Best Kids Apps
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My First Classical Music App

A wonderful, joyous, and FUN introduction to classical music
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  • Age: 5+ |

  • $4.99


My First Classical Music App is so pitch perfect that I just want to jump to my feet — yes, right here at my desk! — and give the developers a standing ovation. Have you ever listened to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata with your kids?  I mean really listened  to it? Music can make your hair [.. more »

Quell

A quietly challenging puzzle app with a Zen soundtrack
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  • Age: 5+ |

  • free/free/$0.99


Quell is a peaceful puzzle game in which kids slide a droplet of water around a board to collect pearls and advance through a series of levels. Compared to other popular puzzle apps such as Doodle Jump and Toy Balls, this one actually seems to lower blood pressure instead of raising it. Why we like [.. more »

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Tiny Tower

Build a tower and manage the businesses in it
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  • Age: 9+ |

  • free


Tiny Tower is a cute, low-key simulation game that lets kids build, own, and manage a skyscraper and all the apartments and businesses in it. Want to build a new floor? You'll have .. 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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W.E.L.D.E.R.

Oh, the joy of finding a really good new word game
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  • Age: 9+ |

  • $0.99/1.99


W.E.L.D.E.R. for the iPhone and iPad takes a little getting used to, but man, is it ever worth it. The object of the game is to form as many vertical and horizontal words as possible on an 8x8 grid. No backwards a.. more »

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Doodlecast for Kids

Record your voice as you draw, then animate your sketch
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  • Age: 3+ |

  • $1.99


Doodlecast for Kids for the iPad and iPhone lets kids bring their artwork to life. They narrate as they draw, then play the animated sketch back as a video -- it's ingenious! The app starts kids with a seri.. 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 Kids Apps of 2011

10 of the year's best iPad, iPhone and Android apps for kids

It's that time of year when we look back at the hundreds of apps that have come across our screens and pick ten favorites. It's not just iPad and iPhone apps either -- some of the best games are available on Android now too. Don't agree with our picks? Don't despai.. more »