Hello Kitty Nail Salon

What the game is and who it is for

Hello Kitty Nail Salon is a manicure game in which you paint and decorate nails for Hello Kitty and work up through designer levels. It is listed under Simulation and rated Everyone, and the listing shows 592,796 ratings and more than 100,000,000 installs. It is aimed at children and fans of Sanrio's characters, with copy-a-design challenges alongside an open creative mode.

Shapes, polish and Sanrio stickers

You pick a nail shape, then a polish color, a pattern and a background for the nails. Stickers and gems go on top, and the sticker set includes Sanrio characters: Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru, Chococat, Keroppi, Little Twin Stars, My Melody and Tuxedosam.

Some options may only be available through in-app purchases, which cost real money and are charged to the account. Device settings control whether in-app purchases can be made. The app may also show contextual ads, including ads you can watch for rewards, from Budge Studios, its partners and third parties.

Painting nails from a photo of a hand

Instead of working on a blank hand, you can apply a manicure over a photo of your own hand or a friend's. Photos taken in the app are saved to the device. The listing says they are never shared with other users in the app, nor passed by Budge Studios to unaffiliated third parties.

Social media links in the app can only be reached behind a parental gate.

Match This, Free Style and sharing designs

Match This asks you to copy a finished manicure, which tests how closely you can match a design. Free Style is the open mode, for designing unique nail art of your own.

Completing work earns cute stars and moves you up through new nail designer levels. Finished designs go into an album, where you can save and share them. The app is compatible with tablets.