Children's Technology Review

Pinkfong Baby Shark Storybook

$60, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, music

CTR Rating: 36%

Dave and Ava Learn and Play

$30

Teaches: letters, numbers, music

CTR Rating: 70%

Mazaam - The Musical Genius

$6.99, IOS, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: classical music, pitch, rhythm

CTR Rating: 86%

Toniebox

$100

Teaches: music, listening, storytelling

Sesame Street Yourself

$8, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: puppets, dress up play, creativity, music

CTR Rating: 78%

BlipBlox

$190, Smart Toy

Teaches: music, fine motor skills, experimentation, digital audio production, MIDI

CTR Rating: 66%

RockIt Twist, Rotatable Learning Game System

$608, Smart Toy

Teaches: math, reading, logic, creativity, art, music, fine motor

CTR Rating: 88%

Pango Musical March

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: music, melody, rhythm, timing, harmony

CTR Rating: 90%

Tongo Circus

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: music, causality

CTR Rating: 82%

Specdrums

$65

Teaches: music, creativity, fine motor

Wiggles, The: Fun Time With Faces

$20

Teaches: music, singing, dancing

CTR Rating: 86%

Sing & Play: Wheels on the Bus

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, cause and effect, traffic safety

CTR Rating: 66%

Trilo Music ABC

$3.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: reading, language, upper/lower case letters, music, logic, matching

CTR Rating: 86%

Pinkfong My Body

iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: body parts, music

CTR Rating: 52%

Feed Me Cookie Monster

$30

Teaches: a musical plush toy

Bandimal

$3.99

Teaches: music, scales, math, creativity, pitch, rhythm

CTR Rating: 92%

Stage Fright - The Monster Singing Competition

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: music

CTR Rating: 80%

Tongo Music

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: music appreciation

CTR Rating: 80%

Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave

Teaches: memory, music, coloring, logic

CTR Rating: 80%

Con Le Orecchie Di Lupo - An Interactive Children's Sounds App

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: music, art, listening

CTR Rating: 78%

Boogie Bot - Coding for Kids

$4.99

Teaches: coding, music, programming

Discover Music

$1.99

Teaches: music, rhythm

Melody Jams

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, melody, rhythm

CTR Rating: 82%

Anywhere Teacher

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, math, science, social studies, music, and art

Mussila DJ

iPad

Teaches: creativity, music

CTR Rating: 86%

Learn & Groove Musical Mat

$29.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: movement, gross motor development, music

Mussila - Musical Monster Adventure

$5.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music appreciation, sounds of the orchestra

CTR Rating: 62%

Fisher-Price Bright Beats Learnin' Lights Dance Mat

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: school readiness, music, beat, alphabet, letter recognition

Toca Dance

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV

Teaches: rhythm, music, creativity

CTR Rating: 96%

Lipa Band

iPad, iPhone, Apple TV

Teaches: music

Sesame Street Makes Music

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, pitch, rhythm, melody

CTR Rating: 88%

Composer's Sketchpad

$2.99, iPad, iPad Pro

Teaches: musical composition, notation, pitch

CTR Rating: 87.5%

One Smart Piano, The

iPad, Android, iPhone

Teaches: music, piano instruction

Music With Grandma

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: musical notation, music terms, pitch, ear training

CTR Rating: 94%

Moff Band

$60, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: movement, music, gross motor coordination

KlangDings - House of Sound for Kids

doDings GbR

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV

Teaches: music, listening

Cabbage Patch Kids: Lil' Dancer

$38, Apple Watch

Teaches: a doll, music, pretend play

Jungle Beat

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: music, spatial relations

Wizard School (formerly WonderBox)

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: science, history, creativity, art, music, geography

CTR Rating: 86%

Bounden

$2.99, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: music, movement, gross motor development

CTR Rating: 84%

Steve Reich�s Clapping Music

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.1 or later)

Teaches: sense of rhythm, coordination, music

CTR Rating: 88%

Loopimal

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: music, rhythm, melody, math, counting, computer sequencing

CTR Rating: 98%

Auxy: Beat Studio

iPad

Teaches: music, creativity, rhythm, beat, logic

CTR Rating: 94%

Play Opera

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: music, opera

CTR Rating: 80%

Compose Yourself

$15, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome

Teaches: music, creativity, composition

Easy Song Studio

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: music, singing, language, English

Musical Trees

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, causality

CTR Rating: 80%

JungleJam

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.1 or later)

Teaches: music, rhythm

MyBackpack

iPad

Teaches: reading, math facts (addition), music, singing

CTR Rating: 90%

Fantasia: Music Evolved

$60, Xbox One, Xbox 360

Teaches: music, rhythm, gross motor development, coordination

CTR Rating: 94%

Tap Harp

iPad

Teaches: music, the harp

CTR Rating: 70%

Bubl Gelato (also called Bubl Ice Cream)

