FREE educational iOS apps for 05/01/15

Here are some good deals on free educational apps today. Enjoy! Remember that today is the last day to grab the apps gone free earlier in the month.

• Animals Math Balance for Kids HD ($0.99)
• Answer Sheet - Awesome Test Preparation Tool ($2.99)
• AppCooker ($19.99)
• English Intermediate Level ($1.99)
• Flick Kick Field Goal (game; $1.99)
• iCalendar ($2.99)
• iLearn Geography ($0.99)
• iPacking - Easy Trip Packing List ($2.99)
• Just Match ($3.99)
• Lasido (music app; $1.99)
• Lingvo Dictionary - Translator for 29 Languages ($5.99)
• Monster Math Addition for Kids K-4 ($0.99)
• Preschool Connect the Dots Game ($2.99)

FREE Educational iPad apps (1/30 listing by subject)

The following educational iOS apps are free today. Apps that are newly free today are listed in italics at the beginning of each category. Apps of exceptional value or use are bolded. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.

Art/Creativity

• Coosi Box: Creative Drawing and Share Imagination ($1.99)
• Drawing Brush Free ($1.99)
• The J. Paul Getty Museum Highlights of the Collections HD for iPad ($2.99)
• MoMA Art Lab ($2.99)
• Play School Art Maker ($2.99)
• Tux Paint Free (the favorite web art program now has an app)

Cross-Curricular

• Smart Kids: Outer Space Robots (thinking games; $2.99)
• Story2Go Editor (create your own books; $1.99)

Digital Literacy

• Privacy Camp (new app about online safety)

ELA

• Grammar 4 Writers - Secondary Better Predicates ($1.99)
• Grammar 4 Writers - Secondary Better Subjects ($1.99)
• Little ABC Writer ($1.99)
• Tag Journal ($2.99)
• WordRunner (new app)
• AGO Phonics Sound Pad ($4.99)
• Best of Texas 3rd-4th Grade Spelling (good app to help students prepare for the UIL Spelling Contest)
• Best of Texas 5th-6th Grade Spelling (new app)
• Best of Texas 7th-8th Grade Spelling (new app)
• Best of Texas Spelling: Pronounced (new app)
• Compound Word Match ($0.99)
• Grammar 4 Writers - Elementary Adjectives ($1.99)
• Grammar 4 Writers - Elementary Subjects and Predicates ($0.99)
• Grammar 4 Writers - Secondary Subjects and Predicates ($0.99)
• K-3 Sight Words ($0.99)
• Light Bulb Readers ($0.99)
• Lit Circles ($2.99)
• Martha Speaks Story Maker ($0.99)
• Reading Conferences ($9.99)
• StudyMode (new app)
• Ticwow 2 - Learn English Grammar ($2.99)
• TVOKids Spelling Fleas (6-11) (new app)
• Word Walk: Short A Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short E Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short I Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short O Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short U Preschool Phonics ($0.99)

Entertainment/Games

• Cyberchase 3D Builder ($0.99)
• Talking Larry the Bird for iPad ($2.99)
• Dominoes Kids ($1.99)
• GiggleBug ($2.99)
• Strawberry Shortcake ($0.99)
• Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Rush ($0.99)
• Topo's Piano ($2.99)
• Umoove Experience: The 3D Face & Eye Tracking Flying Game (new app)

ESL

• EnglishBot Teacher ($2.99)
• English Pronunciation ($2.99)
• Polly Verbs - English Phrasal Verb Pronunciation (new app)
• Role Planet ($6.99)

Foreign Language

• Learn Spanish with Speech Recognition ($2.99)
• Spanish Words with Gato (new app)
• Study Langs Player ($14.99)
• VocaBattle (new app)

Health/PE/Sports

• Stopwatch+ ($2.99)
• Baseball Pocket Schedules - MLB Edition ($0.99)
• Count Your Peas (healthy eating; $2.99)
• iAnalyze ($4.99)

Holiday

• Sweet Baby Girl Christmas Fun ($4.99)
• Audio Christmas Stories ($4.99)

