Random Guy Apps

Random Guy and I had a deal at the beginning of summer. He is 10 and refused to go to summer school as I related in this post about summer homeschooling.
He could earn an iPad if he did his lessons, behaved well and did what was asked of him; this included attending Yoga Calm and some therapy sessions at the Autism Society.  He earned all his stars on his chart and even had an extra strike that he didn't use. I ordered it for him last week, (along with an Otterbox Defender case) and it arrived.
Now the fun part! I have been scoping out apps for my Random Guy and found all kinds of cool ones. The starred ones are already loaded. The other ones we will get around to installing soon. All apps are the usual 99 cents to $4.99 unless otherwise noted.

Social apps

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*Autism: 5 Point Scale- Free from the Autism Society of Minnesota. A color coded scale to rate how you are feeling to get a handle on emotions before they get out of hand.  Customizable, but I haven't gotten around to that yet.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-5-point-scale

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Phrase Wit:  Quizzes or scroll alphabetically to learn those tricky idioms in a fun way.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phrase-wit

Educational apps

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*Khan Academy: Free, the world's most popular education website has an app.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khan-academy

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Bike Baron: A motorcycle stunt game using a physics generator to control the outcome from your input.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bike-baron

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Catapult King: a great 3-D style catapult game, putting you right behind the catapult. Reported to be a great stress reliever too.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/catapult-king

Fun apps

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*Lego Instructions: Written by fans of Legos. It has instructions to construct 233 different Lego items, includes Lego City and Star Wars themes as well as many others.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lego-instructions

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*Angry Birds Space HD: Eliminate the pigs using your space catapult. You get the Mighty Eagle for free in this one.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds-space-hd

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*Annoying Orange: Yes, it is annoying and older kids think it is hilarious. Even SensiGirl likes it.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/annoying-orange-kitchen-carnage

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Fruit Ninja: Similar to speed slice on our Wii Sports Resort game.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fruit-ninja

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Ninja Fishing: like fruit ninja but with fish, (you can see the guts of the fish once it has been cut, may be kind of gross.)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ninja-fishing

Relaxing apps

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Minecraft Pocket Edtion: 6.99- the classic building app.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-pocket-edition

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*Dr. Who: Free, a platform for buying comics by Comixology, much like MeeGenius. Most comics cost 1.99 to 3.99. They give you two free ones to start out.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doctor-who-comics

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Drift Away - guide the bubble through the environments. Some logic thinking involved, a shoot them up version is included.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drift-away

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Zen Bound 2 - paint the figures by wrapping the rope around them.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zen-bound-2-universal

With all those comics to upload and apps to buy, I can see Random Guy looking for things to do around the house to earn money for them. He is already offering to take care of the recycling and help with the dishes. I can't wait.


Sources:
Commonsense Media
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Apple itunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/