iPad Apps - Literacy
APP-Literacy
What It’s For
Cost
iPad Format
iPhone Format Scores
Category
Rated
Explanation
ABC & Me HD
Talking ABCs, animal, food and Dolch sight
word flash cards to learn letters and words
along with activities for practice
$1.99
Education
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ABC Animals
Letters, phonics and handwriting on lined
paper
$1.99
Education
**
ABC by Paul McDougall
Learn the ABCs with alliteration in sentences
$0.99
Education
ABC Cursive
Draw cursive letters
$1.99
Education
ABC Learning Pad Game Basic learning activities for alphabet, animals,
colors and numbers,
HD Free Lite
Free
Education
Full version available for $1.99
ABC Phonics Animals
Free Lite
Talking and spelling alphabet flashcards
Free
Education
Full version available for $1.99
ABC Phonics Sight
Words HD Free Lite
Learn ABCs with word flashcards, spelling, and
unscrambling letters to make a word
Free
Education
Full version available for $2.99, pairs
letters with sight words (beginning of
words), can trace the letters
(kinesthetic)
ABC Phonics Word
Families Game Free Lite
Word flashcards, spelling, unscramble letters to
make a word, focus on word families
Free
Education
Full version available for $1.99
abc Pocket Phonics Lite early words
Free
Education
Full version available for $0.99
ABC Sight Words Writing Flashcards and writing to practice Dolch sight
words
Free Lite HD
Free
Education
Trace and write letters, words, numbers and
colors on lined paper
$2.99
Education
Alphabets in the Zoo
Fun song, animations and flashcards to learn
letters and animals
$2.99
Education
iPhone version available for $1.99
Analogy
Compare by pointing out relationships between
things that are different based on geometry
and spatial concepts
$0.99
Education
Tracks time and score
Animal Smarts HD
Follow directions in order to beat the animals
$0.99
Entertainment
iPhone version available for $1.99
$1.99
Games
Free
Social Networking
Speech articulation, reading fluency,
be actors to practice enunciation
Blackboard Sight Words Flashcards and spelling activities to practice
300 Dolch sight words
Games HD Free Lite
Free
Education
Full version available for $1.99
BOGGLE for iPad
Shake the tiles and search for words
$4.99
Games
iPhone version available for $1.99
Bookworm
Link letter tiles to create words
$2.99
Games
Build a Word
Move letters to create a specific word, push
them together to make an animation of the the
word
$0.99
Education
Cute, fun, only 10 words though
Chicktionary for iPad
Unscramble anagrams to make as many words
as you can
Free
Games
$9.90 for all puzzle packages, CVC
words, sight words, decoding, some
words are extremely obscure though
Letter sounds and writing practice with 170
Alphabet Fun
Good model for writing a class book
Created By Provo City School District
Apple Tree-Hangman for Choose words according to grade level, one or
two people may play
Kids
Best Tongue Twisters
A collection of tongue twisters ranging from
easy to impossible
Full version available for $2.99 and
includes all 300 words
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Use after iWrite Words
Provo, Utah
iPad Apps - Literacy
APP-Literacy
What It’s For
Cost
iPad Format
iPhone Format Scores
Category
Rated
Explanation
Colors, Shapes & More
Practice following directions with rhyming,
positional and go-together words
$4.99
Education
****
Early learners, information presented
multiple ways, keeps going until balls
fill the tube
Curious George’s
Dictionary Preview
Investigate new words with this fully interactive
dictionary
Free
Books
***
Full version available for $4.99, lite
version only includes letters A-C
Dictionary.com
Dictionary, thesaurus and word of the day
Free
Reference
Firefly Pix Lite
Fireflies create a picture, learn the spelling and
pronunciation, identify letters and numbers by
sight and sound
Free
Education
Full versions available for $0.99
(animals, colors and shapes, numbers
and alphabet)
FirstWords Sampler
Drag the letters in place to make words and the
pictures move
Free
Games
Full versions available for $1.99-$4.99
Grammar App HD
Interactive book to help learn and practice
grammar skills
$1.99
Reference
Track progress every time a test is
taken
Gwen’s Picnic
Food flashcards and matching the same foods
with pictures visible and hidden - no voice
$1.99
Education
iTouchiLearn Words
Early learning vocabulary as students tap the
picture that is named and pictured, includes
spelling and related words
$0.99
Education
**
Free
Education
****
Full version available for $1.99, lite
version only includes letters a-c and
numbers
****
Full version available for $1.99
includes 250+ stories, 46 levels and
allows for multiple readers
iWrite Words Lite (tracing Demonstrates the correct strokes for writing
upper and lower case letters, numbers and
game)
words, then students follow
Gives a percentage in magnifying
glass mode, self-correcting, multisensory, vocals, good for students
with autism
Created By Provo City School District
K-3 Sight Words
Flashcards for Dolch Sight Words broken down
by grade level
$0.99
Education
K12 Timed Reading
Practice Lite
Fluency practice for students in grades K-4, 25
stories, 10 levels
Free
Education
Kids Corner
Find the upper or lower case letters
$0.99
Games
Kindergarten.com ABA
Problem Solving
Tap the picture that answers the question
