List of educational software
This is a list of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning.
Educational software by subject
[edit]- 3D Indiana
- Anatomography
- Bodyworks Voyager - Mission in Anatomy
- NeuroNames
- Neuroscience Information Framework
- Primal Pictures
- Visible Human Project
- ZygoteBody
- Adacel
- Air Traffic Controller (series)
- DiSTI
- Digital Combat Simulator
- International Virtual Aviation Organisation
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Mechtronix
- SkyRadar
- Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network
Business and finance
[edit]Calculators
[edit]- Aqion — simulates water chemistry
- Chemaxon
- ChemWindow
- JChemPaint
- NWChem
- Overleaf — web-app that uses LaTeX Chemfig for chemical structure diagrams and does chemistry notation using mhchem
- PhET Interactive Simulations
- Spartan (chemistry software)
- XDrawChem
Children's software
[edit]- Bobo Explores Light
- ClueFinders titles
- Delta Drawing
- Edmark
- Fun School titles
- GCompris — free software (GPL)
- Gold Series
- JumpStart titles
- Kiwaka
- KidPix
- Museum Madness
- Ozzie series
- Reader Rabbit titles
- Tux Paint — free software (GPL)
- Zoombinis titles
Computer science
[edit]Software
[edit]- Alice (software)
- BlueJ
- Ch
- CircuitPython
- Code.org
- CodeCombat
- Codewars
- EarSketch
- Etoys
- GitHub Codespaces
- H5P
- Hackety Hack
- JFLAP — Java Formal language and Automata Package
- Kojo (learning environment)
- Little Computer 3
- MIT App Inventor
- Racket (programming language)
- RoboMind
- Scratch (programming language)
- Smalltalk — Squeak and Pharo
- Swift Playgrounds
- VPython
- Wikitext — markup language used to edit Wikipedia, can learn using the wikipedia:Sandbox.
Hardware
[edit]- Bouncy Castle
- CrypTool — illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts
Dictionaries and reference
[edit]- Chemistry software
- Construction software
- Comparison of electronic design automation software
- Comparison of electromagnetic simulation software
- Comparison of numerical-analysis software
- Comparison of optimization software
- Comparison of system dynamics software
- List of 3D modeling software
- List of aerospace engineering software
- List of BIM software
- List of bioinformatics software
- List of chemical process simulators
- List of computational fluid dynamics software
- List of computer-aided engineering software
- List of computer-aided manufacturing software
- List of computer simulation software
- List of data science software
- List of discrete event simulation software
- List of electrical engineering software
- List of free electronics circuit simulators
- List of HDL simulators
- List of numerical-analysis software
- List of scientific simulation software
- List of software for nanostructures modeling
- List of software for nuclear engineering
- List of structural engineering software
- Lists of mathematical software
- Physics software
- Power engineering software
- Wind energy software
Geography and Astronomy
[edit]- Cartopedia: The Ultimate World Reference Atlas
- Celestia
- Google Earth — (proprietary license)
- Gravit — a free (GPL) Newtonian gravity simulator
- KStars
- NASA World Wind — free software (NASA open source)
- Stellarium
- Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America — a game that teaches geography to children
- Where is Carmen Sandiego? game series
- WorldWide Telescope — a freeware from Microsoft
Health
[edit]- TeachAids
- SonoSim
- EMCrit
- EthosCE
- Free Open Access Medical education resources (FOAMed)
- Learning Resource Server Medicine
History
[edit]- Encyclopedia Encarta Timeline
- Euratlas
- Back in Time (iPad)
- Balance of Power
- Lemonade Stand
- Number Munchers
- Odell Lake
- Spellevator
- Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game
- Word Munchers
Home Schooling
[edit]- ABCmouse
- Abeka
- CK-12
- Connections Academy
- DreamBox Learning
- Edgenuity
- FlexBook
- GCompris
- Khan Academy
- Mathletics
- Penn Foster High School
- Prodigy (video game)
- Time4Learning
Managed learning environments
[edit]- ATutor (GPL)
- Blackboard Inc.
