FREE educational iPad apps (9/4 listing)

The following educational iOS apps are free today. Items in italics are newly free today. 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.

Once you download a free app, you'll enjoy its free price forever. For example, a paid app that you download today for free will remain free when you re-download it in the future, even if its price has gone back to paid. So, if you think you might ever want a particular free app, even if you don't need it right away, go ahead and download it while it's free, wait 24 hours, and then delete it from your device. You'll always own the app as free after that. Or download it on your computer in iTunes and don't install it on your device.

Cross-Curricular

• Digital Passport for Kids (wonderful games about digital literacy; normally $1.99)
• GamePress - Create. Share. Play. (create your own games with coding; normally $9.99)
• Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch (drawing and writing app with new content each day; normally $2.99)
• Toonia Cardcreator (normally $0.99)

CTE

• Food Technology GCSE Revision (normally $2.99)
• Home Economics GCSE Revision (normally $2.99)
• Ideal Kitchens (normally $3.99)
• Textiles GCSE Revision (normally $2.99)

ELA

• Busy Kindergarten Reading School (normally $2.99)
• Cornerstone myFlashcard Maker Grades K-2 (good app from Pearson; includes hundreds of words or add your own; normally $2.99)
• Cornerstone myFlashcard Maker Grades 3-5 (good app from Pearson; includes hundreds of words or add your own; normally $2.99)
• iJumble - SAT Vocabulary Prep (1,000 words included; additional words available with in-app purchase)
• Language Central myFlashcard Maker Grades 6-8 (good app from Pearson; includes hundreds of words or add your own; normally $2.99)
• The Opposites (vocabulary game)
• The Poetry App (very nice; normally $2.99)
• Reading Comprehension - Fiction for Kindergarten and First Grade (normally $2.99)
• Roots and Inflections (normally $1.99)
• Shakespeare's The Tempest (great book with the play and social reading; normally $9.99)
• Sight Words Learn to Read (normally $1.99)
• Sight Words Show (normally $1.99)
• Space Voyager Letters: Vowels, Consonants, Alphabet Order, & Upper/Lower Case (normally $2.99)
• Tick Tack Pippi Kids' Speed Reading Game (normally $0.99)

Games/Entertainment

• Achtung (fun multi-player game; normally $2.99)
• Star Wars Pinball (normally $1.99)

Interactive Books

• Aladdin - The Arabian Nights (normally $0.99)
• Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves (normally $0.99)
• The Amazing Adventures of Eco Boy, Volume 2 (normally $0.99)
• The Artist Mortimer (normally $1.99)
• Bean Bag Kids Present Little Red Riding Hood (normally $4.99)
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf (normally $0.99)
• The Children of Lir (wonderful Irish folk tale; normally $2.99)
• Curly Hair, Straight Hair (normally $0.99)
• The Dream of Cornelius Elmore Addison (normally $1.99)
• The Emperor's New Clothes - A Fairy Tale (normally $0.99)
• The Family - Rusty's Adventures (normally $1.99)
• Flora's Forest (normally $1.99)
• Frankie: The Untold Story of an Itsy-Bitsy Spider (normally $3.99)

• Giggli Builds a Spaceship (normally $1.99)
• The Gluttonous Kid (normally $1.99)
• Goodnight Safari (normally $2.99)
• One Dead Fish(great book for learning about food webs and the recycling of nutrients; normally $2.99)
• Sinbad the Sailor - Arabian Nights (normally $0.99)
• Sleeping Beauty - A Fairy Story (normally $0.99)
• Snow Rabbit (normally $3.99)
• Solar System AR Book HD (normally $2.99)

• The Hampshires (complete the rhyme book; normally $1.99)
• How Animals See Me (normally $0.99)
• Jack and the Beanstalk - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
• Jack and the Beanstalk by Mindshapes (normally $1.99)
• James & Mac (cute book; normally $2.99)
• Jorgits (normally $5.99)
• Just Me and My Mom - Little Critter (normally $1.99)
• Kicks and Stomps: Mission Impawsible (normally $2.99)
• Lazy Larry Lizard (great interactive book; normally $3.99)
• Let's Go Murray (normally $1.99)
• Little Mamee Monster and the Missing Egg (normally $1.99)
• The Little Match Girl - Andersen - Full Version (normally $1.99)
• Molly Moccasins - Orchestra (interactive book; normally $3.99)
• Moogie the Messy Beastie - Educational Stories for Kids in Preschool and Kindergarten (normally $1.99)
• Mr. Wolf and the Ginger Cupcakes (normally $2.99)
• OK to Be a Boy (normally $2.99)

