About Us

Moms With Apps is a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Most of our membership is comprised of parents who have launched their own apps on the App Store, have their own access to iTunes Connect, and have the time and inclination to share best practices with other developers at the founder’s level.

How Can I Participate?

If you are a parent who creates family-friendly apps, and are interested in collaborating with other developers, please learn more about joining our forum HERE. Your name, app, website, and personal introduction will be required for joining.

Our Purpose:

FOR DEVELOPERS: To provide collaborative support for independent, family-focused developers in the mobile app market (i.e., member discussion groups; promotional opportunities on the Moms With Apps blog).
FOR PARENTS: To help families find apps that meet their specific needs (i.e., access to discounted apps through the weekly AppFriday promotion; links to family-friendly developers and resources on the blog sidebar; app listings sorted by category).
FOR KIDS, FAMILIES AND TECHNOLOGY: To advocate healthy intersections of kids and family life with technology, where technology becomes an interactive tool for real life, and not a screen to hide behind. We believe there is potential in emerging mobile platforms to meet needs for education, communication and accessibility. We strive for our apps to be high-quality, educational, interactive and useful.

Contact Us:

To contact any of the members (developers, reviewers, or industry specialists), see the sidebar on the right for links to their individual web pages.

This is not an app review site, so questions about specific app reviews will not be returned. Rather, our marketing programs are run collectively through our forum, which is described above.

Any other questions about Moms With Apps can be directed to Lorraine Akemann: lorraineakemann@gmail.com.

Group Background:

Moms With Apps was spearheaded by four moms who connected over Twitter. They quickly recognized the family-friendly nature in each of their apps and suggested a brainstorming session on cross-marketing. What started as a small conference call soon grew into a diverse collaboration of developers. Founders include Alesha Bishop and Jill Seman from MomMaps, Lynette Mattke from PicPocket Books, and Lorraine Akemann from My Busy Kit. Dads are also an integral part of our organization, and central to our structure are ”Dads With Apps” Scott Weiner (who runs our forum), and Andrew Binkowski (who developed our MWA App Catalog on iTunes).