Use your Phone to Keep Track of Your Golf Score with MyGolfLeaderboard

Total Score:  28.5

If you are in a weekly golf league, or just golf with your friends, you should take a look at the MyGolfLeaderboard app.  You get real-time scoring, stats and handicap information easily at hand.  And, of course, an easy way to keep track of who is in the lead.  There are 15,000 courses to choose from, so get your clubs and your buddies and go out and try this app. Continue reading

Group Photos Are Easy With Wave Cam

Total Score:  25

Tired of holding your camera out in front of you to get group pictures?  Wave Cam allows you to set your iPhone down, step back (or sit back) several feet and take a photo. All you do is wave.   It’s great for group photos or more natural looking selfies.  It’s so easy you’ll want to take more and more photos.  Continue reading

Yahoo! Weather – Beautiful and Accurate

Total Score:   30

If you are interested in an app that offers you varied weather information that is easy to access, then Yahoo! Weather is the app for you.  I’ve reviewed a lot of weather apps, and tried them regularly and I’m finding this new Yahoo! app very appealing. All the information is available by swiping left/right or up/down.  It doesn’t get any easier than that!

 

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Manage Your Medications With Mango Health

Total Score:  28.5

Do you need a way to keep track of your medications?  Do you need to take medications more than once a day and find it difficult to remember?  If so, Mango Health is your answer.  It not only provides reminders, but valuable medication information too.  Plus, you have the opportunity to earn points and win prizes.   If you want all of that in a colorful, easy to ready package – then Mango Health is your app! Continue reading

Finish – Stop Procrastinating and Finish Your Tasks

Total Score:  29.5

Finish is a procrastinator’s dream – well, if your dream is to finish things.  This app allows you to see your short-term, mid-term and long-term tasks at a glance.  This app helps you stay focused on what you committed to work on during a certain time and still keeps what’s coming up visible.  You might gather from my app reviews that I have a lot of tasks and I struggle to keep up with them.  That would be completely accurate. I have tried a lot of productivity, to-do type apps and now, Finish is my go to app.

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Winston for iPhone – A Fun Way to Keep Up With News

Total Score:  29

Winston for iPhone is a fun way to keep up with news headlines.  I am a bit of a news junkie, and this app hits a home run for me. It is both informative and fun.

You can enjoy your news narrated by a pleasant voice accompanied by visuals.  As others said, it is kind of like having SIRI read you the headlines.

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Pixies – Fun With Photos

Total Score:  29

One of the joys of using an iPhone is the ability to take and manipulate photos.  The name of this app, Pixies – Fun with Photos really tells you all you need to know.  The only other thing you need to know is that it’s so easy.  This is one of those apps that just makes you want to go through your camera roll, add to your photos and share them.  Continue reading

Get Maximum Weather Info with the Minimal Climate Clock

Total Score:   29.5

We talk about the weather because it impacts our lives.  It’s that simple and that’s why there are so many apps out there to help us find out the weather at any moment.  I’ve reviewed a number of them but have found one that provides me just what I need on a day-by-day, hour-by-hour basis.  That app, Climate Clock, displays the temperature on an analog clock.  It allows you to see the weather now – and for the next ten hours.  Continue reading

How to Set Parental Controls on your iPhone or iPad

If you share your device with your child or grandchild, you may want to restrict some of the functions of the iPhone or iPad.   Why should you do this?  Without creating parental controls or restrictions apps can be deleted, new apps installed, explicit material revealed or costs incurred with in-app purchases.  Continue reading