Interactive Books

• Children's Book: Mommy Helps ($1.99)
• Finn and the Magic Chest ($0.99)
• Sheldon's Adventure: Cornered! ($1.99)
• What Would Happen If the Easter Bunny Got Sick? ($1.99)
• 8 Stories of the Genesis ($7.99)
• The Agile and Nimble Cat ($3.99)
• Aladdin and the Magical Lamp for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Alice in Wonderland for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Big Thoughts for Little People (new app)
• Biscuit ($1.99)
• The Boy and the Bears Read Out Loud ($1.99)
• The Clever Little Hare HD (new app)
• Dexter the Dino for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Goose with the Golden Eggs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Go Wild - The Ballerina Monsters ($1.99)
• In Space - The Ballerina Monsters ($1.99)
• The Legend of Momotaro ($5.99)
• Luna Loves Whipped Cream ($1.99)
• My Best Friend Is A Statue ($0.99)
• Oobie's Space Adventure ($0.99)
• A Parcel of Courage ($2.99)
• Peter Pan - Doll Play Books ($2.99)
• The Pinchpenny Mouse ($0.99)
• The Pinchpenny Mouse 2 (new app)
• Pied Piper for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Pirate's Code - Interactive Story Book & Game for Young Adults (new app)
• Pixel and Parker ($2.99)
• Red Riding Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (great new app)
• Renewable Energy Sources ($4.99)
• Robin Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Rufus the Dog: A Snowy Tail ($1.99)
• Running Veggies ($1.99)
• Siena's Edible Adventure ($2.99)
• Thumbelina for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Three Pigs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Treehouse at Number Nine (new app)
• The Tree I See ($0.99)
• Valentine Zoo ($0.99)
• The Wizard of Oz for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Zalairos Adventures by Skoolbo (more than 12 hours of reading adventures; $8.99)

iOS 8 Keyboards

• Translate Keyboard Pro ($1.99)

Math

• 11 Plus Net Cube ($0.99)
• Algebra 1 ($1.99)
• Circle Geometry ($0.99)
• Cyberchase 3D Builder ($0.99)
• Exponents ($0.99)
• Feed a Frog (new app)
• Fraction Lore (new app)
• Fraction Operations ($0.99)
• Geometry ($1.99)
• Integer Operations ($0.99)
• Jr High Algebra ($0.99)
• Line Plots 4 ($1.99)
• Math Fraction Bingo ($2.99)
• Math Is Easy - Prime Factorization and Equation Solver ($0.99)
• Mathlon ($0.99)
• MathMPK ($2.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 1 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 2 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Kindergarten ($7.99)
• Number Shapes Line (new app)
• Pengu Math (new subtraction app)
• Polynomials ($0.99)
• Place Value Fish (new app)
• SAT Math Practice Questions (new app)
• Snow Day Math (new app)
• Trigonometry ($1.99)

Music

• Chord Ear Trainer ($0.99)
• Keyboard Arp & Drum Pad - US ($3.99)
• Paperless Music ($4.99)
• Synth Arp & Drum Pad - US ($7.99)
• Write Interval ($0.99)
• Write Key Signature ($0.99)

Productivity

• Doodle 2 Go HD ($2.99)
• Expense-Tracker+ ($19.99)
• Form Expert ($3.99)
• Hit Recorder for iPad ($6.99)
• Minutes App ($4.99)
• Touch2Face - Widget, Home Screen Icon, Quick Call, Fast Dial ($1.99)

Robotics

• Learn Robo Kids (make robots with the LEGO WeDo kit; new app)

Science

• Alimentary Avengers (good new app)
• Anatomy 4D (new app)
• Astronomy ($1.99)
• BugSim ($0.99)
• Chemical Engineering ($1.99)
• Chemistry Lab ($2.99)
• Civil Engineering ($1.99)
• Daily Physics ($0.99)
• Decibel Meter Pro ($0.99)
• DIY Human Body (good new app)
• Earth - Now (new app)
• Elements Trainer ($0.99)
• Galaxies by KIDS Discover (always free; updated)
• Global Shark Tracker (updated free app)
• Language Central for Science Earth Science Edition ($1.99)
• Language Central for Science Life Science Edition ($1.99)
• Language Central for Science Physical Science Edition ($1.99)
• Leo and the T-Rex (good new AR app)
• Life Cycle of a Frog (good new app)
• Life of a Monarch Butterfly (good new app)
• Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab (good new app)
• Mr. Eus - Story of the Future ($0.99)
• NB-Electrical Lab ($2.99)
• Physiology & Body Anatomy ($1.99)
• The Solar System VL2 Storybook (good new app that includes American Sign Language)
• Stickleback Evolution Virtual Lab (good new app)
• Survive Global Climate Change (new app)
• Texas Nature Trackers (new app from Texas Parks and Wildlife)
• Tundra Biome (good new app)
• The Virtual Bacterial ID Lab (good new app)
• Weather Barometer (new app)
• World of Dinosaurs ($2.99)

