Children's Technology Review

Snap Circuits Discover Coding

$83, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: circuits, electricity, science, STEM, coding

CTR Rating: 96%

Code the Robot Save the Cat

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: math, logic, coding, directions, commands, problem solving

CTR Rating: 90%

Sphero Bolt Power Pack

$2500, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome

Teaches: robotics, programming

VEX EDR V5 Robotics System

$300, iPad, iPhone, Android, Chrome, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: robotics, programming

Tinybop Schools

$2000, iPad, Android, Chrome, Internet Site

Teaches: science, biology, weather, geology, astronomy

Cue

$200, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: coding, STEM, robotics

CTR Rating: 80%

Pai Augie - Coding Robot

$200, iPad, Android

Teaches: robotics, programming

CTR Rating: 68%

Creature Garden, The

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: creativity, art, logic, storytelling, cause and effect

CTR Rating: 94%

micro:bit by the BBC

$15, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: STEM, coding, programming

Busy Shapes 2

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: spatial relations, logic, fine motor skills, problem solving

CTR Rating: 88%

LEGO Boost

$160, iPad, Android

Teaches: creativity, programming, LEGO blocks

Sam's Curious Cars

$200, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: programming, circuits, logic, robots, electricity

Thinkrolls Kings & Queens

$3.99, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: logic, memory, spatial relations, math

CTR Rating: 100%

Tinkerblocks

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: programming, coding

CTR Rating: 72%

Circuit Scribe Maker Kit

$99, Smart Toy, iPad

Teaches: STEM, electricity

Cozmo

$180, iPad, iPhone, Kindle

Teaches: robotics, programming, cameras

CTR Rating: 88%

Turtle Art: Make Art With Code

$9.99, iPad

Teaches: programming, coding, STEM

CTR Rating: 66%

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: social studies, buildings, science, physical science, urban planning, skyscrapers, architecture

CTR Rating: 90%

GoldieBlox Adventures in Coding: The Rocket Cupcake Company

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: coding, spatial thinking, logic, maps

CTR Rating: 76%

Happy Atoms: The Complete Kit

$160, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: science, chemistry, atoms, molecules

Unity (Programming language)

iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Windows, Mac OSX, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Vita, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Chrome, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Teaches: coding, programming

Busy Water

$3.99, iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, Apple Watch

Teaches: logic, problem solving, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 86%

Swift Playgrounds

iPad (iOS 10 required)

Teaches: coding, programming, creativity, logic, math

CTR Rating: 95%

Osmo Coding

$75, iPad (regular sized only)

Teaches: coding, logic, math, counting, number lines

CTR Rating: 88%

Nancy Drew's Codes and Clues

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: problem solving, coding

CTR Rating: 78%

LightUp Edison Kit

$50, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: science, logic, electricity, circuits

LightUp Tesla Kit

$100, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: circuits, STEM, logic, programming

Infinite Arcade, The by Tinybop

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: creativity, game design, art, temporal relations

CTR Rating: 96%

NumberShapes Whiteboard

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: math: counting, fractions, addition, subtraction, decimals

CTR Rating: 92.5%

This is My Spacecraft - Rocket Science for Kids

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch

Teaches: science, language, solar system, space travel, the moon

CTR Rating: 84%

ThingMaker App

iPad, Android

Teaches: creativity, 3D printing

CTR Rating: 90%

Cosmic Watch

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android

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

CTR Rating: 90%

A is for Amphibian

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: science, biology, frogs, ecosystems,

CTR Rating: 90%

Weather by Tinybop

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: science, weather, meteorology, tornado, hurricane

CTR Rating: 82%

WeDo 2.0

$160290, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: science, STEM, robotics, programming, coding

CTR Rating: 92%

Ocean Forests

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: science, oceanography, kelp, sea life, reading

CTR Rating: 88%

Leonardo's Cat

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: logic, problem solving

CTR Rating: 94%

Roominate Amusement Park

$50, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: STEM, electronics, maker

Professor Astro Cat�s Solar System

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Kindle

Teaches: science, the solar system, reading

CTR Rating: 90%

Everything Machine, The

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: creativity, logic, STEM, electronics, circuits, robotics

CTR Rating: 96%

Youth Digital

$250, iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: creativity, programming, STEM

SPRK by Sphero

$130, Smart Toy, Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 or later)

Teaches: programming, operating a remote control, robotics

Ozobot Bit

$60, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site, Android, iPad

Teaches: programming, STEM

Simple Machines

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

Teaches: physics, physical science, reading

CTR Rating: 84%

Attributes by Math Doodles

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: Math, logic, Venn diagrams, classification, counting, if then loops

CTR Rating: 96%

Thinkrolls 2

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: logic

CTR Rating: 98%

Arloon Solar System

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 or later), Android, Windows

Teaches: science, astronomy, the solar system, planets, sizes, augmented reality

CTR Rating: 84%

Ozobot

$50100, iPad, Android

Teaches: STEM, robotics, programming

Molecules by Theodore Gray

$13.99, iPad

Teaches: science, chemistry, molecules, quantum mechanics, compounds

CTR Rating: 90%

Crazy Gears

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 or later)

Teaches: math, creativity, problem solving, logic, gears, physics, physical science, torque

CTR Rating: 98%

CodeSpark Academy With The Foos

$7.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: coding, math, creativity

CTR Rating: 96%

Star Walk Kids - Astronomy for Children

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later) 231 MB

Teaches: Science, stars, astronomy

CTR Rating: 92%

Lightbot Jr.

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: programming, math, coding

CTR Rating: 92%

Lightbot

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: coding, programming, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 94%

ScratchJr

iPad, Android

Teaches: programming, logic, creativity, coding, art, math

CTR Rating: 80%

Grandpa in Space

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later)

Teaches: science, math, reading, space, solar system, rhyming words, classification, math facts, addition, matching

CTR Rating: 90%

Tynker

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: programming, coding

CTR Rating: 92%

Journeys of Invention

$9.99, iPad

Teaches: science, history

CTR Rating: 97.5%

Hopscotch (3.0)

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: programming, logic, creativity, coding

CTR Rating: 95%

Human Body, The

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: science, human anatomy, biology, health

CTR Rating: 98%

Foldify

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: geometry, symetry, 3D space, spatial relations, creativity, printing

CTR Rating: 92.5%

LEGO Mindstorms EV3

$350, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: math, logic, programming, creativity, STEM, robotics

CTR Rating: 86%

Spacecraft 3D

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: space travel, NASA, exploration

CTR Rating: 90%

Math Doodles

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: math, counting, logic, addition, clocks, angles

CTR Rating: 96%

Tick Bait's Universe

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: science, math, space, atoms

CTR Rating: 80%

Minecraft

$26.95, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site, iPad, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One

Teaches: social gaming, spatial relations, maps

CTR Rating: 96%

Star Walk HD: Night Sky Map

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: astronomy

CTR Rating: 98%