Hemingway app recommends edits to improve your writing
Hemingway is a web and desktop application that aims to tidy up your writing and make it easier for readers to understand. It uses a colour system to highlight sentences…
A realistic typewriter app created by Tom Hanks
With realistic sounds and beautiful looks, Hanx Writer does a great job of bringing to life the humble typewriter. Sure it has a modern delete and a flickering cursor, but…
Folger Luminary Shakespeare reinvents the playwright’s classics
The Folger Shakespeare Library is a world-renowned research centre located in Washington, D.C. Their collection of Shakespeare apps are a unique experience of audio and visual resources, that explain the…
Check grammar, improve word choice and detect plagiarism
The website Grammarly is an online grammar checker that claims to be the most accurate in the world. It scans your text for over 250 uses of grammatical mistakes, as well as…
Calligraphr is an online tool for creating a font using your handwriting
Calligraphr is a relatively easy way of turning your handwriting into a font so you can use it to create any digital document, such as posters, newsletters or worksheets.
Story Wars is a website for collaborative storytelling
Story Wars is a new website that brings people together from all over the world to write a story — one chapter at a time. When a chapter is added,…
Miximal is a simple app that mixes animals and syllables
Miximal, as the name suggests, is an app that lets you mix up animals. By swiping through the three sections you can change how the animal looks from top to…
A brilliant app for teaching children cursive writing
An introduction to cursive writing almost seems like it was made for a tablet. Being able to directly trace over letters, with spoken guidance, certainly makes the whole process a…
Quark DesignPad is an advanced creation app for newsletters, posters and more
If you need to create an official document for printing, Quark DesignPad is about as professional as it gets. Unlike other document creating apps, you don’t just stop at the…
ComicBook: Create your own comic book adventures
ComicBook! is a relatively professional app for creating comic books but it also makes the process very simple.
StoryBuddy 2 is a kid-friendly presentation app for creating digital books
The iPad is an excellent device for making presentations, but many of the high quality apps have too many features for younger learners. StoryBuddy 2 is a presentation app aimed…
Paper by 53 is an attractive app for sketching ideas and notes
The simplicity of Paper by 53 is what really catches the eye. It’s been wonderfully designed so that you can focus on putting your ideas onto paper digitally, without unwanted…