Social Studies

• I Am Learning: KS3 Geography ($1.99)
• Time Maps World War 2 - Interactive History Maps, Battles and Key Characters ($2.99)
• World History Atlas HD with 3D ($9.99)

Special Needs

• iDo Getting Dressed (new app)
• iDo Hygiene (new app w/ IAP)
• RTS Hangman ($1.99)
• SnapType for Occupational Therapy (new app)
• Speedy Speech - L (new app)
• Speedy Speech - R (new app)
• Speedy Speech - S (new app)
• Word Vault Essential (excellent new app)

Teacher

• ClassFlow Teacher ($7.99)
• Student Talk ($0.99)

Toddler/Preschool/Primary

• Monki Animal Builder ($2.99)
• Wee Kids Word Games ($1.99)
• ABC Island 3D ($9.99)
• Amazing Ocean Animals (new app)
• Item Flashcards ($2.99)
• Monki Hide & Seek ($2.99)
• Pixei Alphabet Cards ($3.99)
• Puzzles: Let's Move! ($0.99)
• We Know Shapes! ($0.99)

Miscellaneous

• Emergency Alerts + Invisible Alert ($1.99)
• Driver's Ed Videos - Volume  Two for iPad ($2.99)
• Nino's Mourning Toolbox ($3.99)
• uHealth - Eye Tracking Brain Training - Attention and Focus (new app)

FREE Educational iOS apps listed by subject (1/15/15 listing)

There are some great free iBooks that focus on how to use certain iPad apps in the classroom. Below is a list of these:

• Explain Everything Lesson Ideas
• Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass Lesson Ideas
• SketchBook Express Lesson Ideas
• Stop Motion Studio Lesson Ideas

If you are a GAFE (Google Apps For Education) school, Google released their Google Classroom app for students and teachers free yesterday.

The following educational iOS apps are free today. Apps that are newly free today are listed in italics at the beginning of each category. Apps of exceptional value or use are bolded. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.

Art/Creativity

• Play School Art Maker ($2.99)
• Drawing Brush Free ($1.99)
• MoMA Art Lab ($2.99)
• Tux Paint Free (the favorite web art program now has an app)
• Van Gogh: Painted with Words ($0.99)

ELA

• Best of Texas 3rd-4th Grade Spelling (good app to help students prepare for the UIL Spelling Contest)
• Best of Texas 5th-6th Grade Spelling (new app)
• Best of Texas 7th-8th Grade Spelling (new app)
• Best of Texas Spelling: Pronounced (new app)
• Compound Word Match ($0.99)
• Cursive Writing - abCursive 2 ($0.99)
• Lit Circles ($2.99)
• Pocket Charts! Position Words ($0.99)
• TVOKids Spelling Fleas (6-11) (new app)
• Word Walk: Short A Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short E Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short I Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short O Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short U Preschool Phonics ($0.99)

Entertainment/Games

• Season Search: A Spot-It Challenge (new app)
• Strawberry Shortcake ($0.99)

ESL

• Polly Verbs - English Phrasal Verb Pronunciation (new app)
• Role Planet ($6.99)

Foreign Language

• Spanish Words with Gato (new app)
• Study Langs Player ($14.99)

Health/PE/Sports

• iAnalyze ($4.99)
• Count Your Peas (healthy eating; $2.99)
• Stopwatch ($1.99)

