except since my ipod does not have external speakers there is no sound coming from the app or the monkey. Other then this, its a cute toy without the ipod in itFind helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Apptivity Monkey
Within an hour of playing with the toy, my boy tore off the plastic covering the screen. Now it's just a singing monkey. I guess for the sale price, it's adequate.
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