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.
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
- Animate It (normally $2.99)
- Mini Monet - Creative Studio and Art Club for Kids (normally $1.99)
- Animation HD (normally $0.99)
- CleverPaint (normally $1.99)
Cross-Curricular
- Composer Pro (great interactive book maker; normally $9.99)
- GRE Practice (normally $9.99)
- If ... (new game to develop social and emotional learning skills)
- Learning Logic Gates (normally $0.99)
- Make Beliefs Comix (new app)
- NewsBug (new app for young readers that brings them daily updates on interesting facts and events from around the world in a highly visual format)
- SAT Practice (normally $9.99)
- Shadow Puppet (narrate your photos and tell a story; normally $2.99)
- SpeakingPhoto (combine pictures with audio and instantly share one or a slideshow via text, email, or social networks; normally $1.99)
- Thinking Time - Cognitive Training for Kids Free (new app)
- Video Journal - The Everyday Video Diary (normally $1.99)
- YAKiT Kids (make any photo talk; new app)
ELA
- PaperHelper - Easiest Essay Writer (good app for research papers; normally $1.99)
- Alphabetizing - A Montessori Approach to Language (normally $3.99)
- Antonym Match (normally $1.99)
- Chester's Spelling Farm (normally $0.99)
- Clever Connections Vocabulary (normally $4.99)
- Compound Word Match (normally $1.99)
- Crossword for iPad (new app)
- Double Letter Match (normally $1.99)
- Essay Starter (normally $0.99)
- Grammar Wonderland (Elementary) (normally $2.99)
- Grammar Wonderland (Primary) (normally $2.99)
- Homophone Match (normally $1.99)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (wonderful audiobook by professional actors; normally $2.99)
- Kids Crossword HD (normally $1.99)
- Kids Puzzlingo HD (crossword puzzles; normally $1.99)
- Killer SAT Grammar (normally $2.99)
- Learn Writing English P1 (normally $0.99)
- Meerkat Spell (normally $2.99)
- Online Reading Tutor Assessment (normally $0.99)
- Phonogram Sounds (new app)
- Sight Words List (normally $4.99)
- Singular and Plural Match (normally $1.99)
- Sky Fish Phonics (normally $1.99)
- Space Voyager Letters: K, First, and Second Grade Vowels, Consonants, Alphabet Order, & Upper/Lower Case (normally $2.99)
- Spell Sam Spell! Spelling Game for Kids (excellent spelling app; normally $1.99)
- Synonym Match (normally $1.99)
- Top 80 Classic Books (normally $2.99)
- Universal Word Wheel (normally $3.99)
- Word Board (normally $0.99)
- Word Wham - Synonyms and Antonyms (normally $0.99)
ESL
- Keba for Kids: English (ESL) (normally $1.99)
Foreign Language
- Banana Cat - Learn a Language Deluxe for iPad (new app)
- iGo Chinese Vol. 1 - Your First Chinese Friend (normally $14.99)
- Learn Language with Lanquick (normally $14.99)
- Learn Spanish by Skoolbo (normally $0.99)
- Mirai Spanish (normally $4.99)
- Primary School Chinese App Book 1 (normally $13.99)
- Smigin: Learn to Speak Spanish and French Phrases (new app)
- Speak Chinese! (normally $3.99)
Games/Entertainment
- Diner Dash: Grilling Green Deluxe (fun time management game; normally $2.99)
- The Hobbit: Official Visual Companion (great guide; normally $4.99)
- Blocky (normally $1.99)
- Blocky Towers (normally $1.99)
- Cake Maker Game (normally $2.99)
- Cat-Dog (word game; normally $0.99)
- Princess Dress Up New (normally $2.99)
- Summer Blog HD (great storytelling; normally $2.99)
- Words with Monsters (cute Scrabble-like game; normally $0.99)
Health/PE/Sports
- Argus - Motion and Fitness Tracker (normally $1.99)
- Nature Sounds for Relaxation (new app)
- Toothsavers Brushing Game (normally $0.99)
- Walkmeter GPS Pedometer (normally $4.99)
Interactive Books
- Ben the Tractor and the Lost Sheep (normally $1.99)
- Nott Won't Sleep (normally $2.99)
- Owl and Cat - Cute Storybook Based on Famous Edward Lear Poem (normally $0.99)
