Children's Technology Review

My Neighbourhood

$3.5, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, the elderly

CTR Rating: 90%

We Read Too

iPad, Android

Teaches: reading, ethnic diversity, Black authors, culture

Pinkfong Baby Shark Storybook

$60, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, music

CTR Rating: 36%

Daniel Tiger's Storybooks (update)

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: Reading

CTR Rating: 78%

Heston Hogs: The Way Home

$4.99, iOS, Android, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, animal sounds, language

CTR Rating: 40%

Card City Nights 2

$58, Windows, iPad, iPhone, Mac OSX, Android, Steam

Teaches: strategy, deckbuilding, reading, puzzle-solving,

CTR Rating: 87.5%

PsyCard

$1, iPhone, Android, iPad

Teaches: strategy, luck, risk/reward, reading, puzzle-solving, minesweeper,

CTR Rating: 82%

Card City Nights

$1, iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac OSX, Windows, Steam

Teaches: strategy, deckbuilding, reading, puzzle-solving,

CTR Rating: 84%

Adventure Academy

$10120, iPad, Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: reading skills, comprehension, math, science, social studies

CTR Rating: 78%

LingoZING

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese)

PBS Kids Games

iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, logic, spatial relations, helping

CTR Rating: 92%

Trilo Music ABC

$3.99, iPad, Android

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

CTR Rating: 86%

Famous Five Adventure Game

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: logic, patterns, sequences, memory, reading, language

CTR Rating: 84%

Kiddopia - ABC Toddler Games

$645, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, math, school readiness, handwriting, letters, upper case, lower case

CTR Rating: 82%

TutorIQ

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: math, reading

Hungry Caterpillar Play School

$50, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: logic, memory, school readiness, reading

CTR Rating: 98%

Lola Slug at the Exhibition

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android

Teaches: reading, dyslexia, upper/lower case

Artie's World

$5.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: Fine motor, drawing, reading, spelling

CTR Rating: 96%

TooTTooT Riddles

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: Language, reading, fun with language

CTR Rating: 74%

Dotopedia

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: science, reference, language, reading

Dr. Panda Plus Home Designer

$40, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

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

CTR Rating: 80%

Michka

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: sexual abuse, health, reading

Daniel Tiger's Storybooks

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android

Teaches: helping, inter-personal skills, social relationships, reading, language

CTR Rating: 72%

Harald and the Tortoise

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, logic, matching, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 80%

LeapFrog Academy

$7.99, iPad, Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: school readiness, phonics, early reading, logic, sequencing, math

CTR Rating: 82%

Ginkgo Dino: Dinosaurs World Game for Children

$2.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: a dinosaur theme, reading, language, dinosaurs

CTR Rating: 78%

Montessori Preschool

$4.994, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: math, reading, creativity, montessori

Adventures of the Three Little Pigs, The

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, Russian, German, comprehension

CTR Rating: 78%

Een Verre Reis (A Distant Journey)

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: Dutch language, reading, morals

CTR Rating: 84%

Let's Go Lex!

$0.99, Android, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: reading, language

CTR Rating: 72.5%

Roxy and the Ballerina Robot

$1.99, Android, Kindle, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: reading

Horton Hears a Who

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: language, reading, spatial relations, memory

CTR Rating: 98%

Amazon Rapids

$2.99, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading

Anywhere Teacher

iPad, iPhone, Android

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

Pok�mon GO

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: geography, problem solving, logic, maps, reading, classification

CTR Rating: 96%

Tappy Alphabet

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: early reading, the alphabet, upper/lower case

CTR Rating: 62%

Disney Buddies: ABCs

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Windows

Teaches: reading, phonics, letters, upper and lower case

CTR Rating: 76%

Bud-e Reading

iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android

Teaches: reading skills, reading, phonics, language

CTR Rating: 66%

Janosch: The Trip to Panama

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, some problem solving, logic

CTR Rating: 88%

Talking ABC

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android

Teaches: early reading, ABCs, the alphabet, claymation, the ABC song

CTR Rating: 82%

I Love Potatoes

iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, logic, economics, community building

CTR Rating: 92%

Dr. Seuss�s ABC - Read & Learn

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, consonant sorting, uppercase and lowercase recognition

CTR Rating: 96%

HangArt: Play Hangman, Draw Pictures, Tell Stories

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, spelling, writing, fine motor, letters

CTR Rating: 96%

Starfall ABCs

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, letter recognition, phonics, sign language

CTR Rating: 88%

A Pickle In The Sky?

