Apps for Parents to Keep Tabs on Their Family

I feel like raising kids these days is harder for me than for my parents. Not that my parents didn’t have it hard, but it's different these days. Now we have social media, overachievers, creepy predators, and food allergies. These apps can help.

Find My Kids – the app helps you keep track of and automatically locate your child with their phone or GPS watch (free)

Bark - Bark monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 24 different social networks for potential safety concerns (monthly payments)

Cozi Family Organizer - keeps everyone coordinated and on the same page with a color-coded shared calendar, reminders, grocery lists, and more.

FBI Child ID - Created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this app lets parents store their children's photos plus other identification (height, weight, hair and eye color, age) for quick access if a child ever goes missing (free) 

iEmergency ICE Family PRO - parents to store important health data – allergies, prescriptions, and medical conditions such as diabetes – for an unlimited amount of family and friends ($2.99)

Family Tracker - This app keeps tabs on anyone you like, but only if the other person accepts the one-time tracking request. 

Sex Offenders Search ($1.99)

Food Additives - Whether or not your little one has a known food allergy, this app allows you to search for various unhealthy food additives (free)

Baby Monitor HD - this camera/video app allows you to keep tabs on your baby's crib. Other features include password-protected audio and video, audio alerts, and infrared night mode, but only specific cameras (mostly Y-Cam and WiFi Baby) are compatible with this app ($9.99)

iCam - allows you to watch live video feeds from any room in your home with a mobile device ($4.99)

Alarm.com - Arm/disarm the system remotely, turn light sources on/off, and watch live and recorded video through installed cameras (free to download, services require subscription)

SecuraFone – this one tells you how fast your child is driving (free to download, services require subscription)

(Parents)