by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Welcome to our new weekly series on Cool Mom Tech that introduces you to some of our favorite free apps to download to your devices. Because as much as we love all the useful, fun, and entertaining apps we recommend here, admittedly we love them even more when...
by Christina Refford | Best 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 Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’re definitely fans of the way Avokiddo tackles educational apps for young kids. And its latest release, the DNA Play app keeps our praise parade going. This time kids get to delve into genetics, but it’s not heady or complicated. Quite the opposite! In...
by Cool Mom Team | Best 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,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best 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 | Best 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 | Best 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 | Best Apps
It’s clearly an emoji world out there, which is why we were so glad when the diverse emoji hit our smart phones. And now, some love for our curly-haired friends from the smart folks at Dove. Available free on iTunes and Google Play, the Dove Love Your...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Yes, we know our kids should (and do) brush their teeth without the help of an app every night. But in the spirit of Halloween fun, and you know, the bags and bags of candy headed our way, I’ve found three fun, free toothbrushing apps for the kids that are...