So smart! Brain, Child magazine goes digital

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

Those of us who love smart-parenting magazine Brain, Child, The Magazine for Thinking Mothers know that we’re in for a treat whenever another funny, tender, intelligent and quirky quarterly issue shows up in our mailbox. However, I don’t leave home without...

What happens when a designer mom creates a preschool app

by Molly | Best Apps, Educational Apps

When Alma Loveland, well-known and uber-talented illustrator from Ollibird Designs created an education app for preschoolers the results were nothing short of amazing. This new learning app features 5 games that help your littles with their numbers, letters, shapes,...

Life of George: the competitive LEGO iPhone game

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

Ask my son to write up his Christmas list, and he’ll hand you the LEGO catalog with about a hundred things circled. While I love watching him sit and build everything from the Space Shuttle to a mulitcolored house for all his LEGO mini figures, there is a new...

Take the subway. Take the bus. Take the stroller?

by Molly | Best Apps

We already think HopStop is a lifesaver for city-dwellers and city-goers. HopStop helps you navigate 62 major cities using detailed directions that walk you through one public transit system to the next. We even love that their directions conveniently tell how much...

Ever nursed in a public restroom? Then you’ll want this app.

by Molly | Babies, Best Apps

If you’ve ever tried to hold a baby on your lap and change their diaper or breastfeed all from the oh-so inconvenient, uncomfortable, and unsanitary stall of a public bathroom, then this app is for you. Traveling with babies–or doing holiday shopping with...

The perfect road trip app for any egocentric toddler

by Molly | Best Apps

One of my kids’ favorite things to do on my iPad is flip through all the pictures and search for photos of themselves. Yes, they’re self-centered like that. So you can imagine their sheer joy at this newest app which makes their shining little faces the...

6 tried + tested Black Friday apps to help you through the madness.

by Jeana | Best Apps

For the many of you who have made it a post-Thanksgiving tradition to do all your Christmas shopping on Black Friday thru Cyber Monday weekend, I salute you. I don’t even have enough energy after hosting Thanksgiving to pull one side of the wishbone, let alone...

Buy an app, help a child.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We love apps, and we love books, and we love celebrities. But we really love when all three come together to help kids who really need it. Our friends at Ruckus Media Group are partnering with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for their annual Thanks and...

5 cool apps to help with Thanksgiving

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Even though I’m not cooking the turkey this year (hooray, hallelujah, amen!), I’m preparing a few side dishes and desserts. And because I’m not necessarily known for my kitchen skills, you can bet I’m going to be relying heavily on my smart...

Forget the tooth fairy – we’ve got your Foot Fairy right here.

by Jeana | Best Apps

Ordering shoes online for the kids is fantastic, but without in-store help, I’m often guessing their shoe sizes–erroneously–and then having to return them the next day.  Luckily, I found out about an app called the Foot Fairy which measures your...

The old Cinderella story gets way cool as an iPad story

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Though I’ve known the story of Cinderella for about four decades, I’ve got to hand it to the talents at Nosy Crow for freshening it up into an entertaining, engaging and interactive story worthy of 2011. Using the same playful attention to detail that made...

What should I draw, mom? This app has the answer.

by Pilar | Best Apps

As the proud mama of a shiny new iPad, I’ve managed to keep my kidlets’ touch screen-seeking fingertips off. Now I’m not sure I want to. Blame it on What Should I Draw? an HD iPad app that brings together Mad Libs and drawing in an epic mashup. Not...