Free App Friday, May 16

Post date: May 16, 2014 7:14:11 PM

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 in bold. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.

Creativity

• Adobe Voice - Show Your Story (new app)
• Buttonize - World Is a Button (normally $1.99)
• LEGO Movie Maker (great app for stop motion animation)

Cross-Curricular

• LearnDiscovery - Discover the Map of Human Knowledge (reference book with knowledge maps on more than 4 million topics; new app)

ELA

• PlayEnglish I (normally $7.99)
• Sight Words Flight (new app)
• Sight Words Show (new app)
• ABC Genius Pro - Alphabet Letters, Phonics, and Handwriting Games (new app)
• Antonym Match (normally $1.99)
• EZCOMMA (normally $1.99)
• Grammar Wonderland (Elementary) (normally $2.99)
• Grammar Wonderland (Primary) (normally $2.99)
• Hamlet (excellent audio rendition; normally $2.99)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (excellent audio rendition; normally $2.99)
• Jargon Hunter from Reading Laboratory 2.0 (normally $0.99)
• K-5 Spelling (normally $2.99)
• KP Spell Helper (normally $1.99)
• Little Readers (new app)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (excellent audio rendition; normally $2.99)
• Pocket Charts! Word Families (normally $0.99)
• Romeo and Juliet (excellent audio rendition; normally $2.99)
• School Tool: Rhyming Words (new app)
• Sight Words Coach (normally $0.99)
• Sight-Words (normally $1.99)
• Sounds for Fun - s, b, m, t, h, c (normally $2.99)
• Spell Cubes (normally $0.99)
• Spell 'til You Drop from Reading Laboratory 2.0 (normally $0.99)
• Word Hen Spell (normally $0.99)
• Word Pig Spell (normally $0.99)
• Word Wondeland (Elementary) Full (normally $2.99)
• Word Wonderland (Primary) Full (normally $2.99)
• Writable (normally $9.99)

Entertainment/Games

• Monki Animal Builder (normally $2.99)
• Secret of the Pendulum (normally $5.99)
• Shoe Designer! (normally $2.99)
• Video Touch - Animals (normally $2.99)

ESL

• Kudo! - Language Learning for Preschoolers (new app; all IA purchases are currently free)
• Say It Out (new app)

Foreign Language

• Kudo! - Language Learning for Preschoolers (new app; all IA purchases are currently free)

Health/PE/Sports

• Mr. Cat Wyse Presents: Why Do Teeth Go Bad? (normally $1.99)
• Ed Meets the Dentist (normally $1.99)

Interactive Books

• The Amazing Miracles of Jesus - 6 in 1 Bundle (normally $2.99)
• The Creation (normally $1.99)
• Enchanted Garden (normally $1.99)
• Ladybug Zee (normally $1.99)
• The Pinchpenny Mouse (normally $0.99)
• PJ's PJs - Giraffes! (normally $2.99)
• PJ's PJs - Koalas! (normally $2.99)
• Three Little Pigs - A Play HD (normally $4.99)
• The Tree I See (normally $2.99)
• :) Roly-Poly (normally $0.99)
• The Alphabet Book (30 stories; normally $6.99)
• The Bear and the Travelers (normally $0.99)
• Bedtime Defenders Interactive Storybook HD (normally $1.99)
• Canterbury Tales (comic; normally $1.99)
• Carefree Rhino (normally $0.99)
• Cat Alvin (normally $2.99)
• A Dark and Dismal Flower (new app)
• Dark Forest - Living a Book HD (normally $0.99)
• Fergus Ferry HD (tons of books included; app is normally $89.99)
• I Feel Super (normally $0.99)
• In My Room (normally $0.99)
• I See Animals at the Zoo - Level 1A - Learn to Read Books (normally $2.99)
• I Want to Fly - Ready to Read (new app)
• Jackie Junko (normally $1.99)
• The King's Birthday - Ready to Read (new app)
• Late for the Race - Ready to Read (new app)
• The Little Girl Who Sneezed (normally $1.99)
• Martina 1 - Goodbye Grandpa (normally $2.99)
• Martina 2 - Why Has My Brother Got Two Daddies (normally $2.99)
• Muppers and Poot (normally $1.99)
• The Music of the Animals (normally $0.99)
• Out in My Stroller (normally $0.99)
• Sick of Being Sick (normally $0.99)
• Sleepover in Antarctica (normally $0.99)
• A Special Visit to Koro and Nanny - Ready to Read (new app)
• The Spotted Cat (normally $0.99)
• Spy Sam Reading Book 2 (normally $0.99)
• A Sweet Story (normally $1.99)
• Talking to Nanny - Ready to Read (new app)
• Tim's Costume - Ready to Read (new app)
• The Tortoise and the Rabbit (normally $0.99)
• Volcano Boy (for older readers; normally $3.99)
• The Wee Adventures of Shabu Shabu - Book 1 (normally $4.99)

