Oh Appy Day! featuring Tori Spelling

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we’re so happy to have Tori Spelling share her fave. My favorite app is Cross Process. It takes my photos and makes them look like cross processed film. It...

Chores as competitive sport. We love it!

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

I’ve tried my fair share of chore charts both low tech and high tech, and I’ve yet to find something that doesn’t involve me always having to remind them to get their jobs done! Well, since trying out this fabulous new app, my kids are the ones...

Hickory Dickory Dock, your kids will love this clock

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I can’t be the only person who didn’t know there are twelve verses to the Hickory Dickory Dock rhyme– I never got any further than one, and honestly am not sure I’d ever want to keep the song going 11 more times. But, as an app, I’m...

Join the circus

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

In my experience with iPad apps over the last couple of years, I’ve learned that sometimes the simplest apps are the most entertaining and educational. And that’s exactly how I’d describe this adorable new parent-created app for preschoolers and...

Sprout pregnancy app gives you the play-by-play, day-by-day

by Jeana | Best Apps

It’s amazing to me how much information is available for pregnant women now, as opposed to when I was with child more than seven years ago. Yes, we had the Internet back then (it wasn’t that long ago), but honestly, my go-to resource was my trusty What to...

Atari Arcade: Who needs Cut the Rope when you’ve got Asteroids?

by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming

Rejoice, all ye children of the 70’s and 80’s, with memories of lining up quarters along those Centipede, Asteroids, and Super Breakout machines. No global leaderboards, no online cheats. Just you, a pocketful of coins, and the exciting possibility of your...

Don’t Let the Pigeon Run this App: The original Angry Bird goes digital

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps

You might be thinking, geez, what took him so long? when you first get wind of Mo Willems’ delightful new interactive ebook, Don’t Let the Pigeon Run this App. But after hearing him preempt that very question at a recent press lunch, I totally understand...

I’mOK app makes a game out of kids checking in

by Jeana | Best Apps

There are lots of products on the market right now that “secretly” monitor your kids, like GPS-tracking their cars or logging their keystrokes on the computer without their knowledge. If you prefer to have a more open and communicative relationship while...

More than your money’s worth: 3 free early learning apps

by Molly | Best Apps, Educational Apps

When I first got my iPad I told my kids they’d never touch it. Ever. And here I am six months later and there’s more kid apps than mama apps installed on the thing. They’ve worn me down, people. So I’m always on the lookout for great apps,...

This new app for kids doesn’t do anything. (And that’s the point)

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

Some of the apps on my iPad blow me away with their technological innovation, their touch-screen capabilities, and their ability to make my kids gasp, shriek or just marvel at how cool they are. But, the latest app they are hogging my iPad for hardly does anything at...