Finger-based coloring apps for the iPad abound, but this is the first designed to work with a special cigar-sized, AA battery-powered stylus. The stylus is called iMarker (made by Griffin Technologies, at http://bit.ly/fl84LO).  First, you download the free app, which lets you try three pages with your finger. To unlock the content, you must buy the iMarker ($30, http://www.griffintechnology.com). So your $30 iMarker stylus is also a key. To unlock the app, you follow a zig-zag pattern on the screen with the stylus. Once unlocked, you see three options from the main menu: Make a Coloring Page, Coloring Pages and Free Draw. The coloring pages consist of animated black-line drawings. As you color, the graphics animate themselves. In an underwater scene for example, the fish might start swimming. You have the option of freezing the action, and toggling on or off background sounds. Content includes five categories, each with six “pages.” You can also make your own by choosing a background and dragging and dropping elements onto it. Subscribers, please log into our database using your password to read the full review along with our rating.

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