Logical Thinking

• Coddy Luck! Programming for Kids (normally $2.99)
• Mind Games - Brain Training Games (new app)

Math

• 4 Dice a Fractions Game (normally $1.99)
• Count with Fingers (normally $2.99)
• Marble Math (good app; normally $2.99)
• The Math Hunter (normally $1.99)
• Quick Math+ (normally $1.99)
• Subtracting Sardines HD (normally $2.99)
• Algebra Start (normally $0.99)
• AppTutor IR - Introduction to Rounding (good app; normally $0.99)
• AppTutor LA - Introduction to Long Addition (good app; normally $0.99)
• AppTutor MT - Multiplication Tables (good app; normally $0.99)
• Compass Math Prep Flashcards Exambusters (normally $4.99)
• Crackers and Goo - Multiplication and Addition Math Skills Practice (good app; normally $1.99)
• Curious Ruler (good app; normally $1.99)
• Digi Make 10 (normally $2.99)
• Endless Addition (new app)
• Fractions with Trains (normally $0.99)
• iGet Math: Base10 (normally $1.99)
• Kakooma Addition (normally $0.99)
• Kakooma Addition Pro (normally $0.99)
• Kakooma Negatives (normally $0.99)
• Kakooma Times (normally $0.99)
• Kakooma Times Pro (normally $0.99)
• Klockrent (normally $0.99)
• Math 42 (normally $0.99)
• Math Graphics (graphing calculator; normally $0.99)
• Mathsterious Mansion (normally $1.99)
• Math Tools (nice variety of virtual math tools; normally $4.99)
• Plus One (normally $2.99)
• Targeting Maths 2 (normally $7.99)
• Teachley: Addimal Adventure (normally $1.99)
• YellowDuck - Math (new app)
• Zorbit's Math Adventure Preschool (normally $2.99)

Music

• Carnival of Animals: Music Education for Your Kids (normally $2.99)
• Futulele - Digital Ukulele (normally $4.99)
• GoodEar Scales - Ear Training (normally $1.99)
• Hippo Band HD (normally $1.99)
• Little Musician - Rhythm (new app)
• Music Note Sight Reading Trainer - Piano (normally $0.99)

Productivity

• Be S.M.A.R.T. (goal setting; normally $1.99)
• OneKey Pro - Secure Password Manager & Private Data Vault to Lock Your Secrets Safe(normally $4.99)
• Permanent 2 - Touch Office Spreadsheet Editor (normally $4.99)
• Recordium Mini - Voice Recorder, Highlight Memos & Note Taking(normally $2.99)
• Vector Illustrator (normally $4.99)

Science

• Chemio - A Student's Chemical Reference (normally $1.99)
• Anatomy & Physiology II (normally $1.99)
• AR Liver Viewer (normally $1.99)
• Biology 1 (normally $1.99)
• BoneBox Foot (new app)
• BoneBox - Hand Viewer (normally $1.99)
• BoneBox - Skull Viewer (normally $1.99)
• BoneBox - Spine Viewer (normally $1.99)
• Bone Genius (normally $4.99)
• Cell World (new app)
• ChemCrafter (great new app from the Chemical Heritage Foundation)
• Circuit Builder Pro (new app)
• Earthlapse (normally $0.99)
• Explore the Heart in 3D (new app)
• Ferret (classification game; new app)
• Frog Pond Evolution (new app)
• Heart Sounds (normally $0.99)
• Human Diseases (normally $0.99)
• KluScience3U01 (new science app for 3rd grade students)
• Leap N' Leaf (new app)
• Living Lung - Lung Viewer (normally $1.99)
• NT Science Wordsearch (normally $1.99)
• Parts of Human Brain, 3D (normally $0.99)
• Parts of Human Heart (normally $0.99)