- The Witch with No Name HD (cute story; normally $3.99)
- 100 Sci-Fi Stories (normally $0.99)
- Baba Yaga (normally $1.99)
- Bebedepot - Interactive Stories for Early Childhood Development (normally $6.99; all six in-app purchases are free today, so make sure you download them today)
- Big Yellow Taxi (normally $1.99)
- Bluebeard (normally $1.99)
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf - BulBul Apps (new app)
- But That Won't Wake Me Up (normally $1.99)
- Cabby Cat & the Missing Cello (normally $2.99)
- Captain Anchovy (normally $4.99)
- The Carnival of the Animals (lovely music; normally $3.99)
- Chipmunk Wants to Be a Bear (new app)
- Colourless (normally $3.99)
- The Complete Edgar Allan Poe (normally $0.99)
- CosmoCamp: The Incredi-Ride! Interactive Storybook (normally $1.99)
- Country Mouse and City Mouse (normally $1.99)
- Daniel in the Lion's Den (new app)
- Dark Forest - Living a Book (in English and Spanish with different endings; normally $0.99)
- A Day in New York City with Noah (normally $1.99)
- DinoBoy Adventures (cute book with lots of features; normally $0.99)
- Even Monsters Say They're Sorry (normally $1.99)
- First Day of School (normally $1.99)
- Flutter: Speech Activated Story (normally $1.99)
- The Global Game Changers (normally $4.99)
- HappyKids - Interactive Books, Games, and Fun Activities for Children (app is always free; IA purchases are also free today; normally $1.99 each)
- I Imagine (new app)
- Jack and the Beanstalk - BulBul Apps (new app)
- Jack and the Beanstalk from McGraw-Hill Education (normally $1.99)
- Jack and the Beanstalk - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
- The Jungle Book - Story Reading for Kids (normally $1.99)
- Just Me and My Mom - Little Critter (normally $1.99)
- Lazy Larry Lizard (great interactive book; normally $3.99)
- LessonStory: Teamwork (normally $2.99)
- Licorice (normally $1.99)
- The Little Match Girl - BulBul Apps (new app)
- Little Red 52+Riding Hood in HD (normally $1.99)
- Little Red Hen - Interactive Reader (normally $1.99)
- Little Red Riding Hood from McGraw-Hill Education (normally $1.99)
- Little Red Riding Hood iPad Version (normally $1.99)
- The Monster and the Cat HD - Living a Book (in English and Spanish with different endings; normally $0.99)
- Moose & Zebra. Africa - Magazine for Kids (normally $0.99)
- Mr. Punch in the Escape (normally $1.99)
- NEOMAD Interactive Comic for iPad (normally $2.99)
- Noah's Ark Playable Coloring Book (normally $1.99)
- Nursery Rhymes with Story Time (normally $0.99)
- Nutcracker and the Mouse King (normally $1.99)
- Oobie's Space Adventure (normally $0.99)
- Owney: Tales from the Rails (wonderful book series; normally $2.99)
- Pete and the Secret of Flying HD (normally $1.99)
- Phonak Leo - Interactive Stories (cute story about a cub experiencing hearing loss; new app)
- PJ's PJs - Giraffes! (normally $2.99)
- PlaySquare Presents WordWorld's A Christmas Present for Dog (normally $1.99)
- Princess and the Pea - BulBul Apps (new app)
- Princess and the Pea - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
- Princess Rainbow (normally $2.99)
- Rainbow Fish (new app)
- Reading Once (normally $0.99)
- Robin HD (normally $1.99)
- Robots for iPad (great book; normally $0.99)
- Santa Claus for iPad (normally $1.99)
- Scary Monster (normally $0.99)
- Seedonia HD (normally $1.99)
- Shout Science (great science interactive book; normally $3.99)
- The Sick Kitten (normally $0.99)
- Socktopolis (normally $3.99)
- Spy Sam Reading Book 1 (normally $0.99)
- The Story of Creation (new app)
- The Story of the Little Red Hen (normally $0.99)
- Three Billy Goats Gruff - an Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
- Tiny Firefighters (wonderful app; normally $2.99)
- Vicky the Viking: Contest of the Chieftains (normally $0.99)
- Why the Sea Is Salty (normally $1.99)
