Welcome to BestAppsforGrandparents.com, a blog where I share my best and favorite apps for my grandkids, who literally have thousands of apps at their fingertips. This blog isn’t just about the apps, but also tips and tricks on how to use them as well as some fun events in their lives. I hope you find these blogs helpful to you too. Some of the apps I use regularly are Free Books for Me, ABCmouse, BabyCenter, Talking Tom 2 and ZuZu The Pet Shop. Stay tuned for a few light hearted posts about some adorable photos of my grandkids along with some of their firsts!
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Best Apps For Grandparents
MyHeritage – Sharing Your Family Tree
myheritage app for dna tests
MyHeritage DNA tests are an amazing way for grandchildren to connect with their grandparents. Just imagine the jaw dropping conversations they’ll have learning about their past.
They have a massive database with billions of records from around the world, including birth, death, and marriage certificates along with census, court, and adoption records, plus so much more.
With a MyHeritage DNA test, you can find the specific groups you descend from among 2100+ geographic regions and find close and distant relatives who have also taken the DNA test.
By combining the family tree and DNA capabilities of MyHeritage, you can build a full picture of your family history to share with your kids.
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Android
Wise – Easy, Fast & Secure Money Transfers
wise money transfer app
There are many better ways for long distance grandparents to send money to their grandkids in the 21st century, and Wise is one of the best.
Bank fees for transferring money can be excessive, especially for international transfers, which cost an average of $45 – and that’s before a high markup on the currency conversion.
Nerdwallet calls Wise “the best way to send money internationally for its cheap costs and great web experience”.
To note: Money transfers done with a debit or credit card can take as little as just a few minutes, while bank transfers take one to three business days.
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EarlyBird – Investing For Your Children & Grandchildren
app for grandparents to invest for their grandchildren
Wouldn’t it be great if grandparents could invest in their grandchildren’s future with just a few taps?
EarlyBird lets you do just that.
Parents can set up a custodial account for your child, and you or anybody else can add money to it at any time.
Once they turn 18 (or 21, in some states), they can use that money for whatever they want, whether that’s school, starting their own business, or getting married.
Anybody who sends a financial gift through EarlyBird can also include a short video, so children and grandchildren can look back on their important milestones.
iOS
Keepy – Organize & Save Your Child’s Creations
keepy app for storing kids creations in the cloud
Many parents wish there was a better way to keep and share their kid’s artwork, photos and schoolwork with their grandparents.
Keepy helps you organize and share pictures and video clips to show their progress!
When you upload pictures, you can include short video clips and share each memory with your family, who become “fans” of your child. They can then reply with video, voice, or text comments.
Usage tip: Friends, family members, or even you can also order prints, canvases, photo books, and other keepsakes.
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Together – Stories & Games With Your Grandkids
together app for grandparents and grandchildren to read together
Help your kids feel more connected to their grandparents and other far away family members with Together, an interactive video calling app.
With Together, kids and family members can read, play interactive games, and even draw together while on a video call.
It’s a great way to keep kids engaged and feel more connected with family compared to just conversations.
In addition to Together’s library of games and books, you can also scan your own books and upload your own PDFs, so you, your kids, and your family can read just about anything – Together.
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FamilyAlbum – Photo Sharing App For Long Distance Families
familyalbum app to securely share photos and videos with family
Looking for a secure, private, easy way to share your photos with your whole family? FamilyAlbum makes it easy, even for users who aren’t very tech-savvy.
With FamilyAlbum, you get unlimited photo storage that can only be viewed by you and your family, compilation videos that automatically piece together 1-second clips of all your best memories, and easy sharing.
There is a premium option for some added features, but all the best parts of FamilyAlbum are free, with no ads whatsoever.
For grandparents and others without mobile devices, there is a browser version of FamilyAlbum, so anybody with internet access (and your permission) can see your photos and watch your child grow up.
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TinyBeans – Sharing Your Parenting Journey With Family
tinybeans app for keeping kids photos and videos available for grandparents
We like to think of TinyBeans as a digital baby book.
You can track your baby’s milestones with pictures, videos, heights, weights, and more, and instantly share it with family.
You get unlimited photo storage that’s automatically sorted by date, a digital family journal, and a way to remember all your baby’s milestones.