• Owney: Tales from the Rails (wonderful book series; normally $2.99)
• PH Summer Reading (normally $1.99)
• Plays Ball (cute book for baseball fans; normally $1.99)
• Poems for Little Children (normally $2.99)
• Princess and the Pea - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
• Robin Hood SD (normally $0.99)
• Robots for iPad (great book; normally $0.99)
• Rumplestiltskin (normally $0.99)
• Shout Science (great science interactive book; normally $3.99)

• The Story of the Little Red Hen (normally $0.99)
• This Book Is About to Explode (normally $1.99)
• Three Billy Goats Gruff - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
• The Watermelon Vendor (normally $2.99)
• Will & Kate (I love this interactive royal fairy tale about the prince of England; normally $3.99)
• Wizard of Oz Books (one app with all of the Oz books in it; normally $2.99)

Math

• Alan's World 2: Math Games for 1st Grade (great app; normally $2.99)
• Algebra Equation Builder (normally $1.99)
• AnimalWatch (good app for word problems; normally $3.99)
• Bugsy's Math Quest (wonderful app; normally $2.99)
• BuzzMath Middle School (great app; normally $2.99)
• CA 8th Math (normally $2.99)
• CA-VI-R & P (sixth grade math app; normally $0.99)
• CA VII RP (seventh grade math app; normally $0.99)
• Dare to Share Fairly (cute division game; normally $2.99)
• Easy A Math Solver (every formula you'll ever need; normally $1.99)
• Easy Learning - Math for Children (normally $4.99)
• Ezy Graph (normally $0.99)
• Ezy Triangle (normally $0.99)
• Ezy Trigonometry (normally $1.49)

• Fractionator (normally $1.99)
• Fraction Circles (normally $0.99)
• Thinking Blocks Addition (great modeling app; normally $1.99)
• Thinking Blocks Fractions (great app; normally $1.99)
• Thinking Blocks Multiplication (great app; normally $1.99)
• Thinking Blocks Ratios (great app; normally $1.99)

• GoldFinch (great algebra app; normally $6.99)
• Grade 5 Math (great app; normally $2.99)
• Hooda Math Defense (great app for fractions, decimals, and percents; normally $1.99)
• Inequality Kick-Off (normally $0.99)
• K12 Equivalence Tiles (normally $1.99)
• Logarithm Trainer (normally $1.99)
• Math Tub (normally $2.99)
• Math vs Zombies - Educational Games for Kids (normally $2.99)
• Measure Length - Tiny Chicken (normally $1.99)
• Mermaid Waters HD: A Story-Based Preschool Math Game (normally $1.99)
• Meteor Math (normally $1.99)
• Multiplication Game (normally $2.99)
• Multiplying by 10, 100, and 1000 (normally $1.99)
• Pirate Ph.D. Full Edition (normally $2.99)
• Pocket Charts! Fractions (normally $0.99)
• Polar Sweep (normally $1.99)
• Princess Ph.D. Full Edition (normally $2.99)
• Race in the Outback (normally $1.99)
• Shuttle Mission Math (normally $1.99)
• Slate Math for Kids - Kindergarten and 1st Grade Games (very good app; normally $1.99)
• Sort the Fractions (normally $1.99)
• Todo K-2 Math Practice (normally $1.99)
• Touch 'N Slide Calculator (neat app; normally $1.99)
• Visual Algebra Puzzles (great app; normally $1.99)

Music

• GoodEar Chords - Ear Training (normally $0.99)
• Jazzy ABC - Music Education for Kids (normally $1.99)

Primary/Preschool/Toddlers

• ABC Adventure HD: Front Yard Defense - Let Kids Love Learning Letters with Super Jay (normally $1.99)

• ABC House (normally $2.99)
• ABC Jungle Pre-school Learning (normally $1.99)
• ABC: Kid's First Words (normally $1.99)
• ABC Write Listen Learn (normally $1.99)

