Children's Games

Four Letters is a classic word search style game. You get a grid of letters and you find words. Four Letters is available for free to download on the iOS and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

The application Perfect People is a role-play simulation suitable for ages 4 and above that explores all aspects of life such as growing up, finance, personal responsibilities, responsibility for the environment, working, socialising and much more. Guide the cute AI characters through the twists and turns of life and the choices they make. You could be the Teacher's Pet or a Social Butterfly. Have a Happy Home and become a Baby Maker, or play the stock market and earn a mountain of coins. Can you become the Perfect person?

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Watching somebody who can touch-type shows just how much this skill can help a person's productivity. Animal Typing is designed to support children as they learn how to develop this useful skill for themselves. This app offers a simple and fun way for kids to learn touch typing. In this typing game, different animals such as a snail, rabbit, or horse are used based on the child’s typing skills so the faster they type, the faster the animal gets. Animal Typing is available on iOS, Android, macOS and Windows platforms.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad , Windows

FirstCry PlayBees app is an early-learning educational app for preschoolers. It contains many different styles of activities that are a mix of fun and learning. Available on both iOS and Android devices, FirstCry PlayBees is a free download that comes with many fully playable activities. A subscription unlocks the rest of the package to make a wealth of number games, letter games, stories and rhymes available to young learners.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Tiny Minies: Learning Games is a pre-school and toddlers’ game-based app to improve their intellectual, physical, and social-emotional development under 5 core areas: Memory, Problem Solving, Learning Ability, Creativity and Attention. Tiny Minies: Learning Games is free initially on a trial basis and offers further plans as a monthly or yearly subscription. Tiny Minies: Learning Games is free from in-app adverts and is 100% safe for children. The creators of this application are committed to protecting your privacy and the privacy of children. They adhere to the strict guidelines set forth by COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule), which ensure the protection of children’s information online.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Readlax: Brain Games is a versatile and powerful app for people who want to learn faster and more effectively. The application is rich with features that enable you to improve concentration, boost memory, reduce stress, enhance learning capacity, improve empathy and expand upon your current vocabulary using the apps unique games and teaching style. Readlax is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

AlgoRun: Learn to code is a powerful 3D platform coding game for learning, practicing and improving algorithmic thinking. The application is rich with features and includes several levels aimed at primary and secondary children. AlgoRun: Learn to code is free to download but offers in-app purchases and is available for iOS and Android for mobile devices and tablets. The application is suitable for ages 4 and above (according to the Appstore) and is free from in-app adverts.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

The application Play:Adding is a mathematical game that teaches your child to add and subtract. This application is rich with features that include gameplay levels, badge rewards and the ability to monitor learning progression. Play:Adding is free to download and is available for iOS and Windows platforms. The application is suitable for ages 5 to 8 (according to the Appstore) and is free from in-app adverts and in-app purchases.

Devices: Windows

This Baby Joy Joy Pet Farm review describes the experiences children can share with the popular YouTube and app character, Baby Joy Joy. Within this app, children learn about plants, animals, and farm jobs including working in the farm shop. Baby Joy Joy Pet Farm will be enjoyed by kids aged 4+ and is available on Android and iOS. It is available as a cut-down trial version for free that does not contain advertisements. An in-app purchase unlocks the app's full content.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

LogicLike app helps kids and adults develop thinking and problem-solving skills. It features over 2,500 riddles, puzzles, brainteasers, logic tasks, memory training games, and math problems. You can select different difficulty levels in every age group. No matter where you start, the game will help you gradually increase your skills to get to the next level. The app has leader boards to motivate the most competitive learners and it makes brain training engaging. Become smarter, have fun, and enjoy the LogicLike challenge! Available on Apple and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Little Kitten & Friends is an app that helps children aged between 4 and 7 prepare for their school start. The application provides 8 educational games that are rich with features and help remote coordination, confidence, social and motor skills in a safe and exciting environment. Little Kitten & Friends is available on iOS for mobile devices and tablets. The application is free from in-app adverts and in-app purchases.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Applaydu, by Kinder, is dedicated to children between 4 to 9 years old, from toddlers to kindergarten and beyond.  Applaydu is inspired by the idea of 'edutainment'. It merges education and entertainment to build kids' skills and develop their creativity. The high-quality result is available in this free of ads and free of cost app. This app helps improve creative development, thinking and reasoning skills, and improve reading. 

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Frederick: Learn to Read is an 'all in' type of app that covers all the different ways that young children, as well as older learners new to the English language, will learn to read. It introduces users to the English language through multiple games and covers all the intricacies of how to read. This include phonics, the mechanics of pronunciation as well as sight words, which are words that anyone who is learning English needs to know by looking at them and don't necessarily adhere to common sound conventions.  Users get some content for free within the app but they can also upgrade for a one off fee to receive all the content within the app. The Frederick: Learn to Read app is available to download both on IOS and Android devices. 

