Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar for Android

I am a long time fan of Jacquie Lawson Advent calanders. I really love that they have now added an app so they can be done and played on phone or Mobile. This year, I found the scene very flat and only focused on the front layer. In past years, it was so fun to see the scene come more and more alive every day. This year, hardly anything changed except the building being lit. To me this is my biggest critique. Tho there were some adorable videos, I found the overall calendar boring, even tho I love London. And added suggestion….go back to letting us search the scene for the days video. This years took that fun away from us as it opened directly to the video. I will definitely buy next years. But hope this critique is helpful for future development. My husband and I love the break Christmas balls/ candy break game. I love the tree decorating, snowflakes, cookie decorating, snowmen.

Really disappointed in this years app. Last years was so much more fun and interactive. This was pretty boring. Not sure I will purchase one next year. Even my six year old grandson noticed the difference. Very sad.

The background scene while beautifully detailed is almost totally static which was not the case last year. The colors are flat except for the “main” street. The ornaments are okay but nowhere near as fun as the gnomes which were interactive once you got them on your shelf. The recipes include products I’ve never heard of and have no idea where I’d ever find them. I bought this for myself & 3 friends which I had done last year as well. No one is enjoying this one like last years. I will need to preview next year’s before deciding to buy it again, especially for other people. The end was very disappointing- last year the gnomes as a group sang a song. Ornaments, of course, couldn’t do anything special. They’re sending you to the Country cottage which is ok but the furnishings are limited & after a while you run out of things to buy with the coins you earn playing the games.

I’ve always loved these calendars. Looking for (and “opening”) the daily ornament, playing the games, watching the town light up, seeing my customized “activities” show up (like snowflakes). Last year and this year, however, were quite disappointing. It has been much less interactive - few games (and none that show up later (like snowflakes, cookies, etc); no searching for the daily calendar to open, it simply presents itself each day; few activities; all the daily ornaments are simply videos that don’t even appear to show up later in the scene. And the music didn’t even change. All in all, it was quite boring. I’m sad, but I think I’ll go back to paper advent calendars next year or seek out a new online calendar.

The best 4.99 I have spent in a long time. Will look for this each year. The content was great, graphics spectacular, music perfect. Had so much fun with this. Each day my 11 year old and I would open the date and really enjoyed it.