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Educational Android Apps for toddlers

Children love playing with phones and as parents we need to ensure that what they are accessing on mobile phones is positively contributing to there development so that they can meaningfully contribute to society when they grow up. The following are some of the best education android apps for toddlers

ABC Kids

Price: Free

ABC Kids is an easy and simple app that helps teach kids their ABCs. The way it works is kids trace the letter and the app tells them what the letter is. It also includes a matching game along with capital letters and lowercase letters. There are also plenty of colorful animals and environments that’ll hopefully help keep your kids entertained. The app will even work in such a way that it doesn’t allow the child to exit to the app. It’s a completely free app that shouldn’t have any advertisements or in-app purchases. It’s one of the better apps for toddlers.

App Family

Price: Free

App Family is a publisher on Google Play. They specialize in baby games, toddler apps, and kids stuff in general. Most of their games are simple, fun, and even a little bit educational. They almost all feature simple mechanics and we really like their super simple stuff like the balloon pop game. Nothing requires more than a few taps or swipes to get right. Some of them are jigsaw puzzle style games while others are just regular puzzle games. They all have free versions with optional pro versions available as in-app purchases.

Drawing for Kids

Price: Free

Drawing for Kids is a fun little drawing and coloring app. It includes a mode where kids can trace various animals. It includes 30 things for your kids to trace and color. There are also a bunch of fun animations and sound effects that should help keep your kids engaged. It’s a great way to inspire some creativity in your little one. It’s also a free app that doesn’t have advertising or in-app purchases. Additionally, the developers (Bini Bambini) have several other very top-notch apps for toddlers that are worth checking out. This one is also free if you use Google Play Pass.

First Words for Baby

Price: Free

First Words for Baby is a vocabulary app to help toddlers learn how to talk better. It features simple navigation that should work well for adults and kids. Additionally, it contains the pronunciations for over 120 words spanned across 11 categories. Each word is accompanied by an image. It should keep your child entertained for a while. The free version of the app does come with advertisements. You can pay the $1.99 to remove them if you want to. The ads aren’t great, but it does let you check out the app before paying for it. It’s not bad overall. You can get this one for free with Google Play Pass if you use it.

Funny Food Kindergarten

Funny Food Games for Toddlers is a collection of games. The games have an educational premise to also help your toddler learn. There is a matching game to help memory, learning what different foods are called, shapes, puzzles, and even some light logic games. All in all, it has 17 different games, ten educational concepts, and you can play the game offline. It does come with ads but you can buy the full version to get rid of them. Some reviewers have commented that it’s a bit simple for older toddlers, but everyone is different so it’s worth a shot. This one is also free via Google Play Pass if you use it.


GunjanApps Studio

Price: Free

GunjanApp Studios is a developer on Google Play. They have several apps for toddlers that you can download and check out. None of them standout as a clear best, but they’re all fairly solid overall. The apps include a vocabulary app that teaches words, an alphabet app that helps with the alphabet, and there are others for shapes, colors, animal sounds, and more. This developer also has an excellent balloon popping game that toddlers seem to really like. All of the apps have a free version to check out and a few of them have paid version to get rid of things like ads. They’re worth a shot at least.


KidloLand

Price: Free with in-app purchases

KidloLand is one of the better apps for toddlers. It features a ton of digital content for your kids. There are nursery rhymes, songs, stories, games, and other content specifically made for toddlers. Along with all the stuff, the app is totally interactive and lets your kids tap on stuff on the screen to make them do fun little things. It can get a bit expensive with its in-app purchases. However, if you can get passed that, there is just a ton of stuff here.


Kids Doodle

Price: Free

Kids Doodle is another drawing app that is aimed at toddlers. It’s a simple app that lets your kids draw all kinds of stuff. It’s very colorful and you can choose the background color of your canvas. That means you can do colors on a black background or on a white one. It also features 18 brush types, a built-in gallery so you can check out what your kids draw, and even a little movie mode that plays back what your kids drew after they’re done. It’s a free app and that’s good. However, there are some ads and no pro version to get rid of them.


Sounds for Toddlers

Price: Free

Sounds for Toddlers is an app that, you guessed it, play sounds for your kids. It features a total of 65 different things across five categories. That includes animal sounds, vehicle sounds, tools, and instruments. There are a total of 250 different sounds. That’s not half bad for a free app that includes no in-app purchases or advertising. It also features easy controls so your kids can quickly learn how to use it. Aside from making sounds, it doesn’t do much else. However, it is free so it’s worth checking out.


