Grogo Parental Control App builds better balanced screen time through brain boosting screen breaks. Grogo interrupts the endless scrolling with engaging, grade-level questions across math, science, English, history and pop culture. Enough correct answers unlock access, building self-esteem through education and reward. Parents set break intervals (15–60 minutes), select subjects and which apps to interrupt; dashboards monitor progress. Grogo’s difficulty adjusts to match the child’s proficiency, making screen time fun and enriching. Available on iOS and Android.

Evaluation comments:

“I like how easy this app is to install and to program.”

“This app can help parents support their children’s screentime without watching them all the time and arguing with them.”

“Brain breaks- grade level questions, are a wonderful way to let children know it is time for a break and to earn more time. Parents can still monitor using the dashboard and adjust as needed.”

“This app helps parents provide control on their children’s devices. The program controls what programs the children can use and how much time they can be on their devices. This takes the parent out of the picture in a way, so they do not have to monitor their child scrolling.”

“Installation is simple, done on the child’s device. Parents can decide how often Grogo steps in to let the child know it is time for a break (15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes). The child needs to answer a series of grade appropriate multiple-choice questions to get back in (parents enter their child’s grade level and subjects to focus on such as math, science, history etc.) I like that parents can track their progress on the dashboard.”

“This is a good app for tweens and teens and can help them have healthier device use as well as take parents out of the equation.”

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KidloLand is an award-winning early learning app designed for children aged 1-8 years. It offers over 3,000 educational games, songs, stories, and activities that cover topics such as the ABCs, numbers, phonics, math, reading, writing, coding, and life skills. The app is certified by kidSAFE+ COPPA, ensuring a safe and ad-free environment for kids. KidloLand is available on iOS, Android, and Amazon platforms and allows offline access to downloaded content, making it convenient for use during travel or offline situations.

Evaluation comments:

“This app is both educational and entertaining. It includes several games in each folder such as cooking games, popping time, nursery rhymes, learning songs, colors, life skills and many more.”

“The nursery rhymes teach various concepts such as colors, farm animals, birds, jungle animals, sea animals and more using familiar songs such as wheels on the bus.”

“The songs are accompanied by fun animation and subtitles/closed captions. This is great for early literacy as the words light up as they are sung.”

“The various games teach sight words, colors, following directions etc. There are daily living skills cartoons that are short videos teaching potty skills, morning routines, brushing teeth and more.”

“I like this app. It is great for learning early literacy, following directions, colors, and fine motor skills. It is colorful, easy to use and fun.”

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Preschool Playhouse – Toddler Games for 2, 3, 4 Year Olds is a perfect app for kids as they can explore the monster world and have fun with different characters. This app includes 250+ kids learning games, nursery rhymes, coloring games, story games, puzzles, and much more.

Includes:

Kid Math Games – Toddlers can learn about numbers and counting them by playing different games such as tracing numbers, joining the parts, and many more. Kids will learn numbers in a fun way by playing these kid math games.

Kids Coloring Games – Color your favorite monsters and dress them up according to your choice in these kids coloring games. Kids can paint, color, draw, dress up and do many more fun activities with the monsters.

Kids Nursery Rhymes – Sing along famous nursery rhymes with cute monsters. Toddlers will enjoy learning and reciting their favorite nursery rhymes with their favorite monster characters.

Puzzle Games for kids – Have fun playing different types of puzzle games for kids and improving your cognitive skills. Kids will have to think and join all the puzzle parts. The puzzles include fruits, alphabets, toys, monsters, and many other objects.

Kids Story Games – Toddlers will enjoy these kids story games as they complete activities to help the monsters and complete the storyline. The activities include sorting, collecting, matching objects, decorating, sketching, and more!

Evaluation comments:

“This app is educational and entertaining.”

“It includes puzzles, nursery rhymes, story games (such as building a rocket), color by number, tracing (upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, shapes), memory games and connecting the dots.”

“The songs have the words highlighted as they are sung which is great for early literacy. There are games for fine motor, math, literacy and more.”

“I like the fact that this is an easy app to use, and it is fun and entertaining. There are so many concepts that toddlers and preschoolers can learn using this app.”

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A classic Kids Word Search game to learn new words in a fun and exciting way! Words Academy game helps in increasing the concentration power among kids as they get indulged in looking up for the words. It will also help them in learning new words as they try out different topics among the Kids Word Search game. Kids can explore through a variety of topics within the game which will help them in improving their vocabulary. Kids can also learn spellings of the words by playing word puzzles in different topics like fruits, vegetables, professions and many more such topics. They can also generate their own customized kids word search puzzle by including words of their own choice.

Evaluation comments:

“This is educational and fun.”

“There are many levels of word searches on this app. The app also has a word link game that reminds me of one my husband plays on his phone, but obviously this one is developed for young children.”

“There are cryptogram games and stickman (hangman) as well.”

“This has a lot of literacy opportunities. Children will learn letters, letter sounds, spelling and reading.”

“Children will feel like big kids playing with this since they may see their parents playing similar games on their devices.”

“I love searches and this one is set up to help children be successful. The program will offer hints for the various games to help them along.”

