Children's Technology Review

Wanderer, The: Frankenstein�s Creature

$15, iPad, iPhone, Steam, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome

Teaches: logic, art, reading, literature, emotions

CTR Rating: 88%

Gale Interactive: Science powered by VIVED

$500, Platform Agnostic, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome, Internet Site

Teaches: science, biology, science, earth science

Procreate

$9.99, iPad

Teaches: art, creativity, digital design

CTR Rating: 96%

Pictionairy Air

$19.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: gross motor skills, movement, logic, inter-personal relationships, art, logic

Mixerpiece

$3.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: art, art history, creativity, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 94%

Merge Cube

$14, iPad, iPhone, Android, Smart Toy

Teaches: science, art, timing, spatial relations

Dr. Panda Plus Home Designer

$40, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: creativity, spatial relations, art, spelling, reading

CTR Rating: 80%

Oregon Scientific SmartGlobe Explorer AR

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: geography, history, geology (Earth science), astronomy, science

CTR Rating: 80%

Sentence Sensibility

$7.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: language, parts of speech, sentences, reading, comprehension

CTR Rating: 80%

Old Man's Journey

$4.99, iPad, Android, Steam

Teaches: logic, human development, art, spatial problem solving

CTR Rating: 94%

Prune

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: art, plants, fine motor skills, logic, fractal geometry

CTR Rating: 94%

Monument Valley 2

$4.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: logic, math, spatial relations, art, mechanics, optical illusions

CTR Rating: 98%

3Doodler Create

$100, Smart Toy

Teaches: art, 3D printing, fine motor skills, creativity

3Doodler Start

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: art, 3D printing, fine motor skills, creativity

Shadowmatic

$2.99, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: logic, spatial thinking, 2D and 3D graphics, art

CTR Rating: 98%

Infinite Arcade, The by Tinybop

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: creativity, game design, art, temporal relations

CTR Rating: 96%

MSQRD-- Live Filters & Face Swap for Video Selfies

iPad, Android

Teaches: creativity, art, language, cameras

CTR Rating: 96%

Boum!

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: art, illustration

CTR Rating: 94%

Cosmic Watch

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android

Teaches: science, time, geography, astronomy, planets, earth, sun, moon, the orbits

CTR Rating: 90%

Kurio Watch

$60, Android

Teaches: a smart watch designed for older children

Grammarwocky XL

$0.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV

Teaches: grammar, reading, language, parts of speech

CTR Rating: 78%

Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood

$5.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, storytelling, music, poetry, language arts, art

CTR Rating: 94%

Magi Chapel

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: history, art, VR

Masterpiece for Osmo

iPad

Teaches: creativity, drawing, sketching, art

CTR Rating: 86%

Earth, The

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later)

Teaches: science, geology, geography, earth science

CTR Rating: 96%

Wizard School (formerly WonderBox)

iPad, iPhone

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

CTR Rating: 86%

Book Creator

$4.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: creativity, language, art

CTR Rating: 97.5%

Earth�s Rocks and the Rock Cycle

$7.99, iPad (iOS 7.1 or later)

Teaches: earth science, rocks, the crust, geology

CTR Rating: 82.5%

SleepIQ Kids Bed

$1000, Smart Toy, iPhone, Android

Teaches: health; an app controlled mattress with sensors for heart rate to monitor sleep patterns

Justin Portable Power Products

$2070, iPad, iPhone, Android, Nook, Kindle

Teaches: a power supply for tablets or smart phones

Who? What? Pablo!

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, art, language (Korean, Spanish, English)

CTR Rating: 90%

Bubl Gelato (also called Bubl Ice Cream)

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: language experience, musical genres, art, creativity

CTR Rating: 88%

Pok�mon Art Academy

Nintendo 3DS

Teaches: art, drawing, visual creativity, sketching

Monument Valley

$3.99, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: logic, math, spatial relations, art, mechanics, optical illusions, simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

CTR Rating: 98%

Facciamo (Let's Faces!)

$16.99, iPad (52 MB)

Teaches: spatial relations, art, Italian

CTR Rating: 88%

Zometool

$65, Smart Toy

Teaches: math, geometry, art, science

Simple Machines by Learning Rabbit

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: Science, taking things apart, physical science

CTR Rating: 52.5%

Rules of Summer

$6.49, iPad (954 MB)

Teaches: art, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Disney Animated

$9.99, iPad, (1.7 GB)

Teaches: animation, creativity, visual arts, Disney history, computer graphics

CTR Rating: 97.5%

Book of Holes, The

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: art, collage

CTR Rating: 82%

Easy Studio - Animate with Shapes!