- Zoozoo Readables HD (normally $2.99)
Math
- Adding Antics (normally $0.99)
- Lola's Math Ship (normally $1.99)
- Wee Kids Math (normally $1.99)
- 1 x 1 Math Adventure - Haunted Castle Lesson (normally $2.99)
- 4 Dice a Fractions Game (good app; normally $1.99)
- 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)
- Algebrainiac: Linear Equations (normally $2.99)
- Algebrainiac: Math Vocabulary (normally $2.99)
- Algebrainiac: Multiplication Table (normally $2.99)
- AnimalWatch (good app for word problems; normally $3.99)
- Bedtime Math (great app for parents to use with their children; normally $1.99)
- Bugsy's Math Quest (wonderful app; normally $2.99)
- Calculus Intro (normally $2.99)
- Complete 1st Grade Math Primer (normally $3.99)
- Converting Fractions (normally $4.99)
- Crazy Numbers (normally $1.99)
- CutieNumbers (normally $1.99)
- Door 24 - Math (wonderful new app for problem solving)
- Doppio (multiplication game; normally $1.99)
- Easy Learning - Math for Children (normally $4.99)
- Ezy Graphs (normally $1.99)
- Ezy Triangle (normally $1.99)
- Ezy Trigonometry (normally $1.99)
- Feel Clock (normally $2.99)
- Fraction 1 (good app for learning to reduce fractions; normally $0.99)
- Fraction Basics (normally $1.99)
- Fraction Division (excellent teaching app; normally $0.99)
- Fractions by Braining Camp (normally $0.99)
- Fractionville (new app from the University of West Florida for grades 3 to 6)
- Geometry Pro! (normally $2.99)
- Hey Math! From Singapore (excellent new app for word problems and problem solving)
- IXL Math Practice (great app for grades PreK through 6th grade; normally $2.99)
- K12 Equivalence Tiles (normally $1.99)
- Lola's Math Ship (normally $1.99)
- Maths&Jokes (normally $1.99)
- Money Matrix (American Currency) (normally $1.99)
- Monster Numbers: Math Adventure for Kids (great new app)
- NBA Math Hoops (great new app)
- Number Bond Blasters (new app)
- Number Crush (great new app)
- Number Line, by the Math Learning Center (new app)
- Number Skillz (normally $2.99)
- 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)
- Visual Algebra Puzzles (great app; normally $1.99)
Music
- The Barber of Seville by ToC (great educational app with the story, music, and games; normally $2.99)
- Carmen by ToC (story, music, and games; normally $2.99)
- Shapes Music (normally $4.99)
Primary/Preschool/Toddlers
- 9-in-1: Kids Activity Centre HD Pro (normally $9.99)
- 9-in-1: Kid's EduPack HD Pro (normally $9.99)
- 9-in-1: Kids Literacy Games HD Pro (normally $9.99)
- 9-in-1: Little Genius Kids HD Pro (normally $9.99)
- ABC: Animal Alphabet (normally $3.99)
- ABC the Alphabet (new app)
- Candy Town Preschool - Kids Educational App (normally $1.99)
- DuckieDeck Robo Buddies - Children's Educational Games (normally $1.99)
- Kid's Preschool Game Box HD Plus (normally $9.99)
- Kids' Schedule & Kids' Todo List (normally $0.99)
- Play with VocabuLarry - by BabyFirst (new app)
- Puzzingo Professions Puzzles Games for Toddlers & Kids (normally $1.99)
- Tap Zoo HD (normally $0.99)
- ABCFun for iPad (new app)
- ABC ZooBorns (normally $2.99)
- Alphabetizing - A Montessori Approach to Language (normally $0.99)
- Animals for Kids - Amazing Learning Experience (normally $3.99)
- Banana Cat Preschool for iPad (normally $0.99)
- The Bear Went Over the Mountain (normally $0.99)
- Berry Forest (normally $2.99)
- Bugsy Kindergarten Reading School (good app; normally $2.99)
- Bunny Bus (rhyming game; normally $0.99)
- CutieMatch (normally $1.99)
- CutieMonsters (normally $1.99)
- Felt Board - Mother Goose on the Loose (normally $2.99)
- Fred Is Your Friend (normally $2.99)
- Fred Shapes (normally $1.99)
- Fun Day (normally $2.99)
- GoKindergarten (normally $2.99)
- Kids Countdown - Visual Timer for Preschool Children (new app)
- Kindergarten8 (new app)
- Kindergarten Bingo: Letters, Numbers, Shapes, & Colors (normally $0.99)