Social Studies

• Jack Stalwart: Passport to Adventure (normally $0.99)
• The Underground Railroad: Journey to Freedom (new app from National Geographic)

Special Needs

• Baby Emotions from I Can Do Apps (normally $0.99)
• Emotions Flashcards from I Can Do Apps (normally $0.99)
• AAC Ferret (new app)
• ASD Tools (normally $2.99)
• Daily Tasks (normally $1.99)
• Dyslexia Toolbox (normally $2.99)
• KinPics (normally $1.99)
• LanguageLab How Would You Feel (normally $0.99)
• LanguageLab Silly Sounds (normally $0.99)
• Melodic Based Communication Therapy(normally $5.99)
• Overcoming Obstacles Life Skills Program (new app with more than 180 hours of activities for students ages 10-18+)
• Qki Feel HD (normally $2.99)
• Say It Out (new app)
• Sign Me a Story (normally $1.99)
• Social Emotional Exchange (S.E.E.) (normally $29.99)
• Speech Soundboard (normally $0.99)
• Speech Therapy Advocate (new app)
• UcanTALK (normally $2.99)
• Writable (normally $9.99)

Teachers

• Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition (normally $2.99)
• Field Day: Project-Based Learning Think & Do Tool (new app)
• Reading Leveler (normally $0.99)
• Testing Timer (new app)

Toddler/Preschool/Primary

• Annie's Picking Apples 2: Learning Games (normally $2.99)
• ABC School Preschool Learning (normally $5.99)
• The Alphabet - Play & Learn (fun app; normally $2.99)
• A to Z Monsters - Alphabet Learning for Kids (normally $2.99)
• Jungle Explorer (new app)
• Lara's Learning HD (new app)
• Leo's Pad: Preschool Kids Learning Series (great app with six episodes currently free)
• Lil Sub ABC - Toddler Word Game (normally $1.99)
• Live Colors for Kids (great coloring app; normally $2.99)
• Monster Coloring Book (normally $2.99)
• Patterns by EdNinja (great app; normally $3.99)
• Pixel and Parker School Edition (normally $2.99)
• Plum's Photo Hunt (good new app)
• Sago Mini Ocean Swimmer (normally $2.99)
• Toca Tailor Fairy Tales (normally $1.99)
• YellowDuck - First Words (new app)

Miscellaneous

• Kayak Pro Flights, Hotels & Cars (normally $0.99)
• Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition (normally $2.99)
• DreamHouse Tasks (chore app; normally $0.99)
• The North Star Smart Stars Survey (nice survey to help students discover their own talents and abilities; normally $2.99)
• The Potty Show (normally $1.99)
• Snypir Kids (send and receive free messages and calls for kids)
• Tuscan Chef - Italian Recipes and Instructional Videos (all IA purchases are also free today; normally $2.99)

Free iBooks

The following iBooks are free and can be downloaded inside the iBooks app. New books are listed in italics.

