--- title: "The Baobab - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "The Baobab is an original story about a curious little girl who embarks on an adventure. Complete with enthralling illustrations and talented American Sign Language (ASL) storytelling, this bilingual " --- # The Baobab — United States ![The Baobab App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple128/v4/12/2a/cb/122acb28-c64a-91a7-c770-04fd5737ec3b/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-85-220-0-5.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [Gallaudet University](https://apptail.io/developer/gallaudet-university-RWz) **Category:** Education **Rating:** 4.4/5 (28 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** edu.gallaudet.vl2.VL2Storybook **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 2.0 (released 2018-08-20) **Original Release:** 2013-01-24 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id585916034) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/the-baobab-IJbl/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/the-baobab-IJbl/united-states) ## The Baobab Description The Baobab is an original story about a curious little girl who embarks on an adventure. Complete with enthralling illustrations and talented American Sign Language (ASL) storytelling, this bilingual interactive storybook app features a rich American Sign Language glossary with 170 English to ASL words. Features: • Original and charming story told in ASL and English! • Vivid Retina supported watercolor illustrations. • Easy & accessible navigation designed for children. • Rich interactive narrative with direct English to ASL vocabulary video translation. • Audio voice-over provided for all vocabulary words. • 170-word American Sign Language glossary! Parents can learn ASL along with their child. • App design is based on proven research in bilingualism and visual learning. The ability to view the story in both, ASL and English leads to greater literacy skills in both languages in young children. All the revenues go towards research and further development of more storybook apps. ## The Baobab Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/d5/e0/3c/d5e03c06-59b0-ac20-b3af-b147c0bdb66a/pr_source.png/2732x2048.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple128/v4/95/c2/3e/95c23e94-5ea8-db4d-7e4f-89c9952046ea/pr_source.png/2732x2048.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/2a/2c/2b/2a2c2bf8-22f1-502a-1489-56cea4b1c96a/pr_source.png/2732x2048.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/f4/71/91/f4719196-849b-fb46-e497-2cba0c1c0be2/pr_source.png/2732x2048.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple128/v4/e2/85/12/e285121b-1c2b-9db1-f745-1c2543528e17/pr_source.png/2732x2048.png) - [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple118/v4/35/97/72/359772fe-ce2c-8d6f-4365-06353509ad52/pr_source.png/2732x2048.png) ## The Baobab Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 22 (79%) - 4 stars: 1 (4%) - 3 stars: 1 (4%) - 2 stars: 2 (7%) - 1 stars: 2 (7%) ## The Baobab Reviews in United States ### *---- "Please update the app to be compatible with iOS 11" I really enjoy this app and can’t use it on iOS 11. -- stephiewephie, 2018-02-09 ### **--- "iOS 11" The Baobab hasn’t been updated to run with iOS 11 :(. Hopefully This gets fixed soon! -- paranormaladdict, 2017-12-21 ### **--- "Review by teacher and illustrator" Things that could be improved: the facial expressions of the girl are difficult to read and do not match the facial expressions of the signer telling the story. The mask on the face of the girl is ridiculous. The signer blocks the view of the girl or other characters quite often. The coloring while nicely done is too pastel. The signing, while well done, is much higher than your typical young deaf child with hearing parents who barely sign. Suggestions: it would be helpful to have a simplified signing option for young children who are deaf and have hearing parents. This way the child could start with the simplified signing. I know from experience young children with limited signing skills will not engage as readily with this type of a signer and book. It's better for them to see it acted out by signers. I do applaud the use of the app medium to creat signing books in ASL and English. Your price is much too high for an app. I, too, develop apps for children and I have learned the price needs to stay below $3 if you really want parents and teachers to buy the app. Good luck with these apps. It is a good idea. -- Crismerce, 2013-09-30 ### ***-- "Great app but would like see more...." I'm a Deaf mother of a deaf child and I was told about this app at a family event at a deaf institute so I thought I would check it out since there are not that many app that have ASL along with a book. Te only thing I am disappointed with was that I paid over $6 for one story... I would like to see 5 or 10 