Games for Kids – an app for children with 6 different games

Wombi’s newest app is a collection of six educational games for children. The graphics are adorable and right in line with Wombi’s other titles. Parents have the option to customize the app when it comes to turning on voice instructions, choosing the size of font, the number of points needed to complete each game and [...]

Friday Findings

Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventures – Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventures is an interactive journey; an exciting combination of a maze and a ‘search and find’ puzzle game that the whole family can enjoy. Your journey starts by driving a car. Find your way through the different land and cityscapes and stumble upon challenges where you might [...]

Flori’s Adventure

Flori the Giraffe is back in a new app that mixes story with activities. In Flori’s Adventure readers will meet Flori’s friends: Tino the monkey, Zebri the zebra, Mia the flamingo and Nala the elephant. In this story Flori is helping Tino find his lost tools so he can work on a building project. As [...]

CoolTextBubbles (Promo Codes)

If you’re in the mood to spiff up your texts and messages then take a look at CoolTextBubbles. The app lets you type in your message and set a background image. It then combines the two, creating an image that can be copied and pasted into a message. CoolTextBubble works with messages for SMS, iMessage [...]

Jumbline 2

Jumbline 2 is a new app that is perfect for people who like word games. But beware, it is addicting! I love word games and games that you can pick up and play a couple of rounds quickly – and this is one of those types of apps. While many of the words may be [...]

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Dude That’s Cool

Jan 26, 2012 - Dude That’s Cool is a fun multiplayer, strategy game. The premise is quirky and unique – play as a hamster who is out to steal goodies from his hamster friends. To get to the other cages you place pipe, strategically connecting the pieces to reach the goodies and protect the one’s you’ve already got. The [...]

 

MoneyPad (Budget, Bills, Account, Expense, Income & Asset Tracker)

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Pirate Koostoe iPad Giveaway

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MathLands

Jan 25, 2012 - MathLands says it was designed for kids ages 7 to 77 but I’m thinking that I must have the Math abilities of a three year old because these puzzles had me stumped! To be fair I’ve never been very good at logic puzzles and problem solving and that’s exactly what this iPad app is made [...]

 

PicYou

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Math Times Tables Promo Code Giveaway

Jan 24, 2012 - Memorizing multiplication facts is an important step as children advance their math skills.  Sometime quite an intimidating one.  Math Times Tables organizes practice in a fun and challenging way by providing an interactive, game-like environment. Math Times Tables offers two game modes: ✦ Number sequence: Choose the correct number in a number sequence. ✦ Multiply: [...]

 

Tillie’s Time Shop

Jan 24, 2012 - Tillie’s Time Shop is an interactive story all about time. The story is all about Tillie, a cat who fixes clocks in Tick-Tock Town. There are eleven screens in the story, each with interactive touch points and animations. Three of the screens have full activities that center around time and learning to read clocks. In [...]

 
 
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Goodnight Safari

Goodnight Safari is the newest app from Polk Street Press. They are the folks who were behind this adorable version of the 12 Days of Christmas last month. Goodnight Safari is an interactive bedtime story that really brings children into the heart of the action. The baby animals on the savannah are getting ready for [...]

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iOS 5.01 Released: Includes Fix For iOS 5.0 Battery Life Issue

iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]

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I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.

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