Nickelodeon’s new mobile app division, NickMobile, released its first two apps this month: Nick Jr. Draw and Play for the preschool/kindergarten set, and Scribble Hero for older kids (and adults too, it’s just that fun!). From Amazon: Scribble Hero (4/5 stars, guidance suggested, currently priced at $2.99) Get drawn into an action-packed world when you … Read more
Joining Hands (4.5/5 stars, all ages), a type of match puzzler, is today’s Amazon Free App of the Day. From Amazon: Enter the Whispering Woods and meet the Peablins! They are curious little creatures who share a common belief: hold hands with your friends and the Bogeyman won’t take you. This has worked as long … Read more
A selection of apps for preschoolers from Cupcake Digital, the company behind all those highly-rated Wubbzy apps, are currently on sale at half off in Amazon’s App Store. The sale includes such titles as: Good Night Wubbzy Bedtime Counting (5/5 stars, preschoolers, currently priced at $1.49) Help Wubbzy, Walden, Widget, Daizy, and some of Wuzzleburg’s … Read more
Last week we were treated to 24/7 Games’ terrific Summer Sudoku as an Amazon Free App of the Day, and today they’re offering up the companion themed game, Summer Mahjong (4/5 stars, guidance suggested due to in-app purchase capability, currently FREE as today’s Amazon Free App of the Day). From Amazon: Kick back and relax … Read more
Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is Monkey Boxing (4.5/5 stars, guidance suggested, FREE today only as the Free App of the Day) – From Amazon: Enter the Monkey Boxing League with Monkey Boxing! Step inside the ring, do powerful K.O.s and combos, customize your monkey, and compete for HUGE Trophies! • High quality … Read more
Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is the Turbo Movie Storybook interactive storybook app, based on the movie. From Amazon: Turbo Movie Storybook (4.5/5 stars, all ages, currently FREE) Turbo Movie Storybook lets fans ride along for the greatest under-snail story of all time. Turbo has big dreams of becoming a race car driver … Read more
If you’ve got a child entering grades 1-3 this year, you’re going to keep hearing about “math facts” from your child’s school and teacher. Nowadays kids are expected to memorize not only their times tables, but addition and subtraction combinations from 0 – 20 as well. Here are two apps to help with math fact … Read more
Picross is a fun game that started out as a pencil-and-paper logic puzzle classic, but now it’s available in a convenient app form! A Picross puzzle starts out as an empty grid with numbers running along the top and side edges. Those numbers indicate how many squares are to be filled in and how many … Read more