If you're like most other parents out there, your life is busy as heck. While being totally rewarding, it can sometimes be overwhelming for everything you have to do to stay on top of everyone's lives. The kids have music lessons, or sports, dentist and doctor appointments, school plays...and then there's all of your own activities and obligations, not to mention cooking, cleaning, and laundry! How do you stay on top of it all? With parenting apps, of course! Check out our list of the best iPhone apps for busy parents.
The best iPhone apps for parents
7 Jun 2021, by Christine Pamintuan
This is a good iPhone app for parents that helps them create a safe web environment for their children.
Awarded PC Mag’s Editors’ Choice for best family parental control & screen time app, the Qustodio Parental Control App makes parenting easier with daily screen time limits, app monitoring, including Facebook and YouTube, app blocking, kid tracking and the most advanced reporting.
- Set and manage daily screen time limits
- Website, search and app monitoring
- Website or category blocking (block games, porn, gambling and lock out unwanted content)
- Unsupported browser blocking
- Advanced reporting (7-day history)
- Alerts
ASQ Calculator is an age tracking app and a great tool to help you control the biological aging process of a child’s body and adjust possible negative effects of this process. Ages & Stages Questionnaires® (ASQ) are the most used developmental and social-emotional screening tools for children 1 month to 72 months.
Implementation help for ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 users! Use this handy ASQ calculator to:
- Quickly calculate chronological age and adjusted age (for children born 3 or more weeks premature)
- Easily determine the recommended questionnaire for ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2
- Accurately calculate adjusted scores for ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 when questionnaire items are omitted
2houses is a set of tools that helps separated parents to communicate and become better organized for the well-being of their children. 2houses removes the emotional stress. "The 2houses co-parenting website makes single parenting easier." Yahoo Shine. “It allows to change the thinking and unlock crisis.” Alice Coopter – Mediator. This app contains many useful tools that can be used by separated parents in their co-parenting:
- An interactive calendar with many opportunities for sharing and synchronization, which is needed by modern families
- Simple and effective financial management system
- Simple messaging tool that is efficient and secure
- Information bank: Clothing sizes, Social Security numbers, school documents...
- Journal where you can easily share all information, news, photos, videos, and even your children’s funny quotes
- Notifications: Stay informed about your 2houses account’s activities
Kango helps you arrange childcare and rides from kids ranging in age from preschool to high school. Get your kids where they need to go, whether that's to soccer practice or dance class. Book a driver to get your son to his volleyball game when you're away on business, or set up a carpool to take your daughter and her two friends to band practice every week. Need a sitter? You can deal with that through the app, too. Right now it works in certain Bay Area locations as well as San Francisco. You will book rides and babysitting with pre-screen sitters and drivers. All of them have between three and 20 years of childcare experience and have passed a screening process that includes background checks, DMV checks, and fingerprinting.
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- Arrange childcare and rides
- For kids from preschool to high school age
- San Francisco and Bay Area locations
- Experienced, screened sitters
- Free iPhone app for busy parents
There's nothing more important than the people you love. This app allows users to stay connected to their family, friends, or other small groups and keep in touch easily. For the busy parent, it's a boon because it lets you know where everyone is and how they are doing. Users can input the predefined places such as home or work or school, so that messages such as "Mom has arrived at Home" are sent out to all members of the group. A panic button, when pressed, sends out the location of that person to all the other members sharing details. Group check-ins can also be done manually or through the in-built chat.
- Be in the loop with loved ones
- Create more than one group
- Panic button
- Group check-in
- Built-in chat
DRYV gives you the best possible dry cleaning and laundry experience to you, literally. The cleaners you need will come right to your door to pick up your clothes, anytime, even on nights and weekends. When they're clean, they'll bring them back to you! Download the app, create an account, select your pickup location and time, and your driver will arrive promptly. You will get a text message when your order is ready and you can set up a time to have it delivered. You won't need to worry about getting to the cleaners on time, your credit card is charged when the invoice is sent to you.
