FREE educational iPad apps by subject (11/8 listing)

Apps that are newly free today are listed in italics at the beginning of each category.

The following educational iOS apps are 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.

Art/Creativity

• Creative Kids (new app)
• Mask Jumble Animals (take photos with silly masks; normally $1.99)
• MoMA Art Lab (normally $2.99)
• Toontastic Jr. Shrek (wonderful app; normally $2.99)

Cross-Curricular

• InfiniScroll (create your own stories; normally $1.99)
• Classroom Bingo HD (normally $4.99)
• GamePress - Create. Share. Play. (create your own games with coding; normally $9.99)
• Maily: Your Kid's First Email (great app; always free)
• SimpleCard (study Quizlet decks for all subject areas; normally $1.99)
• Word Games for Kids - Futaba (wonderful multi-player game; normally $2.99; additional features available with in-app purchase)

CTE

• Woodworking with the Wood Whisperer - Premium (normally $1.99)

ELA

• LetterpingHD (learn to read and spell; normally $4.99)
• Next Sentence (a social writing game; normally $1.99)
• Sky Fish Phonics (normally $2.99)
• Advanced Spelling (normally $0.99)
• Connection Storymaker (normally $0.99)

• Hamlet (complete audio performance; normally $4.99)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (complete audio performance; normally $4.99)
• Kids Puzzlingo HD (crossword puzzles; normally $1.99)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete audio performance; normally $4.99)
• The Opposites (vocabulary development for middle school students; normally $1.99)
• Romeo & Juliet (complete audio performance; normally $4.99)
• TVOKids Spelling Fleas (6-11) (normally $1.99)
• Universal Word Wheel (normally $3.99)
• World's Worst Pet - Vocabulary (more than 1,000 Tier 2 words at six different levels; new app)

ESL

• Edge Speaking (practice oral language skills; normally $3.99)
• Idiom Power (normally $1.99)
• Learn English with El Chavo (new app)

Foreign Language

• Learn French for Beginners! (normally $1.99)
• My Spanish Tutor (normally $0.99)

Games

• Bloxy Girls. Bricks for Kids (build with blocks for girls; normally $1.99)
• Cut the Buttons HD (normally $1.99)

Health/PE/Sports

• The Facts of Life (normally $3.99)
• iPlaybook (normally $2.99; additional features available with in-app purchase)
• ScoutCam (normally $3.99)
• Sports Timer Event (normally $1.49)

Holiday

• A Christmas Miracle (interactive book; normally $3.99)

• Christmas Eve (interactive book)
• Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle Pango (normally $2.99)
• Holiday Advent Calendar HD (normally $0.99)
• Jolly Christmas Radio (normally $0.99)
• Kids Christmas Radio (normally $0.99)
• On the First of December (wonderful story; normally $0.99)
• Thanksgiving Matching Game (nice app for young students; normally $0.99)

iBooks (download from inside the iBooks app)

• AbleNet's Action Dictionary (This is a wonderful assistive technology dictionary.)
• Bobby Flay's Bold Flavors
• Bookee and Keeboo Search for a Chicken
• Carly the Cat (Enhanced Edition)
• Charlie and the Messy Room
• Cinderella
• Discovery Kids Readers: Sharks
• Donuts
• Exclusively Yours (romance book for adults)
• The Fox on the Box
• I Didn't Steal Your Mermaid
• iPad Art
• Learn to Read with Lil Rep #1
• Lily Lemon Blossom Welcome to Lily's Room
• Little Miss Liberty - Read Aloud Edition with Highlighting (normally $2.99)
• Long Shot (good chapter book)
• My Book of Colors (normally $1.99)
• My World: At My Pond
• The Rocket Book - Interactive Read Aloud Edition
• Saving Wishes (good book for teens)
• The Seed Story
• Sharks
• Social Skills Volume 1 (great book written by three autistic children)
• Social Skills Volume 2
• The Speaking Piano
• Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies - Read Aloud Edition
• Toy Story: Woody's Aqua Adventures 
• Unleashed (murder mystery for adults only)
• Water for Beans (great chapter book; includes a video and an interactive glossary; normally $2.99)
• What Grows on Trees?
• What Makes a Fish a Fish?
• What Makes a Mammal a Mammal?
• The World of Upside Down

