Free Apps Dec. 12, 2014

Post date: Dec 12, 2014 6:34:09 PM

You can save a lot of money with today's free apps!

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.

Art/Creativity

goPaintPro for iPad ($17.99)
Inventioneers (first 14 levels included free; others available w/ IAP)
Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch ($2.99)

ELA

Pepe Loves Books (bilingual stories; new app)
Test English (Level A, B, C) ($6.99; IAPs available)
ABC Writing Full ($0.99)
Canterville Ghost (new app)
Moby Dick Reader (new app)
Oscar in Space ($1.99)
Print 2 Script (new app)
Smarty Writer (new story writing app)
Snow Queen Reader (new app)

Entertainment/Games

Bridge Basher ($0.99)
Jenga ($2.99)
Frosby Funfair (new app)
The Hobbit: Official Visual Companion ($4.99)
Let's Make a Snowman (new app)

ESL

500 English Words (new app)
Spelling Star ($0.99)

Foreign Language

Fun Chinese Course ($4.99)
My Dictionary (new app that looks promising)
Translations: Spanish - English Dictionary ($0.99)

Holiday

Bogga Christmas Tree ($1.99)
Fun Snowman Adventure Kindergarten Games (new app)
Light My Fire: A Hanukkah App (new app)
Santa School of Kindergarten Games (new app)
Advent 2014 (new app)
Bits and Pieces of Christmas (new app)
Care Bears Advent Calendar 2014 ($0.99)
Christmas Day HD ($0.99)
Christmas Match Game (new app)
Kidomatic Christmas Camera ($2.99)
Kwest Christmas (new app)
Magikid Christmas ($2.99)

Interactive Books

Dragon and Wolf ($0.99)
El Camion del Abuelo - Grandpa's Lorry (new app)
Gary's Place ($0.99)
Gary's Worms ($0.99)
My Annoying Little Brother ($0.99)
Three Little Pigs - A Play HD ($4.99)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (new app)
Alice in Wonderland - ELI ($3.99)
Animal Jokes for Kids ($4.99)
Birding Bobs' Backyard Adventure (new app)
Chipmunk Wants to Be a Bear ($0.99)
Climate Change - Reduce CO2 ($1.99)
The Frog Prince (new app)
Hansel and Gretel: Lost ($3.99)
Juju & Coco ($1.99)
Ladybug Zee($3.99)
Lily & the Christmas Tale ($0.99)
Lily and the Dragon Fairy Tale HD ($0.99)
Little Pirate - Saving the Mirandella ($2.99)
Max and Zoe ($2.99)
My Hanukkah(new app)
PadTales Animated Books for Kids - The Best Day of Summer ($1.99)
Raising Sleeping Stones ($5.99)
Say Goodnight Winter ($1.99)
Slibby the Snail Adventures HD ($3.99)
The Twelve Days of Christmas ($0.99)
Walter's Flying Bus ($6.99)
Weed to Wonder (new app)

Keyboards (in iOS 8)

One Hand Keyboard ($0.99)

Math

My Multiplication - Times Tables ($2.99)
3D Shapes and Nets ($0.99)
GeoGebra (new app to go along with the great website; perfect for algebra and geometry)
Geometry Quiz Pro (new app)
The Math Cheat Sheet ($0.99)
Mathseeds Grade 1 ($7.99)
Mathseeds Grade 2 ($7.99)
Mathseeds Kindergarten ($7.99)
RE@L Raceway Math: Subtraction Facts ($1.99)

Music

Fiddlewax Blue ($2.99)
InstruNOTE Ear and Interval Training (new app)
Moozart ($1.99)
My First 10monkeys Math App ($2.99)
PlayAlong Acoustic Guitar (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Alto Sax (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Bass Guitar (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Cello (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Clarinet (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Classical Guitar (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Electric Guitar (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Flute (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong French Horn (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Recorder (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Tenor Sax (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Trombone (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Trumpet (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Tuba (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Viola (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)
PlayAlong Violin (new app w/ IAPs for additional songs)

Photography/Video

Aftercut - Cut Out and Add Effects to Photos (new app)
Lapse HD/R ($2.99)
Video Downloader ($2.99)

Productivity

Science

Simple Physics ($1.99; IAPs available)
Starglobe ($1.99)
9 Months! Multimedia Documentary ($2.99)
AB Volume 1 ($0.99)
AB Volume 2 ($0.99)
AB Volume 3($0.99)
African Mammals HD ($3.99)
Comets - Snow Balls from Outer Space ($0.99)
Multiplayer Science Quiz ($9.99)
ReDiLab Reaction Diffusion Laboratory (new app)
Sunflower for Science (a sample of a variety of science curricula)

Social Studies

The Greeks (new app)
Topo Quiz ($0.99)
Empire Run - A Planet H Game from HISTORY ($1.99)
Frontier Heroes - A Planet H Game from HISTORY (new app)
iLearn Geography ($0.99)
iStoryBooks American History Edition ($2.99)
Kids Planet Discovery ($4.99)
Travel the Silk Road (new app)

Special Needs

Autism Language Learning ($26.99)
Autism Language Learning Series II ($15.99)
Autism Language Learning Spanish ($19.99)
Dyslexia Quest ($1.99)
All OK? ($1.99)
ASD Tools ($2.99)
Flip Writer AAC ($29.99; w/ IAP for additional features)
Frog Game 1 ($9.99)
Frog Game 2 ($9.99)
Frog Game 3 ($9.99)
Frog Game School ($29.99)
iLNE Spell 1 - Autism Series ($0.99)
Kids Sound Lab Pro ($19.99)

