The Best Mobile Games for Kids of All Ages in 2025

As a parent, you are probably worried about what your child is doing on their mobile phone and, more specifically, what games they are playing. Are the titles you have downloaded perfect for their personal and intellectual development? With so many options available in the app stores, it is very normal to have doubts. 

So, in the following lines, we are going to compile some of the best mobile games for children that you really should let them try so that they can have fun and, above all, learn. In our 

opinion, no one under 3 years old should have too much contact with screens, so we are going to ignore that age group. Plus, you won’t have to spend a single euro, as many of the apps we show you below, organized according to the ages of your little ones, are free and available on both iOS and Android devices. 

Not All Games are Suitable For Children

We’re tired of seeing professionals recommending which titles your child should play, how long they should use them, how to limit screen time, and what to do if you catch them using an inappropriate app.

The Play Store, like the App Store, is a store full of all kinds of apps, and you shouldn’t be guided only by the childish aspect of a particular app. We’re not just talking about not having a child-run GTA-type title, but about avoiding add-ons and other risks such as in-app purchases. 

Set Up Android Kids

Just like movies, all video games have age ratings, and it’s worth paying attention to them. If you wouldn’t let your child watch an 18+ movie, they shouldn’t be playing an 18+ game either.

Both Android and iOS have content ratings that are used to describe the minimum maturity level that users of app content should have, but they don’t indicate whether an app is designed for users of a certain age. If you have doubts about what the little ones in the house can and cannot play, take a look at these games that are perfect for children of all ages. 

Games for Children From 3 to 5 Years Old 

Childhood is the most important period of human development. It is the age in which our children are exposed to huge amounts of information that, if they do not know how to control it, can be more harmful than beneficial.

For this reason, we cannot let them play with any title from the app stores, but rather with a series of children’s games that, if they know how to do anything, is to educate the little ones while entertaining them. 

ABC Dinos

Who doesn’t like dinosaurs? Well, these extinct animals that are so trendy will be in charge of helping our children learn to read and recognize the letters of the alphabet. It adapts to the age of each child, being able to choose the letter they want to learn in both uppercase and lowercase.

In the game we will follow the story of Finn, the dinosaur protagonist, whom the little ones will have to follow by collecting the magic letters that will transform the ogres into fun animals, learning almost without realizing it. 

Memory Kids

Although it is in English, it is a title that is perfectly understandable, as it is based on images that will help your children exercise their memory. According to the content rating of this application, it is suitable for people of all ages, so you can allow your children to play it even when they are 

barely 3 years old. For this reason, the app’s user interface is quite minimalistic. As for how it works, it’s the classic game where your child will have to turn over a series of cards to find out what’s on the other side. The second goal is to find the same cards and tap them. Once achieved, he will be rewarded with loud applause and colorful balloons flying on the screen. 

Masha and the Bear

Masha and the Bear is actually an old Russian TV show that has been adapted to numerous countries in the form of mobile titles. On Google Play you will find two games with the same name and both have educational value. The first title features nearly 20 mini-games that offer a learning experience for children ages two to nine. The second game is primarily an interactive puzzle game that has numerous ratings on the Google Play Store. 

Sesame

This collection of apps and games for children could not be without something that many of us have grown up with and that is now adapted to new technologies to entertain our children.

The game brings together all the Sesame Street characters and songs and uses them to teach little ones to solve problems, discover new words, and unleash their creative potential. An ideal game to develop physical, mental, and emotional strength. 

Pokemon Playhouse

Unlike most Pokémon apps on our phones, Pokémon Playhouse is completely free and is designed to appeal to younger children, allowing them to easily interact with several of these creatures while exploring various locations.

You can even take care of these ‘Pocket Monsters’ in a sort of Tamagotchi-like mode, making it an ideal game for 3- and 5-year-olds who can’t read yet but are beginning to develop their language skills. 

Android and iOS Games for Children From 6 to 11 Years Old

Around 5 or 6 years of age, our little ones change a lot. Their language is very advanced and it is the time when we must encourage learning and offer new stimuli.

The titles that we can download from the App Store and Play Store are more complex and already focus more on fun, without leaving aside their educational function. 

