Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills Negative Reviews

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills app received 21 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills? Can you share your negative thoughts about dexteria - fine motor skills?

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills for Negative User Reviews

✓ Not for small childrenI bought this app for my fine motor challenged 2 1/2 year old, thinking this could help him. It's far too difficult for him to even attempt. The crab pinching activity was the only activity he would even try, but there was no option to make the crabs bigger and work his way down. Perhaps I'll try it with him if he still needs it in a couple of years....BluegrassLoveVersion: 1.3.3

✓ DisapointedI bought this app after reading all the hoopla over it and I must admit , technically, it's a very well done app. I think the exercises are benificial to those needing fine motor practice, but bottom line is this app is dull and boring to the children who need it most. It's a prime example of therapy for therapy's sake with no real purpose or reward for all the hard work. I would suggest cake and cookie doodle apps for most of the same theraputic exercises at a fraction of the cost AND your kids will not want to stop playing because at the end of the game, they have something beautiful to behold..DoihavtasayVersion: 1.1

✓ Only 1 out of the 3 games functions in a usable wayThe crab pinch is the only game that works. The numbers game keeps repeating that we start at the arrow dot (there isn’t one?) and the other game that starts with fingers - I don’t even know what he’s supposed to do for that. He puts his fingers on the screen and then nothing else happens. It clearly isn’t functioning the way it’s intended..Mama J is number 1Version: 1.3.7

✓ Definitely an app for higher functioning SN kidsI thought maybe this app would be helpful to use with the kids with autism I work with. However, lower functioning kids may will have a hard time following the directions. Calibrating the screen in the "Tap It" was next to impossible for my kids, even with my hand over hand guidance. Wobbly fingers were everywhere! This app will definitely be fun for kids who need help with fine motor skills and are able to understand and follow instructions without much hand over hand guidance. The "squish" sound when the crabs are pinched is just gross enough for my 6 year old to to love. The writing section may be frustrating for some kids who don't "get it right" within 2 tries. I even had some difficulty writing the letters and it took me several tries to get it right. Overall, it's a nice app with some cool activities for kids who need help with fine motor skills..JoeysMumVersion: 1.0.1

✓ 2/3 of it are greatPinch it and Trace it work very well. Tap it frequently does not work and will not calibrate the children's hands. When using Tap it the game will just shut down without warning. I like the other two games but the Tap it needs work..Pediatric OTVersion: 1.3.2

✓ Not great for iPhoneThis app may be great on an iPad, but doesn't translate well to the iPhone. The letter tracing doesn't show up on the screen at all and the tapping exercise is very difficult to calibrate on the smaller screen. I wish this had been mentioned before I purchased this relatively expensive app..Ksd23Version: 1.2

✓ Not Worth The MoneyWrite It is useful. Pinch It is just a game, while the biggest disappointment is Tap It which is totally useless for someone with adult sized fingers..SkwithVersion: 1.3.7

✓ UnpolishedI bought this app for two reasons- I like the idea of a game where a child can work on fine motor on the go, and it says it can be used in French for my francophone clients. The games are cute, but the writing is hard to do without bringing down the nightshade is OS5. The Language translations are horrible- you must have your phone in French via utilities to use it (why no option to just use the app in French?) and while the menus and directions have been translated- the actual games haven't. Ie: when a child writes a number, it's spoken in English despite the fact that the phone is set to French. How confusing is that? For a 5$ app I expected much better..NavvanVersion: 1.2.3

✓ There's betterWas recommended by my daughters teacher as she has learning difficulties. Disappointed to have to turn off multi gesture. Over priced for what you get. There's better around..Pink jellybeansVersion: 1.3.3

✓ HelpI like this app but can not get the finger tap activity to work. When we place our fingertips on the screen, no buttons appear and the app closes. The other activities on this app work fine. Can someone help?.JAC teacherVersion: 1.3.4

✓ So sad it won’t work on the new Apple softwareAs an OT this was my favorite app. But now the Write It game simply doesn’t work. The letters will not trace. I have deleted and the reinstalled the app 3 times. I am disappointed because it was a great motivator for teaching the HWT letter and number formation..Gardenstate GirlVersion: 1.3.6

