Never go looking for your remote again. Turn your phone into a universal remote with this handy app and control everything including your home speakers, television, media player, and sound system.

Free, itunes.apple.com

Servicing your water heater? Changing your furnace filter? Make every household inspection and project a snap with this organized guide. Aside from project instructions, Home Maintenance also schedules your servicing dates and creates reminders for when to begin upkeep.

$4.99, itunes.apple.com

This intuitive app lets you turn on the air conditioning before you get home, flick on the lights on before you walk in the door, and create musical ambience when guests show up for a dinner party. Now only if it could walk the dog ...

Free, itunes.apple.com

Instead of hauling measuring tools all around the house, you can find a protractor, plumb bob, and surface level all on the screen of your phone. iHandy calibrates to show you how to measure surface slopes, wall verticality, and angle measurements, all in beautifully designed graphics.

$1.99, itunes.apple.com

Whether it's grocery shopping, housekeeping or cooking, you can create a chore list and feel accomplished when you cross them off daily. Not only does this app keep your housekeeping routines organized, it also provides daily, weekly, and monthly reminders about cleaning tasks and servicing.

$3.99, itunes.apple.com

It can be difficult to imagine what your home may look like in a new set of colors. Eliminate the guesswork by selecting color palettes that match your taste -- snap a photo the room you want to redecorate and try the new hues on for size before deciding.

Free, itunes.apple.com

How many times have you gone furniture shopping or showed up to the hardware store without remembering to bring home measurements along? Snap a photo, note the measurement on screen, and automatically visualize what that new couch or painting might look like in your home.

$4.99, itunes.apple.com