You love free apps that have no in-app purchases and so does the staff at Smartappsforkids.com. So here's a list of the current Top 50 most downloaded completely free apps (with no in-app purchases) on iTunes as of September 22, 2017.
You will find apps for babies, preschoolers, toddlers, students, educators and therapists — that covers 99.9% of our readers, so what are you waiting for?
1. Google Classroom
Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profits, and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized.
2. Kahoot!
1. Join games instantly and easily, no account needed.
2. Look up and play together so you can share and celebrate learning.
3. Get personal and group feedback during gameplay for increased engagement and learning outcomes.
4. A more stable connection to games.
3. Kids A-Z
The Kids A-Z mobile app delivers interactive learning content for Raz-Kids and Science A-Z anytime, anywhere. Kids can choose from a library of eBooks, eQuizzes, and other eResources to access on their own, or complete assignments scheduled by their teacher or parent. With the Kids A-Z app, personalized learning goes wherever the student does!
4. Photomath - Camera Calculator
Simply point your camera toward a math problem and Photomath will magically show the result with a detailed step-by-step instructions. Photomath supports arithmetics, integers, fractions, decimal numbers, roots, algebraic expressions, linear equations/inequations, quadratic equations/inequations, absolute equations/inequations, systems of equations, logarithms, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, derivatives and integrals.
5. Khan Academy: you can learn anything
Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free. You can learn anything — for free: Over 10,000 videos and explanations at your fingertips in math, science, economics, history, and much, much more. Quickly find what you need: Redesigned navigation and search make it faster to find what you want. Keep learning even when you’re offline.
6. PBS KIDS Video
The app provides a safe, child-friendly viewing experience for all ages. Kids can easily browse and watch videos at home, on the road, or anywhere with a 3G or WiFi connection. Every week, the app will introduce your child to a new “Weekly Pick,” a set of fun educational videos that will engage him or her in reading, science, math and more. The app also includes features that parents can access by sliding the “i-bar” to the right.
7. Swift Playgrounds
Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary new app for iPad that makes it fun to learn and experiment with code. You solve interactive puzzles in the guided “Learn to Code” lessons to master the basics of coding, while additional challenges let you explore code and create programs that are engaging and unique. Swift Playgrounds requires no coding knowledge, so it’s perfect for students just starting out, from twelve to one-hundred-and-twelve.
8. Remind: Fast, Efficient School Messaging
Remind, formerly Remind101, is a free text messaging app that helps teachers, students, and parents communicate quickly and efficiently. By connecting school communities, Remind makes it easy for everyone to succeed together. Remind is based in San Francisco, CA and is used by more than 35 million people in 3 out of 4 U.S. school districts.
9. GoNoodle Kids
GoNoodle Kids is the only app that gets kids MOVING along with crazy cool songs like Kitty High Five, Pop See Ko, Don’t Read Like a Robot, and so many more GoNoodle favs! Plus, GoNoodle Kids has simple mindfulness and yoga activities to help kids chill out, dude. Teachers in over 75% of US elementary schools love and trust GoNoodle to bring more movement and mindfulness to their school days.
10. Nick Jr.
The Nick Jr. App brings your kids' favorite Nick Jr. characters to life in new interactive ways. Watch full Nick Jr. episodes for free and play fun educational games and activities with their favorite characters. The app is easy for preschoolers to navigate, so kids are just a fingertip away from all their Nick Jr. friends: PAW Patrol, Dora, Shimmer and Shine, Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi, Blaze, and more!
11. SpellingCity
VocabularySpellingCity is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging games using any word list. The free app includes ten of our most popular learning activities and ten of our most popular word lists:
Spelling TestMe, HangMouse, Missing Letter, Alphabetize, Spelling TeachMe, Sentence Unscramble, Word Unscramble, Read-A-Word, Test-N-Teach.
12. Pixel
Meet Pixel - your own personal interactive robot. Pixel starts off without any intelligence or emotion, so it's up to you to program some personality and life into the robot. Using a drag-and-drop blocked-based programming language (Scratch), fun interactions can be programmed, such as changing Pixel's emotions and controlling Pixel's speech.
