We’ve tested and curated a list of the best language development apps and concept development apps for you to try with your child. As a parent, sometimes you need a break and want some extra help with some good quality tablet apps.
Language development forms the foundation of communication skills. Whether it’s vocabulary expansion, grammar comprehension, or pragmatic skills, nurturing language development is at the heart of your child’s journey.
Here is our list of top language development apps and concept development apps for preschool children and children with autism:
Video Touch Animals by Sound Touch Interactive
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Overview: We love the real animal videos! Your child will watch 10-20 seconds video clips of 49 animals.
For example, an adorable cat plays with toilet paper, a dog digs a hole in the sand, a bird eats fruit from a tree branch and many more.
Each animal rotates through 4 separate videos with each tap.
Perfect and simple!
Age Range: 1 to 4 years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: Free
Sago Mini First Words Language Development App
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Overview: Sago Mini First Words is the most playful way to support your little one’s language development!
Discover thoughtfully-designed language learning games developed with the guidance of speech-language pathologists, child psychologists, and child development experts.
Little ones can boost communication skills with this great language development app.
Age Range: 1 to 5 years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone, Android
Price: 11.99 US $ per month
Basic Concepts Assessment App
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Overview: This app is a great resource for clinicians, teachers, and parents, to establish a baseline knowledge of basic concepts.
It is important to note that the app does not score students. Instead, it is designed to be used by the child and teacher together so that you can quickly see which concepts the student has already mastered and which concepts require additional reinforcement and repetition.
Age Range: 4+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: 1.99 US$
Duolingo Kids Language Development App
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Overview: Another key ‘go to’ family favorite language development apps!
From the creators behind Duolingo, the world’s #1 education app, comes Duolingo ABC! Duolingo ABC is the fun, hands-on way for your child to learn to read and write in English! From preschool to first grade, engage your child with delightful stories for kids and bite-sized lessons teaching the alphabet, phonics, sight words, vocabulary, and more.
Age Range: 3+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone, Android
Price: Free and 100% ad-free.
Khan Academy Kids
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Overview: One of our key ‘go to’ family favorites!
Although it is not a language or concept development app, we included it in this list because it covers some basics of language, letter sound association, categories discrimination and general concepts.
The Khan Kids library also includes thousands of kids books, reading games, math activities and more.
Age Range: 3+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone, Android
Price: Free and 100% ad-free.
I can do Concept Development Apps
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Overview: “I Can Do Apps” is a series of educational tools designed in collaboration with a speech language therapist.
These apps are aimed at supporting speech and language development.
Topics include temporal concepts e.g. first, next and last, rhyming, associations, categories and starting sounds.
Age Range: 4+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: 10.99 US$ for the bundle
Lingo Kids Play and Learn
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Overview: 1600+ fun, interactive activities!
Academics and modern life skills come together in the Lingokids universe, where kids can explore exciting adventures in learning to help them thrive in today’s changing world.
Content from Oxford University Press. 100% ad-free.
Age Range: 3+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone, Android
Price: 14.99 US$ per month
My First App
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Overview: “My First Apps” is a series of educational applications designed for toddlers and preschoolers.
These apps are developed with the aim of helping children develop essential early learning skills in a fun and engaging way.
They include games for cognitive skills, language skills, visual perception skills and fine motor skills.
Age Range: 4+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: 28.98 US$ for both bundles
Super Duper Apps
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Overview: Super Duper Publications offers a variety of mobile apps designed to support a wide range of skills including vocabulary, critical thinking, social skills, and more.
Age Range: 4+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: Free to 3.99 US$ per app
Autism iHelp Language Development Apps
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Overview: Autism iHelp is a series of apps developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist.
These apps are designed as teaching aids for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, focusing on difficulty with expressive vocabulary and concepts.
Themes include opposites, play, sequencing.
Age Range: 4+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: 3.99 US$ – 4.99 US$ per app
Montessori Preschool Games, Kids 3-7 by Edoki Academy
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Overview: Montessori Preschool covers phonics, reading, writing, numbers, colors, shapes, nursery rhymes, coloring and even coding! It is the #1 Montessori app worldwide.
Designed by certified Montessori teachers with years of classroom experience, it is a fun child-centred app, perfect for children from 3 to 7.
Age Range: 3+ years old
Availability: iPad, iPhone
Price: 9.99 US$ per month
