Twelve a Dozen
From Bossa Studios, this app is a math adventure that requires the learner to manipulate numbers onscreen; adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing values to solve puzzles and gain access to locked gates onscreen. Levels get progressively more difficult and mastery is required to unlock subsequent levels.
Recommended ages: 9-15 years
Availability: Apple app store ($0.99)
Supported languages: English
Kiwanuka
In this math puzzler game from CMA Megacorp, the learner must solve onscreen challenges by guiding tiny onscreen citizens through obstacles, predicting the correct angles that will guide them to the goal on each screen. Levels get progressively more difficult and are mastery-based.
Recommended ages: 10-19+ years
Availability: Apple app store ($0.99)
Supported languages: English
Flow Free: Bridges
Flow Free: Bridges, from Big Duck Games, requires the learner to connect coloured lines without having them intersect with each other. A “bridge” is provided by which the learner can connect lines both above and below it. While the learner can select any level, the game will systematically get more difficult if the learner begins at the first stage.
Recommended ages: 10-14 years
Availability: Apple ($0.99), Google Play (free with in-app purchases), Amazon (free with in-app purchases) app stores
Supported languages: English
Colour Zen Kids
In this app, from Secret Potion, the learner must solve problems onscreen by dragging and dropping shapes into one another. The final colour on the screen must match the colour around the edge of the screen. This is a good critical thinking game.
Recommended ages: 5-10 years
Availability: Apple ($2.99), Google Play ($1.99) app stores
Supported languages: English
Hexuma
Hexuma, from Smiling Cube Studios, presents onscreen puzzles of tiles. Each tile has a number, operator or equal sign on it. The learner must start at the green tile and construct a calculation by dragging his or her finger across the correct tiles to the outcome of the calculation, the red tile.
Recommended ages: 7-12 years
Availability: Apple app store (free with in-app purchases)
Supported languages: English
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