Best iPhone/iPod Apps

[FN Phat]

Double click home button and then swipe right to check software volume setting.

Try a hard reboot. Hold down power button and home button at the same time until it powers off. Then reboot.

If that doesn't work google your problem and you will see a few other suggested solutions.

Yes, yes and yes. I just tried a hard reboot earlier today, from a suggestion I read from a google search.

[FN Phat]

I assume you have pressed the speaker/sound button when you do #3 and see if gets crossed out when you press it etc.

Yup. It seems to function, just no sound.

[Colly Wolly]

Hero Academy. Best iOS game out there. Period.

[Uncle Ted]

Help! Sound stopped coming from my iPad 2. When I use the side volume up/down,nothing happens and only the icon is displayed that shows just a volume but without any levels to increase the volume.

Strange thing is that when I plug in my headphone into the volume jack of the iPad 2 , sound plays just fine.

Things I have tried:

1) checked the sound setting in the general-sounds and everything seems to be correct.
2) Verified the side volume /lock button.
3) When I double click the home button and slide to the right , I can see the volume button being displayed there without volume levels and can't even increase the volume.
4) recently downloaded the iOS6


Everything that I have tried has not worked. Lebowski, Uncle Ted, and the rest...please help a brother out.

The headphone jacks on these devices also act as a switch as well. When you change the volume does it say "headphones" on the icon (with no headphones plugged in)?

If it is saying "headphones" get a good flashlight (the bright LED ones are recommended) and look into the headphone jack hole to see if there is something in the jack hole. If so, try to carefully remove it.

Also, something else to try...

IPHONE or IPAD STUCK IN HEADPHONE MODE?

Edit: wait... just read the part about the volume levels not changing when pressing the volume rocker switch.

You might want to try a DFU/restore mode restore to eliminate the problem is software.

http://thehowto.wikidot.com/put-ipad-into-recovery-mode

[doctorcoug]

Time to jailbreak.

via a galaxy s3 far far away

[FN Phat]

The headphone jacks on these devices also act as a switch as well. When you change the volume does it say "headphones" on the icon (with no headphones plugged in)?

If it is saying "headphones" get a good flashlight (the bright LED ones are recommended) and look into the headphone jack hole to see if there is something in the jack hole. If so, try to carefully remove it.

Also, something else to try...

IPHONE or IPAD STUCK IN HEADPHONE MODE?

Edit: wait... just read the part about the volume levels not changing when pressing the volume rocker switch.

You might want to try a DFU/restore mode restore to eliminate the problem is software.

http://thehowto.wikidot.com/put-ipad-into-recovery-mode

Thank you, uncle Ted. When I get home from vacation, I will give this a shot.

[lambdacoug]

I just saw this over at Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5971557/cyclorami...+degree-videos

[bluegoose]

Hill Climb. Very addicting game.

[Surfah]

Hill Climb. Very addicting game.

It was until I unlocked and maxed out everything. Now Bike Race consumes all of my phone gaming. Effing Tick kicks my ass every race.

[The_Tick]

It was until I unlocked and maxed out everything. Now Bike Race consumes all of my phone gaming. Effing Tick kicks my ass every race.

Lol

[Surfah]

Lol

[FN Phat]

It was until I unlocked and maxed out everything. Now Bike Race consumes all of my phone gaming. Effing Tick kicks my ass every race.

x2! Tick is ridiculously good at Bike Race.

[Uncle Ted]

FYI, free educational apps... a lot of these are currently free for a short time (and may not be free any more).

Art/Creativity
Art ABC
Creative Doodle (normally $1.99)
My Craft Book HD (normally $2.99)
Puppet Masterpiece Theatre
Snowflake Station
Tux Paint HD

ELA
ACT Vocabulary Flashcards Exambusters (normally $1.99)
Crabby Writer - Phonics Read & Write
Daily Diary (normally $10.99)
Endless Alphabet (cute app that works on spelling and vocabulary; normally $4.99)
Essay Starter (normally $7.99)
First Words Valentine
Grammar Fix: Articles, "A," "The," and Countable Nouns
Greek Mythological
iPuzzle Learner (wonderful app for spelling; normally $1.99)
langGuage
Learn with WordFriends (fun word game from PBS; includes "dog" set; others available with in-app purchase)
Little Stars - Word Wizard (great basic spelling app)
Looney Tunes Phonics (great app)
The Opposites (vocabulary game)
SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Exambusters (normally $1.99)
Top SAT Vocabulary (normally $1.99)
Word Wheel (normally $1.99)

