# Baby's Musical Hands — a delightful musical toy

> Interactive musical toy app for babies and toddlers with sound and visual feedback. (iPhone/iPad app by Milkbag Games.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/babys-musical-hands/id447815630 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Milkbag Games](https://appshunter.io/developer/702914608)
- Category: Games, Music, Music
- Price: $0.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 19 App Store ratings · 77 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 51 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-07-12
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/babys-musical-hands/id447815630/reviews.md

## What is Baby's Musical Hands?

Baby's Musical Hands is an award-winning musical toy for babies and toddlers for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. 

As a game designer and developer, I love my iOS devices. But as a new father, I realized how much my son loves them too. I decided I could put my experience developing for iOS to use, and build an app for my son to play with. Baby's Musical Hands was born! 

--= Awards for Baby's Musical Hands =--

Best Infant App (iOS) - 2011 Best App Ever Awards
Editor's Choice Award - Children's Technology Review

--= Reviews for Baby's Musical Hands =--

"Baby's Musical Hands Is a Magical App" - GeekDad - Wired.com

"Baby's Musical Hands is a great choice to increase the understanding of cause and effect in the youngest app users" - GiggleApps

"...any kid would find the fun in this one" - TUAW

Baby's Musical Hands features 15 brightly colored squares that your baby can touch. Red squares make drum sounds, yellow squares play piano notes, and blue squares play guitar notes. 

Every time your baby touches the screen, colorful stars will burst from their fingers. Watch them delight in the audio and visual feedback! 

Baby's Musical Hands supports full multi-touch, meaning your baby gets the kind of feedback they expect when touching the screen. 

I'd love to hear from you if your son or daughter loves Baby's Musical Hands as much as mine! 

Please like the Baby's Musical Hands facebook page to stay up to date on what's new with the app: http://www.facebook.com/BabysMusicalHands

Owen Goss 
Father 
Founder, Streaming Colour Studios

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TIP: In iOS 6 or later, you can use your device's Accessibility options to disable the home button, so your child won't accidentally quit Baby's Musical Hands:

- Open your iPhone or iPad's Settings app
- Tap on: General > Accessibility > Guided Access
- Turn Guided Access on
- Set a Passcode (remember what this is)
- Press the Home button to quit the settings app
- Open Baby's Musical Hands
- Triple-click the Home button
- Tap "Start" in the top-right corner of the screen
- The Home button is now disabled

When you are ready to quit Baby's Musical Hands:

- Triple-click the Home button
- Enter your Passcode
- Tap "End" in the top-left corner of the screen
- Press the Home button to quit the app

## Key features

- Touch-sensitive colored squares
- Drum, piano, and guitar sounds
- Visual star bursts on touch
- Multi-touch support
- Cause and effect learning

## Chart rankings

- #39 in Top Paid · Music (US App Store)

## What do users think of Baby's Musical Hands?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎵 Simple musical sounds
- 🌈 Soothing colors
- 👶 Baby-friendly design
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🌟 Engaging for babies
- 🎨 Bright colors capture attention
- 💖 Sweet and satisfying
- ✨ No silly animations
- 🚫 No accidental exits/menus
- 🆓 No in-app purchases
- 🧑‍🦯 Accessible for visually impaired
- 🎶 Self-voicing
- 💯 Great for cause-and-effect
- 💡 Well-designed
- 🚀 Runs great on older devices
- 😊 Makes babies smile and giggle
- 👍 Minimal and clean interface
- 👍 Encourages imagination and creativity
- 👍 Pure musical instrument/toy
- 👍 No commercial content
- 👍 Instant reward for touch
- 👍 Relaxing tones
- 👍 Not obnoxious

**Cons**

- 🐛 App exits unexpectedly
- 🐛 Touch gestures not disabled
- 🐛 Baby flies out of app
- 🐛 Doesn't work on new phones
- 🐛 No sound
- 🐛 Too simple
- 🐛 One screen only
- 🐛 Hidden costs/recharged
- 🐛 Screen shrinks when touched
- 🐛 Boring
- 🐛 Pinch to close needs disabling
- 🐛 Frustrating when app closes
- 🐛 Multi-touch swipe exits app
- 🐛 Too simple for older toddlers
- 🐛 Pinch to close closes app
- 🐛 Pulls down notification center
- 🐛 Needs parental lock
- 🐛 Too simple, free alternatives exist
- 🐛 Screen moves to next app
- 🐛 Baby can't move screen
- 🐛 Same every time
- 🐛 No sound
- 🐛 Boring for baby
- 🐛 Extremely limited
- 🐛 Brings up other screens
- 🐛 Needs more activities
- 🐛 Home button quits app
- 🐛 Baby hits hard
- 🐛 No sound
- 🐛 Bad app
- 🐛 Not worth the money

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Touch gestures not disabled
- Doesn't work with new phones
- No sound
- App shuts down on touch
- Screen shrinks when touched
- App closes accidentally
- Pinch to close needs disabling
- Pulls down notification center
- Screen moves to next app
- No sound
- No sound
- No sound

**Most requested features**

- Disable multi-touch gestures
- Lock the screen
- Menu of other sounds and colors
- Harp sound option
- More functionality
- More sounds and colors
- Lock screen to prevent exiting
- Lock using Guided Access
- Parental lock feature
- Lock screen to prevent navigation away
- More activities
- Pentatonic scale for notes
- More sounds
- More colors
- More activities

