Free Apps Dec. 5, 2014

Post date: Dec 5, 2014 4:40:34 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.

Art/Creativity

• Inventioneers (first 14 levels included free; others available w/ IAP)
• iTell Tales - Create & Share Tales ($1.99)

ELA

• ABC Writing Full ($0.99)
• Writing Practice ($0.99)
• Smarty Writer (new story writing app)

Entertainment/Games

• The Hobbit: Official Visual Companion ($4.99)
• Frosby Funfair (new app)

ESL

• 500 English Words (new app)

Foreign Language

• Lingua Latina: Nouns ($1.99)
• My Dictionary (new app that looks promising)

Health/PE/Sports

• Breathing Zone - Relaxing Breathing Exercises ($3.99)

Holiday

• Advent 2014 (new app)
• Christmas Day HD ($0.99)
• Christmas Match Game (new app)
• Kidomatic Christmas Camera ($2.99)
• Kwest Christmas (new app)

Interactive Books

• Nick Has a Funny Day ($2.99)
• PadTales Animated Books for Kids - The Best Day of Summer ($1.99)
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (new app)
• Alice in Wonderland - ELI ($3.99)
• Chipmunk Wants to Be a Bear ($0.99)
• The Frog Prince (new app)
• Hansel and Gretel: Lost ($3.99)
• Juju & Coco ($1.99)
• Little Pirate - Saving the Mirandella ($2.99)
• Max and Zoe ($2.99)

Math

• 4 Dice A Fractions Game (good app; $1.99)
• The Abacus for Kids ($4.99)
• Grid Lines: Ordered Pair Game (good app; $1.99)
• Jack and the Beanstalk a Mathematical Adventure HD (good app; 2.99)
• The Math Cheat Sheet ($0.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 1 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 2 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Kindergarten ($7.99)
• Ordered Fractions: Compare and Order Fractions Game (good app; $1.99)
• Tangram Chess for Kids: Transformation Math Game (good app; $1.99)
• Zombie Fish Bits ($4.99)

Music

• 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 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

• Lapse HD/R ($2.99)

Productivity

• MolaSync - Collaborative Cloud Notes! Sound Recording, Sharp Drawing, Typing, Chatting, and Collaboration ($5.99)
• To Do List for Nozbe HD ($14.99)

Science

• AB Volume 1 ($0.99)
• AB Volume 2 ($0.99)
• AB Volume 3 ($0.99)
• 9 Months! Multimedia Documentary($2.99)
• African Mammals HD ($3.99)
• Chemistry Exam Tutor - Part 1 ($0.99)
• ReDiLab Reaction Diffusion Laboratory (new app)

Social Studies

• iLearn Geography ($0.99)
• iStoryBooks American History Edition ($2.99)
• Kids Planet Discovery ($4.99)
• TimeMaps Middle Ages - Historical Atlas ($2.99)

Special Needs

• ASD Tools ($2.99)
• Flip Writer AAC ($29.99; w/ IAP for additional features)

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

• Joy Sprouts - Kids Preschool Education ($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 4

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

• The Alligator Who Wanted to Be a Dog ($2.99)
• America from A to Z ($1.99)
• Daddy Feet ($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)
• A Trip for Mrs. Claus ($2.99)
• The Trouble with Brothers ($2.99)
• The 12 Days of Christmas ($0.99)
• The Christmas Butterfly ($0.99)
• Four Leaf Luck ($2.99)
• Letters from Santa: A Christmas Alphabet Book ($8.99)
• Lil' Pugs & Ladybugs (five books; $2.99)
• The Lonely Christmas Tree ($0.99)
• Lucy the Tortoise - My Big Adventure ($3.95)
• Mars - The Red Planet! ($2.99)
• Merry Christmas ($0.99)
• Mind Hurdles: Grade 2 ($2.99)
• Mr. Getaway and the Christmas Elves ($3.99)
• Penguins ($2.99)

Free Teen Books

• Face Off ($2.99)

Sale Children's Books

• Bear Stays Up for Christmas ($7.99 to $0.99)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins ($6.99 to $1.99)
• Whatever After #2: If the Shoe Fits ($5.99 to $1.99)
• 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)
• Big Nate: Great Minds Think Alike ($9.99 to $2.08)
• Big Nate: Mr. Popularity ($9.99 to $1.99)
• The Christmas Owl ($10.99 to $0.99)
• The Giver ($8.99 to $2.99)
• Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site ($11.99 to $1.99)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas ($15.00 to $3.99)
• The Jesus Storybook Bible ($16.99 to $1.99)
• Maisy Goes to the Library ($6.99 to $0.99)
• Pack of Dorks ($10.99 to $1.99)
• Yellow Star ($9.99 to $1.99)

Sale Teen Books

• 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)
• The Maze Runner ($9.99 to $2.99)
• Rise of the Dragons (early release price of $2.99; available 12/22)

Free and Sale Books for Adults

• 366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency ($13.99 to $1.99)
• Against All Odds (by Chuck Norris; $14.99 to $0.99)
• Arts & Numbers: A Financial Guide for Artists, Writers, Performers, and Other Members of the Creative Class ($10.99 to free)
• DIY Holiday Gifts on a Budget ($5.89 to free)
• No Child of Mind ($15.00 to $1.99)
• Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War ($14.99 to $1.99)
• Zero Day (by David Baldacci; $10.00 to $1.99)
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ($7.99 to $1.99)
• Are You Living or Existing?: 9 Steps to Change Your Life ($14.99 to $1.99)
• Art Smith's Healthy Comfort: How America's Favorite Celebrity Chef Got It Together, Lost Weight, and Reclaimed His Health ($27.99 to $1.99)
• Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book ($10.95 to $2.99)
• 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)
• Dark Places (by Gillian Flynn; $9.99 to $2.99)
• Dog Named Leaf: The Hero from Heaven Who Saved My Life ($15.99 to $1.99)
• The Drunken Botanist ($19.95 to $1.99)
• Faith of My Fathers (by John McCain; $14.00 to $1.99)
• Gone Girl ($9.99 to $2.99)
• In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin ($16.00 to $1.99)
• The Miracle Landing: and Other Supernatural Encounters ($14.99 to free)
• 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)
• 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)