Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills App Reviews

Ive used this app with many of my OT patients, pediatrics & hand therapy. Id love to see more like it, or more options within this app. Thanks!

Great app I use it daily in occupational therapy.

tracking a single childs 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 ive 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 its only a computer and give them lots of positive feedback so they dont give up all together. we tried it with the stylus, but you cant 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.

The letter trace can be frustrating for kids with low fine motor skills.

Have liked this app

I am an OT that uses this app with students on my caseload. I like how the writing program lets a student know when they are forming a letter incorrectly. This has been helpful to several students of mine. I use other therapy tools as well so I have not had my students get bored with writing program. Pinching program challenging for students until they get the feel for it. Variety would be nice instead of just crabs. Would like ease in tracking progress of multiple students. Overall helpful therapy tool.

after a couple of minutes, they want a new app.

App 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 iPads multitasking gestures as indicated, still didnt work.

I too use this app for occupational therapy and it would be great it you could enter different users and track their progress. I use it in elementary and middle school. The tap is even difficult for middle schoolers with fine motor issues, really helps.

It has helped my daughter improve her dexterity!

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skill Development is one of the mainstays in an OTs toolbox for teaching kids how to write. Why? Because it looks at learning to write from a developmental point of view. If kids hands are not prepared to write- meaning the musculature is not there, then they cant control a writing utensil to form letters - Period. Dexteria has 2 games to develop hand skills before the third tracing the letters. The first game "Tap it", helps warm up the hand and introduces isolating the fingers, motor planning and sequencing. Using your thumb as an anchor each finger is called upon to tap a colored triangle. Its sort of like the light up memory game, but for fingers. The second game, "Pinch it" helps develop thumb and index control by picking up first little crabs that are stationary, and then stepping it up to moving targets. Finally, after giving the hands a brief wake up, tracing the letters are introduced. I love how every aspect of this app is thought out, from color schemes to activities. All modes can be translated to off screen games to refine these skills with real life manipulatives, which is the point of using an app for therapy. Data for accuracy and speed can be tracked and there is an in app purchase to expand data collection for unlimited users. Recommended.

Wonderful to have professional quality OT Apps for affordable prices.i love the reporting features and the great updates. So many people are helped through this app. Keep up the good work!

Good app for pre warm ups working with students who have handwriting difficulties as well as develop manipulation skills. Im an OT and cannot wait to try this on my students. Have tried this on my 5 year old and loves it!