$0.99
each
Education
Kindergarten.com ABA
Problem Solving (What
Rhymes)
Tap the picture that answers the question
$0.99
each
Kindergarten.com ABA
Receptive Identification
Tap the correct picture based on a specific
attribute
$0.99
each
Kindergarten.com
Flashcards
Flashcards introduce new words by showing
the word, saying it and a picture
Free
Education
Actions, Alphabet, Eat, Emotions,
Play, Fruits & Nuts, Instruments,
Places, Science, Shapes, Sports,
Vegetables, Vehicles, Wear, Zoo
versions available
Letter Lab
Good handwriting practice as students trace
letters on lined paper
$2.99
Education
Use after iWrite Words, can be used
with a stylus or finger
Letters A to Z
Animated flash cards help learn the letters of
the alphabet in a fun, engaging way
$0.99
Education
Early learners
****
Healthy Habits, What Does Not
Belong, Which Go Together versions
available - practices vocabulary,
classification and following directions
Education
***
Great for phonemic awareness in
rhyming, word association, some
students like latinos may not have the
words in their vocabulary
Education
****
Class, Feature, Function, Receptive
and Combined versions available,
great for building vocabulary,
especially with ELL students
Provo, Utah
iPad Apps - Literacy
APP-Literacy
What It’s For
Cost
iPad Format
iPhone Format Scores
Category
Rated
Explanation
Great for visual discrimination,
records your time and helps by
narrowing down search area if
needed
Little Things
Search colorful collages built from thousands
of little things to find specific objects
$3.99
Games
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Watch the story in 3D CGI animation and then
complete related activities
$9.99
Books
***
MissSpell
Quickly identify if a challenging word is spelled
correctly or incorrectly
Free
Games
***
Missy Match for iPad
Memory game to learn letters and numbers
$0.99
Games
Monkey Preschool
Lunchbox
Use colors, letters, counting, shapes, sizes,
matching and differences to help the monkey
pack his lunch
$0.99
Games
***
Monster Memory
Classic memory game with half words and half
monster pictures
$0.99
Education
****
Tracks time, includes 64 most
commonly used words
Mr. Hat and the Magic
Cube HD Lite
Learn vocabulary, spelling, counting, memory
and coordination while helping Mr. Hat find the
missing pieces of his cube
Free
Education
****
Full version available for $2.99
OnTheGo HD
Use words and pictures to learn ways to
different types of vehicles
Free
Education
Phonics Made Easy
Practice beginning/ending sounds, diagraphs/
blends, long/short vowel sounds, rhyming
families
$4.99
Education
*****
Well worth the money, information
presented multiple ways, keeps going
until balls fill the tube
$1.99
Education
Created By Provo City School District
Pocket Charts! Long and Match the short or long vowel sound to a
picture
Short Vowel Sounds
Pop-A-Word
Spell words 3-7 letters long to make the tiles
disappear, don’t let the letters reach the top or
the game is over
$0.99
Games
Preschool Adventure
Simple activities using numbers, letters, shapes
and animals
$0.99
Education
$2.99
Education
Answer abstract questions and created
Question Builder for iPad responses based on inference, audio
reinforcement, 3 levels
Simple practice for early learners
***
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Redfish 4 Kids
50+ learning activities, creative exercises for
numbers, colors, shapes and music
$9.99
Education
Recommended for kids 2-7
SCRABBLE for iPad
Use letter tiles to make words with the greatest
point value
$9.99
Games
iPhone version available for $2.99
$2.99
Education
Create grammatically correct sentences with 3
Sentence Builder for iPad levels of play
Spel It Rite
From two choices, choose the one that is
spelled correctly and quickly as possible
Free
Education
Spell Blocks with Sight
Words
Spell the word said by pulling up letters in the
correct order
$1.99
Education
Spelling Snake
Help the snake find the letter to complete the
words, includes words from grades 1-5
$0.99
Games
Super Why! for iPad
Rhyme, spell, write and read with PBS
characters (letter hunt, wands up writing, find
rhyming words, choose words to complete
sentences in a story)
$2.99
Games
****
Full version available for $0.99,
700-3000 most difficult words to spell
***
****
Multiple skills with one app
Provo, Utah
iPad Apps - Literacy
APP-Literacy
What It’s For
Teaches sight words, addition, subtraction and
Cost
iPad Format
iPhone Format Scores
Category
Rated
Explanation
Teach Me: Kindergarten spelling
$0.99
Education
Multiple skills with one app
Vocabulator Free
Make as many words out of 9 scrambled letters
Free
Games
Full version available for $0.99
Word Genius Lite HD
Search for words in the scrambled letters
Free
Games
Full version available for $0.99, similar
to Boggle
Word Magic Lite
Identify letters/sounds in the beginning, middle
or end of words, with accompanying picture
Free
Education
WordPop Volt!
Clear letters from the board by making words
$4.99
Games
Ratings:
* = good
** = very good
*** = very good+engagement
**** = very good+engagement+strong academic tie or scores
***
Full version available for $0.99
Free version available for iPad, full
iPad version available for $0.99
***** = very good+engagement+strong academic tie+scores
Created By Provo City School District
Provo, Utah