5 Share-Worthy APPs

Technology is advancing faster than I can grasp it!  There are so many ways that technology has made life a little easier!  I can snap a picture of a check and deposit it into my bank account without ever leaving my house.  I haven't cracked a cookbook in months, because I have any recipe I want on the web.  If I don't feel like cooking, and I decide to order out, I don't even have to pick up the phone!  I can order most take out online!  Technology has grown so much even over the last year.  That led me to thinking... how does this smartphone that I love so dearly, help my life?!?!  I have joked that I could run the world from my smart phone!  The only thing I can't do, is look at a website that uses Flash (COME ON APPLE... MAKE A DEAL WITH JAVA!!!).
I have an iPhone 5, and it is of course, loaded with tons of apps.  Apps that let me do just about anything I want!  This post is not about how amazing the Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vine, or Pinterest apps are... although they are great!  This post is about apps that actually assist me in feeling productive each day!  I thought I would share my 5 favorite apps with you!

1.  SimplyUs  - This app is absolutely awesome!  It connects a calendar between you and your partner.
 You can share any events immediately that you want the other to know about.  So arguing about not knowing that your wife had a girls night out planned this weekend, is no longer an issue!  My favorite feature of this app, however, is NOT the calendar!  I LOVE the calendar, but I LOOOOOOVE... the Lists!  If I run to the grocery store and my husband decides that he wants beer, he can open the app... type in whatever he wants in the grocery list, and it appears on my phone!  No more phone calls that go a little like this.. "WHAT, I cant hear you.  I have no signal in here... did you say you want me to get beer, or you are changing your career?!?!?!"

2.  HomeBudget with Sync - This app is another amazing app for families to share information.  No more wondering if the power bill has been paid, or if you still have money in your grocery budget!  This app has a feature that allows you to setup a group connection and once each iOS device is linked to the group... all of the information is shared!  My favorite feature about this app is the many many ways it graphs and charts your budget for you.  You can see how much you spend and where you are spending it.  We chose to pay for the full version.  There is a LITE version which is free, but it only allows you to put in so many bills per month!  I believe the full version is $4.99, and it was def worth it!

3.  My Fitness Pal - This app is actually very new to me, but I really like it.  It gives me the ability to
actually see what I am eating everyday!  You can't hide from the numbers right there on the phone!  You put in your goal weight, current weight, and input your daily food and exercise!  The app does all of the work for you!  My FAVORITE part about this app, is it gives me the ability to SCAN a food I am eating!  So, when I eat a cup of yogurt, I can scan the carton, and it pulls all of the nutritional information up for me!  The app posts your daily input onto your profile feed, and your friends actually become your accountability partners!  It is much easier to stay true to your plan, when you have friends who are doing the same thing!!!

4.  KeyRing  - This was actually one of the first apps I ever downloaded on my phone!  It is fantastic.  It gives you the ability to scan each one of your "frequent shopper cards" into your phone.  So, I no longer have all of those cards hanging on my keys!  Not only does it free up some space on your key ring, but it also shows you the sales, and coupons for the stores you have cards saved for!  Clicking on my Kroger Card, opens up a few options.  My card can be scanned by a cashier, I can view digital coupons for the store, special offers that the store is running, and the weekly sales ad!  This app is fabulous, and it is FREE!!


5.  Ink - This app has saved me a few times!!  I have a REALLY difficult time remembering birthdays, anniversaries, and any other important dates that are not for my immediate family members!  Even for those people I remember the dates for, I am terrible about not making it to the store before it will be to late to mail out a card!  This app eliminates that worry!  It is connected to my facebook, and notifies me when someone I am close to will be celebrating an event!  I can open the app, select a picture of my kids, add text saying Happy Birthday from your favorite people, enter their address... and a birthday card is on the way to their front door.  It's so awesome!  The app is FREE, but you do have to pay for the cards.  I think when you first download it, you are given 2 cards for free.  After that, you can purchase credit packs, or pay for each card individually.  They are $1.99 each for most of the cards, which is actually cheaper than me going and purchasing a card and mailing it!  Plus this is personal and custom!  LOVE IT

So... those are my top 5 apps that I love and use often!  Do you have any apps that you think are worthy of sharing???  I am NOT a fan of SnapChat, so you don't need to share that one ;).  Feel free to comment below with an app you couldn't live without!  I would love to know about them!