Edurino Review
DISCLOSURE – THIS ITEM WAS GIFTED TO THE REVIEWER FOR THE PURPOSES OF WRITING THE REVIEW. ALL THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ARE THE REVIEWER’S OWN.
Reviewed by Lisa
Edurino is a German based company that has made a move to selling within the UK as well. They have partnered with teachers to design and develop digital learning games for children aged 4-8. This starter set, featuring the Robin figurine, helps with learning numbers 1-10 and different shapes.
The box comes with a QR code to scan to quickly download the app which means that you don’t need to start searching through your app store to find the right one. When you place the figurine on the starter symbol on the screen it knows which set you have and loads the relevant games. You can design your character in the app to look like your child and add their name and date of birth so that it starts at the right level for them. There is an ergonomic ‘pen’ that comes in the set to play the games with which has a wavy grip to help them learn how to hold it correctly, which I hope will really help when holding pencils and crayons too. I found the app itself very simple to use, but my frustration with this product is that it wouldn’t work on my tablet. While I could download the app and go through set up just fine, when I tried to login, it said ‘unknown error’ and I have not been able to resolve this. I tried again on a second tablet and it still didn’t work therefore my son has had to use my phone to access it, and the screen obviously isn’t as big.
I have, however, been very impressed with how easy it is to use once loaded. My 4 year old has been enjoying learning to both add numbers together and also match shapes to help rebuild a house. The programme uses a variety of attractive colours to engage the child and Edurino have made the learning both fun and interactive. Each activity needs completing in order to unlock the next – this frustrated him a little because he wanted to chose which one to do, but this is obviously to help build the learning as they go. Alongside the learning games there are also some for free play that can be accessed at any point, for example a keyboard to make musical notes by touching the pen on the keyboard and a flying spaceship game where you have to collect the different figures lost in space. There are no in-app purchases so there is no chance of them buying something that they shouldn’t, which is always an added bonus!
Edurino is aimed at ages 4-8, but we have only used this with a child at younger end of that range. It seems well targeted for him and we hope that it will progress at the right speed. One thing I particularly like about the company is that while there are 2 other kits you can also buy (coding skills and word games), once you have paid for one set, it is cheaper to buy the others as you already have the app and pen – you simply need a different figurine to show which set you’re playing. These can be purchased for £24.99 and I am personally keen to try the coding one next! They also have bundle offers and you can buy another pen if something happens to yours, rather than having to purchase the whole set again. The company have won many awards and I would definitely recommend this product, only marking my rating down slightly because of the issue logging in on a tablet.
Rating: 4/5
RRP: £44.99
You can find out more and purchase it here.