3 Best Educational Apps of 2014

Gone are the days when smartphones were largely used for fun and taking pictures only. Developers are creating diverse range of apps nowadays and have stretched the App stores to the extent that these are now proliferated to an amazing extent of millions that are located in various Play stores and among which, most of them are available free of cost yet some are paid. Some people utilize apps for social media while some indulge with selfie apps. Here are the 3 best educational apps you should try that are also suitable for your child or your mother.

Lumosity:

Lumosity is a wonderful app backed by a neuroscience research company based in California. The App offers a brain training program consisting of more than 40 games in the areas of memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing, and problem solving. The app is not just confined to adults but even children and old aged people can play it and sharpen their mind. It is a must have app for your smartphone and easily can be downloaded on iOS and Android.

Ted:

For all the Ted fans out there who like to listen motivational speeches from the most influential people on this earth. There are categories which are nicely placed in the interface such as Surprise me, Featured, My Talks, and All Talks. There are categories for the different type of lectures too. Just download the app and you will amaze yourself what wonderful world you had been missing before downloading it.

Lectures of Influential people from all walks of life are there. No matter you are atheist, idealist or feminist, you’ll find talks according to your flavor. There are lectures from adventurists, sportsmen, scientists, war survivors, businessmen, handicapped people and entrepreneurs. And thankfully there are videos with subtitles in 90 languages.

Duolingo:

It is an awesome app through which you can learn several languages including Spanish, French, German, Italian and many others. It’s not only an effective interactive tutorial for language learning but also you enjoy much while learning from it. You will certainly be able to understand little conversations. If any of your friend is planning to go to Germany or France for study or any language that is come in app domain, do recommend this app.

These three apps were also listed as the best Google Apps of 2014 and Duolingo was remained the most downloaded app on the Play Store in 2014.