Best Apps

This is a sponsored message from Entertainment One Family Preschoolers can't seem to get enough of Peppa Pig , one of the coolest new cartoons to hit the tube in the last ten years. Probably because Peppa Pig likes a lot of the same thin…

I confess: I've always been super curious about how other people live. I'm the nosy one who tries to catch a glimpse through lit windows while walking or driving by, and I'm afraid my kids have inherited my curiosity. Thankfully the new …

Though my kids love to explore the woods behind our house, with the weather turning frosty their time spent outdoors will be shortened considerably. So for those days when Mother Nature is less than hospitable, I'm thrilled to find the T…

We're always on the lookout for the best math apps for kids that put some fun in the fundamentals, especially for the 3- to 7-year-old crowd. Getting kids excited and interested in math from an early age just makes good sense -- good num…

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With Apple Pay now available, we are avidly watching to see how it will take off as people get more used to ditching their wallets and using their phones to pay for purchases. But for those of you not about to lay down the cash for a shi…

Just last week, I sat next to a young woman on an airplane. She was on a mad scroll on her iPhone, just thumbs moving across the slick screen super fast. She was on Tinder, and I was low-key amazed at her swiping skills. It was something…

When emojis first started popping up in random social media spots, I thought, "Eh, they won't last." But then I starting using the funny little graphics myself in iMessages and on Instagram comments, and suddenly emojis sort of became my…

As longtime fans of BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. , I always turn to the sites for solid, clear, kid-friendly explanations of everything from the first Thanksgiving to 9/11 . So I'm turning to the BrainPOP Jr. site (best for kids up to third…

I'm super picky where it comes to educational math apps, and I rely on my kids' opinions . They'll try anything, but it takes an extra special app to hold their interest. Twelve a Dozen is one of those exceptional math apps for iPad that…

So of course Halloween has crept up on us seemingly faster than ever before. I'm going to avoid thinking about what happens after Friday (holiday shopping, eek!), and focus on getting those costumes ready and devising a strategy to not e…

One of the scariest things I may see this Halloween is my 13-year-old disappearing down the street with her big group of friends to go on her first trick-or-treating trek without me. And while it's hard to believe the years of us trick-o…

If you have a baby, you've probably said i t's all going by so fast 20 times just this week alone--and then felt guilty at least four times for forgetting to record all those sweet moments in a baby book somewhere. We get it! We look for…

Considering all the major security breaches of the last year at all kinds of major retailers, online and off, I've been pretty surprised to read the news over the past couple of days that tons of major retailers are trying to circumvent …

I'm looking for a child tracking app to secretly put on my 17-year-old's iPhone to track his whereabouts. My wife's "spidey senses" are telling her that he's going places and doing things without permission. I know I could Google but I'd…

With all my kids very actively involved in sports (hello fellow swim moms!), I'm so glad to find a sports team management app like the RosterBot app and website , which I think is a great resource for coaches, managers, and team parents,…

We're always on the lookout for new, fun ways to help you finally do something productive with all those photos you have pilling up on your iPhone. You can print your photos . Make them into darling photo books , Turn them into magnetic …

If Halloween's scary side has your kids jumping at every bump in the night, you'll want to check out Toca Boo, a brand-new app for iOS by Cool Mom Tech favorite Toca Boca that lets your child be the scary one---and not just when they mis…

While we think Halloween photos are pretty fun as they are, PicMonkey has updated their super fun Halloween themes and added a brand new superhero theme that are about the best time-wasters on the web right now that make you feel somewha…

We are definitely a Spotify family. And by family, I mean I do not tend to publish my playlists because they range from "Every version of every Frozen song ever" to "Every Gummy Bear song sung in every language ever." Okay, I do have a f…

For me, exposing my preschooler to tech is about inspiring him in his non-tech world too. So I tend to be drawn toward apps with a simple aesthetic that he can relate to. The new Windy and Friends apps are some of the best iOS apps (edit…

For me, as a kid, mathematics was fun until it wasn't. I would say the party fizzled around the time If a train leaves the station at 10:15... questions became regular players on homework. So that's why I enjoyed giving the Todo Math app…

I just spent the last 30 minutes playing the new Amazing World Atlas app, which should probably be reason enough for you to download it to your smart phone or tablet but hey, if you need a little more convincing, I'm happy to help. We've…

It's no secret that kids love farms and animals, and at this time of year many families are making trips to experience hayrides, apple picking and pumpkin carving. But if a drive out to the country isn't in the cards, the new kid-focused…