Interactive Books

• The Animals of Mossy Forest (normally $2.99)
• Gorilla Band 3D Story Book with Music (wonderful book; normally $3.99)
• Haunted House - 3D Pop-Up Activity Book (normally $1.99)
• The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit Full (normally $2.99)
• Three Little Pigs - A Play HD (normally $4.99)
• Tricky Stories: Princess Fairy Tale (normally $1.99)
• Airside Andy (new app)
• Alexandra Rain SME: Friends to the Rescue! (normally $1.99)
• All Grown Up (normally $1.99)
• aniBook: Little Red Riding Hood (normally $1.99)
• The Animals Sleep: A Bedtime Book of Biomes (new app)
• Ant in Her Pants (great book for early readers; normally $4.99)
• Bean Bag Kids Present Little Red Riding Hood (normally $4.99)
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf (normally $0.99)
• Cat and Mice Fairy Tale (normally $1.99)
• Cinderella - Magic Ink Books (normally $2.99)
• Curly Hair, Straight Hair HD (normally $0.99)
• The Dream of Cornelius Elmore Addison (normally $1.99)
• Dog Rescue Mission (normally $2.99)
• Earth Dog Story (normally $0.99)
• Ferris Fox - A Clever Little Fox (normally $1.99)
• Fish and Chips and Jaws (new app)
• Flutter: Speech Activated Story (normally $1.99)
• The Forest Kingdom (choose your own adventure story with three books included free; others available with in-app purchase; new app)
• Getting Aireal (new app)
• Giggli Builds a Spaceship (normally $1.99)

• The Global Game Changers (normally $4.99)
• Goodnight Safari (normally $2.99)
• Huappien JieJie: HelloStory (book is in English; normally $1.99)

• I See the Animals Sleeping: A Bedtime Story (new app)
• Jack and the Beanstalk - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
• Jake, Who Went Around the World Two Times (cute book; normally $0.99)
• James & Mac (cute book; normally $2.99)
• Johnny Beeware V1 "Be Yourself, Just Not a Bully!" (new app)
• Just Me and My Mom - Little Critter (normally $1.99)
• Karl's Castle HD (cute, award-winning app; normally $2.99)
• Kestrel - A Choosable Path Novel (new app; first chapter only; others to follow)
• Kicks and Stomps: Mission Impawsible (normally $2.99)
• Lazy Larry Lizard (great interactive book; normally $3.99)
• Legend of An Tiem (normally $0.99)
• Leonard's Pond Storybook (new app)
• Let's Play Football (cute book; normally $1.99)
• Life and Times of Roger Federer (normally $0.99)
• Little Mamee Monster and the Missing Egg (normally $1.99)
• The Little Match Girl - Andersen - Full Version (normally $1.99)
• Little Red Riding Hood in HD (normally $1.99)
• Millie Was Here, Book 1: Meet Millie (always free)
• Mooshka: Myra's Birthday Surprise HD (normally $1.99)
• Nestree/RODA (normally $2.99)
• Nora's Noisy Neighbours HD (normally $0.99)
• Nutcracker and the Mouse King (normally $1.99)
• OK to Be a Boy (normally $2.99)
• One Dead Fish (great book for learning about food webs and the recycling of nutrients; normally $2.99)
• Oscar Goes to the Zoo (normally $2.99)

• Owney: Tales from the Rails (wonderful book series; normally $2.99)
• The Patience Medal (normally $1.99)
• Pato & Friends Comic (first issue free; others available with in-app purchase)
• Peter Pan by Touch of Classic (new app)
• The Pinchpenny Mouse (normally $0.99)
• Pinocchio - The Cool Tale (normally $1.99)
• Poems for Little Children (normally $2.99)
• Princess and the Pea - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
• The Rabbit and the Chocolate Carrot Cake HD (normally $1.99)
• Rachel and Sammy Learn about Trees (new app)
• Rachel and Sammy Learn to Conserve (new app)
• Rachel and Sammy Visit the Prairie (new app)