Teacher

Easy Planner - Mobile Lesson Planning Tool for Teachers (new app)
Teaching with ICT (how to use the iPad in class; $2.99)

Toddler/Preschool/Primary

Shapes Memory Match ($2.99)
Sharing with Duckie Deck ($2.99)
Toca Hair Salon 2 ($2.99)
Wee Kids Shapes ($1.99)
Alphabet Writing for Kids (new app)
Cleaning Fun by BabyBus ($1.99)
The Four Seasons ($1.99)
Joy Sprouts - Kids Preschool Education ($0.99)
Kids Sound Lab Pro ($19.99)
LumiKids Park by Lumosity, Early Learning Play for Kids ($1.99)
Pocket Charts! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Match Game ($0.99)
Sago Mini Ocean Swimmer ($2.99)
Splat! - A Creative Expression Game for Toddlers ($1.99)
Underwater Learning Adventure ($1.99)

Miscellaneous

99 - The Talk (guide for parents; $4.99)

Free and Sale Kindle Books for December 12

The free iOS Kindle app allows you to load wonderful books on to your iDevice. Remember that you don't need an Amazon Kindle to take advantage of this. You can download Kindle books to iPhones, Androids, iPads, Macs, and PCs.

Here are a few of the children, teen, and adult bargains available today. Amazon prices can change hourly, so grab these quickly before they go back to full price! Titles in bold signify exceptional value. Titles in italics are newly free today.

Free Children's Books

101 Facts... The Moon! ($2.99)
Amazing Facts About Frogs ($1.11)
Dachshunds in Moccasins ($2.99)
Jake & the Gingerbread Wars ($2.99)
The Kids Book About Ladybugs ($2.99)
Lucky's Christmas ($4.99)
Maggie Mouse Gets Lost ($2.99)
The Merman and the Moon Forgotten ($1.99)
Pirate Island ($2.99)
Preston's New Glove ($2.99)
The Prickly Porcupine ($0.99)
Santa's Sleigh Technology ($2.99)
We're Having a Tuesday ($3.99)
Who Needs Teeth? ($3.99)
101 Facts... Reindeer and Deer! ($2.99)
Christmas Stories for Kids and Families! ($0.99)
Christmas Traditions Around the World ($1.99)
Don't Judge an Alligator by Its Teeth! ($2.99)
Go to Camp ($2.99)
HERO Academy 1: Superheroes in Training ($7.99)
Ladybug Red ($2.99)
LEGO City: Cops, Crocs, and Crooks! (new book that's always free)

Free Teen Books

Last Stop Klindenspiel (A Kate Stanton Mystery Book 1) ($3.99)

Sale Children's Books

The Extra-Ordinary Princess ($5.99 to $1.99)
Kat McGee and the School of Christmas Spirit ($8.99 to $0.99)
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! ($16.99 to $2.99)
The Adventures of Captain Underpants ($5.99 to $1.99)
The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving ($3.99 to $0.99)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever ($5.99 to $3.33)
Betsy-Tacy Treasury (four books; $15.99 to $1.99)
Big Nate: Great Minds Think Alike ($9.99 to $2.08)
The Giver ($8.99 to $2.99)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas ($15.00 to $3.99)
Maisy Goes to the Library ($6.99 to $0.99)
Mr. Popper's Penguins ($6.99 to $1.99)
The Night Before Christmas ($9.99 to $1.00)
Yellow Star ($9.99 to $1.99)
Whatever After #2: If the Shoe Fits ($5.99 to $1.99)
The Year without a Santa Claus ($3.99 to $1.00)
Yukon: Sled Dog ($3.99 to $1.00)

Sale Teen Books

Prisoners in the Palace: How Princess Victoria Became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel ($7.99 to $1.99)
Dangerous Creatures ($19.00 to $2.99)
Defy ($9.99 to $1.99)
Divergent ($9.99 to $2.99)
The Fault in Our Stars ($12.99 to $2.99)
The Hunger Games ($12.99 to $3.99)
If I Stay ($10.99 to $2.99)

Free and Sale Books for Adults

The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic ($14.99 to $0.99)
HCSB Study Bible ($10.99 to $2.99)
The Heretic Queen ($15.00 to $1.99)
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life ($13.99 to $2.99)
The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life ($27.99 to $1.99)
Touching Wonder: Recapturing the Awe of Christmas ($12.99 to free)
1,001 Best Hot and Spicy Recipes ($13.99 to free)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ($7.99 to $1.99)
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book ($10.95 to $2.51)
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf ($9.99 to $1.99)
Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the 60's and Today (by Tom Brokaw; $18.00 to $1.99)
Creative Cooking for One or Two ($11.99 to $1.99)
Dark Places (by Gillian Flynn; $9.99 to $2.99)
The Drunken Botanist ($19.95 to $1.99)
Gone Girl ($9.99 to $2.99)
Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately? ($12.99 to $1.99)
Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking (by Mario Batali; $29.99 to $1.99)
The Song of Achilles ($14.99 to $1.99)
Stress Proof Your Life (52 Brilliant Ideas) ($23.95 to free)
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection (by Carol Burnett; $14.00 to $1.99)
Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions ($16.95 to $0.99)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ($16.00 to $2.99)
Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills that Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations ($5.99 to $1.99)
Zero Day (by David Baldacci; $10.00 to $1.99)