Best Minecraft apps for your obsessed kid!

Dear daughter: I know you find this hard to believe, but there are apps out there that you would enjoy that are NOT related to Minecraft. What? What's that you say? You have no interest in anything that's unrelated to Minecraft? Such as dinner or the dog or YOUR MOTHER? Sigh. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

If your kid, like mine, is completely obsessed with all things Minecraft, here's a list of apps he or she might find interesting. And if you have yet to introduce your kid to this addictive and educational game, start with the Pocket Edition and then jump head-first into the Minecraft well. Be warned: it's deep. VERY deep. And a bit on the expensive side -- most of these apps have an up-front price, as well as in-app purchases for extras. But what price peace and quiet?

Minecraft Pocket Edition

Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs. Craft, create, and explore alone or with friends.

iPad/iPhone, $6.99 with in-app purchases

Minecraft: Story Mode

In this five part episodic series, you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond. You and your friends revere the legendary Order of the Stone: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect; slayers of the Ender Dragon. While at EnderCon in hopes of meeting Gabriel the Warrior, you and your friends discover that something is wrong . . . something dreadful. Terror is unleashed, and you must set out on a quest to find The Order of the Stone if you are to save your world from oblivion.

iPad 3/iPhone 5 and up, $4.99 with in-app purchases for additional episodes

Minecraft Explorer Pro

Officially supported by Mojang, the developer of Minecraft. This is a companion app, not a game, but is useful for reference. It allows users to:

- Search for items and potions by name
- Look up hundreds of item recipes with detailed information and videos
- Explore thousands of online servers - all checked daily to ensure offline servers are not displayed
- Add your own server to the app
- Design your own Minecraft skins
- Rate servers to influence their ranking in the app
- Share servers with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, SMS or by email
- View Mob information by name and category

iPad/iPhone, $1.99 with in-app purchases

Ultimate Guide for Minecraft

This Minecraft guide also supports Minecraft for PC, Pocket Edition, Playstation and Minecraft Xbox. Includes info on crafting recipes, Mobs, items, wiki information, achievements, potions and more.

 iPad/iPhone, FREE with in-app purchases

Guidecraft: Seeds, Furniture Ideas and Crafting Guide

Guidecraft is an unofficial guide for Minecraft. This app provides a Furniture Guide, Seed Database, Day/Night Clock, Recipe Tool and a XP Calculator for Minecraft. There's more though! Also included is a complete guide, cheat section, and achievements.

iPad/iPhone, FREE with in-app purchases

Minecraft Papercraft Studio

Create awesome Minecraft models using just paper and glue. The app supports both Steve and Alex character models, and allows users to create Mobs, Blocks, Items and Characters, or import a Minecraft.net skin.

iPad/iPhone, $2.99 with in-app purchases

Crafted: Cheat Guide for Minecraft

Includes dozens of recipes, including a comprehensive list of potion recipes and ingredients. Also lists monsters in Minecraft and tips/tricks for defeating them. Includes Item Codes, Enchanting guide and reference, and guides about how to defeat the new dungeons.

iPad/iPhone, FREE

Furniture Pro for Minecraft

Includes a precise block list, a build video so you aren't left wondering how to handle those tough builds, a screenshot so you can see what the item looks like before attempting to build it, a complete text description of how to build the item, a messaging system for comments, and a bookmarking system so you can save your favorite items for further study

iPad/iPhone, FREE with in-app purchases

Minecraft Skin Studio Encore

The OFFICIAL Minecraft Skin Creator! Create, upload and share Minecraft skins on-the-go. Get creative and design an epic skin for your character. Why stick with plain old Steve when you can choose from over a MILLION community created skins or design your very own personalized skin?

iPad/iPhone, $3.99 with in-app purchases