Today's GFAOTD, normally $3.99, is one of the very first apps I won, was a Best in Category winner at the San Francisco New Media Film Festival and is in Digital Storytime's list of the Top 25 Most Essential Children's Book Apps.
It's about a 10 year-old boy called Kai whose parents own a treasure shop - something which feeds the young boy's imagination and love of history, treasure and adventure. One night as he falls asleep he dreams of finding a treasure chest on a desert island... This app can be read as a book or a 'choose your own path' adventure, with over 13,000 different combinations. Recommended for children 5 and older and great for reluctant readers.
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From iTunes:
A fun adventure story that's a twist on the "choose your own adventure" format. With over 13,000 ways to find the treasure, kids keep reading until they finish the story!
See the app demo video at www.treasurekai.com or simply click the Developer Website button.
Adapted from an award winning children’s book, you hunt for gold by tapping treasure chests that reveal exciting adventure stories or the lost gold treasure. A different read every time!
EXCITING FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Award-winning, original treasure hunt adventure story
- Pop up and touch screen sounds and animations to discover
- Hidden gold coins to treasure hunt for
- Cinematic sound effects and dramatic original score
- Stunning illustrations by an award winning illustrator
- Read-to-me or self-read options
- You control the text box size and placement
MORE ABOUT TREASURE KAI
In this innovative series, kids go on fictional treasure hunt adventures through history. Then they kids can go online to see educational videos inspired by the stories. See video www.treasurekai.com
-Book App 1: The Lost Gold of Shark Island – Reveals how an ordinary young boy discovers imagination and treasure hunt adventure
-Book App 2: The Seven Cities of Gold – Treasure Kai goes back in history to race Francisco Coronado to find the seven lost cities of gold in the New World 500 years ago (coming soon)
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR FREE FUN FACT VIDEOS, GAMES AND MORE...
Join Kai on this interactive book app adventure and then visit
www.treasurekai.com to
-Play Kai’s very own online video game
-Watch Fun Fact Videos featuring cool facts from the stories
-Do word searches, mazes, crossword puzzles and download coloring pages
-Plus, take a sneak peek behind the scenes
And it’s all FREE!
TREASURE KAI IS LOVED BY
Boys and girls ages 5+
Treasure Kai has been awarded…
A Gold Mom’s Choice Award for excellence in family-friendly media products and services.
PARENT NOTICE ABOUT THIS APP
- Does not collect/share any user's personally identifiable information.
- Does not contain Social Network Integration or other Social Features.
- Does not contain ads.
- Does not contain In App Purchases for additional content.
- Contains a link to the Treasure Kai website
www.treasurekai.com/privacy
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
We'd love to hear from you. Email support@treasureboundbooks.com
Treasure Bound Books is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended Ages: 4-7, 8-10
Categories: Book
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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!
Please also see our Top 10 Preschool Apps (staff picks), Top 10 Free Apps for Learning Letters, Deanne's Top 10 Free Apps for ASD Kids, Top 12 Apps for Mom, Editor's Top 10, Reader's Choice Top 10, and Top 10 Addition Apps.
(** 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) Open Wide Snap (we rated five stars)
4) ** Toddler/Preschool Flash Cards (warning! now has ads!)
6) National Geographic Explorer
8) The Lorax
9) Hide Run Growl (we rated five stars)
11) Play 123
12) ** Storylines for Schools
13) Little Stars - Toddler Games (letters, numbers, shapes, colors, words)
14) Disney's Where's My Water - free
15) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode
16) ** Playful Minds: Math (5-8 years old)
17) ** Build a Word Express
19) Rover (flash-enabled web browser for kids)
20) Lego Star Wars - Battle Orders
21) Little Writer - Tracing Letters, Numbers, Words and Shapes (awesome app)
22) Disney's Jake's Never Land Pirate School
23) Learning Games for Preschool to Kindergarten
24) Scholastic's Sushi Monster (addition and multiplication)
25) NASA App HD
26) I Can Write 2 (make sentences about images)
27) Khan Academy (educations videos for adults and older children)
28) PBS Kids Video (all their favorites, U.S. only)
29) ** Draw Something (Pictionary online! Older kids/adults only)
30) ** Brain Quest (from the people that make those card thingees)
31) Miss Spider apps (Bedtime Story and Tea Party)
32) Super Duper's Using I and Me
33) ** Thomas & Friends - Engine Activities
34) ShowMe (virtual whiteboard app, shared education videos)
35) ** Goodnight Safari (baby animals!)
36) Toca Kitchen Monsters (all kids need Toca Boca)
37) Rocket Speller
38) ** Scribble Press (make an book!)
39) ** Toontastic (we rated five stars)
40) ** Puzzingo
41) Little Finder
42) Lego Duplo Jams
43) Touch the Sound
44) Color Uncovered (please don't let your dog drive)
46) ** Spy Mouse
47) Bluster! (McGraw-Hill)
49) ** Math Vs. Zombies
50) ** Let's Color (drawings come to life)
52) ** Alphabet Tracing
53) ABC Mouse Zoo Sets 1, 2 and 3
54) ** BrainPop Featured Movie (No. 1 on our Editor's Choice list) 2133
56) ** Articulation Station (lite version, only one letter free)
57) Kids Learning - Photo Touch Learning Concepts
58) ** Clockwork Brain (mind-training puzzles for older kids/adults, has ads)
59) Rocket Math Free (free version of one of our Top Picks)
60) ABA Flash Cards & Games - Emotions
61) 6-in-1 Children's Games (lite version)
62) ** Sock Puppets
63) Green ABCs (previously cost $30)
64) ** Monkey Drum
65) iTunes U (go to college on your iOS device/older kids & adults)
67) ** MeeGenius (six ebooks for free!)
68) DialSafe Pro (we gave five stars, kids learn to dial emergency numbers)
70) Creatures of Light (bioluminescence!)
71) Feel Electric (The Electric Company is back!)
72) Tim and Tom
73) Lego Duplo Zoo
76) Sprout's Good Night Star (nighttime routine, brusha! brusha! brusha!)
77) ** Booksy (one of our Top Picks)
81) Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game
82) SpellingCity
83) Screen Chomp (virtual whiteboard)
84) Chipper's Rainy Day Adventure
85) Jack and the Beanstalk (modern version of the classic tale)
88) Super Duper's Let's Name Things
89) ** BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week
90) Stewie The Duck Learns To Swim
91) Google Earth
92) Fisher Price's Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds
93) Disney's Where's My Perry Free
95) ** Motion Math - Hungry Fish
96) Squiggles (bring scribbles to life, one of our Top Picks)
97) Little Stars - Word Wizard
98) Adventures of the 7Wonderlicious Girls (girls doing their best, helping others, being brave, learning and feeling good about themselves)
99) The Lorax Truffula Shuffle (U.S. only for some reason)
100) Scooby-Doo Whos Are You? by Hallmark (Zoinks!)
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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