Incredibox 4+

Being a teacher, and at a very economically challenged school, I have general music classes that I like to go above and beyond with technology. This app serves 2 purposes for me. First, I love working with it to see the inner DJ in me keep my wheels turning with each different theme. Second, since all of my students have 1:1 devices, they use the web version of the app to create and share their own mixes. Then using mixing software, I teach them to take their own tracks and layer them with others. The results make my administration's eyes pop out when they hear that 5th-6th graders made these mixes and combined to form actual songs people want to hear. This app is an A with me, and for those in the classroom wanting to expand on creativity, and reach Bloom's Taxonomy's (edu-speak, sorry) highest level of actually CREATING. ...... Or, as my kids put it... "Yo, this thing is wicked sick with my beats!" We all owe this software a HUGE thank you!

Stop what you're doing. Go ahead, put down the book, pause the video, or tell your friend to save the story they're telling for another time. Now download the app on your screen, and clear your schedule. You'll be happy you did, because you won't want to stop.

This is more than just a game. It's a complete rethinking of the concept of music. With each version, there are ENDLESS combinations of beats, effects, melodies, and voices which you have complete control over. The graphic design is beautiful and extremely involving, and the bonus clips that come with each version is a lovely touch. The only possible complaint that I could find it withing myself to lodge is that there are [currently] only eight versions. Trust me, after you get started, that won't be enough.

I've known about this game since I was in elementary school. My music teacher would let us mess around with it and the whole class would have a blast. Now I'm about to start college and I recently got it just to see if it was still as fun as I remembered it being and it did not dissapoint. Each mode is unique, each showing off different genres of music. I could play this game for hours with my favorite mode being dystopia. For $5 it is definitely worth buying.