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading

SmartEdTech

$30, iPad, Android

Teaches: language arts, social skills, articulation, reading, phonics and math, as well as foundation skills for early learners

Minecraft: Story Mode

$4.99, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac OSX, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, logic, problem solving

CTR Rating: 88%

Name Play

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: language, writing, reading

CTR Rating: 94%

Highlights Hidden Pictures Puzzles

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading

Professor Astro Cat�s Solar System

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

Teaches: science, the solar system, reading

CTR Rating: 90%

Pacca Alpaca Travel Playtime

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: geography, early reading, creativity

CTR Rating: 86%

World of Lexica, The

$12, iPad 3 or later, Android

Teaches: reading, comprehension, logic, spelling, English and Spanish

CTR Rating: 94%

Dino Sight Words

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading skills, phonics, word recognition, language

CTR Rating: 88%

Inside Out Thought Bubbles

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: emotions, reading

CTR Rating: 82.5%

Mystery Word Town

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, spelling, phonics

CTR Rating: 94%

Qread

$4.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: reading skills, comprehension

Back Soon - Parents Vacation

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, i Pod Touch (iOS 6.0 or later), Android

Teaches: reading, language experience

CTR Rating: 80%

Middle School Confidential 3: What's Up With My Family?

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 6.0 or later.), Android, Kindle

Teaches: social emotional development, reading

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Kids Phonics

Infinut Software Inc.

$4.99, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, phonics

Dino Tales

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, spatial relations, maps

My Little Cook: Snack

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, cooking, following directions, measuring

CTR Rating: 86%

We are the Chuggineers

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Apple TV

Teaches: reading, spatial relations, language, construction, logic, fine motor

CTR Rating: 96%

Happy Valentine�s Day, Little Critter

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android

Teaches: reading, Valentine's day

CTR Rating: 92%

Bruno

$4.99661, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android

Teaches: reading

Loose Strands

$4.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: reading, reading comprehension

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Dentist Bird: A West African Folktale

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, timing, logic, Africa, Liberia

CTR Rating: 80%

Elmo Loves You!

$3.99, iPhone, iPad, Android

Teaches: language, reading, counting (1 to 9)

CTR Rating: 96%

Windy's Lost Kite

$3.49, iPad, Android, iPhone

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 82%

Wonster Words: Spelling & Phonics

$12, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: letter recognition, word recognition, reading, phonics

CTR Rating: 86%

Senda and The Glutton Dragon

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android

Teaches: reading, language, diet

CTR Rating: 84%

Superman and Bizarro Save the Planet

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 6.1 or later), Android

Teaches: reading

Bramble Berry Tales - The Little People

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, culture

CTR Rating: 94%

Best Kids Songs: Stories

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 5.0 or later), Android

Teaches: English, reading

TeacherMate Differentiated Instruction System

$500, Windows, Mac OSX, iPad (Android coming in 2014)

Teaches: reading

Lexia Reading Core5

iPad, iPhone, Android, Nook, Kindle, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: reading instruction

RIO 2 (Official App for the Movie)

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android

Teaches: memory, reading

CTR Rating: 86%

Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

$5.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: logical thinking, reading

CTR Rating: 76%

I Learn With Transportation

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: language, reading, Spanish, English, logic, classification, colors, shapes

CTR Rating: 88%

Touch, Look, Listen: My First Words

$1.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: vocabulary, reading, ESL, German, French, Spanish, Chinese

CTR Rating: 94%

myON Reader

$650010000, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site, iPad, Android

Teaches: reading, reading comprehension, English, Spanish

Little Scholar (2014 Edition)

$170, Android

Teaches: school readiness, reading, writing

CTR Rating: 86%

Chuggington Chug Patrol Ready to Rescue

$4.99, Android, iPad

Teaches: classificiation, reading

CTR Rating: 92%

Luca Lashes Visits the Doctor

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: overcoming fears, reading, language

CTR Rating: 28%

Jungle Book, The

$4.99, Android, iPad

Teaches: reading, classification, logic (English, French, German or Spanish)

CTR Rating: 92%

My Little Story Factory

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading, language

CTR Rating: 80%

I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Nook

Teaches: reading, ethics

CTR Rating: 84%

Trip, The � Little Critter Reading Adventure

$3.99, iPad, Nook, Kindle, Android

Teaches: reading, letter recognition

CTR Rating: 80%

What Will I Be?

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android

Teaches: reading, careers, social studies, counting

CTR Rating: 88%

PBS Parents Play & Learn App

iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: A resource for parents, math, reading, counting, measuring, letter recognition, rhyming

CTR Rating: 40%

StoryToys Grimm's Snow White

$1.99, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, logic, sorting, classification, spatial relations

CTR Rating: 92%

Little Oriole

$3.99, iPad, Kindle, Android

Teaches: art, reading, woodcut printing, Chinese

CTR Rating: 74%

Scott's Polar Trip

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 88%

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 94%

Dr. Seuss Bookshelf

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: reading

Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: language, reading, word recogntion

CTR Rating: 78%

Where's My Perry

$0.99, iPhone, iPad, Android

Teaches: logic, memory, strategy, reading

CTR Rating: 92%

Storia

Windows, Mac OSX, iPad, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, compression, spelling, language

CTR Rating: 90%

Going to Bed Book, The

$3.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: reading, causality

CTR Rating: 90%

MeeGenius

$14, iPhone, iPad, Android

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 74%

LetterSchool

$50, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: Handwriting, letter formation, numerals, upper/lower case, D'Nealian, HWT and Zaner-Bloser, reading

CTR Rating: 96%