• The Raven (HD) (normally $1.99)

• Robots for iPad (great book; normally $0.99)
• Sherlock Holmes for the iPad (one story included; normally $2.99)
• Sheldon's Adventure (normally $3.99)
• Sheldon's Adventure: Cornered! (normally $3.99)
• Shout Science (great science interactive book; normally $3.99)

• The Sick Kitten (normally $0.99)
• The Story of the Little Red Hen (normally $0.99)
• Suee and the Shadow Part 1 (normally $2.99)
• Tab, the White Bat (normally $1.99)
• Tembo the Little Elephant (new app)
• Three Billy Goats Gruff - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
• The Tooth that's on the Loose! (normally $2.99)
• The Tortoise and the Rabbit (normally $0.99)
• Toucan Toucan't (normally $1.99)
• Veggie Bottoms for iPad (normally $0.99)
• 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)
• The Wizard of Oz Interactive Children's Book (normally $0.99)

Math

• Go Figure! (normally $0.99)
• Math Slicer (good app to replace boring flash cards for math memory; normally $0.99)
• Montessori Division (normally $1.99)
• 123 Genius - First Numbers and Counting Games for Kids (normally $0.99)
• Addition+ (good app; normally $2.99)
• Alan's World 2: Math Games for 1st Grade (great app; normally $2.99)
• Algebra Advanced (normally $2.99)
• Algebra Equation Builder (normally $1.99)
• AnimalWatch (good app for word problems; normally $3.99)
• Backseat Mathematics (normally $0.99)
• Bugsy's Math Quest (wonderful app; normally $2.99)
• BuzzMath Middle School (great app; normally $2.99)
• Calculus Intro (normally $2.99)
• Counting with Tomato Tumble (normally $1.99)
• Dino Teaches School Math (in-app purchase is free today for downloading; normally $1.99)
• Easy A Math Solver (every formula you'll ever need; normally $1.99)
• Easy Learning - Math for Children (normally $4.99)
• Everyday Mathematics Addition Top It (normally $1.99)
• Everyday Mathematics Beat the Computer (normally $1.99)
• Everyday Mathematics Divisibility Dash (normally $1.99)
• Everyday Mathematics Equivalent Fractions (normally $1.99)
• Everyday Mathematics Monster Squeeze (normally $1.99)

• Exploring Mathematical Rudiments: Addition (normally $0.99)
• Exploring Mathematical Rudiments: Division (normally $0.99)
• Exploring Mathematical Rudiments: Multiplication (normally $0.99)
• Exploring Mathematical Rudiments: Subtraction (normally $0.99)
• Fizzy's Lunch Lab Fresh Pick (great math game that always free)
• Fraction Basics (normally $1.99)
• Fraction Circles (normally $0.99)

• Geometry Pro! (normally $2.99)
• Grade 5 Math (great app; normally $2.99)
• Inequality Kick-Off (normally $0.99)
• IXL Math Practice (great app for grades PreK through 6th grade; normally $2.99)
• K12 Equivalence Tiles (normally $1.99)
• Learn to Multiply (this is a great learning app; normally $0.99)
• The Math Cheat Sheet (normally $0.99)
• Math Connect (normally $0.99)
• Math Dream (normally $0.99)
• Math Equations (normally $2.99)
• Math Exponents (normally $2.99)
• Math Fight: Echo Planet (normally $2.99)
• Math Logarithms (normally $2.99)
• Math Solver (shows step-by-step solutions; normally $1.99)
• Math Tub (normally $2.99)
• Math vs Zombies - Educational Games for Kids (normally $2.99)
• Mermaid Waters HD: A Story-Based Preschool Math Game (normally $1.99)

• Moxie Math (good app; normally $0.99)

• Multiplication Game (normally $2.99)
• Number Skillz (normally $2.99)
• SAT Math Prep (normally $0.99)
• Slate Math for Kids - Kindergarten and 1st Grade Games (very good app; normally $1.99)
• Sort the Fractions (normally $1.99)
• Teachley: Addimal Adventure (wonderful app; normally $3.99)
• 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)

