LIFE HACK
Great Kids’ Apps That Work Offline
Reliable Wi-Fi may not always be available during your family vacation—and entertaining little ones without it is sometimes challenging. Luckily, there are tons of offline-capable apps and games designed to spare parents connectivity woes. Bring all of your child’s favorite characters along for the ride with these picks.
Play with Peppa Pig
In the World of Peppa Pig app, parents can download all of Peppa’s videos and keep them for 30 days, so little ones can learn to count, practice the alphabet, and play Madame Gazelle’s “Bing Bong Song” as many times as they like. There are also enough downloadable episodes of Peppa Pig available in the Noggin app to keep your child as happy as Peppa in a muddy puddle.
Save the day with PAW Patrol
No job’s too big for Chase and the PAW Patrol gang, and these intrepid pooches won’t let patchy airport Wi-Fi get in their way. Once you’ve downloaded PAW Patrol Rescue World, all of the games and activities are available offline. Still not pupped out? Noggin has hundreds of episodes available for download.
Be yourself with Barbie
Have a ball with the automatic cake makers, popcorn machines, dance contests, beach parties, and shopping trips in Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, an app that explores the magic of Barbie’s Dreamhouse! The best part? All these activities are available offline. What’s more, episodes of the Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures series and Barbie movies can be downloaded in the Amazon Prime Video app.
Make art with Mirabel
Disney Coloring World gives budding artists the chance to get creative with Mirabel and all the members of the Madrigal family (including the one we don’t talk about). Download the special Encanto coloring pack—or any of your other Disney faves—to color offline. Need precisely one hour and 49 minutes of uninterrupted peace? Download and watch Encanto in the Disney+ app.
Swing into fun with Spidey
The junior version of Spider-Man stars in the fantastically fun Lego Duplo Marvel. Children can explore Spidey’s world with his friends Ghost-Spider and Miles Morales, build their own Spidey HQ, and solve jigsaw puzzles—there’s no need to be online to play. For more web-slinging adventures, download all episodes of Spidey and His Amazing Friends in the Disney+ app.