Interactive Books
1. A Yucky Meeting (normally $1.99)
2. A Yucky Adventure (normally $1.99)
The Artist Mortimer
Barkley Book 1 (great app for older readers; normally $1.99)
Bean Bag Kids Present Little Red Riding Hood
Beau Crow - The Greedy Crow (normally $2.99)
Be Pink Powerful (normally $2.99)
A Christmas Carol (normally $1.99)
Elfishki and the Giant Cake (normally $7.99)
Fantastic Mermaid Story
Finding Andy (normally $1.99)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears HD (normally $4.99)
Hannah (cute; normally $4.99)
Hansel and Gretel - Grimm's Fairy Tales
Hansel and Gretel: HelloStory (normally $1.99)
How Animals See Me (great book)
iActive Christmas Carol Unabridged (normally $4.99)
I Learn with Plume - Animals
I Love Mountains (normally $2.99)
In the Fridge
I Want to be a Tiger
Jack and the Beanstalk - An Interactive Children's Storybook by Backseat Driver (normally $1.99)
Jack and the Beanstalk by Mindshapes
Jack and the Beanstalk: HelloStory (normally $1.99)
Jacob's Angle (math book; normally $1.99)
Joseph's Coat of Many Colors (normally $4.99)
The Kissing Hand (wonderful touching story)
Little Nonsense (cute silly poems; normally $1.99)
Marcelo the Fox - Brainy Fables (normally $1.99)
Meet Heckerty
Mirea's Dreams
Miss Spider's Bedtime Story for the iPad
Miss Spider's Tea Party
Mr. Mouse: Kid's Book Interactive (normally $1.99)
Naughty Pony
Night or Day? (wonderful book!)
A Not So Fading Light (normally $2.99)
Nutcracker and the Mouse King (normally $1.99)
Princess and the Pea - An Interactive Children's Storybook by Backseat Driver (normally $1.99)
Snow White Interactive
Story Book Yoodle - Fun Story Featuring Your Personal Yoodle Doodle Character!
Tab, the White Bat (normally $3.99)
Three Billy Goats Gruff - An Interactive Children's Storybook by Backseat Driver (normally $1.99)
Timmy and Johnny HD
'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Backseat Driver (normally $1.99)
Washington (really fun interactive book with adventures as you learn about George Washington)
The Wizard of Oz Interactive Children's Book (beautiful illustrations; normally $2.99)
The Wolf and the Little Goats
Neon Tiki Tribe Beach Battle (normally $2.99)
Neon Tiki Tribe: Bullies (normally $2.99)
Neon Tiki Tribe Dog Rescue Mission (normally $2.99)

Math
5 Dice: Order of Operations Game (good app)
AB Arithmetic iPad
ACT Math Flashcards Exambusters (normally $1.99)
Algebra Helper
AppTutor AWP - Addition Word Problems (great app; normally $3.99)
AppTutor LA - Introduction to Long Addition (another great app; normally $3.99)
AppTutor LM - Introduction to Long Multiplication
Apptutor MT - Multiplication Tables
Calculator 12 in 1 (normally $1.99; great calculator; additional features available with in-app purchase)
I Can Count (normally $2.99)
ISolveIt: Math Scaled (great app)
ISolveIt: Math Squared (another great app
Learning Numbers 123
MathBoard Addition
Math Bundle
Math Champ (Host) (great app for teacher to send quizzes to students who run the Math Champ app; normally $7.99)
Math Play Shop
Math Up
Math World
MoveMatics (interesting calculator)
Oh No Fractions! - Curious Hat Lab (nice simple app)
SAT Math Flashcards Exambusters (normally $1.99)
Slate Math for Kids - Kindergarten and 1st Grade Games
Subtracting Sardines
UTeachMe (normally $4.99)

Photography
Camera FX Pro
Colored Cam (normally $1.99)
My Album (normally $4.99)
PhotoMagic - Photo Effect & Photo Frame App

