I know I recently reviewed a Sago Mini app, but I just like them so much! And how could I resist Sago Mini Fairy Tales (December 2014; iOS and Android), featuring two of my favorite things: fairy tales and felines?

An orange, fairy-winged kitty emerges from a cottage to explore a nighttime fairyland scene. Similar to the setup of Sago Mini Ocean Swimmer, you guide the cat horizontally and vertically through the scene, discovering surprises as you go. Along with familiar fairy-tale and folklore figures inhabiting this enchanted world, Sago Mini fans will recognize several characters from other apps in the series.

The kitty waves a wand to give Rapunzel a new 'do, puts a Band-Aid on Humpty Dumpty, feeds a cupcake to a unicorn (resulting in a unicorn fart), and more. There's a bouncy castle, a teeny gingerbread house — inhabited by a guinea pig in a witch's hat, a pond with a resident friendly monster.





Pulsing starburst-shaped dots indicate where to place the cat to trigger longer animated sequences, such as sharing a picnic basket with Robin Hood (an actual bird). Simpler ones, such as acorns falling off a tree or lights turning on and off, are initiated by just flying by. Returning to the same place typically prompts a different interaction with the same character.

These interactive moments occasionally mash up fairy-tale tropes, with very funny results (an ogre tries on Cinderella's glass slipper, for example).



The humor is preschool-perfect: silly, with just a bit of potty humor. Through it all, the protagonist kitty is just as delighted and amused by the discoveries as I imagine a preschool-aged user might be.

This is a little sleepier (and a little less extensive) than the other Sago Mini apps I've seen. The landscape is all purples, blues, and greens, and the screen dims a bit at the edges; subtle cricket chirping provides the background sound. In one interaction with a magical tree, in fact, the kitty falls asleep on a branch and snores away to the strains of a lullaby. A great choice for pre-bedtime app use.

Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (requires iOS 7.0 or later) and Android devices (requires Android 4.0.3 and up); $2.99. Recommended for preschool users.