Top 10 Best Children's Educational Apps 2026

Duolingo's literacy app teaches children ages 3-8 to read through phonics-based lessons with the same addictive gamification that made the language app a global phenomenon — entirely free of charge.

Homer's personalized learn-to-read program adapts to each child's interests and level, with research from the City University of New York showing a 74% increase in early reading scores after regular use.

An RPG-style math game where children solve curriculum-aligned math problems to battle monsters and explore fantasy worlds, used by over 100 million students and integrated with classroom assignments by teachers.

Developed by MIT's Lifelong Kindergarten Group, ScratchJr teaches children ages 5-7 to code by snapping together visual programming blocks to animate characters and create interactive stories.

The Swedish-designed open-ended play app lets children build cities, run restaurants, and create stories with diverse characters, fostering creativity and narrative thinking without rigid learning objectives.

A digital library of over 40,000 children's books, audiobooks, and educational videos that uses reading-level tracking and personalized recommendations to keep children engaged with age-appropriate content.

Osmo bridges physical and digital play by using a tablet camera to interact with real-world manipulatives, teaching math, spelling, coding, and drawing through tangible hands-on activities.

Animated movies starring the beloved robot Moby teach science, social studies, math, and health to K-3 students, with quizzes, activities, and graphic organizers aligned to state standards across the US.

Norwegian-developed DragonBox makes abstract mathematical concepts tactile by letting young children physically manipulate number characters called Nooms, building genuine number sense before formal arithmetic instruction begins.

Duolingo's literacy app teaches children ages 3-8 to read through phonics-based lessons with the same addictive gamification that made the language app a global phenomenon — entirely free of charge.

Homer's personalized learn-to-read program adapts to each child's interests and level, with research from the City University of New York showing a 74% increase in early reading scores after regular use.

An RPG-style math game where children solve curriculum-aligned math problems to battle monsters and explore fantasy worlds, used by over 100 million students and integrated with classroom assignments by teachers.

Developed by MIT's Lifelong Kindergarten Group, ScratchJr teaches children ages 5-7 to code by snapping together visual programming blocks to animate characters and create interactive stories.

The Swedish-designed open-ended play app lets children build cities, run restaurants, and create stories with diverse characters, fostering creativity and narrative thinking without rigid learning objectives.

A digital library of over 40,000 children's books, audiobooks, and educational videos that uses reading-level tracking and personalized recommendations to keep children engaged with age-appropriate content.

Osmo bridges physical and digital play by using a tablet camera to interact with real-world manipulatives, teaching math, spelling, coding, and drawing through tangible hands-on activities.

Animated movies starring the beloved robot Moby teach science, social studies, math, and health to K-3 students, with quizzes, activities, and graphic organizers aligned to state standards across the US.

Norwegian-developed DragonBox makes abstract mathematical concepts tactile by letting young children physically manipulate number characters called Nooms, building genuine number sense before formal arithmetic instruction begins.