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Zigazoo

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Free Education
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Common Sense Media Review

Mieke VanderBorght By Mieke VanderBorght , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 5+

Creative challenges, social media for kids with purchases.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 5+?

Any Positive Content?

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  • Zigazoo in-app purchases
  • Kids can trade NFTs.

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age 7+

Based on 11 parent reviews

mh23
mh23 Parent of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11-year-old
October 2, 2022
age 8+

No body wins a challenge!

It’s terrible to play with kids like that on the challenges, both of my kids won a challenge each and we kept checking our emails to be contacted by them when they said they would and never got an email, my kids kept asking me all day that day and until now still asking me, we get a package and they think its the prize. Totally a scam here while they have your kids interact in the app and they get rich while playing with your children’s emotions.
Msteeleclark
Msteeleclark Adult
March 2, 2021
age 4+

Zigazoo is great

This app has replaced tiktok for my daughter she is so confident in herself when posting Because she sees other kids her age (7) posting she enjoys the app she does miss tiktok because this app freezes sometimes i don’t think they were ready for the massive amount of accounts but it’s getting better daily we enjoy this educational resource for teachers and classrooms as well it helps with communication skills and body language and speaking up so people can hear you is a big one they could give it an update that would allow you to swap the camera as you are recording but this app is phenomenal
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What's It About?

Sign up for ZIGAZOO using a Google, Facebook, or Apple account, and then create a username and choose what grade level of activities interest you. Activities focus on straightforward challenges that ask kids to investigate or create something and then share what they've done with videos up to 30 seconds long. The Home tab automatically generates user-submitted videos; tap the heart to like the video or swipe up to advance to the next one. The Projects tab shows daily featured projects like make-your-own hopscotch design and other projects organized by topic (science, literacy, arts & music, math, social studies, social and emotional, physical education, and challenges). Subscribe to a third-party channel or a topic theme to be notified when new content is added. Tap on a particular project to watch videos of others completing the challenge. Tap on the record icon to record your own video. After recording, a toggle allows kids to choose whether to keep their video private or share it with the Zigazoo community. There are also Zigabucks available for purchase, and kids can trade NFTs.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (11 ):
Kids say (9 ):

These fun challenges are a great way to get kids thinking and trying new things, but parents should be aware that they need to actively facilitate. Zigazoo does a nice job of inspiring kids to get involved in off-screen projects. Ideas are varied and range from arts (illustrate a song) to math (make fractions out of food) to social studies (what rights should all kids have?). Parents could easily use these ideas to challenge kids and keep them busy thinking critically and investigating their world -- and stop there. Or, it could be fun to browse videos and see what other kids have come up with, though the endless feed can feel overwhelming. If parents or kids want to post their own videos, they should know that there are no overall privacy options to set and forget. Users decide for each video if they want to keep it private or make it public. Unfortunately, after a 2022 update, the creative experience also includes in-app currency, available for purchase, which changes the feel of the app. Kids can also trade NFTs, which doesn't seem to fit with the original intention. If you can avoid those elements, though, and focus on the potentially educational and creative features, kids can have fun participating in truly kid-friendly challenges.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about social media. Does it matter how many likes a video gets or how many followers you have on an app like Zigazoo? Participating, creating, and learning should be the focus, not followers.

  • Discuss your family's rules for privacy and social networks. Talk about when it's OK to share information and what kind of information should be kept private.

  • Browse through videos to find other fun or interesting ways other kids have come up with to solve the challenge.

  • Talk to kids about in-app purchases and the other elements of the app's marketplace like NFTs: What are they? Why might they be included in this app?

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