- Language Nursery School (normally $1.99)
- Miss Ilanna's School (new app)
- Opposites Learn and Play (new app)
- Play & Learn (normally $1.99)
- Preschool Memory Match (normally $2.99)
- Shapes+ (normally $4.99)
- Shape Matching (normally $1.99)
- Step by Step Getting Dressed with the Wonkidos (normally $3.99)
- Toca Doctor HD (normally $2.99)
- Toca Kitchen Monsters (normally $0.99; great for primary students)
- Toonia Jelly - Learn about Colors, Shapes and Emotions with Virtual Pet Monster (normally $0.99)
- WB Bubble Sort (great new app for categorizing and sorting)
- Wheels on the Bus Band (new app)
- Wild, Wooly, Wonderful Critters (normally $4.99)
Productivity
- Documents 5 by Readdle (new app)
- Data Explorer (normally $9.99)
- HopTo (Office Cloud & Mobile Productivity Workspace)
- OfficeSuite Free (new app)
- SwiftKey Note (normally $1.99)
Science
- Chemio - A Student's Chemical Reference (normally $1.99)
- 3D Frog Skeleton (new app)
- Click and Learn (great biology app with lots of videos; normally $1.99)
- Connectorium (a great game about systems; normally $2.99)
- Earthlapse (normally $1.99)
- Galaxies by KIDS Discover (great app; normally $2.99)
- Global Shark Tracker (normally $0.99)
- goREACT (new chemistry simulation app)
- How to Build an Elephant Science Quiz (normally $0.99)
- Human Anatomy Game (normally $1.99)
- Metamorphosis of a Frog (new app)
- Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy for iPad (normally $2.99)
- Shout Science (great science interactive book; normally $3.99)
- Star Chart (normally $2.99)
Social Studies
- American History Games (normally $4.99)
- Earth Challenge (normally $1.99)
- GeoBee Challenge HD by National Geographic (normally $1.99)
- LittleBIG History (good timeline; normally $4.99)
- Pocket Congress (normally $1.99)
- Timeline AMH (normally $0.99)
- USALens (normally $0.99)
- World Cards Memory Game HD (normally $1.99)
Special Needs
- Dyslexia Quest (normally $1.99)
- Speech4Good (normally $3.99)
- ChoiceBoard-Creator (normally $3.99)
- eMotion Stories - Interactive Stories for Deaf/HH Kids (new app)
- Feel Clock (normally $2.99)
- Fun Day (normally $2.99)
- Fun Time Timer (great new timer app)
- GuidedVideo (normally $29.99; create a video of yourself asking a question and use your own photos as the buttons your student taps in response)
- Learn My Info (normally $6.99)
- Picture Select (normally $0.99)
- Play Therapy Book (normally $9.99)
- Post Incident Learning (normally $4.99)
- Saying Goodbye (normally $3.99)
- See Me Count (normally $0.99)
- Sign Me a Story (new interactive book app)
- Speak2See (normally $4.99)
- Step by Step Getting Dressed with the Wonkidos (normally $3.99)
- Therapy Report Center (normally $1.99)
- Timer Talk (normally $1.99)
- Touch-Emotions (new app)
- Voice4u Text-to-Speech (new app)
- Which Bill? (new currency app)
- Words in Pictures (new app)
Teacher
- GroupMaker (excellent app; normally $1.99)
- GuidedVideo (normally $29.99; create a video of yourself asking a question and use your own photos as the buttons your student taps in response)
Miscellaneous
- Audubon Butterflies (normally $9.99)
- Creating Character in Kids (chore and behavior chart; normally $3.99)
- Autism at Home (normally $2.99)
- Family Fun (normally $0.99)
- Fun Time Timer (great new timer app)
- iRewardChart: Parents Reward Tracker Behavior Chore Chart (normally $3.99)
- Kid MasterMind (new app for parents)
- Learn to Build Apps - 1 (normally $8.99)
- Learn to Build Apps - 2 (normally $8.99)
- Learn to Earn Savings Planner for iPad (new app)
- Nice Bear Naughty Bear Reward Chart (normally $2.99)
- Quit Snoring (normally $3.99)
- SideChef - Step by Step Cooking (new app)
- Texas Wine and Trail Magazine (normally $1.99)
- Web Guardian (web browser for kids that gives you control over when and how long they surf; normally $1.99)
