Smart Apps For Kids

Review: Go on a learning adventure with Pacca Alpaca

 

 

Bottom Line: Go on an adventure to Australia with an adorable South American camelid. Using his magical merry-go-round, Pacca the Alpaca travels from his homeland to take a learning trek across Australia. Your preschooler can practice colors, numbers, and shapes as they journey across Australia with this colorful alpaca.

New Top Pick: Travel to Britain with Eric and Bruce

 

 

Bottom Line: Take a sweet little adventure through Britain with Eric and his adorable puppy, Bruce. With lots of interactive elements and some quaint side adventures, Eric & Bruce Travel to Britain is an entertaining way to introduce your little one to a bit of British culture while having lots of fun exploring all the action in the app.

New Top Pick! Tiny Airport actually makes flying fun

 

 

Bottom Line: More than 90 animations bring a trip to the airport to life for children age 5 and younger. From arrival, to check-in, to the flight itself, kids will be entertained by a knight trying to get through a metal detector, a stewardess who eats all the snacks and even mice in the cargo hold. The scenes are busy without being cluttered and every little detail has been kept in mind. Each visit to this app brings a new chance to encourage conversation with your child while you discover and enjoy pretend travel.

Top app for finding fun: Use Yuggler to locate nearby activities to do with your kids

 

 

Bottom Line: Yuggler has a lot of potential as an app to locate activities for kids in a variety of categories. The interface is smooth, it's visually appealing, and it's completely FREE, even currently without ads! More people need to add content to make it the most useful, but even in the beginning stages this app is definitely worth a download for anyone looking for child-friendly activities. 

Review: Pack your bags for guided pretend play with Bogga Vacation

 

 

Bottom Line: Bogga Vacation takes toddlers and preschoolers on an island vacation where they can pack their bags, board a plane and then enjoy time making fruity umbrella drinks, hunting for hidden treasures or building sandcastles. The app is very well-suited for the youngest users, but needs a bit more freedom of choice to hold the attention of older kids who might get bored after a single play-through. **FREE lite version available.**