by Christina Refford | Fun Apps
At first glance, Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector may look like a cute cartoony app for young kids to waste a few minutes of their day. Yet, it’s one of the few apps in my household that has the parents, teens, and my younger tween all hooked equally. And based on...
by Christina Refford | Fun Apps
If you’re tearing through the list of snow day activities to keep the kids occupied when you’re stuck indoors, allow us help you with two beautifully designed, really fun new apps we’ve discovered from Seedling. As in, the same company whose...
by Cool Mom Staff | Best Apps, Fun Apps, Shopping Apps
If you’re looking for help tackling your 2016 New Year’s resolutions, we’re here to help. Check out these cool, free apps that our Editor Kristen featured on The Today Show this morning.  Lark: To help you keep your fitness goals Lark (free, iOS +...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fun Apps, Holiday Picks
We’re big fans of Santa around here, as you might have guessed. What, us risk making the naughty list? Never!) So if you’re looking for some fun Santa apps to help bring the big guy to life on your phone, tablet, or laptop and make believers out of any kid...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fun Apps, Holiday Picks
Sometimes I need just a little quiet at home over the holidays, you know? And since my kids are app-crazy anyway, they always think it’s a treat to find cool new Christmas apps for kids that they haven’t tried yet. While we have a few from years past that...
by Kristen Chase | Fun Apps
Is there really anyone who’s happy to hear an alarm go off in the morning? Granted, mine is usually a kid yelling for breakfast or siblings fighting, but still. Whether it’s a loud beep or a screaming baby, that’s just no way to wake up. But a sexy...
by Kristen Chase | Fun Apps
It’s clearly an emoji world out there, which is why we were so glad when the diverse emoji hit our smart phones. Â And now, some love for our curly-haired friends from the smart folks at Dove. Â Available free on iTunes and Google Play, the Dove Love Your Curls...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fun Apps
Yes, it’s an ABC app. But unlike other ABC apps we’ve covered here, I don’t know that the new ABCinĂ© app (as in cinĂ©ma) from Spanish design studio Atipo for Meikme is going to help kids with the alphabet as much as it will help adults — and a...
by Christina Refford | Fun Apps
If a single BOOM from a nearby fireworks display sends your kids running to bury their heads in your lap, you may need kinder, gentler fireworks this Fourth of July. Like the ones found on this cute new fireworks app, Fireworks Lab, which lets our youngest kids set...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fun Apps
I may be the last person to discover Alto’s Adventure which blew away the gaming world when it launched a few months back. Even my eight-year-old is like, Mom! You finally got it? But I admit that when I hear “snowboarding app,” I don’t feel...