Crazy! That is what SwipeTapTap is. Crazy good, crazy simple and simply driving me crazy. The game’s premise is simple, a twist on Simon Says. Follow nine different symbols on the screen and tap or swipe in the direction they say. Nine symbols for nine gestures. Never underestimate a simple premise when it’s well executed. [...]
Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car is now out in the App Store, thank you Oceanhouse Media and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! This is my favorite book from Eileen Christelow’s Five Little Monkeys series and it looks fabulous in app form. The story follows the monkeys as they try to help their Mama sell the old [...]
I’m excited to introduce you to the Toca Boca Apps – These are apps that will unleash their imaginations and the best way for me to explain that is to tell you more about them.
Looking for a quick, streamlined way to share photos from your iPhone? Try PhotoRocket, a free app designed to let you share multiple photos, to multiple people at the same time. After you’ve signed up for your account you’ll be off and running in a matter of minutes. It’s extremely easy to add in the [...]
Etsy Lovers has cost me plenty of lost time this week – time that I lost as I was sucked into browsing through wonderful Etsy listings. I sat down to test the app out and an hour later I pulled myself away. Then today I got back on to double check something for this review [...]
Are you looking to add a little bit of character to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad?
iCookbook is a stellar cookbook app for the iPad. It’s official name is “iCookbook – thousands of name-brand recipes with easy Voice Control prep”. Some of the brand names in this collection of recipes include Swansons, Hershey, Heinz, Campbells and Crock Pot. The app contains over 2,000 recipes and each month you’ll be able to [...]
Duck Duck Moose released a brand new app last week and my expectations were high. My expectations are always high when it comes to their apps but I’ve never been disappointed. I’m happy to say that they’ve done it again, in fact Word Wagon might be my favorite Duck Duck Moose app yet. Word Wagon [...]
The Pirates of SI. turns your child into a puppeteer. Captain Snow is a monkey pirate who also happens to be the star of a puppet play. Your child can use their fingers on the screen to move Captain Snow around while tapping on other things in the play’s scenes. Their goal is to find [...]
A little while ago I did a review of Toontastic. My children absolutely love that app and our iPad’s memory has been overtaken by their cartoons. This week I have a similar app to tell you about – PhotoPuppet HD. PhotoPuppet HD will allow you to make your own puppets and create detailed, animated films. [...]
My 9 year old daughter told me about an iOS 5 feature that I was totally unaware of until last week. Miss S. showed me how to set up individual text tones for my contacts.
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.