iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer

Designed for parents, iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer is an iPhone application meant to turn your phone into a time-out aid. A fairly decent concept, iTOT features some good ideas in terms of design, but unfortunately the execution is a bit lacking. The settings features include the ability to turn sound and movement detection on or off, set a password for ending the time out, and save session statistics for multiple children. These features demonstrate a bit of thought regarding the design, but it is all undermined by the simple inability to stop the timer once it begins. Time-out for kids is supposed to be a form of behavior modification by demonstrating a single consequence for undesired behavior. As a parent, I know the challenge involved in implementing consistency in discipline, so the idea of an innovative time-out timer that resets itself at the detection of noise and reinforces accomplishment with an audible cheering section could be promising. However, I was not terribly impressed with the user-friendliness of iTOT or its intuitiveness. Primarily, because once you start the timer, you can’t stop it at will.(…) Read the rest of iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | iTOT – The Innovative Time-Out Timer by Jennifer | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !