Best Apps for a Productive, Educational and Fun Summer of 2021
The Orchard Recommends These Apps for a Summer of Fun
Summer is here, for some that means road-trips and lazy beach days, but for others it means work as usual and for parents it can mean extra hours entertaining children. The crew at The Orchard has your back! Here are the top apps for a productive, educational and fun summer of 2021.
Productivity
Any.do
Busy people often forget daily tasks and chores, but Any.do is there to keep your schedule on track with to-do list, reminders, notes and the ability to share lists with and assign tasks to others. Any.do lets you sync between phone, desktop, web, and tablet to keep your lists up to the minute.
There are even a voice-entry feature lets you add items to your task list just by speaking. Calendar integration is available for better task list management. And iOS 14 users will appreciate the ability to view tasks in home screen widgets.
Otter Voice Notes
Another option for device-assisted voice note-taking is Otter Voice Meeting Notes, a smart transcription app. Otter can record from your phone's internal mic or through a Bluetooth device; it then automatically transcribes your work nearly in real-time, complete with punctuation, speaker ID, and searchable playback of your recordings. Users can edit transcripts to fix any errors, and transcripts can be exported to text or to other apps, or shared with a group or through public, view-only links.
Educational
PBS Kids Games is an educational app that allows kids to learn while they play games. This app provides many games, and all the games available on the app covers many subject areas. In this app, you can find subjects like Math, Science, Literature, and many more. There are over 100 games that not just entertain your kids but also educate them. This game’s fun feature is it lets your kids learn using their favorite cartoon characters like Nature Cat, Wild Kratts, Odd Squad, and more.
Also, to make your kids reading better and make reading fun, the app lets kids choose characters from TV series like Sesame Street, Cailou, Clifford, etc.
If you want your kids to learn programming at a young age, you must try Light: Code Hour. Light: Code Hour is an educational gaming app that allows you to learn code and solve puzzles, to solve puzzles. The app provides you with an animated robot in the colors blue and pink. In this app, you learn commands in a fun way. If you want to move or make your robot jump, you have to use some commands. Lightbox teaches your kids to learn new codes simply. Higher the level you go, the more advanced code you can learn.
Just for Fun
Peak’s Edge is a turn-based strategy game. Your little pyramid trundles around single-screen levels, aiming to smack enemies into oblivion and reach a goal. Much of the strategy lies in the various power-ups that are dotted about. Roll on to one and it’s applied to that face of your pyramid. Peak’s Edge is easy to get into, but tough to master.
Reventure is a side-scrolling 2D platform adventure. Although you leap about, chance upon quests, and frequently get all violent to dispatch doddering enemies, your aim is to die. In fact, your aim is to die in 100 different ways. When you die, you’re resurrected in often amusing ways, and sometimes death is the only way to unlock progress to a new section of the map.
Who’s ready for summer? Now you are! If you have any questions about how to integrate these IOS apps onto your device or into your life, contact the experts at The Orchard today!