Children

• The LEGO Movie Interactive Book
• The Adventures of Dough Girl (includes audio dialog and sound effects)
• The Adventures of Marvin, Book 1, Part 1
• Ancient Egypt (for elementary students)
• A Baby Elephant's Adventure (includes an auto-read feature)
• Bibby and the Sea Dragon
• The Cat That Didn't Know How to Purr
• Charlie and the Messy Room
• Creepy Christmas
• Discovering Animals (includes videos)
• Donuts
• The Dragon's Christmas Gift
• The Emperor's New Clothes - Read Aloud Edition
• ESL Rhymes
• Everything Is Made of Stars
• The Fox on the Box
• Grandpa Benny Flies to the Moon (a book about the Apollo 11 mission)
• Happy Halloween (ESL book)
• I Didn't Kill Your Cat
• I Didn't Steal Your Mermaid
• Ivan the Not-So Terrible
• Learn to Read with Lil Rep #1
• Learn to Read with Lil Rep #2
• Learn to Read with Lil Rep #3
• Lee y Descubre: Tiburones
• Lily Lemon Blossom Welcome to Lily's Room
• The Little Mermaid
• The Little Seed
• Long Shot (good chapter book)
• The Lost Princess in Winter's Grip
• Mummy's Lump (to help children with mothers who have breast cancer)
• My A-Z of Jobs
• My A-Z of the Body
• My A-Z of the Seaside
• My Book of Colors (normally $1.99)
• My World: At My Pond
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm (includes interactive sounds and a video)
• Our Poems for Kids
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• Princess Stories
• Ralph & the Lonely Birthday
• Red Heart Red Heart
• The Rocket Book - Interactive Read Aloud Edition
• The Sea Otter (includes narration and poetry)
• The Seed Story
• S.E. Hinton's The Puppy Sister
• Sharks
• Short Stories for Kids - 1
• Short Stories for Kids - 2
• Short Stories for Kids - 3
• Short Stories for Kids - 4
• Short Stories for Kids - 5
• A Snowman for Christmas (about snow in Texas)
• Snow White - Read-Along Storybook (includes audio)
• Social Skills Volume 1 (great book written by three autistic children)
• Social Skills Volume 2
• The Speaking Piano
• There's a Dragon in My Garage
• The Three Bears and Goldilocks - A Retelling of the Traditional Tale
• The Three Little Pigs - With a Twist
• The Three Sisters (based on a Native American myth explaining the planting of maize, beans, and squash)
• Toy Story: Woody's Aqua Adventures
• Troubles with Bubbles
• Twas the Night Before Christmas (with full audio narration and music)
• A Walrus Tale
• Water for Beans (great chapter book; includes a video and an interactive glossary; normally $2.99)
• Weather (includes videos)
• Weather for Kids
• What Color Is Your World?
• What Grows on Trees?
• When I Dream of Christmas
• Will Solvit and the T-Rex Terror (Book 1) (great for readers ages 6-11; normally $1.99)

Teen

• Avengers: Disassembled #1 (graphic novel)
• The Avengers Vol. 1 (graphic novel)
• Ever After High: Apple White's Story
• Ever After High: Ashlynn Ella's Story
• Ever After High: Briar Beauty's Story
• Ever After High: Hunter Huntsman's Story
• Ever After High: Madeline Hatter's Story
• Ever After High: Raven Queen's Story
• Magic of Thieves
• May We Suggest...? (great book from high school students)
• A Measure of Disorder (normally $2.99)
• The New Avengers #1 (graphic novel)
• Saving Wishes
• Silence
• The Summer I Gave Up Boys
• Talented

Adult

• iOS Human Interface Guidelines (Apple's guide to creating iBooks)
• The Positive Dog (discover the benefits of being positive; normally $6.99)
• 26 Instructional Strategies on the iPad
• AbleNet's Action Dictionary (This is a wonderful assistive technology dictionary.)
• Augmented Reality Used in Math Class (great book for math teachers in grades 4-12)
• Augmented Reality in the Science Class (great book for high school science teachers)
• The Beatles Yellow Submarine
• Bobby Flay's Bold Flavors
• Daughter of Twin Oaks
• Dirty Little Secrets (mystery novel for adults)
• iPad Art - Lessons, Apps, and Ideas for the iPad in Visual Art
• Rough Science Teacher Handbook (great lessons for science teachers; normally $2.99)
• Saving Mr. Banks: The Official Multi-Touch Book
• Starting Shakespeare Teacher Handbook (normally $2.99)
• Unleashed (murder mystery for adults only)
• Year in Focus: 2013 (great photo book of major events that occurred last year)