Keeping cooking uncomplicated with the Cooking PlanIt app

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

Any app that can help me get a delicious home-cooked meal on the table easier and more efficiently has my vote. Yes, I realize that there are quite a few recipe planning apps on the market but some end up being supplanted by my trusty pen and paper. Sometimes...

A free baby book app for those of us not so good with the baby book books

by Jeana | Babies, Best Apps

The other day I was cleaning out my daughter’s closet and I came across her baby book. About the first six months of her life were complete, but after that, it was pretty spotty. I will say that looking at digital baby book options available now, I bet I...

We’re Pregnant! Yup, there is an app for that too.

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps

I remember when we were pregnant and pretty much counting down the days until we could announce it to the world. We of course were not together enough to spill the beans in any clever fashion but rather did so in a deluge of texts, emails and phone calls.  But if...

A place to record all those funny things your kids say. Quick, before you forget one!

by Jeana | Best Apps

As parents, I know so many of us keep some kind of record of our funny kid-isms (they do say the darndest things, right?), but a new service called Limetree will now let you record all of them in one place.  Limetree is both a website and a mobile app for iOS...

Get organized for the New Year with helpful to-do list apps

by Jeana | Best Apps

I’ve never had a problem with creating to-do lists, but having different lists scattered in different places seems to defeat the purpose of getting organized. So in the vein of actually having my to-do lists in one place, I’ve pulled together some of the...

The best calendar apps for iPhone, all under a dollar

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

If you’re like me, then you live by your online calendar. This also means that when I’m not at my laptop, I need to be able to access it from my iPhone and iPad through a calendar app. But wow, there are tons of calendar apps out there, which can make it...

3 cool, free calendar apps for Android users

by Shari | Best Apps

If you’re on the hunt for a cool calendar app for your Android smart phone, it can be tough to figure out what’s best in a sea of options. So, I tried a whole lot (see what I do for you?) and narrowed them down to these three options–all of which...

Craft your own Christmas cards on your iPad with help from Martha. Of course.

by Shari | Best Apps

Procrastinating about holiday cards runs in my blood–my mother used to write her cards the day after Christmas, step on the envelopes to make them look messy, and tell people they must have gotten lost in the mail. (She really did.) So when I had the chance to...

Google Maps is back for iPhone, finally!

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

With Google Maps gone from iOS6, I’ve been stuck with Apple Maps ever since I bought my iPhone 5. I know many of my friends and family have resisted upgrading to iOS6 due to its terrible reviews. Trust me, after getting lost several times, and having to type in...

Who needs the naughty or nice list when you’ve got this app

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps

Calendars, charts, smiley faces, gold stars–every parent has been there, trying just about anything to get our kids to be responsible for their bad behavior. This time of year more than ever, we want our kids to shine as the little angels we know they really...