Flags Fun review

If you live in the UK, the US or much of Europe then you might enjoy the relative normality of your country’s flag. Some might think it boring, but either way, the simple designs are easy to draw or pick out from a group when the need arises.

Some countries in far corners of the world have some downright obscure flags which make them harder to learn. The intricate designs and symbols confuse us lowly westerners and leave us embarrassed at pub quizzes when we have no idea to which country the described flag belongs.

Thankfully, we now have Flags Fun to help us avoid such situations. The name might be cheesy and an obvious attempt at making learning sound like entertainment but by gum if you don’t learn your flags by end of a couple of hours with this app then we’ll eat a Union Jack.

There are two modes of play. The first is similar to the simple card game, Pairs, where cards – or indeed flags – are laid face-down on a table. You’re allowed to turn two over at a time and you must remember the location of matched pairs of flags.

The game looks great, with twenty tiles per screen with a stylish design on the back and curved corners, all very much in-line with the sexy iPhone. Each time you match up two correct flags a chime sounds and the name of the country to which the flag belongs appears at the bottom. It’s an effective way to learn and – dare we say it – it’s actually pretty fun too.

You’ve guaranteed to learn a great many flags in this mode that were previously a mystery. Once you’ve done so, it’s time to move on to the ‘Guess the flag’ game mode.

An array of 20 flags is displayed on the screen and a country’s name can be found down the bottom. You must guess which of flags is the corresponding design. This is trickier than the ‘Flags match’  game but should give you a good test when you start becoming familiar with things.

Flags Fun is a remarkably addictive app. You’re given scores and times as you play through the game which gives you something to compete against and it is genuinely useful for learning country’s flags.

If this is something that you either need or would like to do, then you’d be hard pushed to find a more fun, and economic way.

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Platform: Apple iPhone/iPod Touch

Cost: Free

Version: 2.2.2

Developer: Lima Sky

Website/Demo: Lima Sky website

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