Here’s another clever and fun app – PixyMe. With PixyMe you type in some text and the app then incorporates it into an image or photograph. PixyMe calls it “image personalization”. For example, I can type in my name and then see it in a photograph of a cake with my name as the birthday [...]
The idea behind the FunMail app is to take an ordinary text or email message and turn it into a picture. All you need to do to begin is type in your message. FunMail will pull up several images that relate to your message. Your text will be worked into them somehow. Next you choose [...]
My Town provides a way for moms to store and sort contacts that are useful in their everyday mom life. The app comes with a list of categories that are ready for you to enter in contacts. Some of the categories are doctors, emergency room, library, police and fire departments, vet, schools, neighbors and relatives. [...]
Are you someone who enjoys social networking? I recently heard about Groupie, a new app that lets you create, join and manage groups on your iPhone. At first I thought it was a way to manage groups that you were already a member of, like google groups, but it’s actually a way to create entirely [...]
Family Matters is not an app that you use to distract your kids or keep them occupied. It’s meant to help you connect with each other through actual face to face interaction. The app features questions and activities that are designed to help you communicate with your children more effectively, learning more about them as [...]
What an awesome app!! Catalista connects you with local nonprofit groups who are in need of volunteers. It brings opportunities that you might not know about right to your iPhone. I was a little skeptical about finding anything in my area. I live in the largest metropolitan area in my state but I wasn’t sure [...]
The Me & My Grandparent app will allow you to send your grandparents personalized e-cards. You’re given 30 different “templates” with poems and sayings. You can then personalize them with your own photos or messages. When you are done you can post your e-card on Facebook or email it to your grandparent. If you use [...]
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.