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Remember when you used to mark your child's growth in pencil on the kitchen door frame? That's so 2005. Today, you can put your child in timeout, find the nearest public bathroom and keep track of your child's medication, all from the palm of your hand.
Intuition: Mom's Assistant
Good for: Busy Moms
Not-so-good for: People whose traumatic experience in high-school calculus makes them start sweating at the sight of a coordinate graph
The gist: This app's tagline is "Life Simplified" and it delivers. It syncs your calendars, errands, grocery list, coupon drawer and recipe book in a remarkably easy-to-use interface. Connect to your social networks like Facebook and Twitter, sync with your Google calendar and create custom categories. You'll never forget the dry-cleaning (or the kids) again. Perfect for busy moms -- and dads, as long as they don't mind the pastel palette and flower-shaped interface.
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