Are You Staying True To Your New Year Resolution?

Its 2012 and this is the year you’re going get in shape, lose weight, get your finances in order, quit smoking, and organize your hectic life, right? Your coveted smartphone and its handy apps is the tool that will help you do just that and much more!

If you are one of the lucky ones that have made it past the two week mark into the New Year, congrats, but if you are like many American’s that have already fallen off the wagon, we’ve got you covered. Let us help pick you back up and get you back on the right track.

There is an overabundance of apps out there to choose from,  Appitalism.com (the mobile app superstore), recommends the following apps to keep you on track and conquer your New Year resolutions.

 GymPact (Free for iPhone)

Paying too much for a gym membership you never use? Gym-Pact lets you set the financial stakes of not getting to the gym, plus earn cash rewards and real prizes for fulfilling your Pact. All you need is an iPhone. Make the most of your gym membership!

 EverNote (Free for iPhone)

Inducted into the Apple "App Hall of Fame", NY Times "Top 10 Must-Have Apps", Winner of the Best Mobile App Award from TechCrunch and Mashable. Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use.

 SilverWiz ($0.99 for iPhone)

SilverWiz for iPhone allows you to effortlessly manage everything about your personal finances from a single place.

 LiveStrong My Quit Coach (Free for iPhone)

MyQuit Coach app creates a personalized plan to help you quit smoking. Through a physician approved, interactive and easy to use app, you’ll evaluate your current status, set attainable goals and adjust preferences according to your needs.

Top Apps for Father's Day

Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, but if you haven’t found the perfect gift for your dad yet, don’t stress! 

Rather than running out to the store, waiting in long lines, and dropping significant cash on your dad, why not give him something that he will really love that he can take with him everywhere he goes and that is friendly to your wallet?

In honor of this Father’s Day, Appitalism.com has put together a list of the top apps your dad is guaranteed to love.  This year, say goodbye to the same tired gifts, and get your dad the gift of apps.

Below is a full list for your review:

·        Golf Pin (Free for Android) – Find local golf clubs near you!  You can save the places you like in your favorite list and also perform a custom search.  Golf Pin app lets you find golf clubs, ranges, indoor golf, mini golf, and golf shops in your area.

·        BBQ (99 cents for Apple iPhone) – This app is your new BBQ best friend.  It tells you whether it’s good to BBQ today or not.  Pretty handy before buying all the meat at your local butcher and inviting all your friends.  Need to know in advance?  No problem, the app also provides a three-day BBQ forecast.

·        Sports Feed USA (Free for Android) – Simple and direct news coverage of US sports, including NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL.

Spring Cleaning in the 21st Century

After a long and cold winter season, spring is finally here and that can only mean one thing…. It’s time for everyone’s favorite, spring cleaning! Before you break out the old vacuum cleaner and dust buster, many tech savvy home owners are now turning to their mobile devices to aid in the often daunting task.

With that in mind, Appitalism.com, the first site to combine a social community with an online store to help consumers quickly and easily discover, discuss and download the best digital content for all devices, recommends the following fun and simple apps that will make this year’s spring cleaning a breeze.

• Clean Freak Cleaning Schedule ($.99 for the Apple iPhone) - Designed by working parents, Clean Freak uses the "divide-and-conquer" approach to keeping the home clean. Break down your chores into bite-sized tasks, and do an item every day. Check an item you've completed off the list, and Clean Freak will show you how many days since a task was last done. Completing all items advances the rotation, and you are able to configure less frequent tasks in the "every 2/4/8 rotations" sections.

• Organizing Your Home ($1.19 for the Android) - Unless you have some magical powers like Mary Poppins, you know that cleaning and organizing your home at times, is a painful process. With Organizing Your Home, that task will become much easier. Inside you will find practical tips and techniques to rid every room in your house of clutter and keep it that way. 

• House Maintenance Schedule (Free for the Android) - House Maintenance Schedule" is a calendar application to log date of routine maintenance done to your home, and to remind you about the due date of the next maintenance. As a reference, it also has an easy-to-follow, month-to-month guide for maintenance works needed by you home

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