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Apps for Gifted Kids
When my kids were young, folks started getting Personal Computers. A
few had Macs, most had PCs. Now this sounds like "the dark ages," but my
kids are still in school! More and more of us have smart phones or
tablets, mostly based on either Apple or Android operating systems. And
whatever we want to do, "There's an app for that!"
Here's a quick list of popular apps for gifted kids. The apps are
arranged by ages... preschoolers, young school-age kids, and older kids and
teens. There are also apps for parents: apps for tracking your
homeschooling efforts, and even apps for tracking your knitting! Enjoy!
And if you find an app your kids, or you, just adore, please tell us about it!
carolyn@hoagiesgifted.org
Apple apps are sold through the Apple Apps store. Android apps are
available either through the Android Market, or through the Amazon App Store.
Remember to check the Amazon App Store for their daily free app, often a
regularly-priced app available only briefly for free. 
-
Animoto
(iPad)
- Turn your photos into stunning, professional-quality videos, complete with
music and text... Also Animoto PC application
(free)
- Aqueduct
(iPad/iPhone)
- Aqueduct – a world of jumbled waterways and mixed-up pipelines. It's up to
you to rearrange the tracks and restore the flow. Locked gates, shifty conveyor
belts, puzzling warp portals, and more stand between you and order. Over 200
unique puzzles... ($2.99) Also
Aqueduct
101
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch) with 48 different challenges (free)
- BananaGrams
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch)
- Award winning game that will drive you bananas! Just like the board game,
Scrabble without a board, played against yourself in a race against your
opponents or the clock... (paid $0.99)
-
BrainPop Featured Movie
(iPad)
- Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your new knowledge
with an interactive quiz... (free)
-
Chicktionary Lite
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch)
- Unscramble a roost full of letters and create as many words as possible.
Each hen bears a letter. Touch the hens and spell out a word, then watch as the
word appears below them. Press Enter to submit the word (free for Lite version,
$1.99 for
Chicktionary for the
iPad)
-
CargoBot
(iPad)
-
A puzzle game where users teach a robot how to
move crates; create this game programmed entirely on
iPad
using Codea
-
Code
Academy: Hour of Code
(iPhone/iPad)
-
learn to use JavaScript to create an animation,
in an hour! Available for the
iPhone/iPad or
PC
-
DC Comics
(iPad/iPhone
and
Android)
- Download and enjoy great comic books from DC Comics current weekly
offerings plus their vast, legendary classics library.
Check out Tiny Titans...
(free)
-
Daisy
the Dinosaur
(iPad)
- Free, fun app with simple drag and drop
interface that kids of all ages can use to animate Daisy to dance across the
screen
-
 DragonBox
(Android
and
iPad)
- Become an algebra star in no time! It doesn't matter if you hate maths or
love it; you'll enjoy this game. In just one hour of playing, you will master
difficult algebraic equations. Impress your friends, parents or even your
teacher. Or simply prove to yourself that you are smart. The fast track to
understanding algebra... $2.99 for the
iPad. Review
from Wired:
GeekDad
Evernote
(Android
and iPad)
Easy-to-use app that helps you remember everything across all of the
devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Take
notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes
these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the
go... (free)
Fractals
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch)
Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia
sets, select between multiple equations and enter your own values for Julia
sets. Save fractals to your photos and share with friends or save them to your
Fractals album... ($2.99)
Frog
Dissection
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch and
Android)
Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia
sets, select between multiple equations and enter your own values for Julia
sets. Save fractals to your photos and share with friends or save them to your
Fractals album... ($2.99)
Game About Squares
(iPad/iPhone and
Android
and PC/Mac)
(free)
 GeoBee
Challenge (iPad
and
Android) by National Geographic
In the multiple-choice round, answers come from a library of more than 1300
National Geographic Bee questions. In the map challenge round, zoom, pinch and
tap your way to find spots on an interactive map from a catalog of 1000+
locations. For an added challenge, bonus rounds include National Geographic
photographs; you have to locate what's in the photo on the interactive map...but
you don't know where the photo was taken or what is in the picture! The faster
you answer, the more points you get... For grades 4-8 ($1.99)
Glogster (PC only, see
Rover for iPad)
create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos,
graphics, sounds, drawings (PC version uses Flash editor). (free)
Google Earth
(Android
and iPad)
Explore the world from the palm of your hand... (free)
Google Goggles
(Android
and iPad)
Search the real world by taking a picture. Image recognition technology to
recognize objects and return relevant search results... (free)
Hakitzu
Elite: Robot Hackers
(iPad
and
Android)
Learn JavaScript. No programming knowledge is required. Go from beginner,
to coder, to hacker in both the single player mode and on the battlefield. The
more students code by hand, the more points they receive to unlock ultimate
weapons for a “battle royale” in the gaming arena. In-game leaderboards rank
users against their friends, taking rivalry to a new level...
