Best Kids App Finalists

The 2012 Readers' Choice Awards on About.com

The winners have been announced. Find out who won here.

	Animals for Tots Developer: AppAnnex LLC Price: $0.99 What's life for a toddler without learning about barnyard animals? Animals for Tots teaches kids about 20 different animals (including some that go beyond the farm and into the woods), their names, and their noises. The animals also seem to come to life thanks to animations. With a microphone, you can even record your own voice saying the name of the animals so your toddler can hear you speak the words. Purchase at iTunes
	Bugs and Buttons Developer: Little Bit Studio LLC Price: $2.99 If there's one thing that a lot of kids love, it's creepy, crawly bugs. This app uses those bugs to help young children learn basic skills including counting, sorting, patterns, and path finding. In Bugs and Buttons, players tackle tasks like removing and sorting bugs, throwing bees at flowers to hit a target, playing tic-tac-toe, catching bugs as they try to scurry away, and many more in this course of 18 minigames. Purchase at iTunes
	Don't Let The Pigeon Run This App! Developer: Disney Enteprises Inc. Price: $6.99 This app version of Mo Willems' hit series about stopping a pigeon from doing all kinds of tasks allows kids not just to read stories about the pigeon, but actually lets them create their own. In it, the bus driver (co-star of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!) asks for story ideas and then creates a tale about the Pigeon using them. The pigeon's voice is Mo Willems himself, but kids can also record their own voices to add to their stories. Purchase at iTunes
	Feed the Monster Game Developer: Ziggity Zoom Price: $0.99 This game lets kids express their creativity and have adventures. In it, they can create their own burping, sneezing monsters and then care for them by feeding them and guiding them through games like Food Fight, Food Catch, and Feeding Frenzy. Purchase at iTunes
	Green Eggs and Ham Developer: Oceanhouse Media Inc. Price: $2.99 The classic rhyming children's story about the titular meal gains new life in this app. Not only does it feature the original story for children to read, it also has voice actors performing the tale. Kids of all ages will love this new presentation of a classic. Purchase at iTunes

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3. Voting runs from Feb. 22 through 11:59 pm ET March 21, 2012.

Results

Winners will be announced March 30. There's no prize -- just the bragging rights that come with getting recognized by the readers of one of the biggest networks on the web.

Check back with iPhone/iPod at About.com on March 30 to see if your favorite iPhone/iPod accessory or app was nominated and to vote on the finalists. You can also visit our central awards page to learn about finalists in other categories.

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Sam Costello
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