Shakespeare vs Develop Your Child

“It’s really great!” —Kenneth Branagh, actor and director “I can't remember a time it wasn't on my iPhone. So feature rich!" —Stephen Fry, actor and writer “‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost right. Great to see Shakespeare Pro superplaying with Shakespeare’s plays.” —David Crystal, linguist and author of Shakespeare's Words “The Shakespeare Pro app is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!” —Ken Ludwig, Tony and Olivier Award Winning Playwright Shakespeare Pro® includes the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including apocrypha) and search the concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term). Shakespeare Pro is packed with these impressive features: ••• QUALITY TEXTS are a top priority and our team spent years compiling and editing the best references available. In the updated editions, the text is even more clear and each individual character is uniquely identified. ••• FIRST FOLIOS AND QUARTOS in original spelling show the works as they were originally published in Shakespeare’s time. ••• AN INTEGRATED GLOSSARY, based on the bestselling lexicon by David & Ben Crystal, Shakespeare’s Words™ is included. Simply tapping on a word will display its definition in context (not just a general definition). ••• ADD YOUR OWN NOTES AND SHARE THEM with your students, classmates, friends, and colleagues. Organize your notes into notebooks for use in the classroom, theatre, or just to remember key facts. Then share them via email or AirDrop. ••• POWER SEARCH THE WORKS by customizing multiple parameters like gender, genre, work, language, line form, soliloquies, and more. ••• CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE by choosing from a variety of color themes, change the font family and size, display long or short character names, jump around to different scenes, and view line numbers (*read the note below about line numbering). ••• BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS in addition to remembering the last page you viewed. Even copy/paste that great line. ••• DETAILED SCENE BREAKDOWNS give you an overview of the scenes within each play, their locations, and the characters present in each. ••• CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS help you better understand the actions and motivations of every character—all 1,155 of them. ••• MODERN TRANSLATIONS and lexicons to help you better understand Elizabethan English (extra add-ons). ••• GET THE FACTS by reading up on Shakespeare’s life, view data and chronology about his works, and an overview of scansion terminology or rhetoric. Character Arc Visualizers show individual character arcs or allow for comparison of multiple characters. ••• SHAKE YOUR DEVICE for Shakespeare himself to display a random memorable quote or insult. Or get a new random quote every day. ••• BROWSE THE GALLERY of famous Shakespeare portraits. ••• TEACHER CURRICULUM makes it easy for teachers to introduce students to Shakespeare's works. ••• COMPLETE APOCRYPHA is the most comprehensive breakdown of 14 plays Shakespeare may have had a hand in. ••• BARDFIND™ is the easiest way to find a Shakespeare theatre or venue anywhere in the world. These are just a few highlights of the great things in Shakespeare Pro. If you’re a student, professor, actor, or just plain love the Bard, this must-have app ensures you have the complete works at your fingertips. Like the new features? Having trouble and need support? Let us know at support@playshakespeare.com or at http://support.playshakespeare.com.

UNDERSTAND A YOUNG PERSON’S NATURAL PERSONALITY TYPE - GROUNDED IN PSYCHOLOGY, BUILT FOR PRIVACY Every person - and every young person - has natural preferences in how they take in the world, make decisions, recharge, and structure their day. DevelopYourChild helps you notice and explore those patterns - based on Carl Jung's original theory of psychological type, the foundation behind the well-known and widely-used Personality Type assessment. Built and reviewed by a team including coaches, chartered professionals, behavioural specialists, parents and personality type specialists & practitioners, this app takes a slightly different but research-supported approach. Instead of asking a young person to self-report - often impractical for younger people - it guides one of their responsible adults through a structured observation of the young person’s natural behaviour: the things they gravitate to when no one's watching, when no rules apply, and nothing is expected of them. HOW IT WORKS - Choose 4 Descriptions (quick, ideal for younger subjects) or 12 Questions (more nuanced, better for young people with a longer behavioural history) - Reflect on broad patterns from everyday life - no notepads required - Get a suggested four-letter Personality Type, then read the full profile and see if it fits - Not sure? Compare neighbouring types, get a second opinion from another adult who knows the young person, or revisit in a few months as they grow - Then reflect on what information in the extensive descriptive sections may be beneficial WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS Developmental psychology backs the core idea: parents and other observers can spot real, coherent personality patterns in young people from everyday behaviour, and some patterns - especially sociability and self-regulation - show meaningful continuity from being young into adolescence and adulthood. Other preferences take longer to become clear. The app was built to reflect that honestly, not to oversell what observation alone can tell you. WHAT THIS APP IS - AND WHAT IT ISN'T This app is a starting point for curiosity, not a verdict. It doesn’t guarantee a definitive personality type as an outcome. It doesn’t predict behaviour, or claim that behaviour is necessarily based on underlying preferences. It won't predict the future, or replace a parent or other responsible adult’s judgment and decisions. It won't diagnose, label, or claim certainty, and it isn't a substitute for professional assessment. It offers a lens to help a parent or other responsible adult notice a young person’s natural defaults, and thereby to consider how to support them in their life. BUILT FOR PRIVACY 100% private. No ads. No tracking. No account required. No data collection. Your observations stay on your device, not in someone else's database. PART OF THE PERSONALITY EXPRESS FAMILY DevelopYourChild is one of 13 apps built around a similar Jungian type framework, each focused on a different part of life - dating, teamwork, career, teaching, neurodiversity, and more. A genuine project of dedication aimed at improving lives, not data-harvesting. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This app provides general informational, educational and self-awareness content and, where applicable, an indication of Personality Type as defined by Jung. There is no good or bad Personality Type. Results are based on self-assessed or observed responses and are indications only; they are not statements about character, capability or behaviour and should not be relied upon as predictions of behaviour. The app does not provide clinical diagnoses, formal psychological assessments, medical evaluations or professional advice. It should not be used as the determining basis for decisions concerning health, safety, medical treatment, child development, child protection, education, parenting, discipline or wellbeing. Where a health, developmental or safety concern exists, seek advice from an appropriately qualified professional.