Our son loves painting. When first iPod Touch and iPhone apps came out, one of the first apps I looked for was coloring apps. Such applications are great for a few minutes of entertainment, especially if you are in a restaurant, waiting in a line, or waiting for an airplane to board. Today, there are a few good iPhone coloring book apps available for children and below we list a few of them.
Coloring Fun
Cost: 0.99
Age: 2 years and up
This is one of our favorite coloring apps because the color selection is intuitive and the app comes with 12 great drawings, including animals, boat, snowmen, etc. There is a capture button in the app that allows you to save the colorings to the photo folder. Also the names of the drawings are spelled out loud, teaching kids spelling. You can get it here.
Coloring Book: Christmas
Cost: 1.99
Age: 2 years and up
This application has some fun graphics and color selection is very easy for the kids. We installed the Christmas addition but there are several other versions available that are less seasonal, such as Creatures and Cars. For other reviews and download the app click here.
Coloring Book
Cost: 0.99
Age: 2 years and up
Graphics are nice in this app but user interface, color selection, etc, are not very intuitive, especially for a young kid. You can download the Coloring Book app and view additional reviews here.
Color Me
Cost: 0.99
Age: 2 years and up
This coloring application lets you do free drawing (instead of filling regions) over the drawings. I really like the color selection method with crayons but I do not like the fact that the initial screen for the 'drawing selection' contains only titles, not the image thumbnails. You can download this app here.
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Colorama is also a very nice coloring app.
Why is there no review of that?
There's also iColor.
Posted by: Anna | 08/27/2009 at 09:00 PM
Dress Jinjee – A Children’s App On The iPhone For The Festive Season Which Allows Dressing And Decorating The Gingerbread Man And Sharing It With Loved Ones. Make A Yummy Gingerbread Man - http://www.punflay.com/dress-jinjee-appstore.html
Do not forget to check out the exclusive feature: Record your kid’s voice with a greeting message and share with loved ones
Posted by: Harry | 01/07/2010 at 03:41 AM
Talking about the best iPhone apps for kids I would like to mention about Kinder Hangman - http://sharkfuel.com/kinderhangman.html that is specially designed to improve vocabulary of kids and help them remember new words. iTune link is http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kinder-hangman/id375734517?mt=8 Thius iPhone app works to improve child's development and can be used to prepare kids for school. It is intended for kids of 4-6 years.
Posted by: GabriellaGaby | 11/26/2010 at 04:25 AM
Hi. I would also like to add Coloring 4 Kids to this list. It has a unique grading system and many adorable coloring pictures! The interface is also extremely easy to use.
Itunes link: http://bit.ly/cGRzy8
Posted by: phuong vo | 11/28/2010 at 10:25 PM
hi,
I would like to tell you these fantastic coloring book:
coloring book: the little mermaid
coloring book: little red riding hood
coloring book: rapunzel
coloring book: The Three Little Pigs
coloring book: puss in boots
coloring book: Merry Christmas
Coloring Book: Halloween
coloring book: Carnival
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Posted by: anna | 01/28/2011 at 10:49 PM