List of educational software

This is a list of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning.

Anatomy

 * 3D Indiana
 * Bodyworks Voyager – Mission in Anatomy
 * Primal Pictures
 * Visible Human Project

Chemistry

 * Aqion - simulates water chemistry

Children's software

 * 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

 * JFLAP - Java Formal language and Automata Package

Cryptography

 * CrypTool - illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts

Dictionaries and reference

 * Britannica
 * Encarta
 * Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite

Geography and Astronomy

 * Cartopedia: The Ultimate World Reference Atlas
 * Celestia
 * Google Earth - (proprietary license)
 * Gravit - a free (GPL) Newtonian gravity simulator
 * KGeography
 * 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

 * TeachAids

History

 * 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

Literacy

 * Accelerated Reader
 * AutoTutor
 * Compu-Read
 * DISTAR

Managed learning environments

 * 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

 * Accelerated Math
 * Cantor (software)
 * Compu-Math: Fractions
 * DrGeo
 * Geogebra
 * The Geometer's Sketchpad
 * Maple
 * Matlab / GNU Octave
 * Mathematica
 * Matheass
 * Math Blaster
 * Microsoft Mathematics
 * RekenTest
 * MathFacts in a Flash
 * SAGE - free software (GPL)
 * TK Solver
 * Tux, of Math Command- free software (GPL)

Music

 * Comparison of music education software
 * EarMaster
 * Yousician
 * MuseScore
 * Syntorial

Programming

 * BlueJ
 * Hackety Hack
 * Racket
 * RoboMind
 * Scratch
 * Swift Playgrounds

Science

 * Betty's Brain
 * Science Sleuths

Simulation games

 * Caesar titles
 * Capitalism
 * Civilization
 * The Oregon Trail
 * Sid Meier's Colonization
 * SimCity
 * Zoo Tycoon

Spaced Repetition

 * Anki
 * Memrise
 * SuperMemo
 * Synap
 * Mnemosyne

Touch-Typing Instruction

 * Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
 * Mario Teaches Typing
 * Smorball
 * Tux Typing - free software (GPL)

Visual Learning and Mind Mapping

 * ConceptDraw MINDMAP
 * Freemind - free software (GPL)
 * Perception
 * SpicyNodes

Notable brands and suppliers of educational software

 * Dorling Kindersley
 * Promethean World
 * Renaissance Learning
 * Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology (previously Riverdeep)
 * SMART Technologies
 * Software4Students
 * RM plc
 * Unicheck (previously Unplag)

Historical brands and suppliers

 * 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)