Best iPhone Apps

5. At Home

Best Apps at Home

Home is where your iPhone is. That’s especially true when you fill it with apps for bringing calm to your castle and discipline to your domicile. This chapter reviews the best apps for managing every aspect of your home life, from your cupboards to your wallet.

Start your tour in the kitchen where your iPhone or iPod Touch gets you cooking with tasty recipes and culinary advice. Then it’s off to the store with the best apps for shopping and errands, helping you manage everything from your grocery list to your car’s maintenance schedule—even arming you with consumer info about the stuff on your shopping list. Then again, your iPhone might save you the trip entirely, letting you do errands from the comfort of your Barcalounger with apps for shopping on Amazon and other online stores.

If all that shopping has you pondering your finances, turn to the best apps for managing your money and accounts. Work your stocks, find an ATM, or get an up-to-the-minute view of the status of all your accounts. To better concentrate on your financial empire, impose peace and quiet by calming your brood with the best apps for distracting the kids. Or maybe you just need more space: Get home-improvement help or even a brand new home with the best apps for playing house. Read ...