21 (Million) Educational Apps for iPhone Learners

posted by Peter on November 10th, 2008

Yeah, we know you’ve got one, and so does your third-grader. Along with the new G3 has come a typhoon of new apps for iPhoneheads, serving a myriad of zany purposes. Us being education-centric, we’re doing a quick roundup of all the most education-relevant ones currently available via Apple’s app store, which is of course accessible through their handy built-in storefront, iTunes.

This is by no means a complete list – in fact, the menu of apps in the Education category alone grew from 22 to 23 pages during the writing of this article. If you like something here, chances are there’s a free version or a full version as well, so scour at your leisure. Cell phones off, students – except you guys, of course.

Graphing calculator – Graph multiple equations on the same 2-D grid. Wait, only 2-D?!

Word of the Day Lite – Expand your vocabulary at the easy rate of one word per day. This is one of many apps that serve this purpose, so take your time to pick and choose.

WordPower Lite-Thai – Learn Thai the easy way: one word per day. Similar programs exist for German, Portugese, Korean, Russian, Irish, Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Indonesian, Swedish, and probably Martian.

HiCalc Lite – The free calculator that covers arithmetic, trig, fractions and a lot more. It made Apple’s top-10 list.

gFlash+ – Quiz yourself on a variety of subjects with this free, all-purpose quiz app. Also a top-10 choice.

The Chemical Touch – No, you’re not dating a meth addict. Learn the periodic table and accompanying amino acids by touch. Color-code for easy reference.

QuickGraph – Ah, the graphing calculator with plotting ability for multiple equations, in 3-D. We knew it was here somewhere. Good for students of calculus or physics.

FlowMath – Build equations backwards, starting with the answer, and quiz yourself with 10, 20, or 30-problem batches. Go!

SAT Word Lite – This flash-card app lets you study the 500 most commonly used vocab words on the SAT. How sneaky of you.

Bumps – A Braille Guide – Learn braille on your iPhone screen. With this app, the surface of your iPhone actually forms real bumps! (Just kidding.)

Stars – Map out the sky’s 88 constellations, using the celestial equator and the sun’s path as reference.

iQuote Lite – Discover the wise words of the intellectuals of the ages, and share with your friends.

Math Tricks – Learn tricks on calculating large numbers in your head, then blow away your teachers with your android-like number crunching abilities.

College GPA – Plan out your college career with the help of this app, which sets a goal GPA, then tells you what grades you need in order to reach it. Clever, but does it tell you when it’s party time?

Idioms – Learn 9,000 English expressions and what they mean. As language apps go, it’s “the cat’s meow.” Good for ESL learners.

ABC Sign – Learn American sign language with an app that quizzes you using picture-based multiple-choice questions. Hey, that’s not a letter, man.

PilotPrep – study for your FAA exam with this app, which contains over 1100 questions for five pilot exams. They do indeed have everything, don’t they?

Space Time – The self-proclaimed most powerful mathematics program for the iPhone, this one lets you create complex graphs in 2-D and 3-D using over 200 functions, and allows you to adjust variables with a slide of the finger. Stephen Hawking would be intrigued.

Morse Code – Translate text into morse. OK, not quite college material, but still cool.

IQ Test – answer 40 questions in 40 minutes to find out your IQ in a quiz developed by professional psychologists.

Days to Graduation – Alright slacker, you’ve learned everything you can possibly learn without getting off the couch. This last one does nothing more than tell you exactly how many agonizing days you have until graduation … or until the season finale of “Dexter,” depending on your priorities.

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