Elizabeth Woodard

Your iPhone can't go to the gym for you, but it can be the ultimate gym buddy! With the right apps, your iPhone can simplify and even automate the process of getting and staying in shape.

True book lovers know that the iPhone can’t replace a book collection, but it is a great tool to supplement and enhance it.

The iPhone is a great tool in the savvy shopper's arsenal, because it lets you find deals and buy products from anywhere. From discounted gift certificates to comparison shopping to coupons and bargains apps, there is an app to help you save money no matter what you want to buy.

Apple and Olympics enthusiasts should be pleased to see iOS devices receiving several official and unofficial apps to follow the games. Yes, that’s right, you can track your favorite athletes, sports, countries, and even watch live events with your iPhone and iPad. If you follow our list, you’re guaranteed not to miss a minute of your preferred events!

As podcasts continue to grow in popularity, the need to find a good way to discover, play, and organize them also grows. Whether you’re a newbie or a grizzled veteran, we’ve collected the best of the best, and you’re sure to find one that suits your needs.

In many ways, the iPad is the ultimate e-reader, as it can replicate available e-reading devices’ interfaces, support multiple book formats, sources, and offers more choices for readers, especially with respect to DRM. Finding the apps you need to read your books can be difficult, unless you follow this AppGuide!

For this AppGuide, we’ll help you find the best basic weather app, the one you open when you want to know if you should bring an umbrella or wear a jacket— an “every day” weather app. Regardless of your particular preference, this AppGuide should help you find the weather app you’ll turn to every day.

We know not all dads have the same needs or interests, so we’ve tried to collect a sampling of apps that many dads would like. The list can also be used as a gift guide for dads with new iPads— after all, dads are not always known for spending tons of money on themselves.

Photo Stream will become much more useful in iOS 6, with the addition of shared photo streams. You will be able to press a "share" button to share select photos from the Photos app via iCloud.

Apple announced several major and not-so-major updates to its apps at WWDC today.

iPhone owners with the right app never have to be caught in the rain again! The sort of weather app you like really comes down to personal taste, and this AppGuide will help you find the weather app that’s right for you.

This AppGuide wades through the many third party browsers available for the iPhone to find the ones with the best features and extras.

These days, more and more people are getting their news from their smartphones rather than from newspapers or their computers, and this AppGuide focuses on the best apps that provide or curate content for users.

This AppGuide focuses on apps designed specifically for text-based note taking, and evaluates them based on their connectivity, speed, organizational options, export options, and reliability.

The AppStore has many options for users looking for apps to annotate PDFs, but they all have such similar descriptions that it can be difficult to determine which one has the features you need. This AppGuide will help you sort out the best options for your needs.

Although many have forecasted the death knell of RSS, the iPad is a perfect platform for the bite-sized, fast website aggregation tool. This AppGuide will help you find the RSS reader that fits the way you want to read the Internet.

This AppGuide will advise you of the apps that are most likely to facilitate fast, smooth note-taking with handwriting that looks the same as it would on paper.

This list collects some great apps from every category that show off your new retina display iPad— rest assured, there are no clunkers here!

Here are some of the best retina-optimized apps to check out first on your new iPad!

We've gathered a list of apps all new iPad owners can use to show off their new device's awesomeness and quiet any naysayers!

There are so many task managers in the AppStore that finding the one that will work for you can be a task in and of itself. This AppGuide should help you find the right app for you and cross that off your list!