13 Life-Changing Apps To Help You Take Back Your Sanity & Schedule

Check lists, reminders, alarms… My mommy-brain needs whatever help it can get just to make it through life. “There’s an app for that” has become a popular saying these days because, well, we rely on these tools for running our family. With the ever-changing, fast-paced world we live in, they’ve become somewhat of a necessity in order to keep our heads above water.
 
Here you go, busy moms and dads, a list of totally amazing apps to help you manage family life and be more productive with your time.

What’s on a mama’s mind? I’ll tell you, everything. Enter, Cozi, a top Mom Choice Award winner, according to the website, and they claim to be the go to organizer for families. This app is kind of an all-in-one that helps with schedules and calendars, meal plans, grocery lists, budgeting and money management and more. Connect between your spouse and children so everyone is in the loop.

Picniic is another family organizing app that’s all in one place. It keeps schedules, locates other connected members’ locations, photos, meals and shopping lists and more! The website boasts awards from the Today Show and TIME. Worth checking out!

To do lists are everything in order to keep my mommy-brain on track — Any.do is my top choice for task reminders. This app syncs among your devices and checklist alerts you at designated times or places. I love that I can talk to Siri or Alexa to communicate with the app.

Are you a weekly meal planner like me? AnyList is a great way to create and share grocery lists and recipes with your spouse, according to the site. I love that the user can input in weekly recipes and add the items to a shopping list.

Grocery and necessity shopping…. who’s got the patience or ability to drag along your kids? Walmart Grocery Pick Up via the Walmart app and Dillon’s Clicklist via their app both allow shopping be done and picked up (or even delivered with Dillons). I have my running grocery Dillons Clicklist order throughout the week where I add items as needed. 

Amazon Prime and Boxed are also good “go tos” that get family necessities sent straight to your door. Target Drive Up via the Target app is great when you need a quick birthday gift, diapers, clothing, or whatever (because Target has it all). I love this pull up, pick up service as I cannot escape that place without spending way too much when I physically enter the store.

One of the most consuming things we do as parents is keeping up with our kid’s sports events and schedules. Team Snap is designed to simplify team communications, schedules, and organization. According to the site, users report a 98% satisfaction rate, helping coaches and parents navigate busy sporting seasons.

Chores are tough to get kids on board with. Chorma was created to organize your family member’s chores and provide incentives for the kids. The app awards points to the kiddos allowing them to save up for some reward. It’s nice having this app as a visual to help motivate them.

Acorns is an app where you can “Invest your spare change,” as the site states. This app will round up your daily purchases to the nearest dollar and automatically deposits that change to your investment portfolio. We love having this to help save for children’s college or our retirement without putting in much thought with this simple process.

Speaking of saving, we mamas like to save money when it comes to our spending. Shopsavvy is an app that will compare product prices for you at nearby and online retailers. No more scouring websites for the best price!

Fitness isn’t always easy to schedule into our agendas. Sworkit gives you full body fitness regimens that you can do from home. Videos guide you through each routine and you can customize the workout to meet your needs at that time. Got 20 minutes before doing dishes and while baby naps? Login and get it done! 

Hope these apps help you navigate your routines! What are some of your favorites not mentioned? Share with us!

 
Nicole Nickel
Hi, I’m Nicole! I’m a mama to two kiddos: Scarlet and Easton, and wife to Justin. We also have 2 furbaby Labs. I am an Oklahoma girl, born and raised. I’ve been here in Wichita since October 2016. Moving from my home of Norman has been tough, but what a great community to relocate! We love to get out explore the area, finding fun family activities! In addition to mom and wife, I am speech-language pathologist. Some of my favorite things- I am a die-hard OU football fan (Boomer!), being outdoors, traveling, friends and family, wine and coffee!