13. Desmos Graphing Calculator
Explore math with Desmos! Plot functions, create tables, add sliders, animate your graphs, and more -- all for free. At Desmos, we imagine a world of universal math literacy and envision a world where math is accessible and enjoyable for all students. We believe the key is learning by doing.
14. Starfall ABCs
The Starfall ABCs FREE app is made possible by the member supporters of Starfall.com, a publicly supported charity. The activities at Starfall.com motivate through exploration, positive reinforcement, and play. Children delight as they see, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, and games. They learn to recognize letters while developing the skills they need to become confident readers. All children, especially English language learners, benefit.
15. Toca Kitchen Monsters
Ever wanted to play with your food?
Now you can! In this Monster edition of the super-hit Toca Kitchen you can cook and play with food for two hungry monsters. Pick any ingredient and prepare it in your own way! Slice, boil, fry, cook, microwave or mix? And wait for the response from the hungry monster...
16. Periodic Table
This fact-filled, image-rich app is the only periodic table you need. Ideal if you’re a student, teacher or just have an interest in the chemical sciences.Did you know that neodymium is used in microphones? Or europium in Euro bank notes to help stop counterfeiting? These are just two of the absorbing facts in our free, user-friendly and customisable app, based on our popular and well-respected Royal Society of Chemistry Periodic Table website.
17. Tinycards - Learn with Fun, Free Flashcards
Memorize anything while playing a game! Tinycards is a brand new app from the team behind Duolingo, the most downloaded education app in the world. Have fun unlocking new levels and keeping your memory strength bar full while you learn. Tinycards uses spaced repetition and other smart learning techniques to help you remember new material.
18. Toca Hair Salon - Christmas Gift
Cut, color and style Santa Claus beard and hair! In this Christmas edition of the smash hit Toca Hair Salon, you can choose between styling Santa Claus or a funny Christmas tree! And best of all? It's completely FREE!
BONUS - Introducing: accessories! When you've finished cutting and color, add eight different accessories to your look. Loads of extra fun!
19. Bible App for Kids
The Bible App for Kids is the newest member of the YouVersion family of apps. Available now for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the Bible App for Kids is always completely free! Through interactive adventures and beautiful animations, kids explore the big stories of the Bible. The Bible App for Kids is a delight-filled experience designed to encourage kids to return again and again. It’s the beginning of a lifelong love of God’s Word.
20. HudsonAlpha iCell
iCell gives students, teachers, and anyone interested in biology a 3D view inside a cell. Included are examples of three types of cells: animal, plant, and bacteria. Learn about the various parts of the cell, which biologists, biochemists, and DNA researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute study and use to advance the limits of biotechnology.
21. Laugh & Learn™ Where's Puppy's Nose? for Baby
Babies are immersed in an animated learning environment where their little finger taps, swipes, tilts & shakes teach all about body parts with two fun characters & music! Puppy and Kitty will teach baby about nose, ear, eyes, mouth, foot, tummy, hand & head! Designed for babies 6 mos. & up. Tap, tilt or shake the screen to interact with the animals. They’ll giggle or slide across the screen to delight baby!
22. Laugh & Learn™ Learning Letters Monkey App
A fun-filled learning app that features baby’s favorite Laugh & Learn™ characters! Babies are encouraged to interact with engaging animations, sing-along songs & sound effects. While this app is absolutely free and fun on its own, the app comes to life with the purchase of the Apptivity Monkey.
23. ABC Alphabet Phonics - Preschool Kids Game Free Lite
Grasshopper Apps = Top Educational Apps for Kids :-) Warning: Your child will keep begging for your iPhone or iPad after they try this app. Photo Touch is an exciting educational game that helps your child rapidly learn the ABC by sight, sound, and touch. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in using this app. Ideal for ages 0 to 6.
24. Sushi Monster
Meet Sushi Monster! A game to practice, reinforce, and extend math fact fluency is completely engaging and appropriately challenging. Strengthen reasoning strategies for whole number addition and multiplication by helping monsters make a target sum or product. Earn points with each correct answer… but watch out for distractions! To be successful, plan ahead and strategically select numbers from the sushi counter.
