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3 helpful gardening apps to turn your thumb green, finally.

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Life and Home

Who else is thinking about gardening this spring? Along with our own Liz and Kristen who recently hosted the We Time Project and took a food gardening course (yay!), it seems like everyone is ready to put down the sourdough starter and get their hands really dirty....

The 6 apps we use all the time | Out-Tech Your Kids episode 25

by Cool Mom Staff | Out-Tech Your Kids podcast

We’ve been having some lively discussions over in the Out Tech Your Kids Facebook group about lots of topics this past week, from screen time to video gaming, but the one we decided to chat about this week was our favorite apps, inspired by this post from Liz...

7 cool features of Apple’s Health app you probably didn’t know about

by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps

Since the new year started, I’ve been digging into the Apple Health app to try to do a better job of managing my health. What’s cool is that it gathers data from multiple apps to give you a comprehensive picture of your health in one place, so that...

Why Todoist is the first to-do list app I have actually stuck with for an entire year

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Every year I swear, this is the year I get organized! This is the year I find the best ever to-do list app and put everything on it and finally check things off my list instead of losing them forever and make more time for the things I love and life will be grand....

The new Duolingo ABC app is a totally free way to help kids with reading and writing

by Cool Mom Staff | Best Apps, Educational Apps

This is a sponsored message from Duolingo ABC You probably already know Duolingo as the most popular language-learning app around the world. But you may not have tried the brand new Duolingo ABC, which was designed to help all kids learn to read and write in English....

The best tutorials to help you customize your iOS 14 home screen

by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps, Tips and Tricks

If you haven’t heard by now, the customization features on the new iOS home screen are alllll kinds of extra (i.e. you can turn your home screen into a Harry Potter tribute, Microsoft Paint throw-back, or neon color study). It’s pretty insane. And intense....

11 cool features we’re looking forward to in the new iOS 14

by Caroline Siegrist | Gear + Hardware

Apple’s all set to release the new iOS 14 sometime this fall. And since an operating system update is the only way I’m marking time these quarantine days (Kidding! Mostly.) I was pretty stoked to explore the new features in their preview. And wow,...

Dear Reader is the addictive wordplay game for fans of Jane Austen and Edgar Allen Poe. Yes, really.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

When you think “voracious reader of the classics” you don’t generally think at the same time “..and big game, toor!” And yet, that’s how I feel every time I open up Dear Reader. Free with Apple Arcade, this fun, quippy, clever, and...

The new parental controls on the latest iOS 13.3 update are what you might have been waiting for.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Internet Safety

If you’ve got a kid on an iPhone or an iPad, this week’s iOS 13.3 update (as well as iPad OS 13.3)has some serious parental controls that we think you’ll be happy to know about. Introducing Communication Limits Starting his week, there’s a new...

5 of our favorite, fun educational apps to get elementary students excited about learning this year.

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Tech, Best Apps, Educational Apps, Gear + Hardware

Last week, my daughter Sage and I had a great time talking with the crew from News12 (NYC, Long Island, Westchester) about our favorite fun, educational apps for grade schoolers that help your kids make the most out of screen time. I’m glad I had the opportunity...

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Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

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