Pepi Tree: A fun nature app for preschoolers

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

With an iPad and a Kindle Fire in the house and a husband who likes to take one with him on work trips, I love finding apps for kids that my own children love that are available for both iOS and Android. Well, I was in luck with Pepi Bath, a fantastic app we featured...

Gift-giving ideas: The Yiftee app is all over it

by Jeana | Best Apps

I know better than anyone that it can be hard to come up with gift-giving ideas. While I am fairly diligent about amassing birthday gifts for the countless number of kids’ parties we go to, I admit that I sometimes lack that ability when it comes to my own...

Keeping cooking uncomplicated with the Cooking PlanIt app

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

Any app that can help me get a delicious home-cooked meal on the table easier and more efficiently has my vote. Yes, I realize that there are quite a few recipe planning apps on the market but some end up being supplanted by my trusty pen and paper. Sometimes...

A pre-school foreign language app for future global citizens

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps

It is a known fact that getting kids started early in foreign language study enhances their chances of having success in mastering a second, or even third or fourth language. Having struggled in my own youth with this subject, I have been thrilled to discover the...

Figure: A music-making app for kids that’s not actually for kids. Making it perfect for them.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I get excited watching my kids begin to understand the basics of music composition and creation — which doesn’t mean karaoke to Call Me Maybe in our living room. Okay, it does, but I don’t want it to stop there either. If you’ve got a kid with...

This app will have your kids playing with the presidents

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you’re looking for a way to get the kids up close and personal with the presidents this Presidents’ Day, check out a new app that will have them learning while they play. In fact, in just a short time, they’ll probably be teaching you a thing or...

Gogobot books travel, hotels and restaurants right from your Android. Yay for spontaneity!

by Shari | Best Apps

Let’s just imagine that I’m standing on a street corner, chatting with a friend on my Android phone and suddenly she says “Hey, let’s go to Paris this weekend, stay in an reasonably-priced hotel, eat at some fabulously-reviewed restaurant and...

A free baby book app for those of us not so good with the baby book books

by Jeana | Babies, Best Apps

The other day I was cleaning out my daughter’s closet and I came across her baby book. About the first six months of her life were complete, but after that, it was pretty spotty. I will say that looking at digital baby book options available now, I bet I...

Endless love for this awesome new alphabet app

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you could see how bananas my grade-school-age kids just went over an “alphabet app,” you might think they were watching some ridiculous YouTube video. Surely an eight and ten year old couldn’t be hysterically laughing while playing an app whose...

How to get the most out of the Magisto video editing app

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

If you’re like me, you’ve got tons of family videos on your smartphone and lots of aspirations to do something with them all. But then “one of these days” turns into months and years, because who really has time to sit down and edit together...

Photo storage option for cell phone pictures? Reader Q+A.

by Jeana | Best Apps

Q: With all your evaluations and explorations, have you found a great place for on-line storage of cell phone pictures? A place where you can upload and then invite friends and family to view? – Gloria  Hi Gloria, great question! I have often asked myself the...

Social media training wheels for tweens with Everloop Goobit

by Jeana | Best Apps

Any time I talk to a parent with tweens, the conversation eventually turns to the kinds of technology they are using, which then eventually turns into a Q&A session of me asking about cell phone usage, social media usage, cyber bullying (gasp!) and anything else...