Geography

Aworld in support of ActNow is a free app produced to support the United Nations' campaign to provide individuals with information and guidance to take action against climate change. The app informs, educates, and motivates its users to build climate-change-fighting habits into their lives. Aworld is a free app with no advertisements, purchases, or subscriptions. It is available on iOS and Android devices. Children under 14 need their parent's permission to use the app.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

MyZone is a content-packed app which teaches kids about many topics by naturally linking between them. It allows kids to grow their subject and general knowledge while developing analytical, problem-solving, and cross-curricular understanding. Parents create MyZone accounts for kids on the website, and kids use downloadable apps on iOS and Android for their learning. The current content for MyZone is suitable for kids aged between 10 and 12. At the time of this review, MyZone is in beta and offers five substantial themes for kids to explore at no cost to their parents.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

GeoExpert: World Geography Map helps students learn geographical facts through browsing and memorise them through quizzes. Its simple but attractive design makes it a convenient learn-anywhere study app. GeoExpert is free to download on iOS and Android and in this format lets users access the easy level of every quiz. Students can learn plenty of facts using this version and see if the app suits their needs. When you are ready to extend the app, in-app purchases open up specific regions or you can unlock the whole thing for a single one-off price.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

* iPad version now also available, look for
* English Counties for iPad in the App Store

EnglishCounties gives you a map of all of the counties of England and allows you to tap each one for further information on the county.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Where is that? is one of the top geography apps with over 8 million downloads and top 10 chart positions in 91 countries. Users can learn countries, capitals, states, cities and much more. You can also challenge your friends with online leagues.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Geomaster 2 is live with new games, a new interface and a high score module to measure your performance.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

One travel guide for the whole world.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Kids World Culture app provides opportunities for kids to describe their culture, but also have the opportunity to explore others to learn about the world beyond. Teaching your kids about world cultures helps them appreciate the differences in people and their traditions.Kids World Cultures is an important app for children and families to explore in order to learn and understand the diverse world we live in today. It is also beneficial in order to build cultural competency and build better rapport with children and families of different cultural backgrounds!

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Discovery VR is an app that allows users to explore the world. The app features a collection of documentaries, but from the first-person perspective. This is what gives users a unique VR experience. Some of the experiences also come with narration to help you on your journey. From swimming with sharks to climbing mountains in Nepal, this app is sure to satisfy any documentary buff.

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Geo Touch takes a kinesthetic approach to app learning, players place countries into a map like pieces in a puzzle. Geo Touch is good for learning the countries of the world, but doesn’t have every single country in the world. The quizzes reinforce the new and old info as they are cumulative. The way it teaches is well done too. It gives you four countries per round, next round four more, and so on. If you make a mistake you are “penalized” by removing the correct countries off the map and you have to earn your way back. It gives you the repetition you need to retain the information.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Make your students learn geography in a fun way! Find political map of all the countries of the world & Maps of the capitals of the countries. Locate benchmarks like rivers, mountains, mountain ranges, lakes, seas, islands, peninsulas, capes, gulfs, straits, canals, plains, depressions, and deserts to get complete understanding of geographic lines. 

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Kill time, not brain cells! GeoQuiz from Brain Café tests your knowledge of the planet Earth and all its wonders.

Devices: Android

Earthle is a word quiz game where the users can guess countries. Earthle is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Navicup enhances outdoor activities where players, learners, or competitors make their way from point to point. These include self-guided tours, orienteering competitions, treasure hunts, and more. The app tracks users' locations and reports back to the event organiser. It can also set tasks or provide text and audio-based information for the users when they arrive at marked locations. Creating maps and running events are perfectly possible using the free tier of Navicup but the paid-for options provide extra benefits and remove the advertising. Navicup's map creation is done via the website, making it compatible with most devices. The events require an Android or iOS app, which is free to download. Start creating your own event on the Navicup homepage

