Category: Moms
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BrightNest – Home Organization Review
See the App in iTunes BrightNest Price: FREE The BrightNest app is a great way to organize your home life. With BrightNest, you can keep your household running smoothly, without stressing over remembering everything! Not only will the BrightNest app allow you to keep a personal schedule, the app also provides lots of great life…
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Fretzel Safe Texting Kids App Review
See the App in iTunes Fretzel LLC Price: $1.99 The Fretzel Safe Texting Kids App is a great alternative for traditional texting. With the Fretzel Safe Texting Kids App, parents can provide their child with a safe texting app that is designed for kids and can be monitored by parents. This app was created…
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New App Allows You To Track Your Child’s GPS Location
If you want to track your child’s real-time GPS location and route history, Pumpic app is the best solution. In addition you can set so-called “safe zones” like school, home or grandma’s house. Each time your child leaves the place, you will get an alerting message. (This feature will be launched on the 9th…
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Capsule: Text the Future Review
See the app in iTunes Garner Sites LLC Price: Free I am a very busy mom. I have four kids and a husband who need me to help with homework, drive carpools, cook meals, keep the house somewhat clean, and there is always laundry to be done. I volunteer at the school in the classrooms…
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Keep Safe – Apps for Eva Review
See the App in iTunes Neon Room Price: FREE The Keep Safe – Apps for Eva app was designed to be a safe photo/video viewer for children. With Keep Safe – Apps for Eva, parents can allow kids to enjoy photos and videos on their device without any chance of having them accidentally…
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curbi Review
Curbi was designed with parents in mind! With curbi, parents can have access to effective controls for managing their family’s Apple devices (i.e. iPhone, iPad, etc.). The goal of curbi is to make devices safe for kids to use, while also monitoring usage. I thought the curbi app had a great concept, and feel…
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LifeTopix Review
LifeTopix App Review App Info Price: $19.99 Overview Want to get more organized? Meet LifeTopix Organizer! With LifeTopix, users can literally have an overall view of their life. I thought that this app had a lot to offer and was impressed with the powerful organization features. Everything from a daily agenda, to appointments, to finances can…
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Family Organizer by YadaHome Review
See the app in iTunes YadaHome.com, LLC Price: Free initial download comes with a 3-day trial. Upgrade to full version for $6.99 in-app I have recently discovered that the older your children get the busier and more complex your schedule gets. Between carpools, practices, lessons, and outings with friends sometimes I feel like I am…
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6 Reasons to Control Your Lights from Your iPhone (and How to Do It)
Jennifer Tuohy writes for The Home Depot about tech topics ranging from home automation to light bulbs. You can find the LED light bulbs that Jennifer talks about in this article at The Home Depot. Of the many, many reasons I love my iPhone, being able to control all the lights in my home with the…
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Apps That Can Teach Good Family Values
By Daniel Ors Written by Fueled, award winning iOS app developers, we build amazing mobile apps. The technological revolution has put the tools of communication and access in the hands of the everyman. With that added accessibility comes great responsibility, however. It’s all to easy to see the negative effects of technology on culture: from…
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Story Bug Review
See the app in iTunes Carus Publishing Price: Free initial download comes with 2 stories and unlimited calling. Additional books can be purchased in-app for $2.99 each or monthly, 6-month, or annual subscriptions can be purchased in-app for $4.99, $14.99 and $24.99, respectively. Once in a while, I get to review an app…
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Yuggler Review
Yuggler App Review App Info Price: Free Overview There are four words every parent does not like to hear: “There’s nothing to do!” Whether it be during these last few weeks of summer vacation, on a break from school or on vacation, these four words bring dread into the hearts of a parent. You frantically…
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ChoreMonster Review
Do you have children who are ready for chores? If so, you should definitely check out the new ChoreMonster app. With ChoreMonster, parents can encourage their children to complete chores and other tasks by offering a fun reward. I thought that the ChoreMonster app had a great concept and one that both parents and…
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ParentKit Review
Being the remote master is a coveted position in our home. You’d think Dad would have that by default, and he does when he uses his app to override us all, but most of the time its one of the girls. Many times over this last summer I wished that I had remote control…
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Canvsly Review
Do you have a pint-sized Picasso in your family? Is your refrigerator so cluttered with artwork that you have to clear a path to find the handle? Looking for a quick and easy way to organize and store all of those masterpieces without having to find a way to keep them from tearing or…
