App Reviews
Real moms rating apps for children. That’s what we do. Get the inside scoop on the best apps for children and honest reviews on all the apps you can find across all the major mobile devices.
kids apps MEMORY GAME LETTERS & NUMBERS
On the surface this app seems basic, however it cleverly helps preschool and kindergarten aged children learn numbers, letters and phonics through a card matching game.
free app friday LITTLE DIALERS
Simply, but necessary. Well worth the free download!
Middle School Confidential 1: Be Confident in Who You Are By Electric Eggplant
This beautifully illustrated app for middle school students helps kids navigate the common issues of growing up and dealing with other kids and yourself. Issues include self esteem, teasing, bullying, peer pressure, stress and insecurity. It’s just a wonderful app with a style and tone that will appeal to tweens, teens and parents.
giveaway SHAKE & MAKE
A huge to Erin of Night & Day Studios for providing the promo codes for this week’s giveaway, Shake & Make.
kids apps FIND THEM ALL: ANIMALS
[tabtext]Our Review[/tabtext] [tabtext]Description[/tabtext] Find them all is an absolutely adorable free game for toddlers and preschoolers, although older children might just find themselves playing with it too. The Find Them All: Farm Animals app works on different levels because you find animals, both visually and audibly – the closer you get to the …
kids apps DOODLE GRUB
[tabtext]Our Review[/tabtext] [tabtext]Description[/tabtext] Doodle Grub is a fun little app based on the classic snake game. The backgrounds are fun, the characters are charming, and it’s simple to play. Just tilt the iPhone or iPad to move the snake: eating green and gold apples while avoiding your enemies and poisonous apples. When you see …
kids apps TINY LOTO
This is a very cute, simple and well designed flashcard app that is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.
giveaway MONSTER CHORUS
This week’s giveaway is Monster Chorus from ReignDesign. I love this fun music app – we gave it 4 1/2 stars – and hope you will too! Read our review for the Monster Chorus app A big thanks to Reign Design for the promo codes. The free promo codes follow, but please don’t forget to …
kids apps YIPPEE CARDS
Yippee Cards is a cute flash card app with many sets that you can download for free.
kids apps CAKE DOODLE
[tabtext]Our Review[/tabtext] [tabtext]Description[/tabtext] Like Cookie Doodle, Cake Doodle is a fun and no-mess way for kids to practice their baking and decorating skills. In the app you get to pick a recipe, mix ingredients, bake, decorate , then eat your cake. It’s quite educational and makes me want to try out their recipes to …
I Learn With Poko: Seasons & Weather
iLearn with Poko: Seasons & Weather is a wonderfully interactive and beautifully designed app for kids aged 3-8 to learn about the seasons and weather. 4.5 stars!
kids apps THE SEED CYCLE
The Seed Cycle is an easy to use, visual and hands on approach to learning about the life cycle of a plant. 4.5 stars!
kids apps JUMPSTART MY ABC BOOK
ABC Stickers is a best app because of the sticker book approach to learning ABC’s making it a fun activity that kids will enjoy and be familiar with.
giveaway 123 KIDS FUN GAMES
Thanks to RosMedia for this week’s promo code giveaway, 123 Kids Fun Games. The free promo codes follow, but please don’t forget to use your promo code manners – leave a comment to let us know which promo code you used – thanks! 7EJ6E37WYMHJ JLHM9ET9JNNA WHYNMPLRWN7A KPKJ9XFMX6EF TL4K9WRXEF7W RJJJ9K4FTWLM W69R4NYNWHEA RL3RMXL396LH
kid apps FREE APP FRIDAY
Whether it’s a best app or not – today you can download and see for free!
kids apps BEAN BAG KIDS PRESENT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
This is a wonderfully strange adaptation of the classic fairy take, Little Red Riding Hood, acted out by bean bag dolls.
kids apps MONSTER CHORUS
Monster Chorus is a wonderfully cute music app that will appeal to the youngest iPhone / iPad users – and, of course, their parents.
giveaway COIN MATH
It’s a best app because it helps kids learn about money – and it’s this weeks giveaway!