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Read Along Kids Books Library is an eBook app that provides kids between the ages of 4 and 11 with a wide range of books to read. The titles cover fiction and non-fiction. The latter includes self-development, social-emotional learning and topics from math, science, history, and geography. The app reviewed here is for home use, but a similar package is available for schools. Your child can access the entire library of books during a free trial, and a subscription unlocks the complete package for its duration. As this app offers math and reading content, you’ll need to use the Smart Kidz Club Premium subscription rather than the Basic one which is for a different app that does not contain math content.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Busy Things is a cross-subject teaching and learning resource full of activities, games, and teaching tools for kids aged between 4 and 11. All the content is mapped to English, Scottish, and Australian school curricula and covers most of the subjects taught in these schools. These include Mathematics, English, Science, and History. It also addresses learning to read with phonics and supports various phonics methods. Busy Things is a web app, ensuring it is compatible with desktop and mobile devices with modern browsers. Following a free trial which does not require payment details, Busy Things requires a subscription to access its 1,000+ activities.

Devices: Web

Map Quiz challenges its players to memorise and learn about continents and countries to be better able to identify them on a map. The quizzes are multiple-choice and range from finding countries on a continent to counties and states in nations. Map Quiz is available on both iOS and Android as a free download. Users expand the quizzing content through in-app purchases, and this review is based on the full unlocked app. Anyone, from young to old, interested in this type of quiz could enjoy using Map Quiz.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

GeobeeApp helps kids learn and practise facts about the geography of the USA. Students can use it to help improve their general knowledge or prepare for a geography competition such as a Geography Bee. GeobeeApp is an iOS-only app that is available for free. There are no advertisements or in-app purchases - just lots of geography fact learning!

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Immerse app teaches kids about STEM topics using what must be one of the most content-packed augmented-reality (AR) apps available so far. Facts and information accompany 3D models of animals, machines, landscapes and more. It is ideal for science lessons and general reference. Immerse app is available on iOS, Android and Windows devices in a fully-featured free version for personal use. Schools and other institutions, such as libraries, need to subscribe to one of four packages that best suit their context and needs.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad , Windows

Mysticland World Discovery wants to help kids become global citizens. Various activities and rich content, including a kid-friendly newspaper, help kids learn about history, geography, and current events from all around the world. The app feeds curiosity and entertains its users. The app is suitable for kids aged between 7 and 12. After a free trial, the app is available through a subscription on all iOS devices and Android.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Stack the countries is an educational geography game teaching and testing students on the countries of the world and their shapes, neighbours, landmarks, capital cities, languages, flags, and other geographical facts. Stack the Countries is available on iOS and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Stack the States is a good tool for teachers to use with students to help them memorize the names of U.S. states and capitals. It works well with reluctant learners who may be motivated by mixing those need-to-know facts with more interesting trivia and fast-paced gameplay. The states become animated characters, with eyes that follow your motions, and because they're so adorable, they'll inspire some kids to play more.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Let's Go See is a unique educational app that helps children discover and learn interesting facts about the world. The application centres around the adventures of aeroplane pilots Polly and Ollie as they travel the world with the Junior Jets. With stunning 3D images of landmarks from around the world, the Let’s Go See App lets children create, colour, play puzzles, explore the world, and even fly a plane. The application is available on iOS and Android platforms and is free from in-app adverts. The app Lets Go See provides in-app purchases for further individual content and subscriptions. The application is available on both mobile and tablet devices in landscape viewing mode. Let’s Go See is suitable for ages 4 and above and is supported by a developer’s website and a website dedicated to the Junior Jets provided insights into the application with downloadable resources as well as supporting storybooks.  

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Life Code is an augmented reality app for education. It is an adventure story of the Life Code Project allowing users to actively engage in the Darwin Museum of Evolution based in Moscow. The app explores in detail every aspect of the Darwin Museum whilst engaging users in a unique comix background story.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

The application Antelope Up is matching pairs brain game teaching children about the five sub-regions of Africa and the Antelope species that live within. The application is suitable for ages 6 and above. There are various levels of difficulty to choose along with information about each antelope species including conservation status, habitat and name pronunciations. Antelope Up is available in a full and light demonstration version. The application does not display any in-app adverts or in-app purchases. It is noted that the application plays in a landscape mode and is available over a number of platforms including the App Store, Google Play, Amazon and Windows.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad