10 Apps That Make A Mom's Life Easier

Being a mom is a tough job—whether your child is three months, three years, or 13 years old, they keep you on your toes. To go along with the job of parenting is the task of keeping your household moving smoothly too. So there’s nothing wrong with getting a little help to keep your family and home in check.

Thanks to technology, we moms can get a helping hand when we need it. Smartphone apps can make life a little bit more manageable. Even though I am not a very tech-savvy person, I must admit, there are a handful of apps that have certainly made my life more sorted.

My first tryst with the smartphone app was during my pregnancy days. Like most Millennials, you most likely used an app to follow your pregnancy milestones (you know, kiwi, grapefruit, watermelon lol). Now, your precious little one has arrived, and, with mommy fog brain setting in, you may find you need a new mom app—or two—to help you keep track of, well, everything.

From keeping the family organized to assigning chores and handling the shopping, here are 10 apps any mom would love.

10 Apps That Make A Mom’s Life Easier

1. Keepy – digitally store your child’s artwork

As moms, we’re constantly in awe of our children’s amazing creations. The artwork and projects that kids bring home from school are precious mementos, but the fridge can only hold so many pieces of art. The paintings, drawings, and sketches do tend to pile up at an insanely fast pace.

Rather than rent out a storage unit or kick off a search for a new house with room for a full-on art gallery, I am a big advocate of using smart apps that make my kids’ creations digital. Isn’t it much easier to manage gigabytes than square footage?

Enter the Keepy app.

Keepy is designed to allow you to create digital records of your child’s artwork and more.
Take photos of your child’s work, upload them in the app, and tag your child’s name, grade, date, and title.
You can then easily access and share it with loved ones and even have your child’s work printed into a beautiful hardcover book.
If you’ve got multiple kids, you can easily manage multiple profiles.
Keepy also allows your kids to record video notes on their creations, and share them with their biggest fans (namely, their grandparents).

So moms, preserve your child’s artwork — and throw away the guilt of chucking most of it out of necessity — with the Keepy app.

Keepy is my favorite owing to its simple user interface. It is convenient and easy to use and is available for both iOS and Android.

2. BabyCenter

Every parent wants to know that their child is progressing and developing at a normal, healthy pace. The BabyCentre app helps new moms track their baby’s development and growth, most notably, detailing milestones that the infant will hit along their infancy journey. Of course, all babies and children develop differently and at their own, unique pace. But the BabyCentre app provides a basic foundation for a child’s development and helps new moms track progress and determine areas where improvement or additional time is needed. You can also connect with other new moms, swapping stories and advice.

The best part is, the app grows with the child. So the information is not limited to only new moms but gives info as the child grows up touching on social-emotional aspects too after a stage.