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FreePrints Review
FreePrints-Photos Delivered PlanetArt / Free Disclosure: I received free shipping on my prints for review purposes. FreePrints takes those priceless pictures from your phone, social media feeds, Dropbox, Google, and more, and allows you to print them for FREE. You won’t find a better deal. Here are the specifics: Print up to 85 pictures per…
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Baby by Smallnest Review
Being a new parent is perhaps one of the most exhilarating yet stressful times of your life. I remember feeling consumed by love for my beautiful baby girl and completely overwhelmed with feelings of fear and inadequacy all at the same time. In the days that follow the birth, your sleep-deprived mind tries…
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Eat Sleep Review
Waiting for the arrival of a new bundle of joy is always exciting. As I write this review our friends are at the hospital to deliver their second little girl. Even though this isn’t their first time with a new baby, I know it’s still going to be an adjustment when they take her…
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Seven Helpful iPad Tricks
Whether you already own an iPad or are asking for one for Mother’s Day, Brandon Smith and the team at Fueledprovide helpful tricks that might go unnoticed: 1. Orientation Lock or Mute Tired of your screen rotating with every little movement? You can change the mute button to instead be used to lock the screen’s orientation.…
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Artkive Review
Would you love to save all your child’s artwork in one neat place? Meet Artkive – the solution to all that artwork that is piling up around your home! I thought that this app would be great for moms and dads, and, of course their budding artists as well. With Artkive, parents can chronologically…
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Notabli Review
Notabli Review App Review App Info Price: Free Overview The Notabli app was created in the hopes of helping parents capture, save and share their children’s most notable moments. With Notabli, parents can have access to an on-the-go journal of sorts. One of my favorite things about Notabli is that it features a safe, private…
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Motivated Moms Review
I have a confession to make….I’m a Putterer. No, we aren’t a golfing family I just tend to fritter away my day when no plan is in place. While that can be very nice and relaxing on occasion, it doesn’t make for an organized life on a daily basis. When our oldest was born…
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Audiobooks HQ Review
Audiobooks HQ App Review App Info Price: $1.99 Audiobooks HQ give you access to an expansive list of over 5000 titles. So, while the girls and I coated the kitchen in flour and completed the holiday baking we listened to Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. The timing couldn’t have been better. Not only did we share…
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Morning Routine Review
Do you ever have trouble getting everyone out of bed in the morning and on their way to school? The Morning Routine app was designed to help busy moms, by helping them get the family ready in the mornings. This app encourages habit-building and is designed for preschool and elementary school children. I thought…
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AnyList Grocery List Review
AnyList Grocery List App Review App Info Price: Free In-App Purchases Overview Grocery shopping for the modern family should be nothing less than modern, and with the help of great apps such as AnyList by Purple Cover, stress-free shopping is just a few clicks away. We’ve reviewed quite a few Grocery Shopping apps here at…
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Guard My Angel and My Force Review
You know that feeling when you are walking to your car late at night and no one is around? There is no good light source and your car seems very far away. You, of course, have your keys ready but are still somewhat nervous? We reviewed two apps that help in situations like these…
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Screen Time – Media Time Manager
Screen Time App Review App Info Price: $2.99 Overview Do you ever wish there was an easy way to keep track of your kids’ media time? Well, there is – meet the new app Screen Time – Media Time Manager. With Screen Time – Media Time Manager, not only will you be able to keep…
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LittleFingers–Video Player
We’ve all been there. You get the video all set for the little ones to keep them entertained before hitting the road. Inevitably, you don’t get down the block before something shiny and bright has those little fingers tapping away at the screen. Video paused, skipped to the end or gone, volume cranked you now…
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College Packing List
College Packing List App Review App Info Price: Free In-App Purchases Overview Moving to college can be a stressful time. Wouldn’t it be nice if you and your child had an app to help you remember everything you should be packing? College Packing List is a new app developed by Slug Books which is designed…
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Kid Pointz Reward System for Kids
My children have four weeks left of school, how did we get to this point in the year? Four weeks and it’ll be time to put into action plans for keeping them busy, productive and off each other’s nerves. I usually answer boredom and fighting with work and I like to reward that work when…