Educational App reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 178 Reddit reviews across 14 subreddits and 21 posts to rank the best Educational App brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/raisingkids, r/Preschoolers, r/moderatelygranolamoms, r/Parenting, r/homeschool. Top-rated brands include Khan Academy (4.8/5), Khan Academy Kids (4.8/5), Duolingo (4.7/5).

Stats

Reviews178

Subreddits14

Posts21

Brands76

Products43

Top communities

r/raisingkids64 r/Preschoolers23 r/moderatelygranolamoms21 r/Parenting19 r/homeschool18

178 reviews from

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By Brand

By Product

Khan Academy

4.8

(17)

"Readtheory.org, reading eggs/eggspress, Khan Academy (they have a lot of science content)"

"This free app offers a library of educational games, stories, and activities that cover reading, math, science, and social-emotional skills."

"My 4yo loves it"

"Khan Academy Kids offers a variety of engaging learning activities."

"Khan Academy works well for my daughter"

"Khan Academy Kids is an excellent educational app for children, providing engaging and interactive learning experiences."

"I would recommend getting started with Khan Academy."

"Khan academy’s great. We’ve been donating to them for years."

"I second Epic and Khan Academy."

"My favorite apps are Khan Academy and Epic for elementary."

Khan Academy Kids

4.8

(11)

"Shows: numberblocks, alphablocks, kids learning tube, sesame street, octonauts; apps: tallytots, alphatots, khan academy kids, reading.com, studycat, epic!"

"Numberblocks and Khan academy kids!"

"Khan academy kids (app - free)"

"Khan Academy Kids, as recommended by u/MDKrouzer"

"Of course khan academy kids which so many have mentioned."

"Khan Academy has a kids app, the pre-literacy stuff is pretty solid - it's the only app kindie teachers have recommended."

"It's been fantastic for my 4 year old. She learned to read from it on her own."

"Khan academy kids!! It’s wicked awesome and always free as well as Ad free."

"Khan Academy Kids"

"Khan Academy Kids has probably taught my kiddo the most."

Duolingo

4.7

(11)

"Duolingo ABC uses a gamified approach to introduce young children to basic vocabulary and pronunciation in different languages."

"Duo lingo abc, khan academy"

"Duolingo is a great app for learning new languages."

"Duolingo ABC is such a quality game. It does a way better job than I could ever do at teaching my son to read."

"My kids are learning Scottish Gaelic and Spanish at school. They love it as it’s like a game for them."

"My daughter loves Duolingo!"

"She loves playing them and doesn't seem to realize she is learning and having fun at the same time!"

"I have my kids do Duolingo."

"Duolingo is an excellent app for learning languages!"

"Apps: MathTango Island (addition/subtraction), Starbase MathTango (multiplication/division), Fog Stone Isle (fractions), DuoABC (learning phonics and how to read) DuoLingo (learning a foreign language and how to read)."

PBS Kids

4.1

(10)

"PBS Kids offers a variety of educational games and videos on math, science, and literacy."

"PBS Kids is also great!"

"PBS kids has a lot of great content."

"PBS Kids games."

"PBS Kids provides fun and educational games for children."

"PBS Kids is definitely more fun and still educational."

"PBS Kids is great!!"

"The video app allows you to watch 5 episodes of each show."

"PBS Kids games are great and taught my kid to read."

"Some of the PBS Kids stuff is more on the 'mindless entertainment' side."

Prodigy

4.8

(6)

"Prodigy makes math fun and engaging for kids."

"My 7 y/o loves Prodigy."

"My kids love Prodigy too, it’s a game that’s sort of like Pokémon, but you have to answer math questions."

"My kids love Prodigy and find it engaging."

"Prodigy Math"

"Prodigy is fun! English goes to 6th grade and math goes to 8th grade."

Hoopla

5.0

(5)

"Steam Powered Kids is a great way to introduce STEM concepts!"

"Read-Along 2 Learn is very engaging for kids!"

"Kids Books in Action is a fantastic resource for children!"

"Hellosaurus offers fun and interactive content for kids!"

"Great access to kids' books and educational content through the library!"

Epic

4.4

(5)

"I second Epic and Khan Academy."

"Epic has lots of great books (many that are read by real people… none are read by robots)."

"Maybe check out epic for books or st math for math skills. gotta keep that brain busy, right? from what i heard they are ad-free and fun."

"Shows: numberblocks, alphablocks, kids learning tube, sesame street, octonauts; apps: tallytots, alphatots, khan academy kids, reading.com, studycat, epic!"

"Epic is a kids' digital reading app - it also has a 'read aloud' option."

ABC Mouse

4.4

(5)

"ABC Mouse is a comprehensive learning platform for kids."

"ABC Mouse is a fun and educational app for kids."

"Has taught my 6 year old so many things. He was telling me about the kinetic potential of water towers at 3 years old."

"Both my 5 year old & my 2 year old love it!"

"ABC Mouse is lackluster at best. Kahn Academy is much more robust and lines up better with actual curriculum being taught in school in my opinion."

