Smartphone Apps to help busy moms and dads!

Credit Karma put together a list of the 5 Best Smartphone Apps to help busy parents in their day-to-day parenting, from where to go when nature calls to teaching kids money lessons.  Their top 5 and why they chose them are:

Best App for Teaching About Money – Chore Bank

Why it’s cool: Kids are hands-on learners, so allowance is a great way to start learning their first money lessons. Chore Bank lets you create a “virtual bank account” for each of your kids, and set up a chore list and assign a money value to each chore. You can easily keep track of their allowance, completed chores, transactions at “The Bank of Mom and Dad”, plus it hopefully encourages you to start teaching your kids the value of money.

Cost: $1.99

For iPhones

Best App For Traveling This Summer  – Have2p

Why It’s cool: Have2p is the app we wish we had back in the day on roadtrips or at the mall. The app automatically tells you the nearest bathroom to your location and even has additional notes like if there’s a changing table available and how clean it is. When your little one has to go, now you can save precious time and have some options when nature calls.

Cost: Free!

For iPhone, Android

Best App To Rock-a-Bye Baby – White Noise Baby

Why it’s cool: The next time you’ve got a screaming baby in the car, you might thank your lucky stars for White Noise Baby. The app will help your baby calm down and sleep with ambient sounds of wind chimes, classical music, car ride, and more. When baby gets fussy in public, there’s even a baby rattle that includes shapes and fun sounds to entertain baby into blissful peace.

Cost: Free for LITE version, and $0.99 for full app

For iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and more

Best App for Hungry Kids – AllRecipes Dinner Spinner

Why it’s cool: The next time Junior asks, “What’s for dinner tonight?”, hand him your smartphone and he can help you decide. The AllRecipes Dinner Spinner is a cool app that lets you and your kids pick the type of meal and ingredients you want, and it’ll spin your choices into selected recipes. It’s a fun dinner tool, and may even get your kids into the kitchen to help.

Cost: Free

For iPhone and Android phones

Best App for A Bored Kid (or Parent) – Talking Carl

Why it’s cool: Talking Carl will make running errands, long grocery store trips, and dentist appointment waits thoroughly fun for your kid and you. It’s a fun, silly app that basically repeats everything you say with a funny voice from crazy character Carl. Plus, poke and tickle him for extra laughs. Careful; if you start playing with it, be sure to share with your kid too!

Cost: $0.99

For iPhones and Android phones

thanks Credit Karma! 

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