While technology and dating don’t always mix (Ever accidentally texted your Dad instead of your boyfriend? It can be a disaster. A really, really uncomfortable disaster.), Megan Berry over at the Huffington Post compiled a great list of tech helpers to help you get through a first date.

1) Yelp!

Yelp! Is a must have for a first date. It’s easy interface helps you find the highest rated restaurants, bars, and coffee shops in your area, complete with customer reviews and full information. That way, you don’t take your sexy new date to your “favorite all time pub” which was closed by the Health Department 4 months ago.

2)Dinner Spinner

Perhaps you’d like to impress your date with your superior cooking skills, when you realize they consist of poking the plastic on a HungryMan meal. Dinner Spinner will give you a great recipe using what’s already in your fridge. No salsbury steak tonight, Ladies Man!

3)Shazam

All you need is the hottie next to you to ask what the song playing is, and you’re in! Hold your iPhone out and Shazam will tell you the name of the song. Our experience says these apps are hit or miss. Be careful, and don’t accidently claim a song is Boyz II Men when it’s actually David Bowie.

4)Fake Calls

We’ve all been there. Your seemingly perfect date ends up being a total nutcase. A simple conversation has turned into her telling you that a cat’s soul is deeper than that of most grown men. Let Fake Calls come to your rescue with a pretend call from your mom, who’s been in a dreadful car accident.

5) F My Life

If after a long, miserable date, you find yourself really in the dumps, your best friend will be a bottle of scotch and the “F My Life” app. Maybe your date didn’t go exactly as planned, but at least your grandmother didn’t find your Playboy stash.  F that guy’s life!

Get more info, including prices, @ The Huffington Post