7 Apps That Make a Working Mom's Life Easier

Being a mom is a full-time job, and working on top of it can be a necessary or rewarding part of life. 

Whether you struggle or are an expert at juggling your work-life balance, there are apps to help you be productive, destress and keep tabs on your kids when you’re not with them. 

Here are seven apps designed with you in mind. 

Dragon Anywhere is a mobile dictation app that makes it easy to create and edit documents on the go. 

The app provides continuous dictation that you can do from anywhere and allows you to format and send your document from a mobile device. There’s no word limit, so you can dictate a paper of any length. 

The company touts an up to 99% accuracy rate and provides a correction menu with a spell-check feature. You can also add customized words and auto-text to the app for the software to recognize. 

This app is great for working moms who need to work while taking care of their kids. The dictation feature frees your hands and eyes to ensure your children are safe. 

Dragon Anywhere comes with a free one-week trial and a $15 monthly or $150 yearly fee. Workplaces can also reach out to the company for a customized rate. 

FamilyWall is designed to be an in-depth planner for everyone in your family. 

Add everyone’s schedule, make grocery lists, plan meals, post pictures and tag locations. 

This app is a great way to know what’s happening at work. You can even add events and to-do items for your children from afar. Location sharing is also a great way to ensure your kids make it to their destination safely. 

Some of the app's features are free, but you’ll want to pay $5 a month for the premium version to get all the benefits. 

FamilyWall is a great way to keep everyone on the same page if you have a busy family. 

Life360 is another app that is a way to ensure the safety of family members from afar. 

It’s a location-tracking app you can customize to show where the people in your circle are at all times. It also tracks when someone is driving, will tell you how much battery their phone has and detects crashes. 

Aside from the peace of mind knowing everyone in your family is safe, it can also detect identity theft. You can also access emergency services from the app. 

In today’s crazy world, it’s nice to know that your kids and partner made it to their destination, and they’ll know you’re safe, too. 

The app has a seven-day free trial and different plan options up to $25 a month. 

Todoist is a time-management app designed to help you be more productive and focused. 

It’s great for work and home environments. It allows you to categorize different tasks and automatically sorts them for that day, upcoming events or a custom filter. 

You can add time limits, get reminders and check things off as you go. Customize different templates with labels, priority statuses and more. You can also connect the app to virtual calendars and voice assistants. 

The app also gives recommendations to help you be more productive throughout the day. 

Todoist has a 30-day free trial period and a free version. For more features, you can get the pro version for $5 a month or the business version for $8. 

Lensabl is an app that allows you to confirm your eyeglass prescription before ordering a new pair. This is a great time saver if you or a family member bends or breaks their frames and you don’t have time to get to the eye doctor. 

The app can get you or your family members prescriptions by scanning your glasses. It will then make your lenses, so you’ll be good to go. 

The company also offers vision plans for glasses and contact lenses with any eye doctor you choose. 

Lensabl has various glasses and contact lens options, and glasses come with blue light protection, which is ideal for working in front of a computer. 

The prescription reader app is free and has various price points for eyewear.

Bambino is an app designed to find, book and pay local babysitters quickly and easily. 

The app’s creators developed it when they realized they didn’t know their neighbors enough to see if there was a nearby babysitter. They created Bambino to solve this problem. 

Every babysitter on the app is vetted and comes with ratings and recommendations. This allows it to find backup child care when you have to work late or your first option fails. 

You can do everything from your smartphone, making the free app a low-stress option for working moms. 

Headspace is a meditation app to help you relax and be more mindful. 

Being a working mom is stressful, and you need time to unwind and refocus. This app has that covered. It even comes with sleep meditation to help you catch up on needed shuteye. 

The app helps you get into a good mental space with various lessons and activities. Its annual plan includes a 14-day free trial and a $70 yearly fee, and the monthly option offers a seven-day free trial and a $13 monthly fee.

Being a working mom is hard enough. Why not take advantage of all the resources available to help you stay on task and have peace of mind your family is taken care of?

Utilizing apps can keep you organized, allowing you to stress less and enjoy your days more.