ABCmouse

4.4

(5)

"This subscription-based app offers a vast library of educational activities, personalizing the learning experience for each child."

"ABCmouse is great for my 4 year old's learning!"

"ABCmouse offers a great educational experience for kids."

"Abcmouse has a full prek curriculum."

"Vooks, ABC Mouse"

#10

PBS

5.0

(4)

"PBS Kids Science is fun and educational for young children."

"My 4 year old loves using the PBS kids app!"

"She loves playing them and doesn't seem to realize she is learning and having fun at the same time!"

"PBS is great."

#11

Reading Eggs

4.5

(4)

"Reading Eggs is an excellent educational tool for children."

"Reading eggs is the best reading instructional app I’ve ever used. My kid made an incredible amount of progress with reading eggs."

"Readtheory.org, reading eggs/eggspress, Khan Academy (they have a lot of science content)"

"Readingeggs + Mathsseeds (same app- paid)"

#12

Starfall

4.3

(4)

"Starfall is great for early literacy and math skills with interactive activities."

"My kid has been enjoying Starfall."

"Our daughters kindergarten teacher recommended Starfall - it's a website and they also have an app."

"Starfall! Some is subscribed, but most isn’t, we get by without paying. It’s fab. My teacher sister recommended it."

#13

Teach Your Monster

5.0

(3)

"Teach your monster to read is brilliant"

"Teach Your Monster to Read is great for phonics and reading practice."

"Teach your monster to read is good."

#14

Hooked on Phonics

4.7

(3)

"An excellent program for teaching reading skills."

"My daughter really enjoyed the gamification process and was reading well within a week or so."

"Just started Hooked on Phonics for my 4yo and it’s going well."

#15

IXL

4.7

(3)

"IXL offers personalized learning in math and reading."

"IXL.com is really good for math and ela skills."

"They have access to IXL through school and enjoy it."

#16

Homer

4.7

(3)

"This is an app that works on reading and math with fun games and activities. It's helped my daughter start recognizing letters."

"Homer is pretty great for early learning."

"Homer"

#17

Dragonbox

4.7

(3)

"I also like the dragonbox math best."

"The DragonBox apps are so good for teaching math without teaching math."

"Dragonbox"

#18

SplashLearn

4.7

(3)

"SplashLearn uses interactive games and rewards to keep kids motivated as they learn."

"It's fantastic for kids who might get easily distracted because it turns learning into an interactive game experience."

"The colors and dance parties make it seem more fun to be learning."

#19

Endless Alphabet

4.3

(3)

"My kid really likes Endless Alphabet."

"The initial pay for endless everything is expensive but worth it! My daughter has been using them since the beginning of the pandemic."

"The Endless alphabet series is also pretty engaging."

#20

RV Studios

4.3

(3)

"Look up the “RV studios” apps. They make a bunch of great ones, all ad free and IAP free."

"RV Appstudios. American accents and zee! But free and ad free."

"We like the RV Studios apps. They have really generic names tho. My kids like the shapes one and the number one. One of my son’s EI therapists recommended them."

#21

Teach Your Monster to Read

4.3

(3)

"Teach Your Monster to Read was terrific."

"My kid has been enjoying Teach Your Monster to Read."

"Teach your monster to read and reading for fun are good ones."

#22

Numberblocks

5.0

(2)

"Shows: numberblocks, alphablocks, kids learning tube, sesame street, octonauts; apps: tallytots, alphatots, khan academy kids, reading.com, studycat, epic!"

"Numberblocks and Khan academy kids!"

#23

Effling Kids

5.0

(2)

"She loves to write and learn on Efflling Kids, A free education app."

"I have a three-year-old nephew who is learning and writing using the Effling Kids app."

#24

Leapfrog

5.0

(2)

"Leapfrog letter factory DVDs are excellent for teaching literacy."

"My 5yr daughter absolutely loves it."

#25

Kahn Academy

5.0

(2)

"Kahn Academy Kids is fantastic for learning!"

"Love Kahn Academy Kids. Free app with no ads."

#26

Sago Mini

4.5

(2)

"Highly recommend as the app is well made and updated regularly."

"My 5 year old has also really loved some of the free play games by Sago Mini."

#27

Math Tango

4.0

(2)

"My kids were really into math tango for a bit."

"I also love math tango."

#28

Mathtango

4.0

(2)

"Mathtango"

#29

Vooks

4.0

(2)

"Reads digital books but many are in Spanish and also highlight the words as the author reads."

"Vooks, ABC Mouse"

#30

Duck Duck Moose

4.0

(2)

"The Duck Duck Moose games have been good as well."

"Moose Math has some good introductory math stuff."

#31

Oscar

5.0

(1)

"Lots of fun at home"

#32

Lucas and Friends

5.0

(1)

"Anything by Lucas and friends is great for that"

#33

WordXplorer

5.0

(1)

"An engaging word guessing game for kids ages 5 years and above."