25. NOVA Elements
Did you ever wonder why the periodic table is shaped the way it is, what gives each element its own unique set of properties, or even how elements combine to make everyday objects such as a cup of coffee? With “NOVA Elements,” explore an interactive periodic table, play a game hosted by David Pogue, or watch the two-hour NOVA program, “Hunting the Elements.”
26. Articulate Mobile Player
Get the best e-learning experience available on your iPad with Articulate Mobile Player. Featuring an elegant, intuitive user interface, Articulate Mobile Player beautifully displays interactive e-learning content created in Articulate Storyline and Articulate Studio software. Tap, swipe, and pinch to interact with rich content, including full-motion video and software simulations.
27. TED (rated 12+ years)
Feed your curiosity and expand your world with TED Talks. Explore more than 2,000 TED Talks from remarkable people, by topic and mood, from tech and science to the surprises of your own psychology.
・Browse the entire TED Talks video library, with subtitles in over 90 languages.
・Play on your device or send to your home entertainment system via AirPlay or Chromecast.
・Discover inspiring, funny, or jaw-dropping talks.
28. Phonics Island, Letter Sounds games & Alphabet Learning: Preschool Kids Reading
Lay the basics of your child’s literacy skills with this colorful, mysterious island full of phonics sounds. Children learn and have fun tracing letters, recognizing letter sounds, matching letters, and identifying beginning sounds. Embark on the adventure with adorable Abby the Monkey and her train to discover the secret of this island!
29. Toca Tailor Fairy Tales
Design and style your own clothes!
Time to get busy with those design skills! With Toca Tailor Fairy Tales, you can create, combine and style fun outfits for two characters in a beautiful Fairy Tale setting! Choose between lots of clothing designs, then tailor them by adjusting hems and lengthening sleeves.
30. Toontastic 3D
3… 2… 1… ACTION! With Toontastic 3D you can draw, animate, and narrate your own cartoons. It’s as easy as play. Just move your characters around on screen, tell your story, and Toontastic records your voice and animations and stores it on your device as a 3D video. Toontastic is a powerful and playful way to create interstellar adventures, breaking news reports, video game designs, family photo albums, and anything else you might imagine!
31. ChatterPix Kids - by Duck Duck Moose
Grab your camera! Let’s ChatterPix! Chatterpix Kids can make anything talk -- pets, friends, doodles, and more.
Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. Then share your Pix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it’s FREE!
32. ScratchJr
With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games. By snapping together graphical programming blocks, children can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.
33. iTunes U
iTunes U provides everything an instructor needs to bring the classroom together on iPad—build lessons with apps and your own materials, collect and grade assignments from students, discuss one-on-one or in groups, and annotate PDF assignments. iTunes U also allows anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to learn from the world’s largest collection of free education content—including public courses and collections from leading schools, universities, museums, and cultural institutions.
34. PBS KIDS ScratchJr
With PBS KIDS ScratchJr, kids can create their own interactive stories and games featuring their favorite characters from Odd Squad, Wild Kratts, Nature Cat, Arthur, WordGirl, Peg + Cat, and Ready Jet Go! The storytelling possibilities are endless with this creative coding app for children ages 5-8.
35. Toca Dance Free
Create your own dance routines with the free version of Toca Dance!
Become the choreographer and create moves with three fun characters: Sahar, Märta and K-Boy. Jump, shake and strike a pose — this is Toca Dance Free! Take on the role of the choreographer and have your dancers mirror your every move. Once you’re ready and you’ve got the moves down pat, it’s time to send your team to the stage!
36. Dr. Panda Restaurant Asia
Dr. Panda Restaurant Asia is open for business! Explore a beautiful new Asian-themed restaurant while making sushi, stir fry and more—absolutely free! Kids can take charge in their own kitchen in the brand new Dr. Panda Restaurant Asia! Future fine chefs have the freedom to choose what they want to prepare and exactly how they’d like to prepare it! Chop, grate, blend, fry and more with over 20 ingredients and create the perfect dish!
37. Bloxels: Build, Play & Share Your Own Video Games
Build your own video games with Bloxels! The innovative video game creation platform makes concepting and execution easy. Watch your game world come to life as you create and animate play spaces, characters and objects because you are the artist, game designer, storyteller, programmer, publisher AND player!