Monster Math

This is a fun educational Android game that makes learning and practicing simple math a breeze and helps youngsters practice 40 different math skills of varying difficulty. It features fun ways to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The game is fully customizable to adapt to the capacity and skills of the little user so that they can evolve at their own pace and improve day by day. 

Left vs Right

Another fun and educational title for Android is Left vs. Right, an app whose main objective is brain training and improving concentration, precision, reasoning,g, and reflexes in children.

The title is organized around 29 categories that will help train and test the logical and fast reasoning of the girl or boy, managing to increase their intellectual capacity and concentration without them even realizing it. 

Minion Rush

Minion Rush is the official game of the Despicable Me movie, which continues to receive new sequels, prequels, and spin-offs to this day. If there’s one thing the film is famous for, it’s these cute-looking minions, who star in the game and who your kids are sure to love.

It is a perfect game to improve the user’s reflexes, as it is of the ‘endless races’ type, in which the user has to control a character that runs non-stop. His mission is to avoid all the obstacles, without a specific place to reach, but getting the most points. 

Frisbee Forever

This is a game with a rather strange premise, as throwing frisbees seems like a rather boring game. However, Frisbee Forever 2 is full of different interesting mechanics where kids will have to use all their reflexes to guide the disc through the gates and collect the maximum number of stars along the way. This is a title that reminds us quite a bit of some of 

Nintendo’s great titles, as its levels are very cleverly designed and its controls are easily accessible for all ages. There will even be times when you’ll want to take your child’s phone away so you can play! 

Rayman Adventures

Rayman Adventures is a great mobile game for kids ages 6-11 for several reasons. Firstly, it has colorful graphics and eye-catching animations that capture kids’ attention. The gameplay is intuitive and easy to understand, allowing little ones to enjoy themselves without getting frustrated, as all you have to do is tap the screen to make Ubisoft’s mascot jump.

Additionally, the game encourages problem-solving and strategic thinking as players must overcome various obstacles and challenges. The music and sound effects are also engaging and age-appropriate, maintaining a positive and fun atmosphere.

As you can imagine, the game contains no explicit violence and has a variety of levels and adventures that will ensure that children stay entertained and motivated to continue playing and exploring new worlds. 

Games For Kids Ages 12 and Up

We have reached a time when our brain is already perfectly formed and we are looking for new incentives. Here, educational games are no longer as necessary as those that reinforce our mental agility and help us solve problems of all kinds. 

Minecraft

Don’t worry, we don’t recommend Minecraft because it’s played by the most famous streamers of the moment. Beyond being one of the most popular games of all time, it’s a title that unleashes all of the children’s creativity by putting them in front of an empty world in which they can extract and create all kinds of buildings and gadgets using the materials they find along the way.

Just as those who are not very familiar with the Microsoft title can play in creative mode, where they won’t have to worry about anything other than building and having fun, older children can have much more fun in survival mode and play games with their friends. 

Fruit Ninja

Fruit Ninja is a hit with people of all ages and is one of the best games for kids because you don’t even need an internet connection to play, thus avoiding unnecessary purchases and other problems.

As for the title itself, its objective is as basic as turning your finger into a virtual sword with which you will have to cut all the fruit that is thrown at your screen while doing everything possible to avoid the bombs. A perfect title to train our children’s dexterity and mental quickness. 

Lego Jurassic World

There are plenty of Lego games on the Play Store and App Store, but one of the most attractive is the one based on the Jurassic World saga. Kids love dinosaurs and for a modest 

premium here we have a version of the same title for consoles, long, with good graphics, and very, very entertaining. By installing the title we will be able to live 4 adventures from the Jurassic Park saga and control up to 16 dinosaurs, as well as the rest of the protagonists of the films. In addition, it allows us to experiment with DNA to try to create unique dinosaurs and enhance children’s creativity. 

Mario Kart Tour

It needs no introduction. It is the quintessential kart racing game and through it, you will improve the reflexes and, to a certain extent, the competitiveness of the little ones in the house.

This is an adaptation of the classic Nintendo game in which you can compete alone against the AI or play against up to seven other players, whether they are registered as friends in the game, or scattered around the world. Multiplayer races can be customized with a variety of rules, such as solo or team racing, kart speed, and several item slots. You can earn classic Big N characters and accessories for your cars.