Hopscotch
(iPad)
Teaches kids to code using simple, intuitive
building blocks. Create games, animations and other programs in this colorful,
interactive environment. Program characters to move, draw and collide with each
other, and use shaking, tilting, or even shouting at the iPad to control them.
Inspired by MIT’s Scratch...
Khan
Academy
(iPad)
A convenient way to watch Khan Academy videos.... not the full
Khan Academy experience (free)
KidCalc 7-in-1 Math Fun
(iPad/iPhone)
Teaches number recognition, counting and math to pre-schoolers,
kindergarteners and elementary school aged children using flash cards and puzzle
games... (free)
LightBot
(iPad
and
Android) Also
LightBot Jr 4+,
LightBot - One Hour Coding (free)
Get kids hooked on coding in minutes! Lightbot is a programming puzzle
game; a game whose game mechanics require using programming logic to solve
levels. Guide a robot to light up tiles and solve levels using commands,
Lightbot cultivates a real understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals
for players...
Minds
of Modern Mathematics
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch)
Takes you on an interactive journey that spans nearly 1,000 years. It tells
the story of mathematics and how it has impacted almost every aspect of human
progress, from science to music, art, architecture, and culture (from IBM)... (free)
Minim
(iPad/iPhone/iPod
Touch)
Obliterate molecules by combining connected atoms, reducing the subatomic
matter to a single particle. Become a minimalist in no time... ($1.99)
Move
the Turtle
(iPad)
Teaches children the basics of creating computer programs, using intuitive
graphic commands, using the Logo programming language. A friendly Turtle will
introduce your child step by step to the basic concepts of programming in a
colourful graphic environment...
NASA (Android
and
iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
The Official NASA App. Includes a collection of stunning images, videos,
mission information, news, NASA TV, mission status and more... (free)
Numbers League (iPad)
Clever use of basic math skills will save the day. The more you play the
sharper these skills will become until no villain is safe from your numerical
onslaught... ($3.99)
 Oregon
Trail (Android
and
iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
The Official NASA App. Includes a collection of stunning images, videos,
mission information, news, NASA TV, mission status and more... ($0.99)
Also available,
Oregon Trail American Settler (Android
and
iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch)
PDANet
(Android)
Shares your phone's Internet connection with your computer and does not
require rooting your phone! (free for 30 days, creates but does NOT require
tethering)
Pixelogic Daily
(iPad)
Puzzle game using hints and logic to reveal a hidden picture made of
colored tiles. Numeric hints are used to uncover a pixelated surprise... (free)
Planets
(iPad)
3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers, including Sky 2D:
locate planets with flat view of sky, Sky 3D: planetarium style view of the sky,
Visibility: find out when planet will be visible, and Globe: rotating 3D globe
of planets and moon (free)
Presidents vs. Aliens Lite (iPad)
Learn presidential facts, quotes, nicknames and historical events, and use
your knowledge to help the presidents defeat the aliens. Fling the presidents at
the aliens to knock them all down. Use the many special objects and "Executive
Powers" to increase the fun! Collect all 44... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for
Presidents vs. Aliens)
Presidents! (iPad/iPhone)
Learn about presidents from Washington to Obama through visual recognition.
Multiple choice quiz to track your progress, keeps you challenged by remembering
what you got right and wrong. Browse the presidents to become more familiar;
each president has a full biography... ($0.99)
Rover
(iPad)
Enhances the K-12 education experience, bringing the best online learning
content to your iPad, including access to content ordinarily available on the
Apple tablet (e.g. Flash content) (free)
Scramble With Friends
(Android
and
iPad/iPod/iPhone)
It's like Boggle at home, now for your handheld devices. Play against
friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter (terribly addictive). It is possible for
kids to play against random opponents and those opponents to contact your child
via the game chat.
