Best Apps

Does this situation sound familiar, parents? You're trying to get in touch with your tween or teen, but they're ignoring your texts because they're busy playing games on their phone, which also happens to be set on silent. Well, that's w…

With the new school year upon us, it's always good to have a list of some truly awesome math apps in our back pockets (or really, on our tablets and phones) to help sharpen our kids' numbers skills. So up next in our 2017 back to school …

We're kicking off our Back to School Tech Guide with some of the very best reading apps for kids and whether your kids are just beginning to string together letters to make words or they're tearing their way through Harry Potter for the …

If you've ever tried dragging a bunch of tired kids and all of their luggage around an airport while searching for a charging port, a snack, or a bathroom -- let alone the gate for the next leg of your flight that boards in five minutes …

My family ditched cable a while ago, and now we rely on a variety of apps to watch shows and movies. It's great, but there is one problem: the annoyance of knowing the one movie I want to watch, and having to search through every app ind…

Just because breastfeeding is a natural process, it isn't necessarily all blissed out bonding time. But luckily, we live in a time where there are tons of tech to help nursing moms, like these 3 new breastfeeding apps that caught our att…

If you're on Instagram Stories , Snapchat, and now Facebook Story , you know that stickers are THE hottest thing right now. All caps required. Well, we found a fun new free app for you to try that let's you turn your selfies into sticker…

Yes, International Emoji Day is a thing. 21st century, y'all! And while we've described that the upcoming addition of custom emojis to your keyboard will lead to some creative options, there are some awesome sets of emojis we'd really li…

As a mom of four kids, my budget for designer shoes is...not as robust as some. But, I recently discovered a new site called Purcado , which is like Kayak for shoes, that might change that. You can enter the designer or brand you're look…

There are so many cool educational channels on YouTube for tweens and teens, but I don't think that a lot of parents think to open our YouTube app when we look for educational resources for our kids. But we should. Let's put it this way:…

Do you remember The Mother of All Celebrity Selfies? You know, the one Ellen DeGeneres took at the 2014 Academy Awards surrounded by A-list nominees? Well, Richie Sambora remembers it too, especially that the photo ran all over social me…

We're all for loading up our kids' tablets (or uh, the ones they steal from us) with apps that help keep them entertained while hopefully imparting a little more educational value than "how to shoot birds." Especially as summer creeps cl…

As someone who is definitely not a pro photographer, I'm all about the photo apps that help make my snapshots...let's say, a little more artful. That's why the Prisma photo effects app (iOS and yes, Android) is my latest photo filter app…

I like to keep at least one totally mindless, just-for-fun app on my iPad for some winding-down entertainment at the end of the day. Of course, Candy Crush and 1010 have dominated recently, but I've just discovered the Stack app (iOS and…

Thanks to FaceTime, my kids are able to chat face-to-face with our relatives and friends around the country -- something this mom is really thankful for. But, at this point FaceTime videos are still just one-on-one. That's where the fun …

In a recent New York Times article , one of our favorite organizational apps Unroll.me was mentioned as selling user data (specifically emails with Lyft receipts) to Uber, and not surprisingly people are worried, including us. We've been…

Well, here's one way to ensure no one will ever throw away that greeting card you so lovingly wrote out and mailed. These Tine message tags allow you to send photos, video, even audio messages using a special code that you can stick pret…

For those of you with budding scientists at home, the Lab4U app collection lets kids conduct real science experiments with just their phone. No WIFI required! The collection currently features two apps, Lab4Physics app and Lab4Chemistry,…

I've figured out that I'm the type of person who needs a quick but effective workout that I can do from my home, without expensive equipment (that takes up space I don't have). So, my new obsession has been the free 8fit app ( iOS and An…

If you've become more of a news junkie over the past year like I have, you've probably realized that your standard browser bookmark bar isn't necessarily your best best for saving articles you want to come back to. Let alone recipes you …

I'm always a little more motivated to get to my chores when there's a little reward involved, like watching a guilty pleasure TV show while I fold laundry. It's the same for my kids, and the Stridepost app (iOS and Android ) helps them s…

It's amazing to see just how quickly some fantastic app developers have created political apps to help more people get involved in the political process, connect to your elected representatives, and make a difference, one voter at a time…

My kids are master negotiators when it comes to screen time, which is why we've never been successful with cookie-cutter methods to manage it. Sorry, Marble Jar . So that's why I'm excited about the free unGlue app (iOS and Android ), wh…

You might have noticed the new Instagram albums feature that allows you to post up to 10 photos at once for people to flip through. If you're wondering how it works, and why you'd even try it, we've got a quick tutorial, plus some great …