Grade: A | Age rating: 2+ | Price: .99 (free demo-version also available)

Most people at this point in time should be familiar with the basic mechanics of these types of games. You have some object on the left that is used to topple/destroy objects on the right.

Rather than birds being shot at pigs, you have a monster/dinosaur shooting fireballs to destroy city buildings. With a very cute design approach and excellent build quality, this is on par with Angry Birds.

What makes Burn the City better however are some key differences in game mechanics that do an incredible job of making the genre more kid friendly.

First, rather than having an inverted firing method (pull slingshot back to shoot bird forward), the dinosaur’s fireball goes in whatever direction you drag. This is something that can actually be quite confusing to younger children and though it is minor, it makes a world of difference.

Secondly, rather than keeping with the limited ‘ammo’ approach and essentially challenging players not to ‘fail’ the level, there is (so far) no limit to how many fireballs can be shot out from the dinosaur and while you do receive medals for obtaining higher scores, the level is ‘complete’ once all buildings are destroyed regardless of time/fireballs shot and the emphasis on medals is quite minimal. This is also good in that children aren’t given the impression that they ‘only’ got 1 star out of 3 possible, etc.

In addition, there are a number of new elements that interact with the fireball (nuclear reactor that explodes, flying plane to shoot down, etc) that provide fresh content for those that had no problems with Angry Birds and are just looking for something ‘similar but different’.

All in all, whether you liked Angry Birds and want a similar game, or thought Angry Birds was too difficult, this is an excellent game to get.

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Grade: A+ | Age rating: 0-4 & 5-8 & 9-12 | Price: FREE

A well done matching game with 3 card types and 2 difficulty levels that make it fun for various age groups

While not a difficult type of game to implement, Kid’s Match’Em for Android does its job well. With three card types to choose from (Hats, Animals, and Fuzzy Monsters) and two difficulty levels (Easy has 12 tiles, Hard has 28 tiles), this game is actually a really great way for any child to entertain themselves for a few minutes. The best however are the animal tiles because each time a tile is turned over, the matching animal noise is played as well, so lions roar, cows moo, and monkeys oooh oooh aaah aaah. Unfortunately hats and fuzzy monsters don’t make noise apparently but it’s a nice bonus to a simple game that doesn’t need much more to be great entertainment for kids.

“This is a good simple matching game with cute graphic plus good sound. My daughter really like it and I even find myself playing that too.” –  Nai Nop

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Grade: B+ | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $1.99

My First Puzzle Toys is  fun way for kids to solve their first puzzles.  There are 12 different puzzles with nice sound effects and beautiful graphics.

To restart your puzzle, all you need to do is shake it to reset.

“This is a great app with super colors. My autistic four year old daughter with few words just lights up when she plays this game.” – dougwendy

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Grade: A | Age rating: 4+ | Price: Free

The Grouchies an app that shows kids simple and fun ways to turn around their grouchy moods.  They will be able to understand their mood and  how it effects everyone around them.

“My first app review! As a father of two young children, I was pleased to find such a well written book on this common emotion.” – Parent of two

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Grade: A- | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $0.99

Cookie Doodle allows your children to make cookies but you hate the mess.  You will still have your choice of frosting, sprinkles and candies to decorate your cookies.

There are plenty of cookie dough choices, over 190 cookie cutters, lots of toppings.  After you’re done making the cookie, you can send the cookie to friends and family.

“One of  Our Favorite iPhone Apps for Kids” – Marthastewart.com

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Grade: B | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $0.99

Math Magic is one more way to get your child to improve their adding, subtracting, multiplication and division.

The app uses a combination of your choice of colors, teaches kids that many successful answers results in a colored star as a reward.  There are lots of positive reinforcement, surprises and rewards to appeal to most young children.

“This is awesome! I am really happy that we bought this!” – Justhic

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Grade: B+ | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $2.99

Alphabet Fun is filled with many color image and easy-to-read text.  Kids not only learn their alphabet but can trace over letters to spell words.

It’s a great way to help your child familiarize themselves with their ABC’s, Colors and Numbers.

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Grade: B | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $0.99

ABC by Paul McDougall is a charming A to Z app that highlight charming young creatures.

A great thing about this app is the profits from  it will be used to donate copies of the printed book to children’s hospital and libraries.

“This could really be sold as an ebook. It is a side scrolling book with cute pictures. Grandma read it for 2.5yr old. She enjoyed it and e graphics” – Omni market

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Grade: B- | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $1.99

Fairytale Preschool makes it fun to learn with some of your child’s favorite fairytale characters.

Your child can learn colors with Alice, count cupcakes with Red Riding Hood, match with cute forest critters and play a fun puzzle game with a cute dragon.

“Amazing little game that will bring a BIG smile to your kids … cute colorful graphics (looks fantastic in iPad’s screen), educational & fun mini games with colors, numbers , letters , etc” – JohnHasio

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Grade: B | Age rating: 4+ | Price: $6.99

Mushroom Age is  true hidden object adventure game.  For hide and seek game lovers, you get quite a number of interesting puzzles and mesmerizing mini-games, including pre-historic characters like a dinosaur and a caveman, robots and bad guys from the future.  Quite a wild adventure for everyone in the family to have fun with.

Features include:
23 Chapters and 45 Levels

• ? 41 Mesmerizing mini-games
• ? Strange and amazing landscapes
• ? Save the past and future!
• ? Support of multitasking with iOS 4.2

“Great game. Nice a long. Definitely worth the money. So far out of all the games I have bought, this one let’s me have hours of entertainment. I recommend this game for children and adults.” – Hypnomike

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