Apps for (RED): Help fight AIDS, right from your iPhone

by Julie | Causes and Giving Back

Tomorrow may be Cyber Monday, but it’s also World AIDS Day. Which means it’s an awesome opportunity to do some extra good when you shop, and at one of our favorite places too, the Apple store. All this week through December 7, Apple will donate a portion...

Sponsored Message: Peppa Pig’s new apps are free and loaded with fun

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

This is a sponsored message from Entertainment One Family   Preschoolers can’t seem to get enough of Peppa Pig, one of the coolest new cartoons to hit the tube in the last ten years. Probably because Peppa Pig likes a lot of the same things your own kids...

Tinybop Homes: Take a peek inside a Brooklyn brownstone. Or a Mongolian ger.

by Julie | Best Apps

I confess: I’ve always been super curious about how other people live. I’m the nosy one who tries to catch a glimpse through lit windows while walking or driving by, and I’m afraid my kids have inherited my curiosity. Thankfully the new Tinybop Homes...

Bring the great outdoors inside with the scenic Toca Nature app

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

Though my kids love to explore the woods behind our house, with the weather turning frosty their time spent outdoors will be shortened considerably. So for those days when Mother Nature is less than hospitable,  I’m thrilled to find the Toca Nature app from Cool...

How to make your own custom emojis. Because it’s an emoji world, and we’re just living in it.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

When emojis first started popping up in random social media spots, I thought, “Eh, they won’t last.” But then I starting using the funny little graphics myself in iMessages and on Instagram comments, and suddenly emojis sort of became my jam. So I...

6 of the most fun Halloween apps for kids to get them excited about something other than chocolate.

by Jeana | Best Apps

So of course Halloween has crept up on us seemingly faster than ever before. I’m going to avoid thinking about what happens after Friday (holiday shopping, eek!), and focus on getting those costumes ready and devising a strategy to not eat every peanut M&M...

Scare up some fun before Halloween with Toca Boca’s new Toca Boo

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

If Halloween’s scary side has your kids jumping at every bump in the night, you’ll want to check out Toca Boo, a brand-new app for iOS by Cool Mom Tech favorite Toca Boca that lets your child be the scary one—and not just when they miss their nap....

Spotify announces Family Accounts. Because there are a few times that sharing isn’t nice.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Kids

We are definitely a Spotify family. And by family, I mean I do not tend to publish my playlists because they range from “Every version of every Frozen song ever” to “Every Gummy Bear song sung in every language ever.” Okay, I do have a few...

Windy and Friends: Apps so good, they’re making our kids put down the tablets.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

For me, exposing my preschooler to tech is about inspiring him in his non-tech world too. So I tend to be drawn toward apps with a simple aesthetic that he can relate to. The new Windy and Friends apps are some of the best iOS apps (edited to add: And now Android...

Flying among the stars with the Space Racers app: World Space Week pick

by Jeana | Best Apps

We’re smack in the middle of World Space Week which offers a perfect opportunity for kids to explore all the wonders of outer space. Older kids can take advantage of great apps like Star Walk 2 or the original Star Walk to learn about constellations and...