Carissa's App Picks for Kids

High-quality apps you can feel good about using with your child.

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Featured App

Barbie Color Creations

StoryToys

Reviewed on 7/31/23

Freemium on iOS | Google Play | Amazon

With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app? In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a Barbie with an artificial leg and vitiligo). There's a wide variety of colors, tints and shades as...

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Age group: Preschool, Grades K-2, Grades 3-5

Topics: Amazon, Art, Characters, Diversity, Google Play

Papoo - Music -

Papoo

Reviewed on 8/20/18

Paid on iOS | Google Play

A simple app about music for the youngest users. In each of 5 different categories of music (of which some are clear, like wind or percussion instruments and others are less clear -- why is a trumpet in a category marked by a microphone, but a trombone is in a category with a pictures of musical...

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Age group: Baby/toddler, Preschool

Topics: Google Play, Music, Rhymes and Songs