Education Apps

Tumult, Inc. today is pleased to announce the availability of a trial version of its HTML5 animation builder for Mac OS X, Tumult Hype 1.0.4. HTML5 has been widely lauded as the future of the web due to its performance, accessibility, and ability to run on smartphones.

Tagged: Mac App Store

User Reviews Bubbling Math Developer: TappyTaps s.r.o. Price: $1.99 Download on the App Store TappyTaps have just released its new product - an education game 'Bubbling Math 1.0' for Mac OS X.

Tagged: Mac App Store

Art aficionados who want to challenge their skills will enjoy Master Pieces: The Curator's Game. It is part art quiz, part portable art gallery.A large collection of artists' biographies and paintings are there if you just want to dust up on art history.

Tagged: match three game

Knowledge Trainer is like challenging yourself to a round of Jeopardy. The app quizzes you on various topics with the goal of improving your knowledge base.

Tagged: universal app

StarWalk for iPad immerses you in the Solar System. It turns an iPad into a virtual window that reveals constellations and other celestial bodies in real-time. Pinch-to-zoom elegantly focuses in on stars, planets, shooting stars or deep space.

Tagged: constellations, misc reference, science app, telescope

For young children with an interest in animals, or those just learning about wildlife, Animals 360 is a free app featuring animal pictures, sounds, and habitats.

Tagged: educational tool, kid-friendly

If you’re a quote junky and are always looking for an appropriate quote for any occasion, then definitely check out iBestQuotes for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Tagged: foreign languages

If you are interested in art and culture, then check out the first app introduced by the Asia Society Museum. Already available under various headings in iTunes U, the Asia Society Museum, located in New York, promotes Asian and Asian American art.

Tagged: art app

Editor's Note: Loop & Learn has been replaced with "Learn Anything." Those with a quest for knowledge requiring a unique approach to studying may want to take a look at a unique application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad called Loop & Learn.

Tagged: educational tool

The other day I was having lunch with friends who also happened to be parents of small children. While waiting for what seemed like an extraodinarily long time, I found myself whipping out my iPhone in an attempt to entertain the four-year-old munchkin beside me.

Tagged: kid-friendly

If you want an excellent math formula and calculator tool, download Math Pro. It is a very useful combination of math formulas and calculators that will help anyone tackling about fifth-grade level math and above. There is a good reason Math Pro has its name.

Tagged: algebra, calculator tool, college students, geometry, math app

For parents of preschoolers on the prowl for good apps that mix learning and technology, Color Me!!! by SID On is a featured app for kids that provides young children with a mobile electronic coloring book.

Tagged: drawing app, electronic coloring book

SpaceTime. A graphing and scientific calculator built on an advanced mathematics engine. It's not the kind of thing you need every day, but it is the kind of specialized calculator that you expect to pay dearly for when you do need it. If only there was a way to get such a calculator on the iPhone.

Tagged: advanced mathematics, algebra, calculator tool, math app, science app, scientific calculator

Distant Suns 2: Unleash your inner astronaut -- Judging by the number of pocket planetariums and other astronomy apps in the App Store's inventory, stargazing is not just for fans of Star Wars or astronomy nerds like me.

Tagged: astronomy, science app, telescope

One of the newer edutainment apps to hit the marker is MonsterABC, an alphabet primer with a monstrously cute theme.

Tagged: child development, kids games, letter recognition