There are tons of great apps gone free today. Enjoy!
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
- Mix Match Draw! (normally $0.99)
- Peppa's Paintbox (new app)
- Singing Fingers HD (finger paint with sound; normally $0.99)
- Tiny Artist Animals (normally $0.99)
- Tiny Artist Water (normally $0.99)
Coding
- FSO Path to Power(great new app to learn to program)
- ScratchJr (great new app that teaches elementary children how to program their own stories and games)
Creativity
- 123D Design for Education (new 3D drawing app)
- Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch (great app for sparking creative writing and drawing; normally $2.99)
Cross-Curricular
- Drawp for School - Collaboration Made Easy (new app)
- Flashcards by Flatter World (normally $1.99)
- SAT Strategies (normally $0.99)
- SquareDiary HD (neat, quick way to record what is learned each day; normally $2.99)
- Study Habits - Helping Students in High School & College Organize, Schedule, Learn & Succeed!(normally $0.99)
ELA
- Main Idea 1: Reading Comprehension Skills & Practice for Struggling Readers: School Edition (normally $1.99)
- Phonics Fun: Beginning Sounds (normally $0.99)
- Word Wheel: Short Vowels (normally $2.99)
- Alphabetizing - A Montessori Approach to Language (normally $3.99)
- Cambridge Pronunciation Dictionary (normally $9.99)
- Cursive Alphabets (normally $0.99)
- Grammar Wonderland (Elementary) (normally $2.99)
- Grammar Wonderland (Primary) (normally $2.99)
- Grid Diary - Questionnaire Diary, Gratitude Journal, Private, Secret and Simple (normally $4.99)
- Help with Words and Sentences (normally $1.99)
- Hooked on Phonics Reading Pro (normally $19.99 for first four lessons; IAP for the rest)
- K-5 Spelling (normally $2.99)
- KD Spell Helper (normally $1.99)
- Learn Sight Words (normally $0.99)
- Letterping HD (normally $2.99)
- Monster Phonics (normally $0.99)
- Pirates Treasure (normally $0.99)
- Sight-Words (normally $1.99)
- Sight Words Space (normally $1.99)
- Sky Fish Phonics (normally $1.99)
- SpellBuzz Grade 1 (normally $1.99)
- Spell Cubes (normally $0.99)
- Spell Sam Spell! Spelling Game for Kids (normally $1.99)
- The Spelling Café Educational App (normally $4.99)
- Spy Sam Reading Book 1 (new app)
- Spy Sam Reading Book 2 (new app)
- Tiki Bear Phonics (new app)
- Words of August (normally $1.99)
- Words of June (normally $1.99)
- Words of July (normally $1.99)
- Words of May (normally $1.99)
- Words of October HD (normally $1.99)
- Words of September HD (normally $1.99)
Entertainment/Games
- Candy Tale (fun logic puzzles; normally $2.99)
- SpellGrid+ A Game of Many Words (normally $1.99)
- Barnyard Breakout (normally $4.99)
- Classic Tangram Puzzle Game (normally $1.99)
- Guide Pro for Minecraft (normally $1.99)
- Letters from Nowhere 2 HD (Full) (hidden object and puzzle game; normally $6.99)
- Sherlock: The Network HD (solve crimes like Sherlock Holmes; IAP available; normally $2.99)
- Trainz Driver (normally $2.99)
ESL
- Bud's First English Words (normally $3.99)
- EE English First High Flyers Vocab Game for Learning English 2 (newly revised app)
- Help with English (normally $2.99)
- Learn English with El Chavo (new app)
- Monster Academy - Play with Monsters. Improve Your English. (new app)
- MyOxfordEnglish (new app)
- Nicole and Tommy, English - Vocabulary for Children (normally $0.99)
- Word Lens (app is always free, but now each of the IA language purchases are also free, normally $9.99 each)
- Worksheet Wizard (normally $1.99)
Foreign Language
- Spanish Numeros - 1 to 100 (normally $0.99)
Health/PE/Sports/Safety
- Mighty Kids Poison Patrol (normally $0.99)
- Mr. Cat Wyse Presents: Why Do Teeth Go Bad? (normally $0.99)
- Virtual Trainer Bodyweight: Home & Travel Fitness Workouts (normally $4.99)
