Here are the best education apps for PC

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The Windows Store offers many interesting education apps that you can use for learning purposes. However, there are around 1000 educational apps in the Store, so how do you know which apps are the best? This article aims at answering this question.

We are going to divide these apps into two categories: education apps for adults and education apps for kids.

The best education apps for adults

Reading Trainer

This amazing app can help you improve your reading speed. If you don’t have the time to enroll in formal speed reading classes, then Reading Trainer is the perfect app for you.

The app features many useful eye-exercises to increase your vision span, as well as tips and trick to improve your ability to concentrate. Try it out and you’ll see that you will double your reading speed in just a few days.

The statistics function lets you see and track your progress. The results of each training exercise are charted for your review. If you’re a student, or you work as an executive, secretary, or sales professional, this app is definitely going to help you.

You can download Reading Trainer for $3.99 from the Windows Store.


TED

TED brings some of the world’s most fascinating people who revolutionized the fields they activate in and challenges them to prevent their achievements and vision in 16 minutes.

You can filter task using various criteria, such as newest releases, most popular talks, trending now, etc. At the same time, TED also offers a series of playlists, focusing on particular domains or ideas.

Interested to see how education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus, and music legends think? Then download the TED app for free from the Windows Store.


Khan Academy

Khan Academy is an app that offers you the chance to learn almost anything for free. The app covers a massive number of topics, such as biology, chemistry, physics, economics and finance, history, and more.

You can use this app to learn about the fundamentals of computer science or learn about how you can better manage your personal finances. Time spent using this tool is time invested in your personal education and growth.

You can download Khan Academy for free from the Windows Store.


Duolingo

Do you want to learn a foreign language, but you somehow never found the time and resources to get started? If the answer is yes, try Duolingo.

This app helps you learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Danish, and English in an interactive manner.

Duolingo is free, bringing college-quality education without the price tag. The UI is fun, you’ll lose hearts for incorrect answers and you can track your progress with shiny achievements.

You can download Duolingo for free from the Windows Store.


Memorize it!

If you need to learn something by heart, this app can help you. It will make the process easy through visual clues, anagrams and other memory techniques. The more you practice, the better you get.

The app’s UI is very simple and intuitive. Use the text field to enter the information that you need to memorize. Then select the best method to help you memorize the information.

The app is designed for various types of learning strategies. If you’re a visual learner, you can create gaps in the words; if you’re an auditory learner, you can use the audio playback feature and read along as the app reads the text aloud.

You can download Memorize it! for free from the Windows Store.


Critical Thinking Insight

This app features a series of reasoning skills tests and mindset evaluation tools that are used by HR specialists. The tests are divided into several categories:

  • My Learning Mind – Ages 11-17
  • My Thinking Mindset
  • My Thinking Skills
  • Quant Challenge
  • My Leadership Potential

After the app delivers your results, you also receive specific coaching suggestions to help you improve your skills.

You can download Critical Thinking Insight for free from the Store.


The best education apps for kids

Kindergarten Kids Learning

This app features a series of learning games and puzzles for kindergarten and preschool children. Parents and educators can use this app to teach children the alphabet, rhymes, counting, tracing, colors, shapes, the name of various vegetable, fruit and sports charts in an interactive manner.

You can download Kindergarten Kids Learning for free from the Windows Store.

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The Endless apps

If you want to teach your kids how to read or count, you can use the Endless Alphabet, Endless Reader and Endless Numbers apps.

Endless Alphabet helps kids learn their ABC’s and build their vocabulary with an adorable bunch of monsters. Each word features an interactive puzzle with talking letters and a short animation illustrating the definition.

Endless Reader introduces “sight words”. Kids need to recognize these words by sight in order to achieve reading fluency. This is an excellent learning method as many words have unusual spelling, beginners cannot yet use phonics knowledge.

Endless Numbers challenges kids to recognize numbers, sequences, quantity, numerical patterns, and do simple additions. The adorable Endless monsters will guide kids along the way.

You can download Endless Alphabet, Endless Reader and Endless Numbers from the Windows Store and try them for free.


Typing Fingers LT

Typing Fingers is a useful app to teach the efficient the ten-finger typing system. The tool offers a series of fun typing games for kids that allow all users, including adults, to improve their typing skills.

After you complete all levels, you’ll get a Typing Fingers diploma. The levels are built up gradually, so you learn how to use your keyboard in a fun and easy way.

You can download Typing Fingers for free from the Windows Store.


We’ll end our list of the best education apps here. If you’ve got any recommendations for similar apps, use the comment section below to let us know.

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