Today’s GFAOTD is a better-than-most animated flash card app, regularly priced at $2.99 but free for a limited time! Cartoon ABC has more than 100 animated interactions and contains no ads, in-apps or social network connections.
There is one odd thing about the app. On the title page there are seven items, but only two can be touched to reach another page: the alligator hugging the letter A and the light switch. A little confusing at first as the normal modus operandi is that everything can be clicked to lead to something else.
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From iTunes:
Cartoon ABC is an INTERACTIVE ALPHABET that makes learning FUN, and engages kids into a FASCINATING GAME. Your children will memorize the letters of the alphabet, remember the words that start with a corresponding letter, recognize the way the words are written, and have fun!
★★★★★ Universal app. Works across all iOS devices ★★★★★
★★★★★ Designed for the Retina display of the new iPad ★★★★★
★★★★★ Interactive mode of learning ABC ★★★★★
★★★★★ Teaches ABC, phonics, word recognition, vocabulary ★★★★★
★★★★★ Develops memory and motor skills ★★★★★
★★★★★ Encourage curiosity and imagination ★★★★★
★★★★★ 100+ interactive characters ★★★★★
★★★★★ Animation and interaction on every page ★★★★★
★★★★★ Original art and sounds ★★★★★
★★★★★ Kids' progress area ★★★★★
★★★★★ Children's privacy protection ★★★★★
★★★★★ High quality ★★★★★
★★★★★ Only 25MB!! Download it via 3G or WI-FI ★★★★★
The ABC is presented through a set of beautiful flash cards. Tap images and blinking areas to see the spelling of the words and to hear the pronunciation.
Cartoon ABC is highly interactive. Every time young explorers tap a letter or an object they can see a cute animated video. This game-like learning encourages kids to explore more and to learn by playing.
★ YOUR KID WILL LOVE ★
-interactive mode of learning;
-100+ amusing animations;
-pleasant melodies;
-child-friendly colorful graphics;
-cute characters with sound accompaniment;
-a new instrumental version of their favorite ABC chant;
★ BENEFITS FOR KIDS ★
-kids’ fine motor skills develop as they tap the letters and images;
-children’s memory improves when kids revise letters;
-attention span increases as a child stays concentrated on the task;
-kids also learn to associate the way the letters and words are pronounced with the way they get written;
★ PARENTS WILL ALSO APPRECIATE ★
-Parents Area specially designed to monitor children’s progress;
-A variety of melodies in the app (forget about a constantly recurring tune that sounds like a stuck record!);
-Graphics quality;
-An independent way a child can use the app;
-They way we care about children’s privacy: we don’t have any ads or integration with social networks;
Cartoon ABC is an alphabet every kid and parent will enjoy!
Recommended for kids over 2 years old.
★ PRIVACY DISCLOSURE ★
Cartoon ABC
- does not contain ads.
- does not contain integration with social networks.
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Every day we pick what we affectionately call the Good Free App of the Day, an app that we have downloaded, tested and certified: It can't have a ton of ads or just a little content with a ton of in-app purchases.
It also has to be good.
We then present them to you to read, download, and share and, based on which ones got the most hits, here are your Top 100 Favorite Free Apps!
We've done our best to only include apps that are permanently free, but sometimes developers do change their minds so please leave a comment if you find an app that's no longer free.
Enjoy!
(** indicates that the app contains in-app purchases or is very closely tied to a purchase)
1) Educreations Interactive Whiteboard (students/teachers can make whiteboard videos)
2) LEGO App 4+ (build a vehicle and then use it in activities)
3) ** Toddler/Preschool Flash Cards (warning! now has ads!)
5) Open Wide Snap (we rated five stars)
6) National Geographic Explorer
8) The Lorax
10) ** Storylines for Schools
11) Play 123
12) Hide Run Growl (we rated five stars)
13) Disney's Where's My Water - free
14) Little Stars - Toddler Games (letters, numbers, shapes, colors, words)
15) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode
16) ** Playful Minds: Math (5-8 years old)
17) ** Build a Word Express
18) Rover (flash-enabled web browser for kids)
19) Lego Star Wars - Battle Orders
21) NASA App HD
22) Disney's Jake's Never Land Pirate School
23) Scholastic's Sushi Monster
24) Khan Academy (educations videos for adults and older children)
25) ** Draw Something (Pictionary online! Older kids/adults only)
26) I Can Write 2 (make sentences about images)
27) Super Duper's Using I and Me
28) Little Writer - Tracing Letters, Numbers, Words and Shapes (awesome app)
29) Miss Spider apps (Bedtime Story and Tea Party)
30) PBS Kids Video (all their favorites, U.S. only)
31) ** Thomas & Friends - Engine Activities
32) ** Brain Quest (from the people that make those card thingees)
33) ** Goodnight Safari (baby animals!)
34) Toca Kitchen Monsters (all kids need Toca Boca)
35) ShowMe (virtual whiteboard app, shared education videos)
36) Learning Games for Preschool to Kindergarten
37) ** Scribble Press (make an book!)
38) Rocket Speller
39) ** Toontastic (we rated five stars)
40) Color Uncovered (please don't let your dog drive)
41) ** Puzzingo
42) Little Finder
43) Lego Duplo Jams
44) ** Spy Mouse
45) Touch the Sound
47) Bluster! (McGraw-Hill)
48) ABC Mouse Zoo Sets 1, 2 and 3
49) ** Let's Color (drawings come to life)
50) ** Math Vs. Zombies
51) ** BrainPop Featured Movie (No. 1 on our Editor's Choice list)
53) ** Articulation Station (lite version, only one letter free)
55) ** MeeGenius (six ebooks for free!)
56) ** Alphabet Tracing
57) Kids Learning - Photo Touch Learning Concepts
58) ** Sock Puppets
59) ABA Flash Cards & Games - Emotions
60) ** Monkey Drum
61) 6-in-1 Children's Games (lite version)
62) ** Clockwork Brain (mind-training puzzles for older kids/adults)
64) DialSafe Pro (we gave five stars, kids learn to dial emergency numbers)
67) Sprout's Good Night Star (nighttime routine, brusha! brusha! brusha!)
68) iTunes U (go to college on your iOS device/older kids & adults)
70) Chipper's Rainy Day Adventure
71) Lego Duplo Zoo
72) Rocket Math Free
73) Feel Electric (The Electric Company is back!)
74) Screen Chomp (virtual whiteboard)
76) ** BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week
77) Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game
78) Tim and Tom
79) Google Earth
80) Super Duper's Let's Name Things
81) Stewie The Duck Learns To Swim
82) ** Booksy (one of our Top Picks)
85) Squiggles (bring scribbles to life)
88) ** Motion Math - Hungry Fish
89) Astrid & Siri (ebook, Vikings who love fashion design?)
90) The Lorax Truffula Shuffle (U.S. only for some reason)
91) How Stuff Works (parents/older kids that have had "the talk" only)
92) ** Jingle All the Way (Hallmark Christmas app)
93) Fisher-Price's Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds
94) Pocket Law Firm (learn the amendments)
95) The Land of Me - Story Time
96) ** JibJab Jr. Books (put the child's face in a book!)
97) IQ Test - Free Edition (older kids and parents only, not a real IQ test)
98) ** Domino's Pizza Hero (U.S. only)
99) Little Stars - Word Wizard
100) Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure (internet safety!)
We've done our best to only include apps that are permanently free, but sometimes developers do change their minds, so please leave a comment if you find an app that's no longer free.
(** indicates that the app contains in-app purchases or is very closely tied to a purchase)
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