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App reviews for ages 9, learning potential

25 results

  • Fun puzzler with programming skills; some crude humor.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2013)
  • Basic app focuses on visually comparing fractions.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2013)
  • Excellent reference with games, fun graphics, and more.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2013)
  • Simple, extensive tool keeps writer's block at bay.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2013)
  • Kids create crazy animal combos in fun but repetitive app.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Android, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2013)
  • Step-by-step help simple to follow, but app lacks polish.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2013)
  • Well-presented quiz questions in a travel-themed wrapper.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Android, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2013)
  • Comprehensive tool with voice search, fun daily features.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Android
    (App, 2013)
  • Blackboard-style quiz app focuses on speed.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Android
    (App, 2013)
  • Painting app offers lots of options for creative expression.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Bright, creative app will inspire kids' inner cartoonist.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Marble mazes make for fun math practice.

     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Arcade-style addition practice for kids who like fast games.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Comic-style fun geared toward older kids who love the movie.

     
    Learning
    1
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Brainteasers to challenge even the most serious puzzle fans.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2012)
  • Entertaining but tricky; best for serious puzzle fans.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Engaging, somewhat frantic game with some spelling practice.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2012)
  • Frontier building sim a fun, entertainment-focused sequel.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2011)
  • Astronomy app uses location to explain your view of the sky.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2011)
  • Solve puzzles by connecting parts to make them all spin.

     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2011)
  • Fun, original puzzler challenges you to play with fire.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2011)
  • Colorful puzzle game offers physics-based fun.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: iPad
    (App, 2010)
  • Hidden instructions hamper fun in video-game company sim.

     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2010)
  • Popular Nintendo DS brain training genre comes to iDevices.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2010)
  • Relive history by managing a family's wagon trip out west.

     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2010)