- Ultra-convenient experience
- Pick up and delivery
- Cashless
- Expertly cleaned laundry
- Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles areas
Chore Pad HD will let you get your chores done easier and faster. Your kids will take a bigger role in helping keep your home clean. They will earn chore icons, stars, and more for their work. You can use the app for small or large families or even in the classroom. As chores are completed your child will earn stars and can use the stars to redeem awards you have created. The whole attitude around chores will change: instead of resisting any efforts to get your kid to clean his room, with this app you will see him jump out of bed in the morning, only to make it. This is a comprehensive chore-management tool the likes of which you've never seen.
- Gives kids a fun way to take care of their chores
- See your kids' star totals and progress for the week
- Works for families of all sizes
- Use it in the classroom too
- Secure parent mode
PatPat makes unique, useful, and affordable items for moms, all at a great price. You can shop day or night and have access to thousands of high-quality products. There are diapers, toys, baby products, apparel, and more. There are also things for Mom like beauty items, apparel, and bags. You can share product links with friends and get an extra 10% off. The VIP Picks section has all the items so many other moms love. Find some new useful, unique items you didn't even know you wanted!
- Find toys, clothes, diapers, and more
- Shop for yourself, too
- They understand what you want and need
- See what other moms can't live without
- Free app to make your busy life easier
Baby Monitor Lite turns your iPhone into a video baby monitor. This universal app will let you keep an eye on your kid using WiFi or 3G/4G networks. Just install the app and create a user account. Choose which device will act as the monitor and which one you will use. If a WiFi network is available, put your devices on Airplane Mode, activate the WiFi and connect to the network. You can choose to play one of 12 animal nightlights or have the screen dim automatically. You can see and talk to your baby over the devices, too.
- 12 Animal nightlights
- Noise detection
- See and talk to your baby
- Two devices needed
- Free with in-app purchases
Make it easier to have a furry companion with Wag! The app helps you give your dog the care it needs, with the convenience and flexibility you need when you can't get your dog out for a walk. Whether you need a dog sitter just once or on a recurring basis, the app can help you out. Track your dog's walks live using the GPS map and see when each walk is completed. You'll get a video or photo from each walk, see how long the walk lasted, and find out if your dog did his business. You'll be put in touch with a community of certified dog lovers who live near you. Read their profiles, see reviews from other users, and have a look at their certifications.
- Free lock boxes to securely store your key so walker can get your dog
- Free Meet and Greet
- Choose your own walker
- Certified dog lovers
- Free iPhone app for busy parents
Being a parent can be stressful, and Soothe is a mobile massage service you can use to have a certified, insured, background-checked massage therapist come to your office, home, or event in just an hour. You can book in advance, too. The massage therapist will come to wherever you need the service. They offer Swedish massage, Deep Tissue massage, Couples massage, and Sports massage. It's easy to book, schedule, and pay using the app. You can invite friends and get credits towards your next visit. The massage therapists also work corporate events. There are over 4000 massage therapists to serve a variety of cities in several different countries.
- On-demand, mobile massage service
- Comes to your home, office, or corporate event
- Book in advance or have a massage in an hour
- Several types of massage available
- Certified, insured, and background-checked
- Free iPhone app for busy parents
Anyone who was ever a new parent knows that no matter how prepared you might think you are for your baby to arrive, there comes a day when you have absolutely no clue how to handle a situation. Whether it’s how to best cut a newborn’s fingernails, fix a baby’s latch, or find out how many wet diapers your new baby should have in a day, the Pacify app will help. For 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you will be in contact with a huge network of lactation consultants, nurses, and dieticians who can provide you with on-demand help. You won’t need an appointment and you won’t need to leave a message and get called back! You will be in instant connection with the expert you need.
- For new parents
- 24/7 connection with a dedicated network of pediatric professionals
- Nurses, lactation consultants, and dieticians
- No answering service
- Free iPhone app for busy parents