• Todo K-2 Math Practice (normally $1.99)
• Trig Math Pro (normally $2.99)
• TVOKids Tumbledown Mathletics (normally $1.99)
• Visual Algebra Puzzles (great app; normally $1.99)
• Wild Sheep - The Math Challenge (normally $1.99)

Music

• Barnyard Bluegrass (normally $1.99)
• GarageBand (normally $4.99; additional features available with in-app purchase)
• NoteWorks Free (good new app)

Photography

• Fast Camera (great app for group shots; normally $1.99)
• iColorfulsoft Photo Editor (normally $5.99)

Primary/Preschool/Toddlers

• 123 Kids Fun Animated Puzzle (normally $3.99)
• Shapes Memory Match (normally $3.99)
• Wee Kids Stickers (normally $1.99)
• ABC Adventure HD: Front Yard Defense - Let Kids Love Learning Letters with Super Jay (normally $1.99)
• Abc! Colors with Mom's Voice - Beach Edition (app is normally free; in-app purchase of $2.99 is currently free, so be sure to unlock it today)
• Abc! Colors with Mom's Voice - Nature Edition (app is normally free; in-app purchase of $2.99 is currently free, so be sure to unlock it today)

• ABC Farm (normally $2.99)
• ABC Genius - Preschool Games for Learning Alphabet Letters and Phonics (normally $1.99)
• ABC: Kid's First Words (normally $1.99)

• ABC Learn to Write the Alphabet(new app)
• Abc! Numbers with Mom's Voice - Beach Edition (app is normally free; in-app purchase of $2.99 is currently free, so be sure to unlock it today)
• Abc! Numbers with Mom's Voice - Nature Edition (app is normally free; in-app purchase of $2.99 is currently free, so be sure to unlock it today)
• ABC Write Listen Learn (normally $1.99)
• ABCs Jungle Writing Pre-School Learning (normally $1.99)
• Abc! Shapes with Mom's Voice - Beach Edition (app is normally free; in-app purchase of $2.99 is currently free, so be sure to unlock it today)
• Abc! Shapes with Mom's Voice - Beach Edition (app is normally free; in-app purchase of $2.99 is currently free, so be sure to unlock it today)
• Animal Name Game (normally $2.99)
• Animals Flip and Mix - ABC Cognitive Game for Kids (normally $1.99)
• Bugs and Buttons 2 (wonderful app with tons of content; normally $2.99)
• Bugsy Kindergarten Reading School (good app; normally $2.99)
• Buzzle (great drag-and-drop puzzles; 10 free included; normally $5.99)
• Colory Caterpillar (normally $1.99)
• The Croods Coloring and Storybook Builder (new app)
• Daisy's Room (shape matching; normally $0.99)
• Ella's Hand Washing Adventure (new app)
• Farm Animal Puzzles (normally $1.99)
• GoKindergarten (normally $2.99)
• Jack and Jill's Preschool Adventure (normally $1.99)
• KidsHero Bunny (ABCs and numbers; new app)
• Kids Shape Match (normally $1.99)
• Kinder Quizz HD (normally $1.99)
• King of Logic HD (normally $1.99)
• Magic Belles: Magic Music (normally $1.99)
• Mix and Match Jobs (new app)
• A Monster Letters - Mino Game for Kids (normally $6.99)
• Moose and Zebra. Africa (great new app)
• Number Monkeys (help a child learn his phone number; normally $1.99)
• Nursery Rhymes by Pearson (new app)
• Oliver's ABC (normally $0.99)
• Our Story for iPad (create and read your own stories; normally $1.99)
• Paper World - Colors & Shapes (new app)
• Picnic with Sammy (connect the dots; normally $0.99)
• Sea Animal Puzzles (normally $1.99)
• Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp (new app)
• Slide & Spin (normally $1.99)
• Step by Step Getting Dressed with the Wonkidos (normally $3.99)
• Strawberry Shortcake Berry Best Friends (includes good educational games; normally $2.99)
• Stumpy's Alphabet Dinner (normally $0.99)

