Go hands on with physics, draw monsters, create a yoodle, or simply find a good book. The 30th app report is packed with the latest news from the Moms With Apps network.
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Puzzleosaurus – Dinosaur Jigsaw Puzzles by EduGame UK: Puzzleosaurus is a Prehistoric Puzzle Game featuring 8 extinct creatures from over 250 million years ago. Designed to entertain and educate young dino fans it contains 8 beautifully illustrated puzzles that once complete reveal exciting facts about each creature. iPhone and iPad – $1.99
Trucks in Town by Pet Project: Trucks spring to life with realistic sound and motion, and interact with other elements in the scene. Choose vehicles for your scene and then get busy putting out fires, picking up trash or collecting kids from school. iPad – $0.99
Locomaster – Lucas’ crazy machine by Nerlaska Studio: Little Lucas has a fantastic machine: Locomaster. With it, your children will be able to transform Lucas into really strange animals like the Sillyphant, the Jokyfly or the Crazy Crocodile. They will enjoy playing with these strange creatures and going into Lucas neighbors’ houses. iPhone and iPad – $2.99
Books
The Rooster Who Lost His Voice by iMagine machine LLC: A first for iMagine machine – an original travel tale that enables the entire family to sit together for a “theater experience”, and enjoy an interactive story with animations, unique illustrations and heart-warming characters that remind us of the values of friendship, esteem and generosity. iPhone and iPad – Free with $4.99 in-app purchase
Bella’s Birthday Surprise by Author Solutions, Inc.: Bella is turning one, and excited about her first party. She is in for a big surprise when she opens her last present and finds something very special inside! iPhone and iPad – $1.99
Creative Play
Costume Chest by Yoomerang, Inc.: Yoodle Apps all start with a Yoodle — a Doodle of You. You can make a Yoodle by picking eyes, nose, hair, etc. And then the adventures begin. In the Costume Chest App you can dress up your Yoodle in oodles of costumes, and create a virtual scrapbook to capture all the fun. iPhone and iPad – $1.99
iLuv Drawing Monsters HD – Learn to draw 20 cute monsters! by MyVijan LLC: Learning to draw monsters will boost imagination, creativity and confidence in your budding artists! This step by step learn to draw application offers 20 different ways to create cute monsters. The app offers coloring, editing, decorating and sharing toolset to further customize their creations! (Watch Series Intro) iPad – $0.99
Geography
Learn North America Countries and Capitals by Granza Inc: Our Learn North America Countries and Capitals App is an easy-to-use tool for learning the names of 37 different countries of the North America continent along with their capital cities. The program features a Maps section, a Capitals Section, and a Quiz section. iPhone and iPad – $2.99
Literacy
Animal Crosswords – English Crosswords for kids by OkiDokiApps: Animal Crosswords contains 56 professionally designed crosswords (multiple word intersections). Each crossword contains a new animal as the main theme and the app contains over 300 of the most common words children learn to spell in the beginning, but there are also some tricky words of course. iPhone and iPad – $1.99
ABC Spy Phonics by Stealth Education: ABC Spy Phonics challenges children to create their own phonics experience by taking photos for 15 key letter sounds and combinations: take a photo, choose a frame, give it a name. Then make a movie of all your photos to share with friends and family. iPhone – $0.99, iPad – $1.99
Math
Math Multiplication Flash Cards For 2nd Grade by Granza Inc: Our Math Multiplication Flash Cards For 2nd Grade app includes 78 cards and provides an easy approach for building math multiplication skills. Each card displays a multiplication problem from 1×1 through 12×12. Tapping the card will flip the card to show the student the answer to the problem. iPhone and iPad – $0.99
Physics
Monster Physics by Dan Russell-Pinson: Monster Physics is a unique building app that lets you play with physics! Build and operate your own car, crane, rocket ship, plane, helicopter, tank and more! Players learn physics “hands on” through solving missions and building and refining their own inventions. In addition, a separate learn section introduces players to basic physics concepts such as friction, force, mass, acceleration and more. (Watch Video) iPhone and iPad – $0.99 (introductory price)
News and Reviews
Looking for Nook Color and Kindle Fire Book Apps for Kids? Digital-Storytime.com now has Android covered … find over 70 reviews for book apps for Nook and Kindle Fire.
Updates
Jellybean Tunes – Learn to Read and Compose Music by Garry Froehlich: Learn the basics of music theory, play, record, and create your own songs in a fun, colourful environment. Updated with improved graphics and better control over recording. iPad – $2.99
Shake-a-Phrase: Fun With Words and Sentences by Artgig Studio: Shake-a-Phrase is a fun language app that teaches vocabulary and parts of speech for ages 8+. The update adds prepositions and conjunctions to parts of speech Quiz game. iPhone and iPad – $1.99
SpeakColorsHD by RWH Technology: SpeakColorsHD is a speech therapy app designed to encourage young children to imitate and use simple sentences using colors and photos of objects. Updated with male and female default voices and more types of sentences. iPad – $2.99 (on sale for Better Hearing and Speech Month)
Kid-Capsule : Family Event Journal by Zen Labs LLC: Kid-Capsule is the place to keep and re-live your little one’s eventful life right on your iPhone. Now in Spanish and English. iPhone – $2.99
FaceIt by Sleepy Cactus: Mix and match face parts with an intuitive tap and slide interface. Make any face you can imagine! Updated with iPad support and a new FacePack. Food Face: Make faces out of fruit and vegetable parts; millions of new combinations! iPhone and iPad – $0.99
Learn To Count by Pixel Interactive: What better way for children to learn counting than through rhymes and songs? Updated with a new activity called Number House iPhone – $0.99, iPad – $1.99
Elfishki and the Giant Cake by kidsiphoneapps.net: Once upon a time, on the beautiful Rainbow Island in the middle of the Sparkling Sea lived magical little people called Elfishki. Now available in a free lite version. iPhone – Free
ABC Spy by Stealth Education: ABC Spy challenges children to create their own ABC experience by taking photos for each letter of the alphabet. You can now create multiple ‘books’ – so friends and siblings can create their own ABC Spy movie. iPhone – $0.99, iPad – $1.99
My PlayHome by Shimon Young: My PlayHome is a doll house for the iGeneration. Now available for Android devices. Google Play – $2.99, Amazon – $1.99