Holidays
- Minti Kids Christmas Snowman (normally $1.99)
- Christmas Cat (interactive book; normally $0.99)
- Exodus: A Jewish Photo Scavenger Hunt App for Passover & Year Round (new app)
- Guess Who I Am! - Halloween Monsters Edition (normally $0.99)
- Let's Bake Challah! A Jewish Baking App (new app)
- Let's Get Ready for Passover (normally $1.99)
- Mask Jumble Halloween (normally $0.99)
- Thanksgiving Cat (interactive book; normally $0.99)
- Wake Up World: An Interactive Rosh Hashanah Book for the Jewish New Year (new app)
Interactive Books
- Bobbee's Afraid of the Dark (normally $0.99)
- Little Bird in a Tree (normally $1.99)
- Touch and Write Storybook: 3 Bears (great app; normally $2.99)
- We Read Too (new app with over 300 books featuring characters of color)
- Xylitol Club (normally $1.99)
- Adventures in the Forest (normally $0.99)
- Amazonas, in Search of Mother Nature (normally $1.99)
- Animal Motions Read-Along Storybook (normally $2.99)
- The Ant and the Grasshopper (new app)
- Beach Battle (normally $1.99)
- Black Cat Stories (normally $1.99)
- Blueberry Patch (normally $0.99)
- Blue Ocean Bob (normally $1.99)
- Bow Wow Goes the Dog (new app)
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf (new app)
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf (normally $0.99)
- The Bremen Town Musicians (new app)
- Bullying (normally $1.99)
- Canterbury Tales (comic; normally $1.99)
- Chase the Class Champ (new app)
- Children of the Elements Bookshelf (new app)
- Cinderella (new app)
- Clever Gretel (new app)
- Elfishki and the Unwelcome Guest Show (normally $5.99)
- Elly Book 2 - Goes to School (normally $0.99)
- The Farm Noises (new app)
- Felicity Fly Meets Veronica Vac (normally $0.99)
- Fickle Flocks (so much fun!; normally $1.99)
- The Fox & the Chicken (normally $1.99)
- The Fox and the Crow (new app)
- The Fox and the Stork (new app)
- Freddie the Fly (normally $0.99)
- The Friendly Raccoon (new app)
- Geff the Giraffe (normally $0.99)
- The Gingerbread Man (normally $0.99)
- The Girl, the Bunny, and the Trip (normally $0.99)
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears (new app)
- The Gorgeous Bike (normally $2.99)
- Harry Potbelly Interactive Book (normally $1.99)
- The Hen and the Cockroach (normally $0.99)
- I Imagine (normally $4.99)
- I Like You - The Gift Book (normally $0.99)
- Inori - The Story of the Sea (new app)
- I See Animals at the Zoo - Level 1A - Learn to Read Books (normally $2.99)
- iZombie - Intelligent Zombies (very well made book; normally $1.99)
- Ladybug Zee (normally $1.99)
- A Letter to Me (normally $1.99)
- The Little Girl Who Sneezed (normally $1.99)
- Little Red Riding Hood HD (normally $1.99)
- Mia the Mouse (normally $0.99)
- The Mouse and the Lion (new app)
- Mudbuddy (normally $1.99)
- Mulan (normally $1.99)
- My Life as a Cat (normally $0.99)
- On the Potty (new app)
- Pair or Pear Story Book (new app)
- Possibilitree (normally $3.99)
- Pwiggles on Pluto (normally $0.99)
- A Rooster's Tale (normally $2.99)
- Rub a Dub Dub (new app)
- Samurai Bike Messengers (normally $4.99)
- Snow White (normally $2.99)
- Space Zoo for iPad (normally $1.99)
- Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus (normally $9.99)
- Stephanie the Frog Is Going for a Walk (normally $3.99)
- Suee and the Shadow Pt. 1 (normally $4.99)
- A Sweet Story (normally $1.99)
- This Little Piggy Story Book (new app)
- Three Little Pigs. The Story (normally $1.99)
- Titi - An Interactive Children's Storybook (normally $1.99)
- Tomato-A Love Story (normally $0.99)
- The Ugly Duckling (new app)
- Uncle Remus: Chapter 1 (normally $0.99)
- Volcano Boy (for older readers; normally $3.99)
- The Wee Adventures of Shabu Shabu Book 1 (normally $4.99)
