Our Verdict
I ’ve lovedIt ’s The Great Pumpkin , Charlie Brown — the 1966 TV special — since I was a kid , and I always count frontward to my yearly wake . But even as a child , I did n’t yearn for repeats : once a year was enough . The political platform , and its December twin , A Charlie Brown Christmas , are both fond and cozy .
TheIt ’s The Great Pumpkin , Charlie Brownapp for the iPhone and iPad is as cozy as the annual TV special , with some overnice features : optional recital , fictitious character voice , and scope music from the original TV program . There are also a few animated sequences included .
It ’s The Great Pumpkin , Charlie Brown rent you create avatars , and while that ’s passably fun , they do n’t offer a lot of variation .
These are grand , but other impart lineament — dress - up avatars , unproblematic games like bobbing for apple and cut up your own pumpkin — add picayune to what ’s already there . The app can also be more costly than the initial price tag indicates , as in - app leverage of coins ranging from $ 1 for 10 coins to $ 30 for 1,000 coin purchase little more than some additional avatar option . The extra option scarcely seemed that much fun , even for the young set .
While there ’s a lot to like in this well - produce ebook app fromLoud Crow , it ’s also disappointing in some path . It seems a act overpriced , even without the coins . And for $ 10 , you canbuy the actual program — along withLucy Must Be Traded , Charlie BrownandIt ’s Magic , Charlie Brown — from iTunes . For me , and for my young small fry who also understand the book and has take in the special many times , there ’s a charm to the TV special that simply is n’t captured in this app .
