Our favorite road trip apps for kids at Cool Mom Tech

Tuesday 19 February

Our favorite road trip apps for kids

Since my kids are only had long weekend for their winter break, we stuck close to home. But I know lots of children are out of school for the entire week and families are headed out of town to enjoy a little respite.

If you're taking a trip this week or just need something to keep the kids busy while they're off school, then you'll want to check out this round-up of some of our favorite educational and game apps for both iOS and Android that your kids will love and that you won't feel guilty about them playing. -Kristen

For the little kids: Educational apps

Educational apps for little kids

1. Endless Alphabet 2. Wee Alphas 3. Timmy Tickle 4. Kindergarten Reading App

For the big kids: Educational apps

Educational apps for big kids

1. DragonBox+ 2. Geography Drive USA 3. Scribble Press 4. BrainQuest

For the little kids: Game apps

Fun game apps for little kids

1. Toca Hair Salon 2. PopTastic 3. Toca Tailor 4. Dude, Where's My Water

For the big kids: Game apps

Fun game apps for big kids

1. Angry Birds Star Wars 2. Tiny Wings 3. VidRhythm 4. Clay Jam

For more cool educational for kids, make sure to check our archives and follow our Cool Apps for Kids Pinterest board. What are your kids' favorite apps? Leave them in the comments

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7 Comments

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Kate Wilson | February 19, 2013 2:46 PM | Reply

Great list... but where are the book apps?? ;)

Cool Mom Picks replied to comment from Kate Wilson | February 20, 2013 10:19 AM | Reply

As an ebook publisher we can see why you'd ask! We differentiate apps from ebooks which is a whole other category. But we have plenty in our archives to check out if you look under educational: http://www.coolmomtech.com/educational/

Suzanna Keith | February 22, 2013 8:35 AM | Reply

Excellent Blog. Thanks so much! I love getting your updates in my inbox everyday!

Julie | February 22, 2013 9:03 AM | Reply

Thank you for rounding up apps, but could you PLEASE create an icon or something to indicate UPFRONT that an app is only iOS, Android, etc. All the apps for little kids are Apple only but one can only find that out with a bunch of clicking and scrolling. I'd rather not waste my time and see that once again the cool stuff is not available to my family.

Cool Mom Picks replied to comment from Julie | February 22, 2013 10:38 AM | Reply

We appreciate the comment Julie. We will take it under consideration. Right now, at the bottom of every post in the excerpt, you can see the categories that the post is filed under. This includes apps for iOS, apps for Android, apps for windows.

Rhonda | February 22, 2013 11:22 AM | Reply

Thank you for all of you info and time ! I would love to see more app reviews for Android or even a mix. I get really excited when I get the emails , and then I find that it's all Apple.

Nadine | February 23, 2013 9:25 AM | Reply

I agree with the other commenters. Out of 8 apps for little kids, 7 are for IOS. Us Android users read this blog as well, but I might stop soon.

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