Baby's Musical Hands
a delightful musical toy
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Music
Languages
English
Mon Jun 26 2017
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Update with fixes in preparation for iOS 11.
Thank you so much for your continued support of Baby's Musical Hands!
Baby's Musical Hands is an award-winning toy for infants and toddlers. Every time your baby touches the screen, colorful squares sparkle and play musical notes. The yellow squares play piano notes, while the red squares make drum sounds and the blue squares produce woodwind notes. It's a fun, safe, and engaging way to introduce your child to the world of music.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Baby's Musical Hands is a landmark title in early childhood apps. It is a perfect example of 'less is more.' The screen is simply a grid of brightly colored squares that respond to touch with musical notes and animal sounds. For an infant, the immediate feedback of 'I touch, something happens' is a vital developmental milestone.
The app is impressively robust—it supports multi-touch, meaning a baby can smash the whole screen with their hands and hear a beautiful chord rather than a glitchy mess. There are no menus, no ads, and no 'game over' screens. It’s a safe, purely creative space that introduces children to cause-and-effect and music. It’s a must-have for parents with iPads, often acting as the very first 'game' a child will ever play.
Features
15 unique musical tiles
Full multi-touch support
Kid-safe, ad-free interface
Real instrument sounds
Tips & Walkthrough
Place the device on a flat surface and let the baby explore. The app is designed to handle multiple touches at once, so they can play with both hands to create complex sounds and light patterns.
Gameplays
The app uses high-contrast colors and high-quality instrument samples to stimulate visual and auditory development through simple cause-and-effect interaction.
Screenshot
Q&A
On modern iOS devices, we recommend using 'Guided Access' to lock the screen so your baby can play without leaving the app.
Ratings & Reviews
Cute app but it needs a harp
Tue Nov 19 2013 Mia harpHi my name is Mia Strayer I am legally blind and love your little apps they are very good for cause-and-effect the one thing I would change is the drum set sound to a Harp sound I think that would sound really good especially for little kids I am a kid at heart I downloaded these apps because I like stuff with cause-and-effect because I cannot see very well I am definitely going to recommend these apps The only change I would make is that you change it to a heart most babies love music I think iHarp would sound really soothing instead of a drum
Accessibility!
Fri Aug 17 2018 Diane B2This app is self-voicing and fully accessible for children who are visually impaired or blind. Thank you for creating an app that is exciting for ALL babies and toddlers! FYI: the app does work with VoiceOver (Apple’s screen reader); however, only the piano sounds are heard, even when touching the read and blue squares.
No accidental exits or menus—yay!
Fri Jul 26 2019 A bit less fat nowNo silly animation, so it’s more active play and not just watching TV. I LOVE that toddler can’t accidentally exit or hit a menu that stops the keys from working. Also love that there are no in-app purchases so I don’t have to worry about accidental purchases.
Perfect
Fri Jul 07 2017 wherescateMy parenting does not involve screen time for my child. But I came across this app and it is PERFECT. It's simple, clean, and minimal. My daughter (currently 15mo) loves playing music and pushing buttons so this is great. We can even work on colors with it. So, so, so, so great!
lovely
Thu Apr 25 2024 francinefilesi’ve used this app for all four of my children, when they were young toddlers. it’s just musical sounds and soothing colors that play when the screen is touched. it’s sweet :)
Musical app that doesn’t play music
Thu Jan 18 2018 coffee powered momNo sound. But baby does get graphic star explosions when she touches the squares.
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Fri Aug 24 2018 Blue-appleDoesn’t work with my new phone. Loved this. My kid loves this. Please fix
baby k
Mon Jul 24 2017 Maddie BellaIt's perfect for my cousin kaysin
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