• Tiggly Draw (new app)
• Tiggly Safari (new app)
• Tiggly Stamp (new app)
• Toca Hair Salon (normally $2.99)
• Toca Kitchen Monsters (normally $0.99; great for primary students)
• Toca Tailor Fairy Tales (normally $0.99)
• Toddler - Preschool Workbooks & Games for Kindergarten (great new app)
• Winston Show (chat with Winston in a fun talk-show format; normally $2.99)

Productivity

• Templates for Keynote Pro (additional templates for Keynote; normally $4.99)
• Web for Two (two students can easily share an iPad with this app; includes a double window for browsing the web; normally $4.99)

Religious Studies

• The Nativity Story - Popup Deluxe Edition (normally $3.99)

Science

• A+ Science Quiz (normally $4.99; app is free and the four in-app quizzes are also free today. Be sure to download all of the in-app purchases today while they are free.)
• African Mammals HD (normally $4.99)
• Atlas Human Body (new app)
• Atlas Universe (new app)
• Click and Learn (great biology app with lots of videos; normally $1.99)
• Cloud Watcher (normally $1.99)
• Connectorium (a great game about systems; normally $2.99)
• Galaxies by KIDS Discover (great app; normally $2.99)
• Earth Science Through Photography (normally $4.99; app is free and the in-app quizzes are also free today)
• Earth Science Vol. 1 (normally $0.99)
• Frogs Field Guide (normally $0.99)
• How Do I Make (Chemistry) Ions from Atoms? (normally $0.99)
• Life of a Monarch Butterfly (great app by a teacher)
• Life Science Through Photography (normally $4.99; app is free and the in-app quizzes are also free today)
• Life Science Volume 1 (normally $0.99)
• Life Science Volume 2 (normally $0.99)
• Physical Science Through Photography (normally $4.99; app is free and the in-app quizzes are also free today)
• Physical Science Vol. 1 (normally $0.99)
• Physics Pro (normally $19.99)
• Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy for iPad (normally $2.99)
• Sci Quiz TEKS 6 iPad Edition (with 240 questions; normally $2.99)
• Science Vocabulary (normally $0.99)
• Shout Science (great science interactive book; normally $3.99)
• Star Chart (normally $2.99)
• World Wildlife Magazine (one issue free)

Social Studies

• Earth 101 (normally $0.99)
• iBiography (biography of 50 people who changed the world; new app)
• North America - A Montessori Approach to Geography HD (normally $3.99)
• ParisAppTours: Beware Mme la Guillotine, A Revolutionary Tour of Paris (great app; normally $2.99)
• Pocket Time Map: The History of Egypt (normally $0.99)
• Pocket Time Map: The History of Iraq (normally $0.99)

Special Needs

• ADHD Treatment (normally $9.99)
• Autism EducateMe (normally $1.99)
• Brusheez - The Little Monsters Toothbrush Timer (good app; normally $2.99)
• FaceAche Free (new app)
• Meebie (emotion game; normally $0.99)
• Post Incident Learning (normally $4.99)
• Play Therapy Book (normally $9.99)
• Saying Goodbye (normally $3.99)
• Sign Language with Sammi Signs (new app)
• Smooth Talker (normally $1.99)
• Social Stories Creator and Library for Preschool, Autism, and Special Needs (additional features available with in-app purchase)
• Speak Clock (normally $0.99)
• Speaking Pix (normally $0.99)
• Step by Step Getting Dressed with the Wonkidos (normally $3.99)
• Talkulator (talking calculator; normally $0.99)
• Therapy Report Center (normally $1.99)
• Timer Talk (normally $1.99)
• Winston Show (chat with Winston in a fun talk-show format; normally $2.99)

Teacher

• AppoLearning (app to help you find the best educational apps; normally $4.99)
• Kids Timer App (normally $0.99)
• Lesson Ideas (normally $2.99)
• Tutor Chat for iPad (normally $3.99)

Miscellaneous

• LeapFrog Learning Path (great new app for parents with games to play with young children)
• My Rewards! (normally $1.99)
• AppoLearning (app to help you find the best educational apps; normally $4.99)
• Brusheez - The Little Monsters Toothbrush Timer (good app; normally $2.99)
• Countdown+ (normally $1.99)
• Hopscotch: Coding for Kids, A Visual Programming Language (normally $1.99)