Apps for 2 year olds

You’ve hit our sweet spot! Picky Kid looks for apps that will be appropriate and fun for kids ages 2-3. Here are some apps we’ve reviewed that work well for 2 year olds.

Review: Ladybug Number Count iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 3.5 Ladybug Number Count is our new favorite counting game for kids ages 2 and under. We love the photography, and the playful way the the ladybugs “hide” (just barely) makes them irresistible for young toddlers. The downside is that this feels like a “baby game”, so older kids (ahem, three and [...]

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Review: You and Me: We’re Opposites iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 2.9 In You and Me: We’re Opposites, young kids can learn fourteen different pairs of opposite words by listening to an interactive book, watching a music video, and playing a simple game. The opposites are illustrated by brightly colored animals, and while this simple app has some weak points, it also has [...]

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Review: Piano Ball iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 2.2 In Piano Ball, kids can attempt to play simple songs on a brightly colored keyboard-like device. The “Ball” in the app’s name refers to the way that you select songs and styles by spinning things that look like ping-pong balls, which is a fun and innovative way to navigate… a bright [...]

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Review: Little Genius iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 3.3 Little Genius combines four pre-school friendly activities in a game that gets progressively harder. Kids must complete each activity in a level before they can move on. This style of progressive play makes the app different than a lot of other kids apps that offer similar activities… and can prove frustrating [...]

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Review: Preschool Fun iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 2.0 We try to purchase apps that we think will be good ones — that’s why you see generally positive (though, we admit, picky!) feedback in our reviews. Unfortunately, in the case of Preschool Fun, we failed. Preschool Fun has lots of learning activities that would be good for preschoolers, but it’s [...]

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Review: Creativium iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 3.3 Creativium is a colorful and calm exploratory app based on the concept of a paper theater. If you’re looking for an app to engage in free-form imaginative play, or for a toddler simply to explore by tapping, Creativium is worth looking at. However, it’s likely to disappoint children who expect more [...]

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Review: 1-2-3 Trains iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 2.5 1-2-3 Trains is yet another toddler counting app. We were attracted to this one from the description: “Interactive & freely movable trains unseen in other kids train apps!” Well, it’s true, but this app left us a little disappointed because of its limited playability and a few fairly major usability issues. [...]

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Review: Lots2Spot iPad app

Picky Kid Rating: 4.2 Well, after a year of critiquing iPad apps for toddler and preschoolers, it’s time for a taste of our own medicine… That’s right, the Picky Kids have gotten involved with creating an app! Lots2Spot is an adorable “listen & find” game that helps build vocabulary, and teaches colors and counting up [...]

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Review: Toca Band iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 3.2 Toca Band is an entertaining music app where kids (or adults, but we’re guessing it’s mostly the former!) can experiment with sound by assembling a “band” of characters to play a song. Engaging characters keep it fun for kids, but parents beware — the song can get annoying, and it goes [...]

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Review: PlayART iPad App

Picky Kid Rating: 3.1 Full disclosure – I was an art history major. OK, that’s off my chest. Now let’s talk about PlayART, an app that lets kids (and other artists) create pictures with elements from famous painters Cézanne, Monet, Rousseau, Van Gogh, and my favorite of the bunch, Klee. It’s not only creative, but educational [...]

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