## Recent user reviews (10 of 77)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/babys-musical-hands/id447815630/reviews.md

### 5/5 — lovely

*2024-04-25*

i’ve used this app for all four of my children, when they were young toddlers. it’s just musical sounds and soothing colors that play when the screen is touched. it’s sweet :)

### 5/5 — Perfect for the 10 month old

*2020-02-16, version 1.2.1*

Baby doesn’t know how to use the home button yet, so she gets minutes of fun mashing on this making sounds. Disable multi-touch gestures for the ultimate baby friendly experience. Simple & elegant & satisfying to play with. Runs great on a first gen iPad mini!

### 5/5 — No accidental exits or menus—yay!

*2019-07-26*

No silly animation, so it’s more active play and not just watching TV. I LOVE that toddler can’t accidentally exit or hit a menu that stops the keys from working. Also love that there are no in-app purchases so I don’t have to worry about accidental purchases.

### 1/5 — Funktioniert nicht - Geldverschwendung

*2019-03-15*

Touchgesten werden NICHT wie angegeben deaktiviert sondern sorgen dafür, dass die Software im Grunde unbenutzbar ist. Unser baby fliegt nach wenigen sekunden immer aus der app raus weil irgend eine Geste ausgelöst wurde. Völlig daneben für eine App für Babys. Würde am liebsten sogar die 89 cent zurück fordern.

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2018-12-30, version 1.2.1*

My 5 month old boy loves it! The bright colours easily capture his attention and he gets so excited every time he taps the screen.

### 2/5 — :(

*2018-08-25*

Doesn’t work with my new phone. Loved this. My kid loves this. Please fix

### 5/5 — Accessibility!

*2018-08-17*

This app is self-voicing and fully accessible for children who are visually impaired or blind. Thank you for creating an app that is exciting for ALL babies and toddlers!
FYI: the app does work with VoiceOver (Apple’s screen reader); however, only the piano sounds are heard, even when touching the read and blue squares.

### 2/5 — Musical app that doesn’t play music

*2018-01-18*

No sound. But baby does get graphic star explosions when she touches the squares.

### 5/5 — baby k

*2017-07-24*

It's perfect for my cousin kaysin

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2017-07-07*

My parenting does not involve screen time for my child. But I came across this app and it is PERFECT. It's simple, clean, and minimal. My daughter (currently 15mo) loves playing music and pushing buttons so this is great. We can even work on colors with it. 

So, so, so, so great!

## Frequently asked questions about Baby's Musical Hands

### What does Baby's Musical Hands do?

Baby's Musical Hands is a musical toy app designed for babies and toddlers. It allows them to interact with brightly colored squares on the screen, which produce different instrument sounds and visual effects like bursting stars. This provides an engaging sensory experience and helps young children understand cause and effect.

### What are the key features of Baby's Musical Hands?

The app features 15 brightly colored squares that trigger distinct sounds: red for drums, yellow for piano, and blue for guitar. Every touch creates colorful star bursts, and the app supports multi-touch for a more responsive experience. It's designed to be intuitive and delightful for very young users.

### How much does Baby's Musical Hands cost?

Based on the provided information, Baby's Musical Hands is a paid application. There is no mention of free trials, subscriptions, or in-app purchases, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### What devices is Baby's Musical Hands compatible with?

Baby's Musical Hands is designed for iOS devices, specifically the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The description also mentions compatibility with iOS 6 or later, and provides instructions for using Guided Access, a feature available on these devices.

### What are the benefits of using Baby's Musical Hands for my child?

This app offers a delightful way for babies and toddlers to explore music and develop an understanding of cause and effect. The combination of audio and visual feedback from touching the screen can be very engaging and stimulating for young children, making it a fun and educational tool.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.2.1 — 2017-06-26

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Update with fixes in preparation for iOS 11.

Thank you so much for your continued support of Baby's Musical Hands!

### 1.2 — 2012-09-06

Please note: this version of Baby's Musical Hands requires iOS 4.1 or higher to run.

Thank you so much to everyone who has purchased and enjoyed Baby's Musical Hands! I'm thrilled so many kids are enjoying this app.

Please "like" Baby's Musical Hands on Facebook to get news about upcoming updates, and my future kids apps: http://www.facebook.com/BabysMusicalHands

This version contains:

- A fix for the audio in the app. Previous versions paid attention to the mute switch, but this caused a lot of confusion. The app will now play music, even if your device is muted. Don't worry, you can still turn the volume down using your device's volume controls, if you want to play quietly.

- New retina iPad artwork

If you're enjoying Baby's Musical Hands, please update your reviews on the App Store after downloading the update. Your reviews mean a lot.

Thank you!

### 1.1 — 2011-07-28

Thank you for playing Baby's Musical Hands! If you or your child are enjoying it, please leave a review on the App Store.

New in version 1.1
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- Baby's Musical Hands is now Universal! It will run on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
- Note: The iPhone and iPod touch only have room on the screen for two instruments (yellow and blue; piano and guitar)

### 1.0 — 2011-07-08

No release notes.

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