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With over half a million apps in the iTunes Store, and close to that number in the Android marketplace, it is hard to find the best kid apps worth downloading. Sure, you can see the Top 10 lists in iTunes, but frequently the real gems for kids never make those lists. Here is a look at five apps that are unique and special. Some are popular, but others you may never have heard of. One is even free. All are worth downloading. Painting with Time — Red Hill Studios, best for ages 5-up, Free, iPad. 4 stars (out of 4) This fascinating app lets kids explore how things change over time. Kids choose from tubes of paint that represent different intervals of time. For a landscape photo, the tubes are labeled fall, winter, spring, and summer. After selecting a tube of time, kids run their finger over the photo to magically transform it into the selected season. For a photo of a man growing a beard, the tubes represent the starting time, 10 days, 20 days and 30 days. You can also see a woman...