Entertainment
Best Sports apps
Everything you need to play (or coach)! See picks
Best Martha Stewart apps
Martha Stewart is queen of perfection and her apps certainly deliver. Just in time for your spring fetes, try these great apps for entertaining. See picks
Best eBook apps
Curl up with great (digital) reading See picks
Best apps for the whole family
Educational apps to help your family learn and explore the world. Plus, some great app tools to encourage family fun. See picks
Best Music apps
Whether you are going for a run, doing the laundry or just hanging out, these apps will be sure to fill your ears with the good stuff. See picks
Apps for teens
Day in the life: Text friends. Watch videos. Lose phone. Organize closet. Run. Find phone. –apps teens can’t live without! See picks
Best apps for kids
On the plane or at grandma’s house try these educational apps and ones just for fun. There are some great apps to entertain your little ones. See picks
Best apps for tweens
Educational and fun apps. If you find yourself needing to entertain 8-11 year-olds, these apps should do the trick. See picks
Real Simple Magazine
The magazine with tips, tricks and elegant solutions for everyday home organization, food and entertaining recommends these apps: See picks
Madonna
Madonna popped back on our radar after her Superbowl performance and now she’s kicking off her new 2012 World Tour. The singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur released her new MDNA album with her hit single Girl Gone Wild climbing the charts. You can pre-order here on iTunes. See picks
Susan Phillips
Susan Phillips is an award-winning, best-selling American writer of romance novels. Check out her latest book, Nobody’s Baby But Mine: A Novel. Also available on Kindle! When we asked her about her favorite apps, she humorously responded that her favorite apps she uses with her grandchildren including: See picks
Sex and the City
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda – four of the most memorable, romantic, charismatic and sexy characters imaginable. We wondered which apps they would have downloaded if they were appSmitten subscribers. Here’s what we came up with: See picks
Beth Feldman
Beth Feldman is the founder of Role Mommy, an online community dedicated to inspiring busy parents to pursue their passion while raising a family. She’s also the editor in chief of Project You, a lifestyle and parenting e-zine. Beth is the co-author of Peeing in Peace: Tales and Tips for Type A Moms and See See picks
Joshua Jay
Joshua Jay is an internationally recognized performer. He is the author of the best-selling magic book, Magic: The Complete Course (Book & DVD). He uses his magic to mystify at events around the world, and appears frequently at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle. See picks
Bob LeVitus
Bob LeVitus, often referred to as “Dr. Mac,” has written iPhone and iPad books for Dummies. As a speaker, teacher and writer, he is known for his trademark humorous style and unerring ability to translate “techie” jargon into usable and fun advice for regular folks. He found it very difficult to choose just 3 apps to See picks
Erin Condren
Erin Condren has developed a winning formula pairing graphics that pop with all kinds of products from iPad labels to personalized business cards to ah-mazing life planners and more. This SoCal busy mom’s business evolved from a “home shopping party” to partnerships with Target, Shutterfly, and TinyPrints, check out her goods at erincondren.com She shared her favorite apps See picks
Adrian Grenier
Best known as Hollywood cutie Vincent Chase on the HBO series, Entourage, Adrian Grenier is also a documented do-gooder. With film producer Peter Glatzer, he co-founded SHFT, whose mission is “to convey a more sustainable approach to the way we live through video, design, art and culture.” The pair has since gone on to play a See picks
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss, productivity guru, entrepreneur and best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body, recently released his own iPad app, The 4-Hour Chef. Tim shared what’s on his phone with us: See picks
Gwyneth Paltrow
Is there anything this woman can’t do??!!! An Oscar, an Emmy, a cookbook, rockstar husband, two young kids — and her own lifestyle site and newsletter, goop.com. She’s confident and demure at the same time. Gwyneth Paltrow is no slacker. This time she’s outdone herself with her first app: See picks
Wes Craven
Writer, Director, Producer — the King of horror films, Wes Craven is most well-known for the original Nightmare on Elm Street and the Scream series. Who knew he had something in common with Neil Patrick Harris — it’s their favorite app: See picks
Oprah
She needs no introduction. Oprah has the golden touch – when she mentioned brands on her show or in her magazine sales soar. And she isn’t shy about technology. She gave iPads to her employees last year for the holidays and did a live interview on Facebook. According to her magazine, O, and AdAge, here’s what we See picks
Marlon Wayans
Funny man, Marlon Wayans has had a diverse Hollywood career as an actor, producer, comedian, writer and director. One of ten famous siblings, he first appeared with his brother Keenan Ivory Wayans in one of our favorite movies, Im Gonna Git You Sucka. Then on to star with his other siblings in Mo Money (Damon), See picks
Abby Epstein
ABBY EPSTEIN directed the acclaimed documentary The Business of Being Born, executive produced by Ricki Lake. Heralded as a “must-see for every pregnant woman” the film takes an insider look at hospital births opening up a new generation of expectant parents to alternative birthing options. The success of the film inspired Abby and Ricki’s book See picks
Ellen DeGeneres
We commend her for using her celeb status to bring attention to some important causes and thank her for her ability to make us all laugh. We’re not sure if it’s her dancing, her crazy antics or her sarcasm that gets us rolling, but we love it all and think she’s terrific. So we wondered what apps See picks
Rachael Ray
Iconic Food Network TV Star, Rachael Ray is like the girl-next-door-who-cooks. Offering easy-to-make and family friendly recipes, she’s written a ton of cookbooks including her 30-minute meal series. Her casual style and spunky energy make her one to watch. Here’s what CNN Money reported as her favorite apps: See picks
Beth Lisick
Author and performer, Beth Lisick’s book Everybody into the Pool, was a New York Times bestseller. Her latest book about her adventures in the self-help biz is called Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone. Here are Beth’s favorite apps: See picks
Demi Moore
Award-winning actress Demi Moore has been a pop-culture icon for decades. We scoured twitter to see which apps keep Demi inspired. While we didn’t uncover any age-defying apps (how does she look so good at 50?!!) — we did find that she’s good at stretching her mind and harnessing the power of social networks. See picks
Karl Krantz
Karl Krantz, creator of The Startup Daily an indispensable free newsletter featuring great ideas from great books on entrepreneurship, business, marketing and management. Karl’s newsletter has been a great inspiration to us here at appSmitten — It’s like getting a kick-in-the-pants business idea in your inbox everyday. See picks
Ashton Kutcher
You may know him as actor, producer or just Demi’s ex-hubby, but Ashton is an active tweeter. He recently said he is taking a hiatus, but we have a feeling he’ll be back. We did some digging to discover what apps he likes. Seems like people are definitely what they app, check out Ashton’s faves: See picks
Lisa Stone
Lisa Stone is CEO of BlogHer, the leading cross-platform media network created by, for and with women social media leaders, reaching more than 31 million each month. BlogHer publishes and syndicates news, information, advice and recommendations to and from 2,500 premium blogs, delivers uniquely insightful research on women in social media across interest areas, hosts the world’s largest conferences for See picks
Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer is a media expert and author of C-Scape: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today. He is the founder and former CEO of MarketWatch and went on to be President of CBS Digital. As a frequent traveler, news hound and sports fan, Larry shared this about his favorite apps: See picks
