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Carissa's App Picks for Kids

High-quality apps you can feel good about using with your child.

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View videos of Carissa's Top Five Picks for Apps in various categories.

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Reviewed on 7/31/23

With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app?  In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a Barbie with an artificial leg and vitiligo). There's a wide variety of colors, tints and shades as...

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Reviewed on 7/28/20

If you love the board game Heads Up! then you'll love this app! Choose a deck to play with (e.g. animal kingdom, around the house, the letter B), then hold your device up to your forehead so that you can't see the image that pops up. Ask the other players to answer yes/no questions or they can...

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Reviewed on 7/28/20

An unusual puzzle app, best for older kids and adults or for parents and kids to work on together. There are no instructions, you just have to experiment and find your way through. There are cryptic phrases in English at the completion of each puzzle (similar to Monument Valley), but other than...

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Reviewed on 6/18/20

High quality educational videos for kids, with new shows added weekly!  Unlike other kid video apps that usually curate videos that were made for YouTube or another site, the videos for All the World are all made by their own team. They are all on sorts of topics from DIY instructional videos to...

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Reviewed on 6/17/20

All of the Toca Life apps gathered into one big world, plus way more elements that don't exist in stand-alone apps.  If you already own some of the Toca Life apps (like Toca Life: School or Toca Life: Farm), those sets will show up in this app.  You can play with any of the characters from any...

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Age group: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5

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