Welcome to App Friday, our weekly link exchange of family-friendly apps. We have another long list, just in time for Mother’s Day. Joining us are Marcel with his new sight words app, Scott with just-released rhyming app, Evan with themed puzzle apps, Sudhakar with grade level apps, SmarTots with an educational app from China, and Emmy with phonics apps. There is an also an app for MOMS called the Woven Photo Viewer, with a sweepstakes for a pair of Barnes & Noble Nooks. Are you on Android? No worries, I’ve split the post to reflect apps for Android in addition to Apple’s iOS. A first!
Participating iOS Apps:
Clicking the links below will take you to the app description, which has more information about each app. Promotional pricing lasts until 8pm US PST Friday, unless extended by the developer.
- Woven Photo Viewer (a photo viewing app for Mom & Dad) – FREE always
- Rhyme-N-Time – FREE
- Sight Words Hangman – FREE
- Sight Words & Spelling with Pixopop – $.99
- Dinosaur Jigsaw Puzzles – $.99
- Firefighter Puzzles – $.99
- Smart Kids First Grade – FREE
- Smart Kids Third Grade – $.99
- Smart Kids Third Grade HD – $1.99
- SmarTots ==> iCreate (from a developer in China who is part of the SmarTots platform) – $.99
- Phonics Word Family – $.99
- Phonics Make a Word – $.99
- Irregular Verbs – FREE
Participating Android Apps:
- iReward Chart featured on Amazon’s FREE App of the Day for May 11th
- Woven Photo Viewer for Kindle Fire
- Woven Photo Viewer for Android
- Woven Photo Viewer for Nook
News From Family-Friendly App Developers
- NEWSFLASH: Developers join together to offer FREE apps for education
- App gifting ideas for Mother’s Day
- Our apps head to Capitol Hill! Check out the latest from our community on Children’s Online Privacy.
- Check out Volume 29 of the Jellybean Tunes App Report for new, family-friendly apps.
- Evan Beland of Apps Kids Love takes the stage on the MWA Banner
- Siva and Melissa hosted an Appy Mother’s Day event on Thursday night. Stop by for the after-party.
Facebook Download Party Schedule
Download parties are hosted on the App Friday Facebook page ==> http://www.facebook.com/AppFriday. These parties are an opportunity to interact directly with the developers who create the apps, while browsing app news and grabbing a few deals. Parties are hosted by developers in different parts of the world. Check out the http://www.timeanddate.com/ site for timezone conversions.
- 8:00 pm Sydney time [Kick Off Party hosted by Karen Robertson of Treasure Kai]
- 10:00 am San Francisco time [Download Party hosted by James of Woven App]
Link Exchange
Add links to your favorite apps, blog posts, Facebook pages – or any link that covers family-friendly apps. Please include the app name (or page name) in the Link Title, your email, and a URL. Thanks for participating!
I think its a great step forward to include Android apps in the App Friday post. I think Android apps will become increasingly relevant with all the new android tablets being released for children, and many developers are looking to this platform as a new frontier. I am hoping to release Math Evolve for the Android platform soon. Thanks for pioneering within this new space and leading the movement to create excellent apps for kids.
Sincerely,
Adam Coccari