kids apps NEW & NOTEWORTHY – JUNE 2011
Straight from the app store, these are Apple’s picks for New & Noteworthy kids apps for June 2011. Have one of these kids apps? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below. Some of these apps are recommended for over 9 years old, so please use your best judgement when choosing one of these …
kids apps TODDLER COUNTING & ALPHABET
Toddler Counting & Alphabets – Dinosaurs app by Space Machine Like the previously reviewed app Preschool Find & Match ABC’s & 123′s app by Space Machine, this app teaches preschool and kindergarten kids essential number and letter basics. This app approaches learning ABC’s and numbers in a simple way that incorporates puzzles and dinosaurs to …
kids apps PRESCHOOL FIND AND MATCH ABC & 123
One of the most important things children learn in preschool and kindergarten is number and letter recognition. It’s a simple skill that needs to be mastered early and this fun, game style app helps kids do exactly that.
giveaway ILIVEMATH
This an excellent math app that combines word math problems with fun subjects like animals, bug, trains – and it’s also this weeks giveaway!
kids apps GO CAR GO
Go Car Go App By Caravan Interactive, Inc Go Car Go is a great app because it’s fun, challenging game where you build your a car to make it over an obstacle course. I must admit it took me a while to appreciate this app. The graphics are simple and the idea seemed basic – …
kids apps SHAKE-A-PHRASE
Shake-a-Phrase is a best app because it gives children inspiration to start writing, plus quizzes them on verbs, nouns and adjectives.
giveaway GO KIDS: SAVE PARIS
This is a best app because we already gave it a 5 star review and now we’ve got some free promo codes.
kids apps DUST OR MAGIC EVENT
Very excited to be at the Dust or Magic App Camp where the best, brightest and most exciting kids app developers are over the next couple of days. Well, at least some of them. Exciting things in eBooks here, Crab Hill Press previewed two beautifully designed : My Dad Drives A Roller-coaster and Nash Smasher. …
kids apps THE INVENTION OF WOLFIE
Wolfie is a wonderful interactive story that inspires the scientist in kids through playing and reading.
kids apps THE GREAT SNAIL RACE
Great little story and a nice introduction to numbers.
giveaway MONTESSORI CROSSWORDS
A huge thanks to Pierre from L’Escapadou for giving us promo codes to the wonderful app Montessori Crosswords.
kids apps WORLD OF ANTS
The Strange and Wonderful World of Ants is a best app for kids because of the beautiful illustrations, animations, great background music and great of information about ants.
kids apps THE ODYSSEY
This is a best app because it gives kids an insight to the Greek classics in an entertaining way that’s full of adventure.
kids apps UNDODA
Undoda app by Undoda Multimind Games Undoda is a best app for kids because the story is excellent, the graphics are amazing and they’ve thrown in a couple of games for good measure. The Undoda app follows the adventures of an unlikely hero, a chinchilla. This eBook challenges children with more complex words and storytelling, …
kids apps WHAT IS MY JOB?
What’s My Job is a best app because it teaches young kids about people and what they do in a bright and colorful way.
kids apps ZOO TRAIN
Zoo Train is a fabulous app for toddlers and preschoolers to learn and have fun at the same time.
kids apps PENELOPE THE PURPLE PIRATE
Penelope the Pirate is a best app for kids because it’s a wonderful story of imagination and adventure.
giveaway MY FIRST CARD GAME: WAR
My first card game: War By Alexandre Minard This app is fresh in the app store and we scored 10 fabulous promo codes from Alexandre Minard of Learning Is Fun! I got to get a sneak peak and will review later, but it is a cute little game for even preschoolers. The codes follow, but …
kids apps MATCH THE LETTER
Match The Letter is a best app because it teaches younger children the alphabet and early words for free.
kids apps LETTER BUDDIES ALPHABOOKS
Letter Buddies by Alpha Books is a great app for teaching the alphabet to kids. Each letter has it’s own AlphaBuddy which not only introduces the letter, but introduces several words that begin with the letter and easy sentence with each word.
kids apps WEIGH FUN
Weigh Fun is a simple app that helps kids learn about weight and shopping.
kids apps ALPHABYTES
This is a best app for kids because it teaches toddlers, preschoolers – and even some kindergartners about the alphabet by tracing, interacting and playing with letters and words.