Category Archives: There’s an App for That

7 Apps for Road Trippers

Did you know that in addition to using your phone for scrolling through Facebook and other social media apps, taking pictures, and playing games that you can also utilize your phone for a variety of reasons, especially if you are embarking on a road trip.

For me, there a quite a few apps that I use whenever you head out on a new adventure and I thought it would be great to share them with you.

7 Apps for Road Trippers

1. Gas Buddy (Free) Use Gas Buddy to find the best price for gas in your area. Simply add your location and Gas Buddy pulls up all of the stations in your area with their gas prices.

2. Car Minder Plus ($2.99)  Use this app to manage all of your car care needs, track repairs, fuel economy, and more. You can even us it for more than one car! Before heading out on your next road trip, make sure your car is ready for the road by taking it to a reputable service center like Ziegler Chrysler Dodge.

3. Waze (Free) Get the best route everyday with real-time help from other drivers with this community-based traffic and navigation app. Waze will let you know if there are bad road conditions, a speed trap and also reports gas prices.

4. Flush (Free) – Yes, this app is exactly what it sounds like, an app that offers you the quickest and simplest way of find a public bathroom or restroom. It’s completely free, has zero in-app purchases and currently over 190,000 public bathrooms listed! Bonus, if you find a toilet that’s not listed, you can add it!

5. Find My Parked Car (Free)- Ever forget where you parked your car? Never forget again when you use this handy app. You can save your exact parking location, take a picture of your location, write a note of floor number/street, set an alarm for metered parking and more.

6. Spot Hero (Free) – If you live in a major city or travel to cities where parking is often difficult to find, this app will save you from driving in circles looking for a place to park. Easily find and reserve a parking spot near your destination!

7. Roadside America ($2.99)– All good road trips should include a few fun stops and this app will show you just where to find all of those weird wonders of America’s highways like a giant ball of twine!

 

 

Challenge Your Mind with Subers

If you are anything like me and love to challenge your mind than you probably play brainteasers on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. I love word puzzles, strategy games, and different kinds of puzzles or just puzzles in general.

One of my (and Alex’s) newest addictions is Subers. Subers is an original image and puzzle game that offers a new take to rebus games by reversing the puzzle. Combine the images to match the phrase but don’t let the decoy images throw you off.

 

Whether you are looking to play a quick game while waiting in line or decide to break Subers out at your next game night with friends, Subers is a picture puzzle game you’ll enjoy for hours.

HOW TO PLAY:
• In the 3×3 grid, arrange the tiles to sound out the provided phrase.
• Select hints as needed for help.
• Once arranged in correct order, you’ll advance to the next puzzle.
• Take your time and enjoy!

FEATURES:
• Ad Free – No distractions so you can focus and enjoy
• Group Play lets you play locally with friends
• Tiles are easy to arrange by dragging and dropping
• Skip puzzles and go back any time to solve later
• Free hints to help solve challenging puzzles

Check out Subers in action in the video below.

Subers is so much fun that Alex has already added an expansion pack to his and I’m sure I will be soon!

You can find Subers, for free, in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store

Enjoy!

Great New Way to Share the Fun of Motorsports with Your kids! Win NASCAR Prizes!

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I grew up watching the legends of NASCAR race around the track with my dad. Nothing was better then sitting in front of the TV, cheering on the legendary Dale Earnhardt (our favorite) I remember sitting there, with my eyes locked on the number 3 car as it went around the track. I have so many great memories.

Of course, when I became a mom, my kids became NASCAR fans at birth. What is really great for my younger kids is that NASCAR makes it  easy for kids to learn about NASCAR drivers, tracks and more on the Acceleration Nation website and app.

NASCAR Acceleration Nation is a fun, entertaining and educational way for kids to learn about NASCAR!  Kids can learn about the science of speed and more through videos on the website and app.

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Did You Know?

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Amazon Prime Photos has all new features! Plus an opportunity to win a $500 gift card provided by Amazon.com

As you can probably imagine, I take a lot of photos. Not only do I take photos for this website, I am constantly taking photos of the kids, the dog, the granddaughter, and anything else. I love to have a visual memory whenever it is possible.

My computer is filled with folder after folder of photos that have been moved from memory cards, phones, cloud drives, and more. The worst part…they are not organized at all and I constantly need to locate pictures to send to friends and family.

Thankful for Amazon Prime

Thanks to Amazon and their  all-new Prime Photos experience with Family Vault, as a  Prime member, I can access and share unlimited photo storage with up to five family members or friends at no additional cost. Prime Photos is free for Prime members and makes it easy for family members to safely store and share all their favorite photos.

This is great for me, especially this time of year when I will be capturing all kinds of holiday memories. Amazon Prime Photos now makes it simple for me to share those photos with my family members and friends.

Amazon Prime Photos has some new features including: Image Search, People view and Places view. With these features, it will be a lot easier  for me to finally organize my photos!

As an added bonus, as a Prime member, I can now order photo prints, cards, photo books, and calendars directly from my Prime Photos account. 

If you are an Amazon Prime member, be sure to Download the new Prime Photos app HERE. It is available on computers, iOS and Android phones, and tablets.

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Everything to Know About XNSPY, the Apple Spy App that’s Taking Over Digital Parenting

If I may say so myself, I’m a bit of an expert with apps made for parents. So when newbie XNSPY hit the market, I knew I had to review it before it took off. So what is XNspy? In a nutshell, it is an Apple Spy App that parents can put on their children’s devices to keep an eye on them. Does it really work? Why yes, it does in fact work as advertised. Which is quite rare for the parenting app market. Let’s dig a little deeper.

The Interface

To me, the layout of any app speaks volumes. If it looks like you can use it, then it’s the real deal. If it looks way too complex to work, it is probably fake. XNSPY has a pretty clean interface so yeah, you can rest be assured that the phone tracking app is legit. Another thing that I liked about the design is the way they’ve laid out their features. And they’ve got a lot of features. But my point is, even if you don’t consider yourself to be great with computers, the layout is pretty rudimentary. It is clean and sharp and presents itself in the form of buttons and tabs. It is not very text heavy, which was a relief to me because I hate reading through little bits of tiny text on my screen. I’d rather than see a big bold symbol and know exactly what I’m supposed to click. So, XNSPY was all checks in this front.

An Abundance of Features

I did mention that XNSPY is essentially a mobile tracking app. But honestly, calling it that doesn’t fully do it justice because it lets you do a few other things. You can

  • Remotely see who your children talk to, text, or IM
  • Remotely see what websites they visit
  • Monitor where they go through GPS
  • Record all their calls
  • Look through the multimedia files on their phones
  • Monitor dating apps like Kik or Tinder
  • Monitor social media apps like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook

There were a few more apps that you can get depending on what package you get, but these were definitely the most impressive. I’ve never seen call recording this sophisticated on any other parenting app, and I have reviewed a lot of parenting apps.

What’s the Catch?

Have you realized the obvious loophole with this mobile tracker yet? Because I have. You have to actually acquire physical access of the phone to install XNSPY onto it. If you were planning on being sneaky, you can see how this could be a problem.

My second reservation with this particular app is that it is a fairly new entrant of the market. So we don’t have any historical data by which to judge it, nor do we have enough tales of user experience.

Final Verdict

 

But if you want to take my word for it? I’d give XNSPY a solid ‘A’ based on what I saw. If you’re looking for an Apple Spy App for your children, I’d say go for this one. Install XNSPY because as a parent, this is the app I’d use if I wanted to keep a better eye on my son.