App Reviews

Duolingo is great for learning languages, but let's see if it's safe for kids.

Google Arts and Culture is a learning app that gives kids access to the treasures of more than 2,000 museums from all over the world. It’s filled with interactive activities like fun photo filters, puzzles, games, and so much more.

The Calm app is exactly what it sounds like — a meditation platform meant to help promote a sense of calm and relaxation in one’s life. There are meditation, breathing, and stretching exercises, as well as sleep stories that help you drift off to dreamland.

The PBS KIDS Games app is home to more than 200 interactive learning games that feature kid-favorite PBS characters like Daniel Tiger, Odd Squad, Arthur, and more.

Seek by iNaturalist is a nature identification app that’s bound to get outdoorsy kids excited. You can take photos of plants, fungi, bugs, and even animals and the app will try to identify the name and species.