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Best Social Science Apps

Rated against instructional invariants from learning science. Find apps that actually teach.

318 apps

Grade Level:All Pre-K Elementary (K-5)Middle School (6-8)High School (9-12)

Browse Social Science Apps

Find social science apps for the classroom or home. This catalog includes tools for teaching history, geography, civics, and economics.

The table details each app's subject area, overall rating, and earned certifications. Click an app name to view specific features, target age groups, and privacy policies on its product page.

We update these records regularly with new scores as we roll out our formal evaluations.

Rating

Application

Subject Area

Certifications

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LDC CoreTools

Literacy Design Collaborative

Humanities, Social Science

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

1 cert

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Mexty

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Wisdom: The World of Emotions

Better Kids

Early Childhood Education, Social Science

1 cert

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Grid for Schools

Smartbox Assistive Technology, Inc.

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Class Wizard

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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FlexPoint Education Cloud™

FlexPoint®

Humanities, Social Science

Humanities, Social Science

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Persona Life Skills

Persona Education Ltd

Social Science, Applied Science

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STEAM in AI

DataEthics4All Foundation

Humanities, Social Science

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Stride Curriculum

Stride, Inc.

Humanities, Social Science

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Sustainability Management Simulation: Net Zero

Sim Institute

Social Science, Science

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Britannica Expedition: Learn!

Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.

Social Science, Science

2 certs

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OneScreen Zuni Learning

OneScreen

Humanities, Social Science

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CCFCS Digital Curriculum

The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences

Early Childhood Education, Social Science

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United States Academic Esports League

Mastery Coding, Inc.

Humanities, Social Science

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Muzzy Lane Author

Muzzy Lane

Humanities, Social Science

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Lightbox AV2 Nonfiction

Lightbox Learning Inc.

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Lightbox AV2 World Languages

Lightbox Learning Inc.

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Lightbox EyeDiscover

Lightbox Learning Inc.

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Lightbox Nonfiction

Lightbox Learning Inc.

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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ARpedia

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Clozetesting

Humanities, Social Science

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Compartir (Santillana)

Santillana SAS

Humanities, Social Science

3 certs

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Efficient Excel

Social Science, Science

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Endless Key

Endless OS Foundation

Humanities, Social Science

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SocratiQ

Koodup

Humanities, Social Science

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Labdisc

Boxlight

Social Science, Science

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Inspire AR/VR Laptop

zSpace, Inc.

Humanities, Social Science

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THiNKtech Solutions

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Lincoln Content Bank

Lincoln Learning Solutions

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

2 certs

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Lincoln Empowered EK - 12

Lincoln Learning Solutions

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

5 certs

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This is School

Humanities, Social Science

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Britannica LaunchPacks

Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.

Humanities, Social Science

Social Science, Science

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IgnitePanel

Hatch Early Learning

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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3Doodler EDU Create+ Learning Pack

3Doodler

Humanities, Social Science

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3Doodler Start+ EDU Learning Pack

3Doodler

Humanities, Social Science

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AISheets.study

PrepGuru AI

Humanities, Social Science

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AverPoint Classroom

AverPoint

Humanities, Social Science

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Better World Ed's Global Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Better World Ed

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

1 cert

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BoostHDT High Dosage Tutoring

Brainfuse

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Breakout Fun!

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Certified Monart® Teacher Training Courses

Monart® School of the Arts

Early Childhood Education, Humanities

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Checkology® Virtual Classroom

The News Literacy Project

Humanities, Social Science

1 cert

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Cogito Coach

Social Science, Applied Science

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How We Rate Apps

Every app is evaluated against instructional invariants developed by Invariant Education. We test whether apps actually teach — not whether they look good or have high ratings.

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