Osmo is unique as it combines a multitude of senses – visual, mental and physical engagement – for a healthier screen time learning experience. I’m super picky about what apps and online learning resources I allow my children to use, so when stumbled upon Osmo in my research, my interest was piqued. I knew that technology was going to be a huge factor into our schooling and I’m so grateful for all the online learning opportunities that we have available. With that said, the day that we found out that we were on the route to homeschool life, I ordered an iPad immediately. I’ll gladly add the other two stars once there’s a solution for those of us that need to use Guided Access.To be honest, in the past I’ve never been a huge fan of screen time for my kiddos because I didn’t like that it was so digital only focused. We need to be able to just leave the iPads plugged in on their bases and open for use, and know that they aren’t being used for anything else. Guided Access is a big deal to us because we have these iPads set up as dedicated learning stations that are out of our sight. While this would have an effect on required iPad resources, it should be fine since this is the only thing these iPads are used for. a single app that includes all of the Osmo games).
The fundamental flaw is that there isn’t a version of this app that is compatible with Guided Access (i.e. I’ll add a star once this bug has been corrected. And for what it’s worth, this launcher opens the Numbers Toybox correctly (Osmo’s other paid app). I should mention that the Word Explorers app open correctly from it’s own icon, so the problem is definitely this launcher app. It keeps directing me to buy the Genius Kit, which I already have installed, and my son has played at length.
The bug is that it won’t open the Word Explorers app (the paid app, not the one that came with the Genius Kit). This umbrella “launcher” app works pretty well for how it was designed, but it has a bug and a fundamental flaw.
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