Educational Apps For Windows Phone

National Zoo (Free) 

Check in on the fluffy furries at the glorious zoo of Washington, DC, via this app that incorporates webcam views of pandas, giraffes and more.

Star Chart 

Behold the jewelled night skies with this augmented reality app that layers astronomical info over the sky through your viewfinder. GPS technology lets you find heavenly bodies even in daylight.

Study Planner  

Exam-taking students, take note (ahem). You can enter exam times into this app to create an exam timetable with a feed to remind you when to start studying. Live Tile support lets you pin important homework to the  Start Screen.

Speak Italian 

Learn the most romantic language in the world – hopefully by living in Italy, but if  that’s a faraway dream,  start small with the 500 phrases in this beginners’ app. Developer imushrooms makes ’em for loads of other languages too.

Brain App 

Test and train the ol’ neurons with this quick-fire app testing your mental reflexes and cognitive memory.
Your scores are recorded so you can look back and marvel at how much smarter you  have become.

New Scientist  

This quiz app from the science rag pushes your brain to its limits with a weekly dose of multiple choice questions relating to scientific facts and breakthroughs. Post scores on Facebook and challenge friends.

Math Challenge (Free) 

Develop an agile brain with this training app for any level and age. Difficulty levels from Junior right up to Genius make this a challenge for everyone, while true nerds can compete online.

On This Day (Free) 

Get a dose of history from this daily digest of important events past. There’s a Live Tile to pin to Start Screen for a handy peek at the day’s milestones and you can skip to birthdays or events in your personal calendar to check out what went on, way back when.

UK Driving Test 

Prep for your big day by practicing your knowledge in this theory test with questions from the 2012 DSA revision bank. You can search questions by topic, take mock tests and get an analysis on which sections you bombed or aced.