Useful iPhone Apps

Bryan got me and iPhone for my birthday a few months ago and I have to say that it has proved to be one of the coolest gifts EVER. I was pretty content with just having my old razor phone but when Bryan gave me this multi-purpose gadget, it really opened the eyes to a whole new world for this mom-on-the-go. If you have an iPhone (or are thinking of getting an iPhone) and have kiddos, or have an iPhone and are thinking of having kiddos, you may want to at least check out my suggestions. If you are not thinking of having an iPhone OR kiddos then you may stop reading this post now and play solitaire on your PC.
Baby Monitor has been one of the most useful apps to me as a mom. I have used it many times after putting one of my kids to sleep at one of my relatives houses or while on vacation. It helps me to feel secure that my baby is sleeping safe and sound. I simply forward my calls to a phone of someone I am with (usually my husbands phone), start the baby monitor, set it next to your sleeping baby - when the baby starts crying or makes a noise, your phone calls the number you have designated for it to call. I love it!! Especially when I go to my moms and put Pete upstairs where it would be hard to hear him if he woke up.

Bryan introduced me to the Ambiance app. I was just using a "white noise" app but this has a wide variety of noises for your listening pleasures. It is great to help a baby stay asleep and drowned out other noises or to help an adult go to sleep and drowned out baby noises. ;)

Since I have had the Grocery IQ, I have not put a pen to paper when planning out my grocery run. I go to my pantry and bust out my iPhone and start planning. I love that I just put an item in my phone when I randomly think of it since my phone it always with me. It also has a "favorites" list you can add so you can easily add your personal staples. (side note: among our top 3 favorites are regular Cheerios, milk & coffee) This application has more! It will sort your list by category/aisle and will save your history just in case you would like to include that to your favorites or grocery list. This is a must have in my book.

...and while we are on the food topic, here is one I haven't used much yet but I can see how it will be quite handy in the future. It is the Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner You can easily browse through recipes by specifying what dish type (Appetizers, beverages, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, ect.) then specify an ingredient you might want in it (chicken, pork, pasta, ect.) and it will even search for recipes by time frames you designate (such as under 20 min, 45 min or less, an hour plus, ect.) I am really excited about this one. It will give you recipe options within your specifications along with their nutritional facts and some reviews as well.

Sketches is great for adults and kids. Aubrey uses it all the time so it is obviously a kid pleasure. I really enjoy creating masterpieces on it as well. I can just doodle, pull up fun clipart or pull photos from my album and add text, clipart, ect.

So these are apps I feel could be useful to most every mom on the go who has an iPhone. Take my suggestions or leave them. I know this post is not in vain!! One of you will find this post useful right? Let me know if you have any suggestions for me. I am always looking for something fun and new (when it comes to apps that is)

Here are a few of my other, personal favorites not mentioned above:







NOTE: did you know that friend, Drew Corbitt, helped to create the "Pitch Pipe" application? It has really been useful to me.