✓ Excellent app until iOS5: crashes non stop.I really loved this app and used it a lot with my kids for fine motor skills development. Really outstanding. Then iOS5 came out and this app crashes between 20 seconds and 2 minutes uf use, on the finger tapping part. I waited at first, as iOS5 was new, to give time to the Devs to fix it. We are now in February 2012, still no progress: I have to rate it badly because whatever good it has, you canèt use it. Save yourself 5$ until it has been iOS5 fixed....JPtheJPVersion: 1.2.3

✓ Hand calibrationIs anyone else having issues with the hand calibration. It takes upwards of 10 minutes before the program successfully completes its calibration. Looks like a bug to me but I haven't seen any other comments about it..JK_UNCVersion: 1.2.3

✓ Not enough games for the priceToo expensive for just three simple games with little variety for each level. Games are boring! No real challenges or significant increase in difficulty for each level. works only a few hand movements:lateral pinch not a tip to tip pinch as game does not activate when using a tip to tip pincer, works finger isolation but does not work manipulative skills, increase active range of motion or general dexterity. letter formation activity no better than apps that are free. Needs more work, more games and more variety before I can recommend this to patients and families..Children's Healthcare of AtlantaVersion: 1.0

✓ Waste of moneyI am an occupational therapist who downloaded a number of fine motor apps to see which are worth recommending to parents I work with. This app was the most expensive and by far the least value for money of the lot. The alphabet writing activity is boring and offers no unique features. The pinch it activity is probably the most interesting of the three but it works if you use any three fingers so without supervision would be easy to cheat with defeating its purpose. It is also again not very interesting when compared to the multitude of other electronic games children have access to. The tap it activity is probably the most useless of the lot and offers nothing that just tapping your fingers one at a time on a table wouldn't. Learning to play the piano would be a much more fun and functional activity!! Whilst the intention of this app is promising the content is disappointing and fails to deliver..K1980GVersion: 1.2.3

✓ Melissa IngramApp not easy to work for children and letters and numbers won’t trace red as instructed on app before I purchased. Please refund me.Uumreity umhyvyVersion: 1.3.6

✓ AlasThe first of the 3 games (Tap It) keeps freezing and does not respond. Very disappointing, as this was the drawcard in purchasing. Have tried on numerous occasions to make it work, to no avail. Sent a message to Dexteria support. maybe they can fix it?.Thornless berryVersion: 1.1

✓ Can't get Tap It section to workApp shuts down automatically when doing hand calibration on the Tap It section. Other two sections work fine. Disappointed I paid money for something that seems really glitchy. I even turned off my iPad's multitasking gestures as indicated, still didn't work..KristiBear13Version: 1.3.5

✓ DexteriaA problem in the app causes difficulties in Multitasking Gestures. Therefore, the app requests the user to turn off their multitasking gestures in Settings. If you do this, you lose the use of all multitasking gestures, so why would you bother? Rated very low, as if the designers can't get this app to work with iPad system, then they should forget the deal..GueriiVersion: 1.3.3

✓ High score board?Tracking a single child's scores from day to day would be helpful... some variety in the pinching game would help. 10 levels...could we do those same levels again, only with a slightly smaller animal? if this game were free i MIGHT have given 4 out of 5 stars, but we paid for it, and it lacks the 'longevity factor' as all of the kids i've used this (albeit, great) program with, have gotten bored in just 2 weeks, even though we are limiting them to 10 minutes of use per day. my own child (who does not have any dexterity troubles except for her age factor) used this program and got very bored and frustrated with the seemingly tedious letter-writing function. even when i try it, it frustrates me. it is great but you have to tell kids it's only a computer and give them lots of positive feedback so they don't give up all together. we tried it with the stylus, but you can't lean your hand on the tablet while you are writing, and that IS how a normal person would write, so it only serves to function for dexterity issues...which i think should NOT be mixed with academic writing process, as it could confuse children who may struggle with other possible recognition problems, etc..Soulfire77Version: 1.3.5

✓ Isn't working the way it shouldI was disappointed with the lack of responsiveness of the app. The window shade is still an issue to be fixed - the whole alphabet tracing activity locks up once the window shade is activated. The other activities only work correctly part of the time. I can't use this as it is with my students. What a waste of money..Maggie LVersion: 1.2.3

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