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

The application Kidz Fun is an all-round educational based app that focuses on the alphabet, numbers, songs, stories with questioning. The application is suitable for ages 2 to 6. The application features quality images, audio description, randomly generated images and an easy to use interface. The application is free from in-app adverts but does have an in-app purchase for further content. It is noted that the application plays in a portrait mode and is suitable for both mobile and tablet devices. It is noted that once the application has been downloaded an internet connection is not required to play alphabets and numbers.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Zebrainy: kids learning games is an easy to use, educational app featuring games, stories, cartoons, letters, numeracy, sizes, colours, shapes and much more. This app is suitable for ages 2 to 6 and helps develop emotional intelligence, logic and reasoning. The app is based on the adventures of a Zebra who travels to a number of wonderful places where they encounter problem-solving activities and interactive storytelling. This app is free from adverts and is a subscription-based package. A limited free trial is available to new subscribers to the application. The application runs many subscriptions-based services ranging from an initial monthly intro to 3 monthly subscriptions ($34.99) to a yearly subscription fee ($99.99). The application is supported by an extensive developers’ website and parents will be pleased to know that it is child-safe including a time limit within the application to avoid too much screen time.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

This is a game based app that encourages users to compete against themselves to get as high a score as is possible. Technically there is not limit to high a score that a user could get meaning that someone using the app could continually use it and keep improving on their best score. In fact, the write up on the website jokes that this app could potentially destroy your sleep patterns as you try to get the highest score possible! Although at it's route this app is a game there are also a number of other benefits for users within it. The aim of the app is to create as many words, within the time limit given, that all must start with the letter given. Therefore scores can certainly depend on the first letters that are randomly selected by the app. In playing this game myself for a number of hours I certainly found that with some letters I was getting lower scores just because there seemed fewer words that I could think of that began with these letters. In this way the app clever aims to help it's users expand their vocabulary and thinking skills to get the highest possible score they can achieve.

Devices: Android

Zayn and Zayna’s Little Farm is about a family that lives in an English village. The aim of the application is to provide simple activities to reinforce the principal that family life is the foundation of human society and is the seed bed for passing on some key virtues. The application has a great variety of activities ranging from videos to colouring in sheets that can be printed out.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

GoNoodle Kids is a large collection of videos that are safe content and encourage kids to get up and get moving. Since most GoNoodle content is only a few minutes in length, it’s easy to watch one or two and then move on to another activity without the dreaded battle that often comes with tearing your child away from something mid-episode. Helpful features make GoNoodle easy for parents to use at home without the guilt that’s often associated with screen time. It's accessible on a computer as an app and can be used with Apple TV. You can download the free GoNoodle app to play favorite kids videos from school or at home.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Dr. Panda Town: Collection developed by Dr. Panda is a series of cartoon scenarios around an imaginary town, where you can interact with various different objects and let your imagination and curiosity wander. With the ability to create your own avatar with numerous different attributes, the game is only limited by the imagination of the user.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

SumW0rdZ is an interactive educational app for children age 9 and above and improves your general knowledge, word and maths skills all in a single game format. This fun, interactive game has three supporting levels; easy, medium and hard and combines wordplay, mathematical skills such as addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and powers. The basic application is free but additional Word Themes and Dice Combinations can be obtained via in-app purchases. There are also in-app adverts which promote these in-app purchases. 

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Join the star of the Baby Joy Joy YouTube channel on an arcade-style adventure to learn about numbers and letters.  With forgiving gameplay designed for young children, it is good fun and introduces the names of letters and numbers to young learners.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Yuppy is packed full of mini activities to entertain and educate your young child.  As children play they will solve problems, learn to write letters and numbers, and create music.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Preschool & Kindergarten Games is an interactive educational app for preschool and kindergarten children (ages 4+). The application provides 24 educational games that support all areas of the curriculum including shapes, colours, counting, puzzles, spelling, vowels and consonants and so much more. The application is free from in-app adverts and is available on the iOS platform and Android platforms. The application supports in-app purchases for further content and games. This application is a US format and supports the Common Core State Standards but is also suitable for a UK based curriculum.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Children who play Zoolingo - Preschool & Kindergarten Games will be drawn in by the beautifully drawn and brightly coloured graphics.  Behind them, though, lies a wealth of fun and educational activities to help young children consolidate and develop their learning.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Roblox is a gaming and social-network app aimed at young people aged 12+.  The experience it provides leans heavily on communication skills and it can be a gateway for would-be game developers to start creating.  It is available across many formats including iOS, Android, Amazon and Windows. An open, social network-based app for children that, while free to download, encourages players to spend as they play was likely to attract controversy and it has.  This review of Roblox focuses on whether Roblox is safe for kids.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad