App Appreciation: MammaBaby

There are plenty of apps out there for use during pregnancy and such. I downloaded many during my pregnancy and stuck with just a couple. One was the very popular What To Expect When Expecting. Others were not as useful or helpful. All that I downloaded were free so I never had to worry about giving it a try and deleting it if I didn't like it. Now that my pregnancy is over I searched for a different type of app to use. The one I found and liked the most was MammaBaby. Indeed I liked it so much I ended up purchasing the full version (after my week trial was up) for $3.99. For me, that's saying something!

 

The app is very helpful for keeping track of Lincoln's feedings. Sometimes my memory is a bit short (does pregnancy brain carry over to having a newborn??) and I can't tell you when was the last time he ate. Sometime it's 2:00 AM and my brain was still sleeping. MammaBaby helps me with this! I love the fact that I can track how long he ate, when was the last time he did eat and which side he fed on.

Yes this app has many other features like keeping track of his sleep and dirty diapers, but I didn't find that worth my time of logging. It even has a feature to help log when he has his bottle feedings. We'll see if we use this app when he begins on solid food, but for now I've really enjoyed having this at my side.

App Appreciation: Red Stamp

This is one of those way cool, make your life easier, why not download since it's free kind of app. The Red Stamp app allows you to mail Happy Birthday, Thank You or a simple Miss You card to someone in the mail without ever having to get out a pen or postage stamp. So the app saves some time, but I also really like the selection of card to choose from. They are very trendy and fun.

Enough about the app, let me show you what I've created with it! We mailed a card to Joe's parents after their trip to NC for Easter (remember we visited The Biltmore and even climbed Chimney Rock?) It was so easy to select the card style I wanted, drop a picture in that was already on my phone and then adjust the color (for this card I changed the picture black and white). For the most part the cards are $1.99 which is not a bad price at all. Purchasing a thank you card at Wal-Mart is about that much plus postage.

So check it out, download the app and start sending some cards!

App Appreciation - Instagram

Have you noticed the addition to the blog hanging out on the right side column? If not, take a look at the new installment, the Instagram section! This is automatically updated each time I take a picture with my Instagram app.

Do you have this app? It's a great picture taking, picture editing and picture sharing program. I really love it mainly for the editing.You snap a picture and choose from a number of filters, borders or edits to apply to the picture. They're fun to play around with to choose the one that capture the picture perfectly. Then you share the picture on your Instagram account and that's where the picture sharing comes into play. I don't use this feature much at all, but you can look up other accounts to see the picture everyone else is sharing.

Here are some examples of pictures taken and edited with Instagram.

Just like moreBeaute2, this app is free so check it out! Better yet, once you get the new iPhone 5 in the mail make this the first app you download.

App Appreciation - moreBeaute2

I have an iPhone and I love it. For so long I had been a Blackberry or non-smart phone user. I never really appreciated what the iPhone is capable of until I got to own one. There's plenty I could say about why I like my phone, but that's not the point of this post. I realized there are some pretty cool apps out there and I wanted to share. What better way to share info about technology (iPhone and app store) than on another form of technology (the blog and internet).

I just came across moreBeaute2 and downloaded it last week. This app is great to edit pictures of people. It really smooths out skin which is really what every woman wants, right?

Check out some pictures I edited with moreBeaute2.

Here's a before and after to show the difference.

I could play around with this app for hours. It allows you to adjust the brightness, smoothness, detail of the picture and the tone. You can either take a picture while in this app and have it edited right away or use a picture saved on your phone to adjust.

Best part about this app? It's free! Download it and give her a try!