- The Wishingtooth: Storybook Adventure (normally $5.99)
- The Wolf and the Crane (new app)
- The Wolf and the Little Goats (normally $0.99)
- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (normally $1.99)
Math
- Gozoa - Play & Learn Math (normally $1.99)
- Native Numbers - Complete Number Sense Mastery Curriculum (normally $9.99)
- Numerical: Calculator without Equal (normally $2.99)
- Activity Using Coins and Bills to Count Out Money (normally $1.99)
- Answer 2 Equations (normally $0.99)
- Cheerful Counting 123 (normally $2.99)
- Doppio (multiplication game; normally $1.99)
- Equate Formula Solver (normally $1.99)
- Everyday Mathematics Monster Squeeze (by McGraw-Hill; normally $1.99)
- Finger Math Addition (normally $0.99)
- Finger Math Subtraction (normally $0.99)
- Fraction Circles (normally $1.99)
- Fraction Division (good teaching app; normally $0.99)
- Fractions (good teaching app; normally $0.99)
- Jimmy Abacus (normally $1.99)
- Kidfinity Number Sequence for Kids in Kindergarten, 1st Grade & 2nd Grade (new app)
- KidKalcGo (normally $1.99)
- Kindergarten Math (normally $0.99)
- Kindergarten Math Practice (normally $0.99)
- Learn Maths with the Fantastic Adventures of Max Squared (normally $0.99)
- Math 42 (excellent app for grades 5-12; normally $2.99)
- Math Find for iPad (normally $2.99)
- The Math Hunter (normally $0.99)
- Mathical (new app)
- Math Is Easy - Prime Factorization and Equation Solver (normally $0.99)
- Math School Games (normally $1.99)
- Mathsterious Mansion (normally $1.99)
- Measure This: Holiday (normally $1.99)
- NumberStax (new math game from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; normally $1.99)
- Numerosity: Play with Addition! (normally $1.99)
- Numerosity: Play with Division! (normally $1.99)
- Numerosity: Play with Multiplication! (normally $1.99)
- Numerosity: Play with Numbers! (normally $1.99)
- Numerosity: Play with Subtraction! (normally $1.99)
- Oh My Math! (normally $0.99)
- Sail Through Math (by McGraw-Hill; normally $1.99)
- Subtraction (normally $0.99)
- Tablez Multiplication (normally $2.99)
- Teachley: Addimal Adventure (normally $1.99)
- Trigonometry Made Easy (normally $2.99)
- Virtual Nerd Mobile Math (new app with math videos)
- Zorbit's Math Adventure Preschool (normally $2.99)
Music
- Bingo the Musical (normally $0.99)
- Developing Musicianship Chords (normally $0.99)
- Developing Musicianship Intervals (normally $0.99)
- Developing Musicianship Scales (normally $0.99)
- Carnival of Animals: Music Education for Your Kids (normally $2.99)
- Cloud Audio Recorder - US (normally $1.99)
- Little Big Piano (normally $1.99)
- Liz and Sean Music (normally $2.99)
- Sight Read Music Quiz for Piano (normally $1.99)
- Sonja (music creation app; IAP is also free right now)
Photography/Video
- Clone Magic (normally $1.99)
- Hyperlapse from Instagram (great new time lapse photography app)
- Photo Delight (normally $1.99)
- Superimpose Studio (normally $2.99)
- VideoLab (new app)
Productivity
- Awesome Lists (normally $2.99)
- CalCube - Quick, Slick & Easy Calendar (nice; normally $1.99)
- CloudMagic (email program; normally $9.99)
- Goal Setting Workshop (normally $3.99)
- Hanx Writer (a new word processing app from Tom Hanks; IAP available but not necessary)
- PDF Forms - Fill, Sign and Annotate PDF Forms and Documents (great for commenting on student work; normally $8.99)
Science
- Bone Ninja (normally $9.99)
- Anatomy & Physiology II (normally $1.99)
- Biology 1 (normally $1.99)
- Dolphins, Sharks, and Turtles - Ocean Tales (normally $2.99)
- Forest Plants: Children's Encyclopedia (normally $0.99)
- Guess the Chemical Element (normally $0.99)
- Living Lung - Lung Viewer (normally $1.99)
