5 iPhone Apps You Need to Survive the Holidays
Brace yourself, Christmas is coming! There is so much to do, cooking, cleaning, shopping, trying to get your family in one place, and so little time before this favorite holiday knocks on your door. These five apps will make your life a bit easier, the holidays a bit more cheerful and will help you stay on top of things, from Christmas shopping to giftwrapping.
1. Christmas!!
Mind you, those are two exclamation marks int he name of this amazing all-in-one Christmas (!!) App which will help you get through the holidays. There is a countdown timer (as if you haven’t been counting down mentally since November), advent calendar, gift list to keep you on top of all your holiday shopping, Christmas jokes, songs and Christmas-themed wallpapers and games to keep you int he spirit of the holiday.
2. Gift Wrapping Instant Expert
Not to proud of your gift wrapping skills? Your presents look more like paper-maches or origami gone wrong? Well, fear no more, because this app has videos and quizzes that will teach you how to wrap presents, create bows, set up gift baskets and make your own custom gift tags liek a pro. Or at elast liek a person who kind of knows what they are doing, but that still beats a madman with a paper bag and duct tape. There are six categories you can go through and teh app also shows you hot to re-use the wrapping materials.
3. Inkly Cards
We thougth that the art of handwritten cards was dead, but that is just not true. Inkly cards let you create and send handwritten greetings cards straight from the iOS device of your chosing. There are over 1,300 designs you can chose from, and then write your personal message on a piece of paper, photograph it with your iPod or iPhone camera and transfer your mesage, sketchs or drawing straight inside your personalized card.. Zoom or rotate it until you are satisfied with the result and voila! For £2.99 plus 49p your personalized handwritten card is printed and sent off for delivery. No waiting in lines at the postoffice!
4. iCaroler
Gathering around a grand piano, with a stunning Christmas tree in the background and singing christmas carols liek they do int he movies is great, but, let’s face it, who gets to do that anymore? With family and friends apread all accross the globe, it’s not a very likely scenario. That still doesn’t mean you can’t all get together to sing some favorite carols. Caroler is a multiplayer caroling app (yes, that’s a thing) which lets you connect with other players to virtually sing together! There are many songs to chose from, to sing to like ‘Silent Night’, ‘Carol of the Bells’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’, or you can let the professional acapella singers do it instead. [Free]
5. 12 Days of Christmas
Why get all the presents on December 25th, and then go without? Apple’s 12 Days of Christma lets you download a surprise surprise free gift from Apple, from December 26th to January 6th- it may be a song, an app, a book or a film or a TV show, any kind of content provide din the App Store, really. Each day (of Christmas) one gift is available for 24 hours and it is the top rated content, not bottom of the jar stuff. Why not let Christmas last just a little bit longer and get a bit more presents?
