Crazy Gears App Reviews

Wonderful app and fabulous parent handbook with details about the various components used and info about one of their inspirations - Seymour Papert - key creator of the Lego programming language for kids, LEGO mindstorms and more. I cant wait to read some of the resources about his work that were highlighted!

The Crazy Gears app for iPad and iPhone is just outstanding in its simplicity and its ability to introduce young children to simple machines and mechanical motion. Simple elements in gears, chains, connecting rods, racks, and pulleys can be pushed around the screen in such a way to meet the challenge to "pull the shade" to reveal the next puzzle. You can almost feel the torque on screen as kids learn that gears need to fit together, or mesh, just right to get the most out of them. Later puzzles help the player understand that there may be multiple ways of doing the same job. Even the youngest player can realize that a train of gears can be used to bridge a gap or to get the gear at the end of the line to turn in the direction needed. This is great fun for all ages and even those younger than the target age range of 6-8. Dont miss the handbook in the grown-ups corner for some good materials for teachers and parents that explain some of the concepts and vocabulary. Leaving off one star because we want more puzzles!

I love this game but they should add more levels.

Too easy and there are about 4 unique levels. All others from 61 repeat those 4. Waste of money. Done in 10 minutes and deleted.

My four year old son was immediately smitten with this game and my two year old daughter was even intrigued. Son got through all of the puzzles in about an hour, but hes obsessed with STEM. It seems like a great app for encouraging STEM interest in girls. The higher levels have multiple options for problem solving, so this app will engage him for a while longer, but it really does need more content. It would also be nice to be able to choose to return to a specific puzzle, and to choose from different user profiles at launch. Right now Id probably recommend this app for more of a 4-6 yo bracket. I think theres excellent potential for upgrades. Good job, developers!! Cant wait for next version!

Anyone with sense for gears and pulleys can complete all 61 levels under 30 minutes easily. Several levels connect 2 rods to same gear, and it still rotates! For educational app to teach motion fundamentals that is a serious error. (Rods should hit and stop the rotation, here they pass through each other and the connecting pin.)

This is a really nice app for teaching kids about how things work. The puzzles are really well thought out and are a great way to challenge young minds.

This is great, but for a paid app, needs much more content. It would also be more fun to have a free play areas for kids to explore gear relationships on their own.

What a great little app for future engineers. I would recommend more for a tablet than on the smartphone just do the little ones have an easier time moving the prices around. But other than that I thought this an entertaining way to make gears fun for little ones.

This app is a great tool for kids. If you want your child to be able to use tools in the future and take care of their homes then get this app. It teaches them what they need to know about most tools and how they work.

Its fun and interactive. Its a fun way for child to spend his time.

It is a fantastic app, especially if youve got little ones (or "big kids") fascinated with gears. My little one got frustrated a couple times toward the end when there were "distractions" and a couple levels that were very challenging at the end, but then we ran out of new levels, so my help isnt needed anymore...until this new update! Thank you for more levels!!!

...same as the previous reviewer. Same experience as the previous reviewer. Crashes immediately after the intro. I know it will get fixed, this is a fantastic game! Looking forward to it!

Really fun game but yes after the newest update it crashes soon after it starts.

First version was great game and highly recommended. After the update the game crashes immediately at the opening logo. Unusable.

As of the most recent update this app crashes immediately after launching rendering it useless.

Since the update this app crashes immediately. Please fix ASAP!

The game crashes on started since the latest update was applied.

This is a great game, but since the most recent update it keeps crashing right after the intro screen. Please fix. Thanks!

It was crashing just after the intro but now with this new update it works as it should