Engaging STEM Apps for Curious Ten Year Olds
A list by Hab
These highly-rated apps provide fun, hands-on ways for ten-year-olds to explore coding, engineering, math, and science concepts through interactive play and creative problem-solving.
- 1
codeSpark
App · 2014
“The gold standard for teaching coding logic to kids who haven't even mastered their ABCs yet.”
- 2
DragonBox Math
App · 2020
“The rare 'educational' app that kids actually want to play because it treats math like a puzzle game instead of a digital worksheet.”
- 3
Swift Playgrounds
App · 2023
“Apple's genuinely brilliant (and free!) app that teaches kids real coding through puzzles, then lets them build actual apps for the App Store.”
- 4
Math Tango
App · 2024
“A math app that actually feels like a game, using monster-collecting and island-building to make long division surprisingly tolerable.”
- 5
Tinybop
App · 2019
“Ad-free, teacher-made science exploration apps that turn screen time into actual learning for the 4-8 crowd—if you've got iOS.”
- 6
Tinkercad
App · 2019
“Free 3D design, circuit simulation, and coding app that turns your iPad into an engineering lab—no ads, no nonsense, just pure maker magic.”
- 7
Arduino Science Journal
App · 2020
“A pocket-sized laboratory that turns your kid's smartphone into a high-powered scientific instrument.”
- 8PK
PBS Kids Play & Learn Science
App · 2017
“An ad-free physics sandbox where toddlers roll ramps, play with shadows, and get offline ideas for messy kitchen science.”
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