From apps that tell you the best sex positions to help conceive a child to apps that counsel you on how you can handle unruly teens, iPhone has become the parents’ best friend and trusted guide. And though everyone has a few fav apps of their own, parents must consider having these seven popular and helpful apps to make their kids childhood and teenage, a magical time.
iHomeopathy
The perfect app for the new parent, iHomeopathy will help you easily check illness symptoms and try some easy home remedies for quick comfort of your child. The easy to understand interface of the medical app allows parents to identify the symptoms of all kinds of illnesses and can keep a better track of their child’s health. Using the app, parents can mark the beginning of certain illnesses and check even minor looking indications.
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Checking symptoms for early signs of serious complications can also help parents manage potential threats better and get help in time as well. Handy home remedies provided by the app are also helpful in bringing comfort to the child at times when going to the doctor is not possible.
Downloadable at
Apple Store HQ
Cost
$5.99
Remember The Milk
Whether you have a two month old baby at home or a twenty year old, making to-do lists and remembering all the little chores around the house that you need to take care of as a parent, can be utterly exhausting. The ‘Remember The Milk’ app for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone is therefore, a must-have for all parents. With millions of subscribers around the globe, the app has been customized to suit every kind of device and us.
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Back up tasks, notes and almost any kind of list can be synced with your handheld device. Its is as simple as that. Though there is a 24-hour limit to syncing the web version of the RTM with the offline app, but its intuitive interface more than makes up for the inconvenience. Parents can use this app to prepare shopping lists and to-do tasks and they will be reminded of it at a preset time.
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Cost
Can be downloaded for free
iMovie
Capturing videos and photos of children is one of the favorite activities of a parent with a smartphone. However, keeping videos captured via phone synced with laptop and finding the time to edit them with effects to tell a story, takes all the fun out of videotaping ‘baby’s first step’ or any other major landmark. Users often end up posting crude videos and raw footage on their social media pages. The iMovie app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, however, lets users to capture beautiful HD movies using their device and instantly add sound effects, music and photos to create ready-to share, timeless videos.
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The iMovie app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is perfect not only for the beginners and basic users but also for advanced users who can access a whole bunch of advanced features, sets to add technical finesse to every single shot of their kids.
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Cost
$4.99
TripIt Travel Organizer
For a full time parent, booking a holiday, constantly checking email for booking confirmations and ensuring that you share your itinerary with all the right people in time, can be more than a handful. The TripIt Travel Organizer app allows parents to organize and share travel plans with friends and relatives without fussing over email and social networking accounts.
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Once you have the email confirming your plans, the app automatically syncs it to an itinerary on your iPad or iPhone as well as your calendar. You can also forward the mail to the site for the app which will recognize the plan based on the bookings for concerts, guided tours, restaurants and hotels and allows you to share it with chosen social media contacts via Facebook or LinkedIn.
Downloadable at
iTunes Web Store
Cost
$3.99
Kindle
With hundreds of newspapers and magazines and over 1,000,000 books, the Kindle for iPhone and iPad app is a must have for every parent who doesn’t have the time to laze around with a magazine or book in hand. The easy-to-use and beautiful interface of the app allows parents to catch up with their reading without leaving the sight of their kids. With Kindle Store plus, parents can also download and purchase e-versions of countless children books and illustrated kids novels that they can read out loud to their kids as well.
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Kindle Fire lets iPad customers access e-versions of over 400 newspapers and magazines including Popular Science, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Food Network Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and many more. The incredible selection ensures that you never miss a new copy of your favorite glossy with full-color, rich pages displayed on your iPad, making the experience come alive for the subscriber on the go. Customers can opt to have their subscription switched to an e-version with the Kindle for iPad app.
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Cost
Can be downloaded for free
Love Is Not Abuse (LINA) application
The Love Is Not Abuse (LINA) application developed by Liz Claiborne Inc. simulates digital dating abuse that teens might be facing, making it easier for parents to keep a check on digitally abusive relationships and destructive behaviors that their child might be exposed to.
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Designed to teach teens about abusive relationships, Love is Not Abuse is a conscientious application that helps parents get a glimpse into the changing teen dating scene where abuse can be displayed by something like deleting a partner’s friends on social networks or hacking a partner’s social networking id etc.
Downloadable at
iTunes Web Store
Cost
Can be downloaded for free
Scout’s ABC Garden
Created by LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., Scout’s ABC Garden features a puppy pal named Scout who can be programmed to say your child’s name and encourage him to learn the alphabets, numbers, and colors etc.
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As your child learns the letters and numbers, the app sends a progress report to the parents via Twitter, Facebook or email.
Downloadable at
iTunes Web Store
Cost
$0.99
