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Best education apps for mac

List of the best apps

1.Khan Academy

Free download

Khan Academy is an educational organization founded by Salman Khan. It offers learning resources available on the web and the mobile app. It features an interactive classroom blackboard teaching style with short quizzes and questions.

  • Website:https://www.khanacademy.org/
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  • Steven Wagner

    by Steven Wagner

    This is a handy app for teachers and students. It helps with teaching, and organizing quizzes.

2.Epic!

with in-app purchases
Epic! is a free educational app for iOS and Android devices. This free tool provides a vast library of digital books for kids, including ebooks as well as audiobooks or videos and quizzes. 
  • Website:https://www.getepic.com

  • Age rating:4+

  • Category:Education,Book

  • Publisher:StoryMagic, Inc.

  • Size:162.17 MB

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  • Kathy Williamson

    by Kathy Williamson

    Online library that is easily installed and very useful for adults and children of all ages. I can use this as a teacher for all grades and levels of readers. I also really like the interface . It has thousands of titles to choose from , and it's not More

3.GameSalad

Paid: $17 Varies by plan

GameSalad is an authoring tool by GameSalad, Inc. The educational tool used for learning how to develop games. The software is comprised of a visual editor and a logic system and it can help in getting games published in major platforms.

  • Website:https://gamesalad.com/
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  • Category:Utilities

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  • Laura Medina

    by Laura Medina

    I've had a really great idea for a game for awhile now. The Game Salad Creator app helped me to develop my game from the very start to the end. I would never have gotten past the concept phase if it weren't for the app.

4.Moodle

Free download
Moodle is the open source learning platform trusted globally everywhere education happens. Connect users to one hub for communication, collaboration and learning with the software trusted by millions across the globe.
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  • Bobby Turner

    by Bobby Turner

    Moodle is an open source platform that allows teachers to provide online teaching opportunities to those willing to learn. It is also free and extremely popular among online courses, making it easy to setup, and painless to upkeep. Because it is onli More

5.BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

with in-app purchases

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is a free app that offers you one animation movie on a weekly basis. It's intended for kids and it includes some puzzles and quizzes to maximize the fun.

  • Zhang Xiong

    by Zhang Xiong

    BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is a great app for your kids that always have their hands on your phones. It sends out a new movie of the week and has educational activities that your kids will love.

6.Stack the States

Paid: $2.99

Stack the States is a useful app for kids that allows them to learn about the 50 states. This interactive application lets children know about state capitals, geographic locations and flags in a very fun manner.


  • Virginia Silva

    by Virginia Silva

    I love this little app it's so cute and fun. I bought it for my nephew when we go traveling in the car. He is learning something as well as myself. Thanks keep up the good work. I know all of the states, now on to the flags!

7.Metamorphabet: Imaginative ABC's

Paid: $3.99
Metamorphabet is an interactive app that allows kids to learn the alphabet.With this effective tool, all ages kids can enrich their vocabulary quickly!

 

  • Website:http://metamorphabet.com

  • Age rating:4+

  • Category:Education,Games,Educational,Family

  • Publisher:Vectorpark, Inc

  • Size:168.60 MB

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  • Deborah Armstrong

    by Deborah Armstrong

    My son absolutely loves to use this app and I love when he does. It gives me a break to do other things and he gets to learn his alphabet!

8.Star Walk Kids: Astronomy Game

Paid: $2.99
Star Walk Kids: Astronomy Game is a paid app for iOS in which your kids will learn lots of basic astronomy, to get them started while having some fun. It features nice and soft cartoon graphics.
  • Website:http://vitotechnology.com

  • Age rating:4+

  • Category:Reference,Education

  • Publisher:Vito Technology Inc.

  • Size:169.62 MB

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  • Jonathan Alexander

    by Jonathan Alexander

    If you are looking to teach your kids astronomy, this is a great way to go! It is quite fun, both entertaining and unusual.

9.Adobe Captivate Prime

Paid: $4 free trial available

Adobe Captivate Prime is a powerful tool to share knowledge, give and receive feedback and play virtually any kind of learning content. Designed both for online and offline companies, is a useful way to upskill and reskill employees.

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  • Juan Willis

    by Juan Willis

    I really enjoyed all of the different categories that you can learn about in this app. However it is a little overpriced, and I did have some issues with it randomly closing itself while I was in the middle of something. Overall I'd say it's a work i More

10.Virtual Manipulatives!

Free download

Virtual Manipulative! is a free app for iPad that is intended to be used by kids but with the guidance of a teacher. It shows virtual fractions bar for kids to learn easily meanings and uses.

