Voxel is a free universal app that is “like Legos in space” according to the App Store. With a few taps on the screen you can create a 3D model that will rotate and spin on your screen. A grid can be turned on for guidance or blocks can be placed anywhere on the screen. [...]
I don’t know about you but it feels like Easter has been a long time coming this year. Unfortunately the candy showed up right after Valentine’s Day so we’ve been enjoying that for way too long. I’m hoping the holiday will slip up on us without my children asking to dye Easter eggs. It’s my [...]
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.
Audiobooks for Your Kids takes a fresh look at classic stories that have been turned into audiobooks. In the past my family has checked out books on tapes and CDs from our local library. They’ve been terrific but since our CD and tape players are relics we’ve been limited as to where we could listen [...]
Today I’m reviewing four apps from the developers Appdicted. *Monster Studio – In Monster Studio you build your own monster. The studio provides the monster pieces and you put them together. Select a body, eyes, mouth and accessories. Each piece can be resized, rotated and moved freely around the screen. I’m partial to the cute [...]
My eight and six year olds are enamored with Bloki, the app that lets you use “wooden” blocks to build on the iPad or iPhone screen. Wooden blocks are some of the best toys around, my children use them for everything. They’ve been pens to hold in My Little Ponies, landing strips for Star Wars [...]
This app has a VERY long name. A long name that does an excellent job describing what the app does. Color&Draw for kids has 50 drawings for you to color. There are pictures of boys and girls reading, swinging and flying kites. There are pictures of animals, planes and boats. My favorites are the half [...]
There are no written stories in the app, Hidden Stories. What the app provides are pictures that you use as story starters. There are thirty pictures and they’ve been are grouped into three categories – jobs, animals and fairy tales. Each is represented by a button on the main screen. When you first select a [...]
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.