Interactive Books

• The app Blue Planet Tales - History, Nature & Science Children's Bookshelf is offering two of their books free today with their IAP: Laika the Little Astronaut and Apollo 11, A Man on the Moon. Download the free app and then "purchase" the two free books inside the app.
• Dark Forest HD - Living a Book (new app)
• Pixel and Parker ($2.99)
• There are 47 new and free Concept Readers available today, but you'll have to look for them. Go hereand scroll down to the iPad apps listing. Click on the 3 to go to the third page, then scroll down to the iPad apps again. Look for apps that books like Recycling Is Fun, A Germ's Journey, Sniff Sniff a Book About Smell, and others.
• Aladdin and the Magical Lamp for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Alice in Wonderland - ELI ($3.99; good app)
• Alice in Wonderland for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Big Bee Goes Shopping ($0.99)
• Big Bee Goes to Sea ($0.99)
• Big Thoughts for Little People (new app)
• The Boy and the Bears Read Out Loud ($1.99)
• Dexter the Dino for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• God Created World ($2.99)
• The Goose with the Golden Eggs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Henry Helps Clean His Room (new app)
• Italian Tales: Nino and the 3 Magic Gifts (new app)
• Lazy Bird ($2.99)
• Lobster Tale (cute; $1.99)
• Meet the Ballerina Monsters (new app)
• Monsters vs Robots ($2.99)
• Oobie's Space Adventure ($0.99)
• Peter Pan - Doll Play Books ($2.99)
• The Pinchpenny Mouse ($0.99)
• Pied Piper for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Pirate's Code - Interactive Story Book & Game for Young Adults (new app)
• Red Riding Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (great new app)
• Robin Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Rufus the Dog: A Snowy Tail ($1.99)
• Siena's Edible Adventure ($2.99)
• Starlinos - Kid's Book HD ($2.99)
• Thumbelina for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Three Pigs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Treehouse at Number Nine (new app)
• The Tree I See ($0.99)
• Walter's Flying Bus ($4.99)
• The Wizard of Oz for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)

iOS 8 Keyboards

• Translate Keyboard Pro ($1.99)

Math

• Feed a Frog (new app)
• iTeach Maths Pro ($3.99)
• Line Plots 4 ($1.99)
• Matching Money Using Pictures ($1.99)
• Math Is Easy - Prime Factorization and Equation Solver ($0.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 1 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 2 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Kindergarten ($7.99)
• Number Shapes Line (new app)
• Pengu Math (new subtraction app)
• Place Value Fish (new app)

Music

• Chord Ear Trainer ($0.99)
• Paperless Music ($4.99)
• Write Interval ($0.99)
• Write Key Signature ($0.99)

Photography/Video

• LensFlare ($1.99)

Productivity

• iReminder - Mastermind Edition ($5.99)
• Cool Converter ($5.99)
• Expense-Tracker+ ($19.99)
• Form Expert ($3.99)
• Hit Recorder for iPad ($6.99)
• Recorder Pro ($4.99)
• ThinkWriter with Dropbox and Evernote ($1.99)

Robotics

• Learn Robo Kids (make robots with the LEGO WeDo kit; new app)

Science

• BugSim ($0.99)
• iTeach Physics ($4.99)
• Alimentary Avengers (good new app)
• Anatomy 4D (new app)
• Chemistry Lab ($2.99)
• Daily Physics ($0.99)
• DIY Human Body (good new app)
• Earth - Now (new app)
• Galaxies by KIDS Discover (always free; updated)
• Global Shark Tracker (updated free app)
• Language Central for Science Earth Science Edition ($1.99)
• Language Central for Science Life Science Edition ($1.99)
• Language Central for Science Physical Science Edition ($1.99)
• Mr. Eus - Story of the Future ($0.99)
• The Solar System VL2 Storybook (good new app that includes American Sign Language)
• Survive Global Climate Change (new app)
• Texas Nature Trackers (new app from Texas Parks and Wildlife)
• Tundra Biome (good new app)
• Weather Barometer (new app)

Social Studies

• Time Maps World War 2 - Interactive History Maps, Battles and Key Characters ($2.99)

Special Needs

• Speedy Speech - L (new app)
• Speedy Speech - R (new app)
• Speedy Speech - S (new app)
• Word Vault Essential (excellent new app)

Teacher

• ClassFlow Teacher ($7.99)
• Student Talk ($0.99)

Toddler/Preschool/Primary

• Play School Play Time ($2.99)
• Jobi's Animal Barn ($1.99)
• Preschool Farm Fun ($3.99)
• Puzzles: Let's Move! ($0.99)

Miscellaneous

• Wa Kingyo - Goldfish Pond ($0.99)