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: language experience, musical genres, art, creativity

CTR Rating: 88%

Entwined

$9.99, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Vita

Teaches: spatial relations, music, timing, flow state

Noteimals

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 5.1 or later)

Teaches: music, piano

Bubl Draw

$0.99, iPad (37MB)

Teaches: art, creativity, music, temporal relations

CTR Rating: 90%

Crayola Color, Draw & Sing

$4.99, iPad, Windows, Android

Teaches: coloring, music, art

CTR Rating: 78%

AirBoard 32

$70, smart toy

Teaches: music

Kids Music Factory

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 4.3 or later)

Teaches: music

BeBop Blox

$1.99, iPad, iPhone (48 MB)

Teaches: music, shapes, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Music Superheroes - Learn Music While Having Fun

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music

CTR Rating: 90%

Pierre et le Loup (Peter and the Wolf)

$3.99, iPad

Teaches: music, memory, the orchestra, instruments, storytelling

CTR Rating: 92%

Jack and the Beanstalk by Nosy Crow

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, classification, spatial relations, memory, music, temporal relations

CTR Rating: 90%

SymbolSmash

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: music, musical instruments

CTR Rating: 50%

Ariel's Musical Surprise

iPad, iPhone (360 MB)

Teaches: music, rhythm

CTR Rating: 82%

DiscoRobo

$45, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: robot, music

Bugs and Buttons 2

$2.99, iPad, iPhone (340 MB)

Teaches: classification, logic, matching, seriation, alphabet order, memory, timing, temporal relations, angles, music

CTR Rating: 98%

SoundSelf

$15, Mac OSX, Windows

Teaches: pitch, music, 3D graphics

Music Learning Lab Pro

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 5.0 or later)

Teaches: music, ear training, pitch

CTR Rating: 78%

Lost Song, The - Living Stories

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, language, music

CTR Rating: 82%

Touch 'n Sing - Touch and Sing Along Picture Book

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 4.3 or later)

Teaches: music, singing

CTR Rating: 30%

Beethoven�s 9th Symphony

iPad

Teaches: music, history, Beethoven

Disney Junior Appisodes: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (430 MB)

Teaches: some classification, music

CTR Rating: 84%

Kids Sounds

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: music, rhythm

CTR Rating: 76%

EZ Pro DJ

$50, Android (OS 4.2 or higher), iPhone, iPad (iOS 4.3 and higher)

Teaches: music, creativity, DJ-ing

One Direction 12" Singing Dolls

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: music

Furby Party Rockers

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: A smart toy, some music

Endless Alphabet

$6.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: the alphabet, ABC song, reading, letter recognition, music

CTR Rating: 96%

Mibblio

iPad

Teaches: music

CTR Rating: 80%

My First Orchestra App

$4.99, IOS-Apple

Teaches: music, the orchestra

CTR Rating: 84%

Welcome to the Vampire's Lair...If Your Dare!

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, language, some creativity and music

CTR Rating: 88%

Leo Lion Band

$1.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, instruments, rhythm, pitch, volume

CTR Rating: 86%

Toca Band

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, math, patterns

CTR Rating: 98%

Jazzy 123

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: Number Recognition, counting, musical instrument naming, ten languages, including French, Dutch, Japanese and more

CTR Rating: 80%

Jazzy ABC

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: music (instrument sounds and names), letter recognition

CTR Rating: 82%

Sesame Street Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece The Videogame

$20, Wii, Nintendo DS

Teaches: music, instruments, dance, English, Spanish

CTR Rating: 46%

Little Fox Music Box

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, rhythm, German or English, language

CTR Rating: 94%

iCarly: Groovy Foodie!

$30, Nintendo DS

Teaches: music, rhythm

Dance Central 3

$50, Xbox Kinect

Teaches: dancing, gross motor development, music

Arcade Stereo Headphone

$35, headphones

Teaches: a music peripheral

CTR Rating: 66.6667%

Piano Dust Buster

iPad

Teaches: piano, music

Numberlys, The

$5.99, iPhone, iPad

Teaches: reading, art, music, the alphabet

CTR Rating: 94%

A Jazzy Day

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: music, jazz

CTR Rating: 92%

It's A Small World

$7.99, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

Teaches: Geography, causality, language, music

CTR Rating: 94%

Master Moves Mickey

$70, Smart Toy

Teaches: dancing, music

Rhythm Heaven Fever

$30, Wii

Teaches: rhythm, music, beat

CTR Rating: 94%

GarageBand

$5, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music, creativity

Magic Guitar

$2.99, iPhone

Teaches: music, guitar

CTR Rating: 92%

DoReMi, 1-2-3

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: music

Dr. Seuss Band

$0.99, iPad

Teaches: music, timing, coordination

CTR Rating: 98%

Record A Song Books

$18, Smart Toy

Teaches: music, singing