I just came across a cool new app called Pocket Zoo™ that was created by Robleh Jama, his wife, and a few other folks from the old Sneakerplay team (site that I acquired last year). As a huge animal lover, I was intrigued by the concept of a zoo in your pocket. The app is really neat – you can browse a ton of animals as if you were perusing the zoo on a weekend afternoon. You can click on any animal and see more information about the critters, along with multimedia such as photos and audio clips to see what they look like, and hear what they sound like.
The coolest part by far is the live video feeds of each animal that displays directly in the app. You can literally watch a feed of Pandas, Lions, Bears, or other animals in real-time! This is a great app, both for grown-up animal lovers, but even more so for kids. The team has gotten some great recognition already. Pocket Zoo™ was chosen as the runner-up in the 2010 App Star Awards (Entertainment & Fun category) and as a result received pre-launch mentions from Techcrunch “Wikipedia for animals” and Readwriteweb “an adorable (and educational) app for kids”.
I am definitely buying this app for both my little cousins, I know they’ll love it. Get yours on iTunes here!
In the meantime, here’s a video that shows some of the functionality of the app. Congrats to RJ and the rest of the Pocket Zoo team!
Pocket Zoo™ with Live Animal Cams from tiny hearts on Vimeo.