38. K.J.V. Holy Bible
The King James Version Holy Bible.
39. Reading Comprehension Prep
Try the most advanced reading comprehension tool in the App Store for free! Our Reading Comprehension series was designed for the classroom, as well as the student and family looking for an advantage in solidifying their reading and understanding skills:
• This sampler contains 12 original stories for grades 3, 4, and 5
• Choose between fiction, non-fiction, or a mix of both fiction and non-fiction selections
40. Sesame Street
Come spend time on Sesame Street with video clips and games featuring Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and more of your favorite, furry friends. Sing along with Sesame Street music videos, learn your ABCs and 123s, and just have fun! Instantly watch Sesame Street clips and play fun, educational games all for FREE anytime, anywhere.
41. Daniel Tiger for Parents
Daniel Tiger for Parents empowers parents and caregivers with songs and videos from the hit PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Is your child learning about sharing? Struggling with trying a new food? Working on what to do with mad feelings? Daniel Tiger for Parents has a song for these important social-emotional skills – and many more of life’s little lessons!
42. Toca Doctor HD Lite
Let your kids be a doctor for a day! Examine a patient and solve fun puzzles and mini-games that take place in the human body. Beautiful artwork and fun sounds guides your kids through 5 different puzzles! Toca Doctor is a fun and puzzling digital toy for kids. Examine the patients and play puzzles and mini-games that take place in the human body. There are no timers or stress elements so that kids can play in their own time. If they can't finish any certain game it still continues so that they never get stuck. It always works and it's always fun!
43. PBS KIDS Kart Kingdom
Welcome to Kart Kingdom, where you can customize your own kart, create your own adventure through a variety of new worlds and collaborate with other kids to complete community challenges and unlock rewards! Includes curriculum-based games with favorite PBS KIDS’ characters designed to help kids think strategically and solve problems about how things are structured.
44. Stop, Breathe & Think Kids: Focus, Calm & Sleep
Meditation and mindfulness made easy and fun for kids! From the creators of the award-winning app for adults, Stop Breathe & Think Kids is a mindful games app designed specifically with children ages 5 - 10 in mind. Kids can check in to how they are feeling using fun emojis and try recommended mindful missions tuned to those emotions. Stickers reward their progress and keep the activities engaging.
45. Sago Mini Holiday Trucks and Diggers
FREE for a limited time! Build a giant snow fort with trucks and diggers! Pile up mountains of fresh snow with dump trucks, cranes and bulldozers. Decorate your fort with dozens of Holiday items to celebrate the season. Choose from six mighty machines and have fun in the snow all day!
46. My Hospital - Learning to be a doctor
Take on the role of a doctor to get the patients treated. This app allows children to develop empathy for others. Become a great doctor and join this adventure full of animals. Make this hospital a good hospital with love and care! Let children take charge of their own hospital and treat all the animals in need of treatment. Watch them help their patients recover.Kids will love this game where they and the little panda can work together.
47. Wenda the Wacky Wiggler- Interactive Storybook
The inspiring award-winning children's book about an extraordinary young girl who despite the disapproval and naysayers in her town, discovers her own unique love and joy really do come from inside! As she lets her own unique self shine, Wenda inspires kids and adults to celebrate and express their own unique self too!
48. Fun with Tracing
Practice writing letters, numbers and kindergarten sight words. Kids Safe - No Ads, No Popups, No In-App Purchase, No Social Media
- Handwriting Tracing
- Upper case letters
- Lower case letters
49. Itsy Bitsy Spider – by Duck Duck Moose
An award-winning original tribute to a childhood classic, Itsy Bitsy Spider offers children a fun, interactive and educational experience. Follow the spider to learn about the environment and animals. AGES: 2-5.
- 100% interactive illustrations with hidden surprises on every page
- Easy navigation – just poke the spider to move to the next scene
- Use the record feature to sing along
50. Fish School - by Duck Duck Moose
A playful underwater experience filled with 8 educational activities, this award-winning app teaches children letters, numbers, shapes and colors with colorful fish and friendly sea life characters. AGES: 2-5.
Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators.
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Lisa M lives in Australia with her four kids.
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