Best Kids Apps
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Best Valentine’s Day Apps for 2012

Sugar-free Valentine's Day treats for little kids

There are two good reasons for treating your kids to some Valentine's Day apps: 1) You'd want to give them a non-candy treat to show them you care. Or quite possibly a more realistic reason—2) Your kids are in the throes of a Valentine's Day sugar r.. more »

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Sploosh

Bring a parched and barren world to life with water
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  • Age: 4 + |

  • $0.99


Sploosh for the iPhone and iPad is a unique puzzle game that you solve with water. Why? Because evil cacti are hogging all the water in a parched landscape. You pop them with your finger, then bring dor.. more »

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Best Android Apps for Kids

Looking for Android apps? Look no further

You've waited a long time for the best Android apps for kids and now the wait is over. Prepare to be rewarded for your patience! Now you can slice fruit to your heart's cont.. more »

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Jumbline 2

Fan of Text Twist? Now you can anagram on a smaller screen
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  • Age: 6+ |

  • $2.99/1.99/1.99


Jumbline 2 for the iPad, iPhone, and Android has finally solved one of the major stumbling blocks of online anagram games: typing answers. Big fingers and small keypad don’t mix when speed matters.. more »

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2011 Readers’ Choice Awards Winners

Our readers weigh in on the best kids' apps of the year

After three weeks of voting, the polls are closed and the results are in. While we like and recommend every one of these wonderful apps, only three could win. If you're both the lucky recipient of a new iPad this holiday season and a parent looking for good apps for kids, we encoura.. more »

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Best 2011 Christmas Apps for your iPhone and iPad

Plenty of Christmas fun on your iPhone or iPad

It's not too late to load up your iPhone or iPad with Christmas apps. We've been testing as many new Christmas apps as possible. At first I thought it was slim pickings, but then we found some gems. Here are some party stoppers whether you want to track Santa and his reinde.. more »

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Best gift of the season? The Kindle Fire

The iPad finally has a worthy challenger, at half the cost

According to Nielsen Co., for the second year in a row, the most wished for holiday gift is the iPad. The prices-starting-at-$499 iPad, that is. Up until now, there haven't been many good alternatives. Until lately, I haven't been very impressed with Android tablets. I test dro.. more »

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2011 Best Kids Apps Readers’ Choice Awards

Vote daily for your favorite kids' apps. We love them all.

The nominations are in, and we've got ten finalists. Now you tell us which of these apps deserve to take first, second, and third prize in the 2011 Best Kids Apps Readers' Choice Awards. We've enabled daily and multiple voting so that really big fans (i.e. your mom) can suppo.. more »