Smart Apps For Kids

Fingerprint: Whole Wide World - fun, learning games for kids 5-8

 

 

Bottom Line: Has its strong points but in-apps are pushed hard and the substance of the educational material could be better.

Good Free App of the Day: iLuv Drawing Animals! TODAY ONLY!

One of our Top Picks, iLuv Drawing Animals has gone free! To celebrate the release of their new app, iLuv Drawing People, which we featured earlier this week, developer (and one of our page sponsors) Learn with Fun Apps has made iLuv Drawing Animals FREE FOR TODAY ONLY!

Good Free App of the Day: Recognise! ($9 left-right discernment app!)

Good Free App of the Day No. 2 for today comes from Deanne: 

"I'm suggesting this because we have a lot of special needs parents, teachers and therapists who follow the page. I know this isn't really a kids' app but it's normally $8.99 and it just went free.

Good Free App of the Day: Domino's Pizza Hero! (U.S. only)

Yes, yes, I know it's just a big commercial for Domino's Pizza, but my kids LOVE cooking apps and this is a nice one as it simulates the exciting world of cooking for a pizza delivery place, including a stern-but-friendly fast-food manager:

"The sauce is supposed to be in the middle of the pizza!"

Featured App: iLuv Drawing People - Learn how to draw kids doing their favorite things

One of our favorite developers (and page sponsors), Learn with Fun Apps, has just released a followup to their iLuv Drawing Animals app, which we tabbed as one of our Top Picks.

Take a look at iLuv Drawing people!

To give you an idea of how these apps work, I've included links to the free iLuv Drawing Santa app below.

 

 

Good Free App of the Day: Britannica Kids - Rainforests (usually $5!)

Today's Good Free App of the Day comes from a series of Britannica Kids apps (Solar System, Volcanoes, Dinosaurs) that regularly sell for $4.99! I can't find anything about how long it's free so get it now! 

(Scroll down for download links.)

32 (math problem-solving practice)

 

 

Bottom Line: Potentially great problem-solving and math computation app for 2^nd graders and up, but needs a few fixes.