SET
Game
(iPad/iPod/iPhone)
(Android)
SET, the classic card game of visual perception. Match or don't match three
shapes, colors, shading and number of items on each card. For multi-touch,
multi-player action, try
SET Pro HD
(iPad/iPod/iPhone).
SimplePhysics
(iPad/iPhone
and soon,
Android)
Design complex structures for everything from tree houses to ferris wheels
and then simulate your design with a sophisticated physics engine... (free)
SketchBook Pro
(iPad
and
Android)
Professional-grade paint and drawing application... ($4.99 iPad or Android)
Sky Map
(Android)
Turn your Android device into a window on the night sky... previously
called Google Sky, now open source (free)
Smithsonian
Channel App (iPad or
Android)
Smithsonian Channel’s original series, documentaries and fun facts, full
episodes and hundreds of video clips... (free)
Space
Physics Lite
(Android)
Puzzle classic with over 2800 levels, ranging in difficulty from 'kids' to
'impossible.' Solve levels for fun, or try for the par score... play for years! (free
for Lite version, $1.99 for
Space
Physics)
Stack the Countries Lite
(iPad)
Learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations and more, you can
actually touch, move and drop the animated countries anywhere on the screen.
Carefully build a stack of countries that reaches the checkered line to win each
level... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for
Stack the Countries)
 Stack
the States Lite
(iPad)
Learn state capitals, shapes, geographic locations and more, you can
actually touch, move and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen.
Carefully build a stack of states that reaches the checkered line to win each
level... (free for Lite version, $0.99 for
Stack
the States)
Story
Dice
by Thinkamingo
Another pair of story-creation apps, for
Android and
iTunes devices.
Tetravex
(Android)
Classic puzzle game where pieces must be positioned so that the same
numbers are touching each other... (free for Tetravex, $1.49 for
Tetravex Pro)
Touch
Physics
(iPad)
Draw shapes with a crayon that come to life. These shapes interact with the
wheel, causing it to move according to physical laws. When it reaches the star,
the level is complete. Beware, this is not as simple as it sounds! ($1.99)
Trainyard
(iPad/iPhone)
Easy to learn but very tough to master. Your job is to get each train to a
goal station. Red trains go to red stations, blue trains go to blue stations,
etc. You control the trains by drawing track for them to follow. There isn't a
time limit or even a score; the only thing you need to do is figure out a
solution for each puzzle. ($2.99)
Unblock Me
(Android
and
iPad/iPod/iPhone)
Ssimple and addictive puzzle game. Get the red block out of the board by
sliding the other blocks out of the way, 4200 puzzles in four difficulty
levels...
Vexed
Pro
(Android)
Puzzle classic with over 2800 levels, ranging in difficulty from 'kids' to
'impossible.' Solve levels for fun, or try for the par score... play for years! (free)
Ultimate Dinopedia
(iPad)
by National Geographic
Dig into more than 700 dinos with National Geographic’s interactive
Dinopedia! ($4.99)
Where's My Water? Free
(iPad
and Android)
Swampy the Alligator lives in the sewers under the city. He is a little
different from the other alligators — he’s curious, friendly, and loves taking a
shower after a hard day at work. The other alligators have damaged his plumbing
and disrupted the water flow. Help Swampy by guiding water to his shower! (free
version, $0.99 for
Where's My Water?,
iPad
and Android)
 WolframAlpha
(iPad
and
Android)
Remember the Star Trek computer? It's finally happening--with Wolfram|Alpha.
Building on 25 years of development led by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram|Alpha has
rapidly become the world's definitive source for instant expert knowledge and
computation! ($2.99)
Words With Friends
(Android
and
iPad/iPod/iPhone)
Your favorite crossword game, now for your handheld devices. Play against
friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter (terribly addictive). It is possible for
kids to play against random opponents and those opponents to contact your child
via the game chat.
X
Construction
(Android)
Build a bridge with the given amount of materials to let the train safely
cross the valley. Great physics game. (Lite version is free, and I haven't
gotten through it yet...)
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Last updated
December 01, 2020
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