About Us

A school message can interrupt a shopping list before I've found the last item. I'm Iris Tennant, a parent of two and the person who keeps our family calendar moving. I write Small Practical Wins for people who open an app to get something done, not to study every menu. My aim is to help you decide what deserves your attention before you tap.

Dinner, school messages and a trip out of town give me plenty to cover. I publish a weekly digest of Android app updates, alongside an app catalog and practical guides. My shelves focus on Going Out, Electronics & Smart Home, Travel & Holidays, and Shopping & Deals. I leave out apps for lending or investing money, dating apps and games of chance, keeping the focus on everyday tasks.

An advertisement may bring you here, and advertising funds this site. I write independently of app developers; Small Practical Wins is not an official app support service or a store. I keep my recommendations focused on the task, the trade-offs and the next useful step. When I point you toward an app, the store button opens its official Google Play listing, where you can check it yourself.

What you will find here

• A weekly issue that lists the Android apps we looked at, with a short verdict on each one.
• One page per app: what it does, what to check before you rely on it, the facts shown on its Google Play listing and a button that opens that official listing.
• Guides: step-by-step how-tos, tips, side-by-side comparisons and shortlists for one job at a time.
• Shelves that group the apps by what you use them for, from travel to work.

How we put a page together

Store facts on an app page, such as the developer, rating, installs and update date, come from the app's Google Play listing. The reviews and guides are the reviewer's own opinion. Updates often reach phones in stages, so the version you are offered may differ from the one we list for a few days; the listing has the final word.

Independence and funding

Small Practical Wins is not affiliated with Google or with any developer we write about. The site is paid for by the advertising shown on its pages; advertisers do not choose the apps we cover or influence what we say about them. We do not host app files, and nothing is installed from this site.

Write to the editors at editors@smallpracticalwins.com with questions, corrections or ideas for a future issue.