ALL REVIEWS FOR LEARNING

We now have an unbiased, research-based tool to help you find engaging and fun apps, games, and websites that have learning potential. We review each product for skills and subjects your child can learn, overall quality, and evaluate it with one of these ratings: Best, Very Good, Good, Fair for Learning, or Not for Learning.

Best
Really engaging, excellent learning approach.

Very Good
Engaging, very good learning approach.

Good
Pretty engaging, good learning approach.

Fair
Somewhat engaging, okay learning approach.

Not for Learning
Not recommended for learning.

Not age-appropriate for kids; not recommended for learning.


Browse our products with Learning Ratings. You can sort by media type, title, age rating, or learning rating by clicking the column headers.

Type Titlesort icon Age Learning Rating
Skylanders Giants

Exciting action adventure with toys scanned into game.

2
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure

Toy figurines become characters in exciting action game.

3
SkySafari

Beautiful astronomy resource is rich with information.

4
SkyView - Explore the Universe

Astronomy app uses location to explain your view of the sky.

3
Sleeping Dogs

High-adrenaline adventure packed with blood, sex, and drugs.

1
Slender-Man

Slender-Man, slender plot, and not even paper-thin fun.

1
Slender: The Arrival

Terrifyingly spooky indie game delivers blood-free horror.

1
Slice It!

Tough but fun geometry puzzles for brainy players.

4
Slide & Spin

Toddlers learn to slide, spin, and push on the iPad.

3
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Raccoon thief stars in fun adventure with cartoon violence.

2
Smart As...

Playful brain workout provides social media bragging rights.

4
Smart Girls at the Party

Amy Poehler's video site inspires.

2
Smarthistory

Multimedia presentation makes art history come to life.

3
Smiley Sight Words

Hundreds of learn-to-read flash cards, good customization.

3
SMITHTeens

Site challenges teens to summarize their lives in six words.

4
Smurfs' Grabber

Repetitive arcade game asks you to spend lots of real cash.

1
Snapchat

Capture and send fleeting moments in photos, but use wisely.

1
Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island

Learn about birds by solving a fun mystery.

5
Sneezies

Chain-reaction game with social network push.

1
Snopes

Gruesome tales abound on this debunker of urban myths.

2