This post continues to be one of our top posts. So, it’s befitting that we should update it in honor of April, autism awareness month. Thanks to our great staff Keith, Abby, and Sara H. for helping me with updates!
Reading and Reading Readiness
• Smiley Sight Words
• Teach Me Toddler
• Teach Me Kindergarten
• Teach Me 1st Grade
• Super Why
• ABC Match Ups
• Intro to Letters (by Montessorium)
• Bob Books
• Elmo’s ABCs
• Zoo Train
• Feed Me
• Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
• Dora ABCs
• DTT Words
• ABC Matchups
• Elmo Loves ABC’s
• Endless ABC
Spelling Apps
These apps go beyond letter recognition and actually teach the child to spell words.
• Montessori Cross Words
• Word Magic
• Wordball
• PCS Word Scramble
• Lucky Word Search
Vocabulary and Language Builders
• Kindergarten dot com Flash Cards (there are many! actions, alphabet, zoo, fruits, toys, instruments)
• Speech with Milo (sequencing, verbs, prepositions, adjectives)
• First Words Deluxe
• Preschool Animals
• Story builder
• Sentence builder
• Language Builder
• First Letters and Phonics
• Question Builder
• Zombie Grammar Force
• Grammar App
• SAT Grammar
• Little Match Ups
• PCS Language Flash Cards
• PCS Vocabulary Flash Cards
• See Touch Learn by Brain Parade
Speech and Articulation
• Phono Pix Full $19.99
• Artic Pix $29.99
• Speech Flip Book $19.99
• Articulation Flash Cards (PCS)
Writing and Story Writing
• My Story Book Maker
• Pictello
• iMovie
AAC and Visual Planners
• Proloquo2go
• iPrompts
• I can have conversations with you
• Going Places
• Timer
• Alarmed
• Tap to Talk
• Vu Meter
• My Choice Board
• PCS Sign Language Flash Cards
Social Skills
• Quick Cues
• Stories2Learn
• What are They Thinking?
• Hidden Curriculum Kids
• Stories2Learn
• Conversation Builder
• iTopics
Interactive Food Games (Thank you Maverick Software)
• More Grillin
• More Cookies
• More Buffet
• Cupcakes
• More Pizza
• More Salad
• Little Match Ups Fruits
• Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
Interactive Echo Games
• Talking Gugi
• Talking Tom
• Talking Babies
• Talking Gina
• Talking John
• Talking Roby
• Talking Paul
• Talking Pierre
• Talking Ginger
• Talking Penguin
• Talking Larry
Interactive Books
• Misty Island (Thomas the Train complete with puzzles, coloring, and dot to dot)
• 5 Little Monkeys
• Green Eggs and Ham
• Me and Mom Go to the City
• Toy Story (with reading and painting)
• On The Farm
• Ronki
• Speech with Milo
• Mickey Mouse Puzzle Book
• Monster at the End of the Book
• Another Monster at the End of the Book (with Elmo)
Books
• Read me Stories (a library with one free book each day)
• Mee Genius (a library)
• Reading Bug
• Food Fight
• Christmas Tale
• The Ugly Duckling
• Three Pigs
• Sesame Books
• Elmo’s Birthday
General Knowledge
• Brain Pop
• Weet Woo
• See Touch Learn by Brain Parade
• Learn Shapes
Math
• Bert’s Bag
• Intro to Math (by Montessorium)
• Free Multiplication Tables
• Grasshopper
• Ace Math Flash Cards
• Pattern Recognition
• Analogies for Kids
• Analogies Practice
• Tally Tots
• Counting Coins
• Every Day Mathematics
• Fish School
• K12 money
• Math Cards
• Patterning
• Sail Through Math
• Sequencing
• Caboose Express: Patterns and Sorting
• Match it Up
• Motion Math: Wings (Multiplication)
• Sequences for Autism
Puzzles
• Children’s Wooden Puzzles
• Wooden Puzzles (these are not all good but the good ones are great. Sadly, the developers did not advertise on their app so we can’t tell you the exact name or developer)