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Unicorn Coloring Club Games is a fun, creative app for kids to explore their artistic side! With various unicorn-themed coloring pages, kids can bring their favorite magical creatures to life using vibrant colors. The app features easy-to-use tools, including tap-to-fill and brush modes, making it perfect for little hands. Engaging and educational, Unicorn Coloring Club helps children develop fine motor skills, creativity, and a love for art in a playful, kid-friendly environment.

Evaluation comments:

“This app encourages creativity and fine motor skills.”

“There are several games that children can explore. There is a drawing pad, nail coloring and nail art, coloring, unicorn character creator, cake decorator, learn to draw, color by numbers and more.”

“The activities are easy to access and fun to explore.”

“Some are more creative such as the drawing pad and some encourage following directions such as the learn to draw game. The color by numbers teaches color recognition and number recognition.”

“I like that this app encourages creativity- its ok if the children color out of the lines or do not draw exactly on the lines. All games have upbeat music, which can be muted if needed. The games are colorful, creative, and fun and will keep children entertained.”

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Discover the joys of culinary creativity with Cooking Club. This app offers over 25 engaging recipes, from making classic pizzas to decorating cakes and cupcakes. Children will have fun and develop essential skills such as fine motor functions through interactive activities like chopping and mixing, creativity in cake design, and cognitive abilities through recipe recall. Dive into food art, enjoy breakfast games, and more in a safe, imaginative environment.

Evaluation comments:

“The basic premise of this app is to encourage young children to “cook” by using their fine motor skills to “chop” “stir” and “mix” ingredients. They can get creative while designing various dishes, making pizza, sandwiches, French fries from potatoes.”

“I like the matching and the mini concentration games.”

“I like the concentration games because there are only six “cards,” and they are shown first then turned over so the child could play. This is a great game for memory and matching. I also like the matching activities in which the child must touch all the same things (i.e., all the fries, tomatoes, peppers etc.) which teach matching and observation skill. I think this may encourage children to look at the ingredients of their foods and with parental support and teaching, encourage them to make real foods and try new foods.”

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Designed by experts for young kids, the CoComelon Learning App is filled with interactive and engaging educational activities themed around popular songs toddlers love. Children will learn letters, numbers, colors, shapes, sounds, creative thinking, daily routines, and more in English, Spanish and German. The app contains a limited number of free replayable mini-games, whereas subscribers can access the full curriculum alongside other parent dashboard tools.

Evaluation comments:

“I like the variety of themes to choose from: Wheels on the bus, holidays, rocket ship, old McDonald, beach, bath song, vegetables. Within these themes the child can choose activities in which they learn concepts such as the alphabet, colors, and numbers.”

“Allows kids to practice fine motor skills. For example, in the vegetables theme they can move pieces such as vegetables onto a plate, while also learning color sorting and counting. They can also learn to form the letters of the alphabet.”

“The app is designed for toddlers and preschoolers. The songs are familiar, providing chances to explore the concepts mentioned. The characters are fun, and the voices are clear and easy to understand. Children will have fun playing on this and can learn at the same time.”

“This is cute and the animation is fun.”

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In a world where financial literacy is rarely taught in schools, BusyKid gives kids hands-on experience at earning, saving, donating, spending and investing real allowance. Available on any mobile device, parents can help teach their kids how to manage money through chores and allowance, in hopes that solid financial habits form that stick with kids through adulthood.

Evaluation comments:

“An educational tool with lots of math skills, budgeting.”

“I like that it teaches children fiscal responsibility. The app allows parents to set up a budget system with their children. Through the app, the parents can pay a weekly allowance, check in on chores (based on ages of the children) being completed and even give “bonuses.””

“I like that it allows children to spend, save and are encouraged to donate to charities.”

“They receive funds using Busy Pay (there is a QR code so family and friends can give gifts). The children receive a debit card and have access to ATMs. There is a savings match that is like 401k. The app has access to charities and investment companies so everything can be done via the app. Parents have control and can lock the safe sharing and spending areas and they can monitor everything that is being done. Notifications are sent to the parents whenever their children’s cards have been used.”

“I really like that the app encourages saving, donating to charities and even spending on a budget.”

“Budgeting is something children need to learn. This is an impressive app.”

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Reader Bee’s Story Tree is a wonderful app that’s revolutionizing how kids learn to read. This app is a game-changer in early education. With a seamless blend of digital fun and hands-on learning, it is designed to accelerate reading fluency in an intuitive way. It’s like having a high-tech reading tutor in your pocket, guiding you from sounds to letters to words with cutting-edge interactivity. Dive into Reader Bee and watch reading skills buzz to life.

Evaluation comments:

“This app is educational and beneficial for early literacy.”

“I like that the app has two levels, a beginner (small story) and more advanced (Big story). The stories are simple and focus on phonic sounds. They teach common sounds, such as the -at words (cat, sat, mat). Words are paired with animated pictures to support children learning to read. The stories are simple, but entertaining and the animation is fun for young children.”

“I like that the stories are simple and that there are beginner and more advanced stories so they can grow with children as they learn to read. The animation is cute. Overall, I appreciate that this app is instructing children while keeping them entertained.”

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