$3.99, iPad

Teaches: animation, graphic arts

CTR Rating: 92%

Midnight Feast

$2.99, iPad (293 MB)

Teaches: reading, illustration, drought, art

CTR Rating: 84%

Rijksmuseum Online Art Collection

Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: art, history

CTR Rating: 92.5%

Draw This App

iPad

Teaches: art, drawing, cartoons, animation

CTR Rating: 90%

Petting Zoo

$0.99, iPad, Android, 41.6 MB

Teaches: art, visual relationships, spatial relationships

CTR Rating: 90%

Rocks HD

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: earth science, geology

CTR Rating: 62%

IBM Think

iPad 5.0, 500 GB

Teaches: science, social studies, innovation, art

CTR Rating: 92%

Fuze Wheel Writer

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: smart toy

MoMA Art Lab

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: modern art, some creativity

CTR Rating: 78%

Journey Collector's Edition

$30, PlayStation 3

Teaches: creativity, art

CTR Rating: 92%

PlayART

$3.99, iPad

Teaches: classical art, creativity

CTR Rating: 86%

Big Nate Comix for U

$2.99, iPhone

Teaches: art, logic, creativity, writing, language

Focus on Earthquakes

$3.99, iPad

Teaches: earth science, earthquakes

CTR Rating: 94%

Numberlys, The

$5.99, iPhone, iPad

Teaches: reading, art, music, the alphabet

CTR Rating: 94%

Glow Crazy Distance Doodler

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: art, creativity

Puzzling Plates

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: earth science, tectonic plates, geology

CTR Rating: 74%

Pictionary Ultimate Edition for uDraw

$40, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

Teaches: art, drawing

Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat uDraw

$40, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii

Teaches: art, creativity

Hexbug Larva

$10.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: Not much, smart toy

CTR Rating: 88%

Van Gogh and the Sunflowers!

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: art, art history (Van Gogh), reading, word recognition

CTR Rating: 78%

Doink

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: art, creativity

CTR Rating: 87.5%

corefx Creative

$60, Windows

Teaches: art, creativity, drawing, animation

uDraw Studio Instant Artist

$80, Xbox 360*, PlayStation 3, Wii

Teaches: art

CTR Rating: 90%

BrainPOP GameUp

Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: all school subjects including social studies, science, math, art, history

QuestionQuest

$210, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: language, parts of speech

National Geographic Kids: My Shot

Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: photography, art, creativity

ArtRage for iPad 1.0.3

$7, Windows, Mac OSX, iPad

Teaches: art, creativity

uDraw Studio

$70, Wii

Teaches: art, creativity, drawing

CTR Rating: 88%

Dood's Big Adventure

$30, Wii

Teaches: art, logic

Pictionary

$30, Wii

Teaches: spelling, drawing, art, creativity, logic, memory, trivia

CTR Rating: 88%

uDraw GameTablet

$70, Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360

Teaches: art, creativity, fine motor control

CTR Rating: 88%

Toontastic

$10, iPad

Teaches: creativity, language, planning, art, music, telling stories, cartoons

CTR Rating: 88%

Singing Fingers

iPhone, iPad

Teaches: art, music, pitch, creativity

CTR Rating: 94%

Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do

$40, Xbox Kinect

Teaches: gross motor coordination, logic, art, music

CTR Rating: 90%

Wii Party

$50, Wii

Teaches: fine motor control, timing, memory, logic, temporal relations, art

CTR Rating: 94%

Leapster Explorer

$70, Smart Toy, Leapster

Teaches: school subjects, reading, math, language arts

CTR Rating: 86%

Brushes, iPad Edition

$9.99, iPad

Teaches: art, creativity

CTR Rating: 95%

Anime Studio 6

$50, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, creativity

Let's Tap

$30, Wii

Teaches: fine and gross motor coordination, rhythm, movement, logic, temporal relations, art

CTR Rating: 88%

Trivial Pursuit

$40, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2

Teaches: history, geography, literature, art, trivia

Flip Boom

$40, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, creativity, animation

CTR Rating: 90%

Scrabble (DS)

$30, Nintendo DS, PSP

Teaches: language arts, spelling, vocabulary

CTR Rating: 88%

TAB Kids 3.1, The

$80, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, creativity

CTR Rating: 88%

LocoRoco 2

$20, PSP

Teaches: logic, problem solving, spatial relations, mechanics, art, creativity

CTR Rating: 96%

UCreate Games

$60, Smart Toy, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: programming, art, creativity

Wacom Bamboo Fun

$70, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, creativity

Animation-ish

$60, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, creativity, animation

CTR Rating: 92%

Kung Fu Panda

$40, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows

Teaches: logic, memory, martial arts

CTR Rating: 90%

Creativity Express: Let's Start with Art!

$30, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, visual creativity, drawing, sketching, light, motion, shapes

CTR Rating: 92%

Secret Builders (www.secretbuilders.com)

Internet (uses Flash 9)

Teaches: the humanities, art appreciation, reading appreciation

PLATO Achieve Now

PSP

Teaches: math, reading and language arts

Exploring Verbs Sterling Edition

$195, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: language arts for special needs, reading, grammar, phonics

CTR Rating: 88%

Exploring Nouns Sterling Edition

$225, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: language arts for special needs, reading, grammar, phonics

CTR Rating: 88%

ArtRage 2.5

$2540, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: art, creativity

CTR Rating: 94%

Smarty Pants

$40, Wii

Teaches: trivia, reading, art, science, technology, music, fashion

CTR Rating: 92%

Virtua Fighter 5

$60, Xbox 360

Teaches: fighting, sports, martial arts, creativity

Artsonia

Internet Site

Teaches: art, creativity

Weekly Reader Visual Guides: The Universe & Earth

$20, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: Earth and Solar System

Line Rider (www.linerider.com)

Internet Site

Teaches: creativity, simple programming, art

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

$19.99, Windows

Teaches: trivia, math, reading, science, art and history

CTR Rating: 72%