• Wood Puzzles Vehicles
• Shapes and Puzzles by Pirate Trio
• My First Wood Puzzles
• Map Puzzles for Kids
• Kids Trucks: Puzzles
• Car Puzzles for Kids
• Car Puzzles for toddlers
• 101 Kids Puzzles
• Kids car, Trucks, & Construction Vehicles- Puzzles For Toddlers
• Sort it Out
Strategy and Problem Solving
• Zentonimo
• Cogs
• Comparative Adjectives
• Scrabble
• Numulus
• Logigrid
• Conquist2
• TicTacToe
• Memory Game
• Checkers Plus
• Sudoku
• Dots Free
• Spider Free
• Understanding inferences
Scanning
• Pictureka
• Waldo
• I Spy
Scheduling
• First Then Visual Schedule HD
Adaptive Skills
• I Love Potty
• Everyday Skills
• Potty Time with Elmo
Motor Skills
• Dexteria (developed by an OT and teaches fine motor skills)
Interactive Games
• Bowling
• Mini Cooper Liquid Assets
• Monkey Flight (by Donut Games)
• Sunday Lawn (by Donut Games)
• Skee Ball
• Flashlight
• Spin the Coke Bottle
• Spinning Plates
• More Cowbell
• What’s Different 1
• What’s Different 2
• Angry Birds (Star Wars, Rio, Seasons, Space)
• Doodle Jump
• Cut the Rope
• Where’s My Water
• Rat on a Skateboard
• Trucks (by Duck Duck Moose)
• Sponge Bob Super Bouncy
• Sponge Bob Diner Dash
• Fireworks Arcade
• Pocket Pond
• My PlayHome
• Happy Geese
• Activity Island
• Glowing Shooting Stars
• Laser Light Show
• Big or Small Lite
Interactive Songs and Music
• Wheels on the Bus (Duck Duck Moose developers)
• Old MacDonald (Duck Duck Moose)
• Wheels on the Bus (Duck Duck Moose)
•Itsy Bitsy Spider (Duck Duck Moose)
• Kid’s Songs
• Virtuosa Piano
• Piano Free
• Music Sparkles
• Magic Piano
• Play With Musical Animated
• Tiny Guitar
• I can Xylo
• aXylophone
• Kids Animal Piano
Art Tools
• Drawing Pad
• Draw Free
• Draw With Stars
• Fingerpaint
• Let’s Create
• WhiteBoard
• PaintSparkle
• Glow Draw
• Kid Paint
• Whiteboard
• Let’s Color
• Squiggles
• Coloring for Kids
• Doodle cast
• Color Piano
• Doodle cast for kids
• Magic Scratchpad
Halloween Applications
• Carve a Pumpkin (to make the cute Jack-O-Lantern)
• Pumpkin Lite
• PumpknXplod
• Pumpkin Plus
• Skeleton (interactive and imitative)
• Halloween Coloring Book
• Carve It
• Halloween Heat
Data Collection and Other Tools
•SKILLS Logbook
• ABC Logbook
• ABC Data Pro
• Touch Trainer
• Smart White Board
• Sticky Notes for iPad
• Timer
• Meditation Timer
Parent Tools
• IEP Checklist
• Autism Diagnosis and Treatment
• Autism Track
• Autism and PDD Reasoning and Problem Solving
• Autism and PDD Comparatives/Superlatives
• Autism and PDD Yes/No Questions
More Educational Apps
• ABA- Problem Solving-What does not Belong
• ABA- What Rhymes
• ABA Flash Cards- Animals
• ABA Flash Cards- Actions
• ABA Flash Cards- Alphabet
• ABA Flash Cards- Food
• ABA Flash Cards & Games- Emotions
• ABA Receptive By Class
• ABA Sight Words
• ABA Which Go Together
• Autism iHelp- Sorting
• Autism iHelp- Language Concepts
• Autism iHelp-Opposites
• Autism iHelp-Shapes
• Autism iHelp- Colors
• Ablah HD
Apps for Feminine Activities
• Princess Coloring Book
• Barbie I Can Be
• Disney Princess Palace Pets
• Dress-up Princess
• Disney Princess Royal Ball
• Princess Coloring Book
• Prom Salon
• Nail Salon
• Wedding Day Makeover
• Princess Salon
Need more apps? Search “Autism Apps” in the Appstore and you will be able to search more applications by category! Need reviews, check out Bridging Apps dot org.