#34

Fox and Sheep

5.0

(1)

"Our favorite so far: - Little Builders (Fox and Sheep - 3yo)"

#35

Curio

5.0

(1)

"Get your kids a Curio toy and thank me later. Screen free, endless entertainment"

#36

Stories Teller

5.0

(1)

"One educational app that stands out is "Stories Teller: Bedtime Books". This app allows parents to create personalized stories using artificial intelligence, making their children the protagonists."

#37

Titans of Space

5.0

(1)

"Titans of Space Plus. A tour of the solar system with a pleasantly voiced tour guide."

#38

Loomina

5.0

(1)

"Loomina is a fun/interactive way to learn."

#39

LeapFrog

5.0

(1)

"My son learned letters mostly on his own with this Leap Frog Dinosaur book."

#40

Sesame Street

5.0

(1)

"Sesame Street Alphabet Kitchen is a favorite in our house."

#41

Endless ABC

5.0

(1)

"Endless ABC, Endless 123, reader, and wordplay."

#42

Alphablocks

5.0

(1)

"Shows: numberblocks, alphablocks, kids learning tube, sesame street, octonauts; apps: tallytots, alphatots, khan academy kids, reading.com, studycat, epic!"

#43

Art of Problem Solving

5.0

(1)

"Also LOVE AoPs for math."

#44

Libby

5.0

(1)

"Libby is a fantastic digital library that allows access with a local library card."

#45

ABC

5.0

(1)

"ABC mouse was always a huge hit with my toddler."

#46

Apple

5.0

(1)

"The iPad Mini is great for kids, especially with educational apps."

#47

Tynker

5.0

(1)

"Tynker Junior is a fun way for kids to learn coding."

#48

Little Reader

5.0

(1)

"Little Reader Touch App is fantastic for early literacy."

#49

Teach A Monster

5.0

(1)

"It had been really good for my 4 and 6 year old."

#50

Avenue Stories

5.0

(1)

"My kids love Avenue Stories, it's a free stories app that has stories that feature your kid as the main character."

#51

Android

5.0

(1)

"Solar system scope has been a great android app to explore the stars, planets and see what's in the sky around us."

#52

EPIC

5.0

(1)

"EPIC has safe videos."

#53

SEMrush

4.0

(1)

"Ahrefs, SEMRush… there are tons."

#54

Solar System Scope

4.0

(1)

"Solar system scope is fun for a few minutes but also good to reference when they have astronomy questions."

#55

Pok Pok

4.0

(1)

"Pok pok but only available on iOS right now"

#56

Pepi

4.0

(1)

"My 5 year old has also really loved some of the free play games by Pepi."

#57

Toca Boca

4.0

(1)

"My 5 year old has also really loved some of the free play games by Toca Boca."

#58

Automatoys

4.0

(1)

"It isn’t entirely educational, but it is a great puzzle solving game - Automatoys."

#59

Blive

4.0

(1)

"Check out [Blive] - Voice Activated Stories for Kids"

#60

Smartick

4.0

(1)

"Smartick"

#61

Duolingo Plus

4.0

(1)

"Duolingo Plus??"

#62

ReadTheory

4.0

(1)

"Readtheory.org, reading eggs/eggspress, Khan Academy (they have a lot of science content)"

#63

FlutterFlow

4.0

(1)

"FlutterFlow would be a GREAT choice for your project, especially since you are not looking to scale or monetize right away."

#64

Daniel Tiger

4.0

(1)

"Daniel Tiger has an easy to use app too."

#65

Owlieboo

4.0

(1)

"Owlieboo might skew younger but it’s simple and free and keeps my 5 and 3 year olds occupied when they need to be"

#66

Anton

4.0

(1)

"Try Anton. Entirely free and suitable for preschool up to I think reception or year one."

#67

TT Rockstars

4.0

(1)

"Https://ttrockstars.com/ it's a times table learning platform that is very good"

#68

Fog Stone Isle

4.0

(1)

#69

Mathseeds

4.0

(1)

"Readingeggs + Mathsseeds (same app- paid)"

#70

Studycat

4.0

(1)

"Shows: numberblocks, alphablocks, kids learning tube, sesame street, octonauts; apps: tallytots, alphatots, khan academy kids, reading.com, studycat, epic!"

#71

Reading.com

4.0

(1)

"Shows: numberblocks, alphablocks, kids learning tube, sesame street, octonauts; apps: tallytots, alphatots, khan academy kids, reading.com, studycat, epic!"

#72

Zearn

4.0

(1)

"Zearn is another great resource they have access to."

#73

Best Ed Lessons

4.0

(1)

"Here are many free educational apps and games for primary kids: https://bestedlessons.org/2024/02/19/free-primary-grade-learning-and-educational-apps-software-and-games/"

#74

Reading AtoZ

4.0

(1)

"I have personally used both Letterland Phonics and Reading AtoZ in the preschools where I used to work."

#75

Minecraft

3.0

(1)

"The only ones that aren't total garbage seem to be minecraft and scratch."

#76

Scratch

3.0

(1)

"The only ones that aren't total garbage seem to be minecraft and scratch."

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