Welcome to our most special App Friday yet! This week marks the one year anniversary of Moms with Apps. What IS Moms with Apps, you ask? We are a diverse group of mobile app developers who focus on creating family-friendly content, representing over 15 countries globally. We are moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandmothers and individuals who care about the healthiest possible intersection of families and technology. Ideally, we want to see technology to open up more conversations, interactions and learning experiences – not less.
This week we are saying “Thank You” for taking an interest in family-friendly apps, for spreading the word about Moms with Apps, and for advocating creative ways technology can be used to make a daily difference.
Season of Thanks
You are invited to join our celebration by leaving a comment on our blog today. What are you thankful for, and how have mobile apps made a difference for your family? We’ll do our best to call attention to your stories on our Facebook and Twitter pages throughout the weekend. Here are a couple of examples of how developers and individuals have expressed their “Season of Thanks” regarding mobile apps:
- Lorraine from My Busy Kit & Moms With Apps
- Caroline from Duck Duck Moose
- Lynn & Molly from Math Girl Games
- Jitka from Okenko Books
- Lynette from PicPocket Books
What’s coming?
App Friday: Next year we’ll continue our Weekly App Friday promotion. However, the specific type of promotion will be up to the featured developer. Some will continue to go FREE, others might offer a special discount, or an incentive like an iTunes Gift card. App Friday will have more options for developers, and a more diverse set of reasons to visit the site. We are open to feedback, so please keep us posted.
Sponsors: You’ll see more visibility from our Moms with Apps Leadership Sponsors. As you may or may not know, this is a volunteer organization. We run the blog, the forum, and the promotions from our own individual resources. So extra special thanks to the following people for running initiatives to make Moms With Apps HAPPEN this year: Lorraine from My Busy Kit, Lynette from PicPocket Books, Scott from Weiner Family Studios, Robert from iRobert, Jon from mytales digital, Andrew from Baby Binks, Jane from Staytooned, Irina from AppGrade, and Stephanie from Let’s Go Chipper. The list is growing!
Seal of Approval: You’ll see Moms with Apps offering a “Seal of Approval” program to specific, compelling apps. We are currently developing the criteria, a nomination process, and a review board.
App Catalog: We will be launching a mobile app to showcase all of our family-friendly apps! Very exciting, stay tuned because it’s coming soon!
What’s in it for me?
Well, we can’t let you get away without a free download, right? OK, let’s get this party started. All offers apply to APP FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19th. Apps will revert BACK to regular pricing after the promotion is over.
FREE for App Friday, 11/19: (if it’s not free right when the post goes live, don’t worry. Check back, sometimes it takes iTunes awhile to process the pricing adjustments).
My Little Suitcase, Leaf Jam, MathGirl Number Garden, Family Matters, Draw With Stars, Christmas Art for Kids, Funny Phone, Discover Farms, Tiny Garden, Tiny Ocean, Charles Peatties Animal Alphabet, Pocket Zoo, iHangMath, MazeArt, Papa Gatto, Mico, Oh Crumps!, Peterkin, In My Dreams, Miniville’s Balloon Pop, Kids Coin Fun, Kids Time Fun, and more as they come on board.
PROMO CODES AND SPECIAL PRICING: Developers will be offering promo codes and/or special pricing via our Moms With Apps Facebook Page, our Link Exchange, and on our Blog Comments. Look out for posts from Kids Games Interactive, Tales2Go, My Tales Digital, Les Trois Elles, KwiqApps, Axiom Books, iDev Books, ChorePad, Match-A-Photo, MazeArtPlus, My Silly Sounds Farm, HomeRoutines, Snow Globe Maker Winter and more! Check back for updates throughout the day.
ANNIVERSARY LINK EXCHANGE Do YOU have something special to share today? Is your app specially priced to celebrate our one year anniversary? Do you have a blog post to celebrate our Season of Thanks? Don’t be shy – share it so everyone can participate! Include your name or app name, URL, and email. Happy Anniversary Moms With Apps!
As a member of MomMaps, with apps in the Travel industry, belonging to this supportive group of app developers has helped me make my app better and lead me down the path of developing some new (new in 2011) apps of my own. I’m excited to learn about the seal of approval and have really enjoyed reviewing many of the road trip friendly apps on http://www.roadtripsforfamilies.com.
As a mom on a budget, I am especially thankful for your free app Fridays! I appreciate the opportunity to get to know different app developers and their products. It helps me make informed decisions about what my kids enjoy when I do spend money purchasing apps. Thanks to everyone who makes this happen!
I am thankful today to discover Moms with Apps! It is so encouraging to see that so many others are dedicated to creating family-friendly apps! I look forward to your posts and hopefully meeting some like-minded developers. Cheers, Michelle
I feel very fortunate to be a part of this very exciting movement to create digital entertainment and enrichment for kids and families–and Moms With Apps is definitely ‘where it’s at’ with regard to being on the cutting edge and a great central community for sharing tips, encouragement and the frustrations that sometimes occur.
Specifically, I’m very thankful that I was allowed to join the group–almost right away I connected with the developer who is going to publish my storybook app. Hooray!
I continue to make connections with others in the development community through Moms With Apps, and it’s been very valuable for me as I try to ‘make a go of it’ in this brave new world.
Thank goodness (and Lorraine and Lynette) for Moms With Apps!
Thanks to MomsWithApps and the developers who contribute. I am approaching my one year anniversary with my own IPod Touch and have enjoyed downloading family fun apps that my kids can enjoy and learn from, many at a discounted price or for FREE! I look forward to many more great years! Thanks again!