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The 50 Best Apps for Parents, 2012
Whether we’re using our smartphone to organize play dates or handing over the iPad to keep the kids entertained, we can’t live without our mobile gadgets. But with more than a million apps available in Apple’s iTunes Store and Android’s Google Play market, our smartphones and tablets are useful for a lot more than calls and games.
From baby monitors to vacation planners to virtual assistants for mom, our annual guide to the 50 best apps for parents has everything you need to get the most from your iPhone, iPad, or Android smartphone. Best of all, most of these apps are free or available with free equivalents, so you can give them a whirl without having to put a dent in the family budget.
We hope you have as much fun checking out these apps as we did testing them. Be sure to tell us about your favorite apps, too — we can’t wait to see what you find! — Aaron Burgess
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Snapguide
Rankings:
- #8 Social
What’s the easiest way to sanitize baby bottles? How do you convert an IKEA stool into a bedside locker? How can you punch up a common grilled-cheese sandwich? You might not have these exact questions in mind today, but with Snapguide on your phone, you can view — and create, if you’re so inclined — community-generated how-to guides about whatever topic has you curious tomorrow. Unlike many online how-to guides, Snapguide relies on visuals as much as text, so you can easily see how a project will turn out before you embark on it. The app’s guides aren’t all complex projects, either: For instance, kids can look up a guide on how to make a bed.
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