Best iPhone and Android Apps for Toddlers

Your toddlers are fast with it, they just love it, they cannot keep it away from them any moment, they hold your hand while sleeping but hold it too in their other hand. They cry when you take it away from them. They laugh and chuckle when it makes different sounds. They are paying attention to it more than you. What might it be? Any wise guesses!

If you are thinking that it is a smartphone than you could not be more right. Kids today are fond of smartphones and likewise their apps. They love playing with apps on smartphones and get creative. Here, you will find a few of the best smartphone apps for your toddlers.

1. Toca Train: This is a fantastic app which lets kids have their own 3D train toy. On starting, a lovely view of scenery appears and the kids enjoy being the train engineers. The child can experience being in the driver’s position and can have the pleasure of stopping the train on stations to load and unload. Great 3D view and beautiful look make this app really cool and interesting.

Available for: iPhone and ipad

Price: $1.99

2. Sandbox Kid Corner: As parents, what can be more important for you than your child’s safety, so here you go, this app gives you all the parental control you need. Now, you can decide how long you child can play games, who he/she can talk to, because this app gives you the home screen which only parents can access and organize stuff for their kids. With the GPS system, you can keep track of your child’s location with your mobile, computer etc.

Available for: Android

Price: free

1. Elmo Monster Maker: This is an interesting, small app which lets your kid make Elmo monster. Kids have to select the body type of the monster, type of color, give him eyes, nose and then their monster is ready. They can then play with their monster with Elmo in exciting ways. They can make it dance and take its pictures too with the smartphone gallery.

Available for: iPhone and ipad

Price: $3.99

4. Best hand shadow arts: The best part of this using this app is in its simplicity and ease. Your child simply has to move his/her hands in order to form exciting images of shadow on screen, which can be quite entertaining for kids. The app contains nearly 70 images of hand shadow.

Available for: Android

Price: free

5. 2BME Firefighter: This app is purely fun when your kids use it. However, you may have to help your child initially using it, since it gives many interactive features, yet the 3D facet and great sketch make this app great for kids. It takes around 20 sec and creates a great kids’ world.

Available for: iPhone and ipad

Price: $1.99

6. Kids CARS: in this app, the kids have to move the vehicle across different routes and control vehicle types. They can select variety of vehicles, a truck, car, motorcycle, sports car etc. Toddlers can find it a little difficult initially because it involves sliding function to move the vehicle. Kids can easily use it and once they adapt the method, they enjoy the app.

Available for: Android, iPhone, ipad

Price: free for Android and $0.99 for iPhone and ipad

7. Toca tailor fairy tales: it’s time for your kid to get artistic and creative and what better place to learn it than your smartphone. Especially, if your kid is a girl, than it couldn’t be more exciting than this, of course boys can also design. They can design outfits, make and combine outfits, use different colors and tailor them on their own.

Available for: iPhone and ipad

Price: free

Please note that the apps above are a few apps that I consider good for kids. They do not follow the rating sequence either.

What do you think? What are your favorite apps for your child? Share your thoughts with us.