iParent: iPhone Apps for Mom

I didn’t need an iPhone. I told my husband I wasn’t interested in texting or apps, much less a built in iPod. He convinced me, and so we did. Now i need it. love it, couldn’t live without it.

The apps iLove

Grattitude Journal – An app that allows you to write, daily, if you like, the things that you are grateful for. Expressing gratitude brings happiness and more things to be grateful for. You can rate your day (up to five stars), add a photo for the day, and when you save your list, it displays an inspirational quote. ($0.99)

Evernote – a quick note, a list, a photograph, funny quote from your kids. It’s a note app that instantly synchs with your web account so that you have the same (updated) to-do-list on your desktop and your iPhone at all times, anytime you need it! (FREE)

Twitterific – a quick and easy app to stay tuned into your twitter peeps and post tweets throughout your day. (FREE)

Facebook – of course. This is a no-brainer. Why? Because it’s a fun way to connect with your other mama friends and vent your day. As in, status update: ‘Kids screaming. Losing mind now.’ And if you’re a mom in business, you have a fan page you’d like to update fairly regularly. It’s a win-win app. (FREE)

Amazon Kindle – this amazing app allows you to buy eBooks online and read them on your iPhone. I think this, along with the iPhone itself, is one of the greatest inventions ever. I download a business book that I’ve been wanting to read and pull it up when i’m nursing my daughter or sitting on the exercise bike so I really feel productive in that moment. (FREE. eBooks range in price)

Voice Memos – i can make lists on the go. When i’m driving and remember those 3 things i better not forget to do or buy today, I make myself a quick sound bite list that I can listen to later when i’m home or able to write it down (or just listen to at the grocery store)! (comes with iPhone)

The bottom line is that I think there are so very many amazing apps out there (hey, I haven’t even touched on the great games for kids I use to entertain mine, from age 1 to age 6, all the time) but these are the few apps that I use every single day.

About the Author I *heart* the Internet, tea, purses, magazines, blogging, shopping, planning events, colorful prints & patterns, the Ocean, my 3 beautiful daughters, my hot husband of ~10yrs, and traveling. (I've probably forgotten some stuff :)) In my spare time I volunteer for www.debracanada.org, run www.modernmama.ca and www.modernmamamusings.ca while spending half my life in my mini-van driving the girls around town (Edmonton). Posted by Connie in leisure on April 11, 2010 More from this author  |  Author Website

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0 # Sherell Roseberry 2010-04-14 05:28

I'm a little disappointed in the apps listed here. I was hoping to see some apps that were specific to Moms and all that we do. These are just general apps, not that I don't use some of them but they don't really help me to be a better mom or make my life any easier. I was actually looking for a list of "Mom" apps today with no luck but found some useful ones on my own just looking through the available apps in the iTunes App Store. Here are the ones that I have found and have been using:

Intuition - useful list app, I use this for my grocery list, to-do list, keeping track of what medicines me, my kids and my dog get and when, house cleaning, phone calls, wish lists, etc. You can make a list for whatever you want. Don't remember the cost, maybe 1.99?

iRewardChart - So far loving this app! I assign chores for my kids and set up rewards that they can get. Each chore (or good behavior) they do they get a yellow star, or half a yellow star depending on how well they do it. If they don't do something they are supposed to then they can get a red star (bad) or half a red star (subtracted from the number of yellow stars) or they can just get no stars. The rewards are set with an amount of yellow stars needed to cash in for the reward. You set the chores, the rewards, the amounts and track it daily. My oldest daughter is doing extra chores to get more stars to get her to her big reward (500 stars) faster...so I think it's working great and it's easy to use. Cost was 4.99 I think.

I've downloaded a few more apps that I think will be useful to me specifically as a parent but I haven't had the opportunity to really explore them yet but these two I have been very happy with how useful they have been. Hope they can help other moms as well.

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0 # Sherell Roseberry 2010-04-14 16:50

Just checked and the Intuition app was actually free! Even better! Just thought I'd update.

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0 # Philippa 2011-01-10 08:07

Yes it's free. It's actually the best mommy app I've tried so far. It's really efficient, easy to use and even pretty to look at. Check it out on http://www.iconapps.com/product.htm

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