  • Website:http://www.abcya.com

  • Age rating:4+

  • Category:Education

  • Publisher:ABCya.com, LLC

  • Size:7.91 MB

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  • Ignacio Tovar

    by Ignacio Tovar

    My child needed some help with some of her school work. Since she had an iPad her teacher suggested Virtual Manipulatives! She is no one of the top in the class. It really works.

11.Classe365

varies by plan
Classe365 is a powerful tool to manage different kinds of educational centers, like academies, schools, colleges or even universities. It allows managing pre-admission processes, student, learning and financial management and more. 
  • Website:https://www.classe365.com/
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  • Eugene Barnes

    by Eugene Barnes

    As an educator I am always looking for ways to be better organized. My colleague insisted I try Classe365. I am glad I did. It has allowed me to manage my classes much more efficiently. I am really happy with the simplicity and reliability so far.

12.EducationDF

Free download

EducationDF is a cloud based tool to manage educational institutions which includes a large range of features, like student and employee administration, online payments, timetable, homework and extra curricular activities, among others.


  • Website:https://www.educationdf.com/
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  • Douglas Delgado

    by Douglas Delgado

    For education apps for my Mac, I tried EducationDF. I was not impressed. I could not figure out what it did from its website description. The product demos looked poor and cheaply made. Avoid.

13.Mathway

with in-app purchases

Mathway is a free-to-install app created by Mathway available on iOS and Android devices. It can instantly solve math problems ranging from basic algebra to complex calculus. The user needs only to input their problem and the app will solve it.

  • Alexander Oliver

    by Alexander Oliver

    Mathway is an amazing app for practicing and studying math problems. However this version is for android. I suggest using the iOS version if you plan on using this application on a Mac!

14.Swipe

Varies by plan

Swipe is a web tool to teach, meet, and pitch. You can create, present, and share funny presentations, events and classroom interactives on the web. 

Swipe

Swipe

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  • Website:https://www.swipe.to/
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  • Category:Communication

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  • by Kevin Harrison

    A web tool that helps you set up presentations with tons of templates.

15.BrainPOP Featured Movie

with in-app purchases

BrainPOP Featured Movie is an app helps kids know and learn their world. Through educational videos, the app teaches a lot of topics such as Arts, Science, English, Social Studies. Also, there are quizzes to see what the kid has learned. 

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  • Evelyn Chen

    by Evelyn Chen

    great app for kids. helps them develop their brains and learn so much. highly recommend.

16.Toca Lab: Elements

Paid: $2.99

With this colourful app, kids can learn about science in a very fun way. Toca Lab helps children to meet quickly all the elements from the periodic table.

 

  • Website:http://tocaboca.com

  • Age rating:Everyone

  • Category:Education

  • Publisher:Toca Boca

  • Size:75.50 MB

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  • Anna Simmons

    by Anna Simmons

    This is a great educational game. My kid loves all of the Toca Lab apps and plays with them constantly.

17.Monkey Preschool Lunchbox

Paid: $1.99
Monkey Preschool Lunchbox is a fun and powerful educational app that lets your kids learn about words, colors, fruits, shapes and more. It is a very powerful tool for any pre-escolar child.
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  • Mark Walters

    by Mark Walters

    Monkey Preschool Lunchbox is a great education app for Mac. It helps teach kids words, shapes, fruits and more. It is best for younger pre school age kids but might be good for stupid older kids too. I would try downloading it if you have a kid that  More

18.My Very Hungry Caterpillar

Paid: $4.99

My Very Hungry Caterpillar is a free iOS game for children. Let your kids meet this caterpillar who is very hungry and they will guide him through tons of exciting adventures while learning.

  • Website:http://storytoys.com

  • Age rating:4+

  • Category:Games,Education,Educational,Family

  • Publisher:StoryToys Entertainment Limited

  • Size:141.49 MB

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  • by Pamela Rivera

    i had this book when i was a kid. my 6 year old nephew has this app and he loves it. it even has a Christmas theme

19.Kids Numbers and Math

Paid: $2.99

Kids Numbers and Math is an educational game for kids. They will learn maths with activities like addition, subtraction, find a match, choose highest or lowest number... 

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  • Phillip White

    by Phillip White

    I use this for my son and he does well with it and finds it easy to use. I only wish that it had more games and levels to further challenge him.

20.Evolve

Varies by plan

Evolve is an intuitive tool used to help learning creators to quickly build powerful eLearning content. Its rich set of features gives you total control of every aspect of course creation and presentation. 

Evolve

Evolve

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