- Chamilo
- Claroline
- eCollege
- eFront (CPAL)
- Fle3 (GPL)
- GCompris (GPL)
- Google Classroom
- ILIAS (GPL)
- Kannu
- LON-CAPA — free software (GPL)
- Moodle — free software (GPL)
- OLAT — free software
- Renaissance Place
- Sakai Project — free software
- WebAssign
Mathematics
[edit]- Accelerated Math — progress tracking software
- Cantor (mathematics software)
- Compu-Math: Fractions — digital tutorials
- DrGeo — interactive geometry software
- Geogebra
- The Geometer's Sketchpad
- Maple
- Matlab / GNU Octave
- Mathematica
- Matheass
- Math Blaster
- Microsoft Mathematics
- MathFacts in a Flash
- SAGE — free software (GPL)
- TK Solver
- Tux, of Math Command — free software (GPL)
- Zearn — online K-8 digital math curriculum
Mapping
[edit]- ArcGIS Online — Esri's cloud-based mapping and spatial analysis platform
- Datawrapper — web-based interactive maps[1]
- Google Earth Engine
- Google Sheets — choropleth maps from data tables
- QGIS — GIS software that is free and open-source, using GeoJSON, Shapefile, CSV data points to creat maps.
- OpenStreetMap — open map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration
- Leaflet — JavaScript library used to build web mapping applications
Military
[edit]Massive open online course providers
[edit]Free / open-access
[edit]- Alison (freemium)
- FUN
- Khan Academy
- MIT OCW
- OpenSAP
- Stanford Online
- SWAYAM
Proprietary / commercial
[edit]- Canvas Network
- Coursera
- edX
- FutureLearn
- iversity
- Kadenze
- LinkedIn Learning
- OpenClassrooms
- openHPI
- OpenLearning
- Open Universities Australia
- Shaw Academy
- The Great Courses
- Udacity
- Udemy
Music
[edit]- Comparison of music education software
- EarMaster
- List of guitar tablature software
- MuseScore
- Syntorial
- Yousician
- Araucaria
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Kialo
- PhilPapers
- Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Wireless Philosophy
Reading
[edit]- Accelerated Reader
- Apple Books
- AutoTutor
- Bookshare
- Compu-Read
- DISTAR
- DreamBox Learning
- GCompris
- Google Play Books
- Hooked on Phonics
- Kurzweil Educational Systems
- Learning Ally
- MobyMax
- Newsela
- Open Library
- READ 180
- Reading Eggs
- STAR (software)
Science
[edit]Simulation
[edit]Simulation games
[edit]Spaced Repetition
[edit]Touch-Typing Instruction
[edit]- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Mario Teaches Typing
- Smorball
- Touch Typist Typing Tutor
- Tux Typing — free software (GPL)
- Typequick
Visual Learning and Mind Mapping
[edit]- ConceptDraw MINDMAP
- Freemind — free software (GPL)
- Perception
- SpicyNodes
Writing
[edit]Notable brands and suppliers of educational software
[edit]- Dorling Kindersley
- Promethean World
- Renaissance Learning
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology (previously Riverdeep)
- SMART Technologies
- Software4Students
- RM plc
Historical brands and suppliers
[edit]- Edu-Ware
- JumpStart Games (previously Knowledge Adventure)
- Davidson & Associates (merged with Knowledge Adventure)
- SoftKey (acquired by Mattel, then Riverdeep)
- Brøderbund (acquired by Softkey)
- The Learning Company (acquired by SoftKey)
- Creative Wonders (acquired by the Learning Company)
- MECC (acquired by Softkey)
- Edmark (acquired by Riverdeep)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About - Our team, product, and the background". Datawrapper. Retrieved 6 November 2025.