YouTube Kids

Price: Free

YouTube Kids is an excellent choice for toddlers. There are a ton of little shows, singalongs, and other kid-friendly content on the service. It blocks out the rest of YouTube so your kids don’t accidentally see something they shouldn’t see. Parents have some decent control as well. You can block videos you don’t like, keep track of what your kids watch, and limit screen time so your toddler doesn’t spend all day in la-la land. Plus, with Chromecast support, you can put it on the TV so your kids can watch in more than one spot. It’s a solid all around option for kids of basically all ages.

Other education apps for toddlers/kids trending in 2022 are:

PBS Kids Games

PBS KIDS GAMES

Daniel Tiger, Arthur, and all the other PBS Kids characters come together for games so fun, kids won’t even realize they’re educational. The app is also constantly updated with new games, so they’ll never be bored.
Price: Free

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ABCmouse

This app uses stories, quizzes, games, and videos to get kids started on a path to learning about reading, math, science, and art. It keeps tack of their progress, too, so you can see how far they’ve come.
Price: Free for 30 days, then subscriptions start at $10/month

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ELMO LOVES 123S

All of the iOS apps and Android apps by the Sesame Workshop are great, putting all the Sesame Street friends to good use helping kids do everything from learning their letters to using the potty. But Elmo Loves 123s is our favorite because Elmo is perennial kid fave, and it offers cute ways for kids to learn numbers.
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases

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EPIC!

It’s easier than a trip to the local library — there are more than 40,000 books on this site that are ready to read, and you can search them by age or interest. You get a free 30-day trial, and then it costs $8/month; check with your school, though, because sometimes they can set up free subscriptions for their classrooms.
Price: Free for 30 days, then $8/month

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HUNGRY CATERPILLAR PLAY SCHOOL

Kids naturally love the Very Hungry Caterpillar from Eric Carle’s beloved books. This app lets kids take the Caterpillar through games that tackle very basic math, problem-solving, and science.
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases

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STARFALL ABCS

There are a million apps that claim to help kids learn the ABCs, but this one is backed by a nonprofit education company. Kids interact with letters and learn how to make sounds and words.
Price: Free

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GOODNESS SHAPES

Friendly-looking shapes help kids learn colors, matching, and sorting in this preschool-friendly app. You might want to use it as a de-stressing tool, too.
Price: $2

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GONOODLE

When it’s time for a movement break, this app has videos that gets kids up and exercising. The simple, follow-me videos even have an educational bent sometimes (one of our favorites teaches kids about making patterns). That might go over your toddler’s head, but they can still try the moves.
Price: Free

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BABY GAMES

This app has easy mini games for the littlest kids, including balloon-popping games, virtual instruments to play, and even fireworks. It was created by a dad who, after having his first kid, felt the need to give back and create parent- and child-friendly games.
Price: Free

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COSMIC KIDS

For little ones looking to get into yoga, this app offers videos of workout geared for kids. (Your toddler may have to do modified versions of the moves.) The host, Jaime, puts routines together that are themed to FrozenStar WarsMinecraft and other kid faves.
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases

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SAGO MINI FRIENDS

This adorable app lets kids go on virtual playdates with cute animal characters, doing things like playing dress-up or having a snack together. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, and you can even play it without wi-fi.
Price: $4

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PEEK-A-ZOO

It’s a little bit like the game Guess Who, where kids have to identify animals who are dancing, wagging their tails, or crying. There’s a social/emotional learning component to it, since sometimes they have to identify animals by what they’re feeling.
Price: Free

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BECK AND BO

This beautifully animated app lets kids put characters in different scenes, from everyday locations like the grocery store to exotic locales like the jungle. They can place characters and objects in the scene, or tap on items to find out what things are called and learn new words.
Price: $3

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LEGO DUPLO WORLD

Winner of the KAPI Best App award in 2020, this open-ended app lets kids explore the in-app world and build 3D structures. When they get older, they can connect and play with friends.
Price: Free, but offers in-app purchases

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MOO, BAA, LA LA LA!

Sandra Boynton is known for her dozens of board books for little one. With this app, her Moo, Baa, La La La! book becomes interactive, and little one can hear animal sounds and do things like tap the screen to turn day to night.
Price: $3

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