Parents are the busiest people on the planet. For those days when balancing your family, career and everything else in life seems impossible, you can use a little help. Reach for your smartphone and use these top 10 apps to make your day a whole lot easier. 

Do it all

Cozi.com allows you to organise your family calendar, make shopping lists, manage to-do lists, leave reminders for yourself and jot in your family journal – all in one place. With their free Cozi iPhone, Android and BlackBerry apps, you can access and manage your Cozi account on-the-go.

Happy shopping

One of the best free apps for busy parents is Grocery iQ. It saves you money and time when grocery shopping. The barcode scanning feature makes creating lists easy. You can sort by category, aisle and more. This app is also integrated with coupons, so you can easily find any savings on the items on your list before leaving home. Grocery iQ is free for iPhone, iPad and Android users.

Keep your finances in mint condition

If you are looking for the ideal money management app, Mint is the answer. This app allows you to manage credit cards, bank accounts, investments, personal income, monthly budgets and any other assets or expenditures in real time. Mint syncs with your financial institutions to deliver everything you need. Get this free app for iPhone or Android.

On the right track

This mobile extension syncs with your free online account to provide a food and calorie tracker, customisable daily meal plans, fitness tracker, weigh-in page and access to their library of thousands of articles, recipes, videos and more. You’ll find it easy to stay healthy with this useful app

What’s for dinner?

If you are running out of ideas when it comes to deciding what’s for dinner, then this is the perfect app for you. It features recipes for every day of the week, a personal meal planner and a shopping list – perfect for parents on the go.

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