The Snorbies are sleepy little creatures who hang out at the top of your iDevice screen. Your job is to wake them up by shooting a single Snorbie into the sky and to match three colored Snorbies up together. When three or more of the same colored Snorbies combine they’ll wake up and fall from [...]
Zack Splat is something called a “turn-based puzzler”. In this game Zack is an apprentice magician who has animated a few creatures to help him get work done around the castle. As is often the case in situations like this things don’t go as planned. When the creatures run into something, including Zack, they make [...]
BigLittleBrother – This charming interactive storybook app for kids ages 3-7 traces a familiar arc from sibling rivalry to brotherly love. Being an older brother has its benefits, of that there’s little doubt. But how would you feel if your little brother grew to be bigger than you? And what if he insisted on touching [...]
iWatchLife works with video systems to give you access to live camera events on your iDevice. Using the app you’ll have access to what’s appearing on your webcam or IP camera line views. You’ll also be able to see detected events and recorded event video. iWatchLife will work with any webcam but if you want [...]
This innovative new app allows you to make flashcards for everyday life objects (such as letters, numbers, animals, shapes, colors, and food) by using images from the iTots library or custom cards specific to your child by selecting images from your photo albums and camera.
Alexandre Minard has developed some fun educational iPad apps and I’ve reviewed several of these apps on my site in the past. This is only a small portion of what A&R offers in the App Store. Today on the site you can read Erin’s review of the brand new app Animated Puzzle – A new [...]
Read and Record- Read & Record illustrated books allow parents, guardians, and kids to become the storyteller. The reader’s voice can be recorded over each scene, to listen to time and time again. Read and Record features high quality, colorful illustrations in a simple, easy-to-use layout. This app works beautifully on iPad, iPhone and iPod [...]
Cha-Ching Pocket Money Manager is a clever new money management app designed for kids. This great new app by Prudential Corporation Asia is built to help kids keep track of their money, while learning how to budget and save for set purchases. Pocket Money Manager is divided into four sections to help your child reach [...]
Blobster is a platform game starring a little round, red blob. Your goal is to move the blob through the game’s levels by pulling and flicking him across the screen. As you move your finger on the screen you can manipulate his blobbiness to get him to fly and bounce around. You’ll find things to [...]
StoryLines is like the game of Telephone but with drawing. I’ve played a similar game at parties before but I like this version better. There’s no loud, distracting chatter in the background. No pressure to come up with something more clever than your daughter’s friend’s mother. The game is meant to be played with several [...]
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.