Reading Rainbow for iPad app review

Reading Rainbow

Price: Free

Reading Rainbow by Reading Rainbow offers video field trips and books on your iPad for kids ages three to nine.

Think of this app as your traveling library of video field trips and books. You'll be given unlimited reading of books that are actually customized to fit your particular child's interest. And with this app there's no need to leave the house to go on a field trip as there are plenty of great video field trips to be enjoyed here.

Each week the app adds more videos and books so the collection remains fresh and new.

Features of this app include more than 200 video field trips and books, accounts for up to five kids at once, interactive activities in each of the books, a parent dashboard that lets you view the child's reading progress, Read on my Own or Rea to Me modes, and a reward program parents can use to help motivate kids.

The app allows you to select one book and introductory videos for free. After that you can purchase a subscription to give you unlimited access to the library. You can have up to five children in one family use the app at no extra cost. Each of them will have their own customized reading list, digital backpack, and tracking system.

Reading Rainbow was updated on Apr. 2, 2013 and currently has 15 customer ratings with an average rating of four out of five stars.

The personalized experience for each child in the family really makes this app stand out. It’s great that you can pick the stories and videos that will appeal to each one.

For: iPad with iOS 5.0 or later