How many of your out there have “lose weight” on your list of goals for 2011? I have two hands raised over here. Don’t ask me how well I’m doing. I still have eleven months to work at it. Over the last year I’ve tried several of the different diet apps that are available in [...]
Absorb Water is designed to help you track your daily water intake. The app lets you track the glasses of water you drink as well as the water you take in when you eat certain foods. You’re allowed to choose from twelve different water sources – drinks and foods. Entering in the water is as [...]
Piece of Cake is an app that focuses on providing you with the inspiration and motivation you might be looking for in order to lose weight. The app is divided up into three sections – Attitude, Health Tips and Quotes. Attitude has different sayings about keeping a positive outlook while on your weight loss journey. [...]
FoodEssentials Scanner version 2.0 has been released. There’s a smorgasbord of new features in this new update, all improving an already great app. I didn’t think I could do the update justice so I’m sending you to the FoodEssentials blog to read all the details. FoodEssentials has also been generous enough to give me five [...]
FoodEssentials Scanner is the best app that I’ve seen for those suffering from food allergies and intolerances. It allows you to scan the barcode of a food product and it will then display all sorts of information about the food. You get your nutrient information (calories, fats, sodium, etc.) but you also get information about [...]
My Grocery Master is a shopping app for those on specialty diets. It lets you search for foods falling into Kosher, Kosher for Passover, Gluten Free and Lactose Free diets. First you select a classification (that’s what they call the diets) and then you can choose a category (baking, candy, deli, etc.) or leave it [...]
Body & Mind Connection is an app that’s designed to help you make the connection between what your mind thinks and your body does. Did I do a great job describing that or what? It has you rate yourself (on a daily basis) in several areas. Then you can look back and compare the ratings [...]
Shop Healthy! lets you look up nutritional information for foods you’ll find in the grocery store. The idea is to use the app to help you make healthy, informed choices about your groceries. At the time that I’m writing this review there are over 100,000 products included in the app’s information. It’s a good idea [...]
Don’t Eat That is a comprehensive list of all the harmful (and potentially harmful) things in the food we eat. There are no frills to this app, it’s just pure information for you to use when making food choice for your family. The information can be viewed in several ways, beginning with a master list [...]
Here is an app that’s just in time for my New Year’s resolution. Inner Slim is a program that is designed to help you make the mental changes necessary to lose weight. The idea is to listen to an audio track each day and allow your subconscious to change. There are seven audio tracks, one [...]
Chalk Walk is a very unique iPad app. It has been developed to help your children improve the pincer grip they use to hold a pencil.
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. [...]
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.