• ABCs Jungle Writing Pre-School Learning (normally $1.99)
• Art ABC (normally $2.99)
• Sound Touch (normally $4.99)
• Staedtler Schreiblern-App (handwriting for young children; normally $2.99)

• Bamba Burger (normally $0.99)
• Clever Ever ABC (normally $1.99)
• Colory Caterpillar (normally $1.99)
• GoKindergarten (normally $2.99)
• Jazzy ABC - Music Education for Kids (normally $1.99)
• Kids Shape Match (normally $1.99)
• Kids Sticker World (normally $0.99)
• KidToDo (normally $1.99)
• Magical Music Box (normally $2.99)
• Our Story for iPad (create and read your own stories; normally $1.99)
• Patterns by EdNinja (normally $3.99)
• Rhymes for Kids HD (normally $0.99)
• Social Stories Creator and Library for Preschool, Autism, and Special Needs (additional features available with in-app purchase)
• Sort and Stack - Play Smart and Learn (normally $1.99)
• SoundMatch by EdNinja (normally $1.99)

• Step by Step Getting Dressed with the Wonkidos (normally $3.99)
• Toca Kitchen Monsters (normally $0.99; great for primary students)
• Toca Tailor Fairy Tales (normally $0.99)

Productivity

• Sticky Board 2: Sticky Notes Mindmap Tool (normally $4.99)
• Video Downloader and Player (great for the flipped classroom; normally $2.99)

Science

• Amazing Space Journey - 3D Solar System (normally $2.99)
• Cells by KIDS Discover (great app; normally $2.99)
• Chemistry by Design: Learning by Using the Graphical Language of Organic Chemistry (normally $1.99)
• Click and Learn (great biology app with lots of videos; normally $1.99)
• Connectorium (a great game about systems; normally $2.99)
• One Dead Fish (great book for learning about food webs and the recycling of nutrients; normally $2.99)
• Galaxies by KIDS Discover (great app; normally $2.99)
• Life of a Monarch Butterfly (great app by a teacher)
• Physics Pro (normally $19.99)
• Shout Science (great science interactive book; normally $3.99)
• Star Chart (normally $2.99)

Social Studies

• Ancient Greece by KIDS Discover (great app; normally $2.99)
• Basher's Presidents (normally $1.99)
• Colonie (game about the first French colony in North America; normally $1.99)
• Constitution by KIDS Discover (great app; normally $2.99)
• Gettysburg 1863 (normally $1.99)
• History: Maps of the World (good for older students; normally $1.99)
• iLearn Geography (normally $2.99)
• Know Your USA (normally $1.99)
• Puzzle Me Countries (crossword puzzles about countries and states; normally $1.99)
• The Roman Forum - Walkthrough (normally $0.99)
• State Puzzles (normally $0.99)
• Texas 1836 (wonderful on and off-site virtual tour of Washington-on-the-Brazos; normally $2.99)
• United States Flashcards - Map Geography (normally $2.99)

Special Needs

• Autism EducateMe (normally $1.99)
• Expressions for Autism (normally $3.99)
• KidToDo (normally $1.99)
• Social Stories Creator and Library for Preschool, Autism, and Special Needs (additional features available with in-app purchase)
• Speech4Good (great app; normally $7.99)
• Step by Step Getting Dressed with the Wonkidos (normally $3.99)
• Therapy Report Center (normally $1.99)

Teacher

• The BookSearch (great app; normally $29.99)
• Kids Timer App (normally $0.99)

• Levelbook - Running Record Stopwatch Calculator Grade Book (normally $0.99)
• Noise Down - Sound Manager Alarm App (normally $0.99)

Technology

• Net Master HD - IT Tools & LAN Scanner (normally $9.99)

Miscellaneous

• Boondoggle Full (normally $0.99)
• Christmas Recipes (normally $4.99)
• Halloween Cookbook (normally $4.99)
• Halloween Decorating Tips (normally $4.99)
• LaLa Breakfast - Fun Breakfast Planning for Kids and Their Parents (normally $0.99)
• Omni Study (good planner app for students; normally $1.99)
• Pie Time (time management app; normally $1.99)
• Planner! (normally $1.99)
• Schulheld - The Timetable (normally $1.99)
• Tidy Kids - Family Fun and Agility! (normally $2.99)