stories in ASL to get the bang for my bucks. Overall, my child and I enjoyed the story and would like to see more. -- Rainey4luck, 2013-08-12 ### ***** "More stories??" I really love this video! My 9 year old daughter also loves it! It is really helping her with her signs, now she is more excited about learning signs and being able to communicate more with her Deaf grandparents, which makes me very happy!!! I wish there were more stories! Especially to keep her interest, are there plans for updates with more stories? The signing is so beautiful and the woman signing has such a friendly and inviting face. Very happy to see a deaf woman of color being the language model for so many!! Keep up the good work!!!! (I got another ASL stories app as well, and I must say, the baobab one is much more easy on the eyes, my daughter is more engaged with this one!) -- Riddir, 2013-06-04 ### ***** "The Baobab" This is a wonderful ASL story by a gifted story-teller! I like the "Learn" signed vocabulary option; it shows the signs used in the story. Folks newer to sign will want to remember that these signs are contextual and may not work in all scenarios. I can't wait for more from Gallaudet! -- dAmH4415, 2013-02-20 ### ***** "Wow! Colorful story!!!" Finally! A book that my kids can enjoy watching signing and reading English. The signing is very wonderful to watch. I love the design of the book. It makes it easier for my kids to follow the story in sign and English. I also love how many vocabulary words in the dictionary. Forget adding a separate sign dictionary app, this app does the trick and makes it more easier to find the words and it applies to the story. I like this better than "signed stories" which has old fat creepy guys signing it. The woman in this story is fantastic! Please add more stories!! ***I strongly suggest that there should be music in the background like Dr. Seuss books or Disney books. There should also be an option for auto play when reading the book. It's hard for my kids to turn the pages. They enjoy the auto reading being 3 and 1 years old. *** -- Deaf dad with 2 hearing kids, 2013-02-09 ### ***** "Fantastic!" Wonderful and enriching story! My students were engaged and wanted to watch it over and over again. This app had three features, watch video of story teller, read on own (click on words to see the signer again), and sign glossary at end. Very well done VL2!!!! Looking forward to the next series. -- Kwags45, 2013-02-07 ### ***** "Awesome" This is such a great app! My son loves it! Please get more books soon! -- Mom of Deaf son, 2013-02-07 ### ****- "Worth the money" As an educator who has to buy my own apps, $6.99 is usually out of my budget for a book. However, I'm happy I spent the money on this one. I work with Deaf and hard of hearing students, and there are precious few books in English and American Sign Language. This one is beautiful. The ASL is great (no Signed English here!). The video is sharp and plays well on my iPad 3. The artwork behind the storyteller are beautiful and support comprehension of the narrative without being visually distracting. Students can read the text independently, watch the story signed, or explore the included English-ASL translation video glossary. One of my favorite features is that students can access the glossary from the text by tapping on an unfamiliar word. Nice! I would like to have an option of an English voiceover reading the text. This would widen the age of young hearing children and hard of hearing children who could enjoy the story on their own, especially children who are still learning ASL. I do hope there will be more ASL books coming from this publisher! Edit: my students and I just discovered a hidden artistic secret in this app! When in the "read" mode, shake your ipad for a cool surprise! -- Deaf Mac User, 2013-02-06 [View all The Baobab reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Apps Similar to The Baobab - [HearApp Kids](https://apptail.io/app/hearapp-kids-oKO/united-states) - [Keloğlan Marine Engineer](https://apptail.io/app/keloglan-marine-engineer-GNGd/united-states) - [SignShine](https://apptail.io/app/signshine-ZhMd/united-states) - [Teremok-ASL](https://apptail.io/app/teremok-asl-cHbl/united-states) - [Rainbow Sentences](https://apptail.io/app/rainbow-sentences-tHbl/united-states) - [Auditory Reasoning](https://apptail.io/app/auditory-reasoning-xIbl/united-states) - [Between the Lines Advanced HD](https://apptail.io/app/between-the-lines-advanced-hd-MIbl/united-states) - [Between the Lines Level 1 HD](https://apptail.io/app/between-the-lines-level-1-hd-FKbl/united-states) - [Between the Lines Level 2 HD](https://apptail.io/app/between-the-lines-level-2-hd-IKbl/united-states) - [The Giant Turnip-ASL](https://apptail.io/app/the-giant-turnip-asl-UNbl/united-states) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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