Spot the Dot ($3.99) is an exception, and an app I recommend heartily. When Leo plays Spot the Dot, bystanders from ages 3 to 73 flock to our boy's side, talk with him, and cheer him on. It's delightful to watch, especially since Leo's been having a rough time lately, with fidgety behaviors that sometimes make folks in proximity uncomfortable.
In Spot the Dot, the user clicks through a series of screens in which a single elusive dot must be located, a different colored dot each time. Spotting the dot get trickier with each screen, as the visual environment becomes more complicated. It's harder than it sounds, especially on that last, white dot screen!

Spot the dot also exemplifies good, solid, simple, powerful app design. Literacy is not necessary -- users can click to any screen at any time by selecting that same-colored dot from the bar atop the screen. Every dot's screen has an intro with both text and voiceover direction that tells the user to "Spot the XX dot," while the "o" in the word "dot" is the dot color in question. Leo doesn't need help to use the app, which I always appreciate.
Highly, highly recommended.
Disclosure: Ruckus Media gave me a promo code for Spot the Dot, two months ago. But, as always, I only write about the apps I feel make a difference or are worthwhile for Leo and our family.
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