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Summary: Different educational apps are transforming the way young students are learning new things and absorbing knowledge. This article tries to explain how do educational apps helping learners and why developing one is a profitable investment for you. 

Mobile apps opened up new avenues for educational sector revolutionising the way students learn and grow. From little kids to aspiring high school students, there are varied kinds of learning apps for all. In a way, all such apps are making the learning experience more flexible and interesting for all. Learning apps are a breath of fresh air in the modern educational industry. Many institutions are developing one or the other form of an app to spread knowledge, academic lessons or training sessions. Duolingo, a remarkably popular language-learning app with more than 100 million downloads is one of the best examples.  Its immense success shows how learning apps tweaked with exciting features got huge prospects in this era of digitalisation.

Here is further explaining how different forms of apps are taking learning experiences to the next level, easing the lives of both students and mentors. 

Interactive learning platform

Apps are built by many educational institutions to bring up an interactive platform for the students to interact with their tutors, coaches and even other students. Thus, they bridge all the gaps in communication between students and mentors which help students get solutions faster. Even teachers can inform or notice the students about a particular task or lesson through an app. So, interactive learning apps should come with the following possibilities:

• Online study materials
• Video or audio lessons
• Charts and graphical representations
• Newsfeed (where students & teachers can contribute)
• Live chat support 

Quiz apps for brainstorming 

Well, this kind of app is great at nurturing the IQ or intelligence level of the learners. Besides, it helps them gain some extra knowledge outside their limited academic courses. There are many apps build with vast question banks on different subject matters and for different age groups. Students can take part in quizzes as per their preference for the subject. 

Problem-solving apps 

Then there are mathematical calculations and riddle apps, which make use of Artificial intelligence to get answers. Users find such apps quite fun-filled and engaging apart from being knowledgeable because of aspects like gamification of the stages, rewards or bonus points on correct answers, and free time or level unlock gifts to winners. One famous app is known for solving simple to complex mathematical problems is Socratic. 

Apps for learning particular skills

These are the apps that help people know and learn some specific skills apart from general subject matters. They include apps for language learning, music lessons, arts and doodles, cooking, pet training and so on. 

E-learning has become an indispensable part education industry, of course, after the evolution of mobile apps. They impart knowledge in a more refreshing way that helps learners of all age groups. With learning apps, many are able to enhance skills and competence without having to appoint any mentor physically.  Thus, apps are also reducing the costs of learning too. If you are a part of the education sector and want to make the life of students easier and better, you too can make an app of any one of the above kinds taking help from a reliable app development partner. 

Johan Smith is one of the expert app developers who work at GetAProgrammer, a top-ranked Android and iPhone app development company in Australia which develops wide-ranging apps for businesses and startups no matter how unique or complex their idea is.