Usage tip: It’s definitely worth setting up automatic email notifications, for senior family members, any time you post milestones, photos, videos.
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Android
Kahoot! – Create Custom Quizzes For Your Family
quiz app for grandparents and grandchildren
Competing and learning is a fun way for grandparents and grandchildren to engage with one another.
Kahoot! can help!
This interactive studying app can help kids study any subject alone or compete against others.
You or your child can create your own study modules, and you can even challenge family anywhere in the world by playing Kahoot! during a video call.
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Android
KOYA – Gifts For Family Far Away
koya app digital gift card
What’s more fun than sending money or messages to your family? Surprising them with those things when they show up to certain spots!
KOYA uses geolocation technology to allow you to send messages, videos, money, and more that only appear when the recipient shows up at a location you select.
With KOYA, there are plenty of fun ways grandparents can surprise their grandchildren:
Surprise them with enough money to cover seeing a movie with friends.
Pay for their drink when they go to their favorite coffee shop.
Send them a voucher when they go to the fast food restaurant you like to take them to.
Kast – Watch Content Together Online
kast app on laptop
Don’t let a little distance get in the way of family movie night. Kast allows you to screen share with your whole family to watch a show or movie at once.
You can even use text, voice, and video chat to talk to each other while watching the video. In that way, Kast becomes like a virtual living room.
Since Kast is also available on computers, it’s the perfect app to use for seniors and others who don’t have mobile devices.
Note that while you can access some of Kast’s content for free, you need to get a subscription to have access to screen sharing, HD streaming, picture in picture, and other features.
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Android
LoveLight Connect App for LoveLights
lovelight app
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could let your family know you’re thinking of them with just a tap? With a LoveLight and the LoveLight Connect App, you can do just that!
LoveLights are connected to each other through Wi-Fi and the app. When one of you touches your light, everybody else’s will light up.
The LoveLight Connect App lets you choose from seasonal and regularly updated color palettes, and you can even light up your family’s LoveLights from the app without needing to be near your own.
You can connect as many lights as you want, and the app helps you get them all set up and connected to each other.
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Android
Words With Friends 2
words with friends 2 app
If you love playing word games with your family members, you’ll love Words With Friends 2, the world’s most popular social mobile word game.
In addition to the classic game where you play against your friends and family, Words With Friends 2 also includes:
Solo challenges for practicing and improving your word skills
Team-based Lightning Rounds if you think the classic game takes too long
Head-to-head Lightning Duels for fast-paced word play
The classic version is perfect for playing against family members who live in different time zones, since you can each play on your own time, while Lightning Rounds feel like family game night.
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WhatsApp – Simple Family Group Messaging
What’s more convenient than texting and more secure than social media? Say hello to WhatsApp.
Grandparents and grandchildren can send messages, photos, and videos or do voice or video chats without using minutes or SMS messages.
Apart from any data charges you pay through your phone plan, WhatsApp allows you to call family members anywhere in the world for free.
Apps for grandparents to be
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BookChat
Reading a book together is one the best ways to bond with a child, and grandparents know this better than anyone. That’s where Readeo’s BookChat comes in. The app allows grandkids and grandparents to share a screen with a book, the “text best” thing to sitting side-by-side, turning the pages together. Members are charged a monthly fee of $10 which gives them access to a large library of titles they can choose from with their “guest” (i.e. grandchild) together.
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Wheel of Fortune
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Chances are, your parents are already Wheel of Fortune fans. Double down on their love of the game with the free multiplayer app. The ability to play free word games with friends means grandparents and grandkids can face off no matter how many miles away they are.
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Keepy
Have mounting piles of your children’s artwork you’d love to share with family but don’t really want to ship halfway across the country? Download Keepy. This clever app lets you save kids mementos and artwork then share it virtually with friends and family. Grateful grandparents can then leave voice, video or text comments to say much they loved the work.
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Ancestry.com
Have a budding genealogist in the fam? Encourage them to share your parent’s (free) Ancestry app. By sharing a login in, kids can start to discover their family history which could lead to all kinds of shared activities like creating a family tree or researching ancestors for school projects together.
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Words With Friends
If your parents are familiar with Scrabble, then they’ll probably like Words with Friends. The Crossword puzzle game can be played with opponents all over the world, but in this case we recommend introducing one of your older children to the game so they can beat Grandma!
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