Best Free Apps for Kids - iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android

5 Fun iPhone Apps That Will Make You Laugh

Let’s face it: part of the allure of Apple mobile devices is the wide array of apps available. While educational and utilitarian apps are a fantastic tool, sometimes kids and parents just want to have fun. Pure, goofy, giggle inducing fun. The list of apps below is an overview of some of the wackiest fun apps in today’s iTunes market appropriate for both children and adults. Sit down with the kids, download a few of these hilarious apps and enjoy a good giggle around your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch tonight!

Pros & Cons of Buying Your Child an iPod Touch for Christmas

In recent years technology has become an entire sub-section on kids’ Christmas wish list. Requests for remote controlled cars and dolls have been replaced by wishes of iPods and laptops. When the holiday season rolls around this year and your child asks for an iPod Touch, what will you say? Before scoffing at the notion of a $300 music player, take a look at this compilation of pros and cons to buying your child an iPod Touch for Christmas.

Best Free iPad Games for Kids

Apps for the iPad are often more expensive than those for its iPhone or iPod Touch counterparts. However, in the sea of high priced iPad apps, there are still a number of free apps that provide hours of entertainments without putting a big dent in your pocketbook. The 10 free iPad apps below cover some of the most popular games, according to iTunes rankings, and offer something for just about every age bracket.

 

Rabbit and Turtle's Amazing Race

Unicorn labs anounced their new ipad kids book app called Rabbit and Turtle's Amazing Race. It is a nice twist on the classical story of rabbit and turle, has amazing graphics, engaging interaction, and very fun ryhming story.A must have for any ipad kids library!

Video of the app can be found here and iTunes link is here.

Zach's Pick : Doodle Jump

Thinking that iPhoneAndKids.com needs kids perspective also, I invited some really cool kids to blog here once in a while about their favorite iOS apps and what they like about it. Below is a review by Zach, who is a sixth grader from Palo Alto, CA. Besides playing iPhone games, Zach also enjoys, soccer, drama, drums math and skating...

by Zach

What is the most popular video game known to iPhone users? What game gives kids a goal that is impossible - but unbearable - not to complete? Which video game combines strategy, style, awareness and, luck into one? What game helps you and defeats you at the same time? DOODLE JUMP!

6 Best iPad Coloring Apps for Kids

A fun childhood activity is to grab a good coloring book with a big box of crayons and go to town. These simple tools can provide hours of entertainment while feeding your child’s artistic needs. What do you do when these tools are not something that is readily available? The iPad is here to the rescue.

Developers have taken that glorious iPad screen and turned it into a virtual easel of creativity. No more crayon marks on the wall, or melted crayons in the dryer. Here are six of the best apps to let your children get the coloring fun on.

Best iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad apps for History Education

by Natalie

History is, in my opinion, one of the most important subjects that we can teach our children. While knowing how to read and add numbers is useful, history teaches broader lessons about how to best live life. By examining the past, we learn from the mistakes of those before us. Like my grandma always said: you can’t really know where you’re going, if you don’t know where you’ve been. Today, an assortment of great apps provides access to history with the touch of a screen.

Best Free iPad and iPhone Kids iBooks

Read me a story! As more and more books become readily available on portable devices, story time isn’t just for bed time anymore. Get kids stimulated with these great books, all available at no charge in the iTunes store. Begin by downloading the free iBooks app to your iPhone, iPad or 3^rd generation iPod touch, and open the door to a bookstore right in the palm of your hands. Although there aren’t many children’s books available for free, there are a few gems available for the taking…Or downloading, rather!

Turn the Page: A Sampling of Free iBooks for Kids

5 Ways to Limit Children’s iPhone, iPod, iPad Usage

A decade ago, it was relatively easy for parents to restrict their children’s Internet usage. When most homes had but a single computer, peace of mind could be achieved with just a password or a locked door. However, with the mobile revolution that has swept America over the past few years, it’s become more of a challenge to shield kids from digital dangers.

5 iPhone Apps to Keep your Children Safe

Part of the parental instinct is to keep our children safe. As the teenage years approach and children begin spending more time on the internet, and out with friends, how can we help keep them secure? Devices like the iPhone are beginning to offer new avenues for security through the availability of apps meant to increase safety on the web and out in the world.

Whether intended for monitoring, education or communication, there are a wealth of apps available at reasonable prices to help provide some peace of mind. The type and number of apps targeted at parents are countless. I found the apps in this review to be a representative snapshot of what’s out there in today’s market.

6 iPhone, iPad, iTouch Apps for Teaching Children How to Read

by Natalie

I remember the days of elementary school when I spent hours upon hours tracing over letters with a pencil, erasing, and trying again to turn in a perfect sheet of homework. My mom fashioned flashcards out of blank index cards that we reviewed nightly, and it worked. I became a proficient reader and speller, but I don’t remember the learning process being exactly thrilling. Today’s technology of the iPhone allows children the opportunity to learn letters and phonics, spelling, reading, in a far more entertaining way than I recall learning them!

Best Spelling and Reading iOS Apps

 

5 Educational Math iPhone and iTouch Apps for Kids

by Natalie

I’ve found that children and adults alike either seem to love math, or have a bit of a hassle with it. Either way, it’s a skill that is necessary to master for everyday tasks. Developers have come out with a variety of iOs apps that help your children grasp math concepts ranging from basic addition to algebra. You might even find, like I did, that a few of these apps are great for refreshing the adult math mind, too!

iPhone Apps + Math = Fun Learning: A Sample of Math Apps

Best Dress Up Apps for iPhone, iPad, iTouch

Growing up, I had a friend who was obsessed with anything and everything related to dressing up. Each time I visited her house, I was coerced into raiding her mother’s closet for high heels and sequined tops so that we could parade around her house as though it was the Emmy Awards red carpet. As much fun as dress-up is, there are times when the game just isn’t practical…And when you moms out there want to find both of your pumps in the same spot tomorrow morning. Various dress-up apps are available today in the iTunes store that let kids doll up virtual models in clothing, make up and self-designed accessories. Although most of the dress-up apps have a price tag attached, all of the apps reviewed below have received great reviews and seem to be well worth the small investment for hours of fashion fun!

Best iPad Apps for Kids

So often it seems like if an app works on your iPhone, it will work on your iPod Touch and inevitably it will work just fine on your iPad. Sure, that may be the case for most apps, but since the launch of the iPad quite a few apps have been designed just for you, iPad lovers. And some of the best iPad apps have been created with kids in mind. From astrology to math to spelling; there’s an app for that…Just for iPad.

Best iPad and iPhone Kids Books

A trip to the bookstore isn’t always practical. With iBooks, parents are given the ability to visit a virtual bookstore any time day or night. A stellar selection of free and paid books are available for every age group, in every price range. Whether your kids are craving a new picture book
or a chapter by chapter read, the iBooks library has what you’re looking for…All without packing everybody up and heading down to the bookstore in your pajamas. 

Books for All Ages & All Bank Accounts