- Night Sky Astronomy Guide (normally $2.99)
- Night Sky Constellation Guide 3D (normally $1.99)
- Night Sky Guide 3D+ (normally $1.99)
- The Physics Learn (normally $0.99)
- Reaction101 (normally $4.99)
- Sailing Home - Learn Animal Habitats (normally $0.99)
- Star Map - Discover the Night Sky (normally $0.99)
Social Studies
- Earthlapse (normally $1.99)
- Geo on the Go (normally $2.99)
- iLearn Geography (normally $2.99)
- Jack Stalwart: Passport to Adventure (normally $0.99)
- Pocket TimeMap: The History of Egypt (normally $0.99)
- Pocket TimeMap: The History of Iraq (normally $0.99)
- The Pocket TimeMap of World History (normally $0.99)
- Timemaps History of Ancient Rome - Historical Atlas (normally $2.99)
Special Needs
- ASD Tools (normally $2.99)
- Daily Tasks (normally $1.99)
- First Typing (normally $0.99)
- I Click I Talk Compact (normally $0.99)
- iOT Session (normally $2.99)
- LanguageLab Silly Sounds (normally $0.99)
- Sign Me a Story (normally $1.99)
- UcanTALK (normally $2.99)
- Worksheet Wizard (normally $1.99)
Teachers
- ClassDojo Messenger (wonderful new app that works with free ClassDojo; great for keeping parents informed)
- ELL Teacher GPS (great tips each day for ELL teachers; normally $1.99)
- New Teacher GPS (great tips each day for new teachers; normally $1.99)
- Poll Everywhere (new app to help with responses)
- RAT (Replacement, Amplification, Transformation) Assessment Tool (new app to assess the classroom use of technology)
- Reading Leveler (normally $0.99)
- Trilby Supporting Teachers - Training Tips for iPad (lots of video tutorials included in this new app)
Toddler/Preschool/Primary
- Bud's First English Words (normally $3.99)
- Color Princess (normally $1.99)
- Explorium - Ocean for Kids (normally $2.99)
- Minti Kids Dress Up Luca (normally $1.99)
- Minti Kids Find Fruits & Vegetables (normally $0.99)
- Pirates (normally $2.99)
- Wee Kids Games (normally $3.99)
- ABC School Preschool Learning (normally $5.99)
- ABSea Creatures (normally $0.99)
- Alphabet City NYC (normally $0.99)
- The Alphabet - Play & Learn (normally $1.99)
- Counting Bees (normally $1.99)
- Dot to Dot Bible Stories (normally $1.99)
- First Typing (normally $0.99)
- Interactive Alphabet (good app; normally $2.99)
- Kids Colors (normally $0.99)
- Kids Shapes (normally $0.99)
- Learn ABC with Bobby Ball (normally $0.99)
- Live Colors for Kids (great coloring app; normally $2.99)
- MarcoPolo Ocean (cute app; normally $2.99)
- Memory Train (normally $1.99)
- Monki Animal Builder (normally $2.99)
- Monster Coloring Book (normally $2.99)
- Motion Songs - Kids' Songs with Motions (normally $1.99)
- Petting Zoo - Animal Animations (normally $2.99)
- Pirate Ph.D. Full Edition (normally $0.99)
- Pixel and Parker School Edition (normally $2.99)
- Polygon Zoo (new app)
- Pre School Learning - ABC and 123 (normally $0.99)
- Princess Ph.D. Full Edition (normally $0.99)
- Sammy and Lali - Back to School (normally $1.99)
- Vito Puzzles (normally $1.99)
- We Know Shapes! (normally $0.99)
- Zac and Zoey - The Hunt for the Secret Treasure (Premium) (normally $0.99)
Miscellaneous
- The Parent Toolkit (new app)
- Creating Character in Kids (normally $3.99)
- Creating Character In Tweens (normally $3.99)
- Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition (normally $2.99)
- KGAP - Turn Around Don't Drown (new app)
- LaLa Lunchbox - Fun Lunch Planning for Parents and Kids (normally $0.99)
- The North Star Smart Stars Survey (nice survey to help students discover their own talents and abilities; normally $2.99)
- Outdoor Annual - Texas Hunting and Fishing Regulations (new app)
- Ripil (new pay it forward kindness tracker app)
- Timer Flo Pro - Time Anything (normally $0.99)
- Weather Cube (normally $3.99