Preschool/Primary
AB Alphabet
Abby Monkey Animated Shape Puzzle Builder Deluxe (this is a great app for young children for vocabulary development; some free puzzles included; others available with in-app purchase)
A-B-C Learn with Me
ABC Junior
AB Color
ABC Wow! Alphabet Letter Play and ABCs Song for Children
ABC: My First Words
AB Number
Activity Blocks (normally $2.99)
Bug Games by Busy Bee Studios
Cambugs Letter Sounds (good app)
Chalk Walk
Clara City (normally $1.99)
Draw with Stars! Play with Musical, Animated, and Glowing Shooting Stars!
Endless Alphabet (cute app that works on spelling and vocabulary; normally $4.99)
Fridge Magnet Letters
Fruit Face (decorate fruit with funny faces)
Gombby Channel (three episodes included free; others available with in-app purchase)
Googly's Bill Grogan's Goat
Go There Square: A Stella and Sam Adventure (normally $2.99)
Jellytoons Toddler Skills: Bobo's Birthday Challenge
Learning Letters ABC's
Learning World - Flashcards N Puzzles
Left Right Pup (normally $1.99)
Little Painter Coloring Book (normally $1.99)
Memory and Alphabet
My Little Genius
PreK Prep (normally $2.99)
Pre-School ABC's Learning with Bear and Duck
Preschool Game Farm
Reggie Veggie (decorate vegetables with funny faces)
Say It ABC
Sticker World
Who's That? Colours and Rhymes

Productivity
Deck Slideshow Presentations (normally $2.99; additional features available with in-app purchase)
Documents by Readdle
InFocus Pro (normally $7.99)
iSticker (normally $1.99)
Mobile Talking Browser
Note Record
Penultimate (works with Evernote; additional features available with in-app purchase)
Postcardly Postcards (great way to make postcards of photos; three included free)
TapScanner QR Code Scanner (normally $1.99)

Science
ACT Science Flashcards Exambusters (normally $1.99)
Biology Help (normally $1.99)
Kids Discover Galaxies (interesting app with lots to do)
Leo and the T-Rex (fun augmented reality app)
Power of Minus Ten - Bone (zoom in to look at human bones)
Project Noah
WWF Together (information about different animals from the World Wildlife Fund)
Spine Decide (normally $4.99)

Social Studies
Discover Indian Monuments with Tamarind Tots
Learn World Geography (normally $1.99)
Networks: Step into Time and Place (great app from McGraw-Hill)
StrataLogica (amazing interactive map and globe program)
Tiny Countries (normally $4.99)

Special Needs
Autism iHelp - Colors (red and yellow colors included free; others available with in-app purchase)
Daily Tasks
Feel Electric!
Mobile Talking Browser
Monster Chorus (sing one of four included songs and the monsters sing it back to you; very good for positive reinforcement; normally $4.99)
Receptive Animals (normally $1.99)
Social Talks

Miscellaneous
Ambient Forest Sounds for Sleep and Relaxation
Confusing Homework - Homework Help, Free Homework Tutor (normally $3.99)
Digital Stopwatch (normally $1.99)
Disney Carnival (simple games)
The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet (from PBS)
Flat Stanley (additional features available with in-app purchase)
Geared 21 (wonderful logic game)
Geared for iPad (great logic game; normally $2.99)
Hotel Transylvania Monster Party App (create monsters, play memory game)
iAngle Meter Pro (normally $1.99)
iRandomize (normally $0.99)
LEGO Super Heroes Movie Maker
McGraw-Hill Gibson Hasbrouck Mobile PD (great videos on RTI and differentiation)
McGraw-Hill K-12 eFlashcards
Mobicip Safe Browser with Parental Controls
Scoops - Ice Cream Fun (I play this game all the time; normally $1.99; additional features available with in-app features)
ScrapPad - Scrapbook for iPad (normally $4.99; additional features available with in-app purchase)
Splashtop 2 - Remote Desktop for iPhone and iPad
Student Success from McGraw-Hill (helpful for college students)
U Decide College (great app to have students use when selecting a college)
Voice Shopping List - Multilanguage
WebFence Safe Browser (normally $3.99)

[Donuthole]

Thanks, UT. I just downloaded a bunch of those. I've been meaning to find ways to help my iPad be more educational for my kids, as opposed to merely a game/Disney viewer. This should jump start that.

[FN Phat]

Awesome find, Ted. Thank you!