Top 7 Free Pregnancy Apps for Moms
Top 7 Free Pregnancy Apps for Moms
Pregnancy is nothing short of a miracle! Whether you’re pregnant for the first time or this is your fourth time up to the plate, each pregnancy is unique. You will always want to know what’s up with your strange pregnancy symptoms or to document all your bumpies. To help you on this beautiful journey, we put together a list of apps to make these next 9 months (okay, more like 10) a little easier!
What to Expect
- What it is: The infamous What to Expect When You’re Expecting reference book in app form. This pregnancy tracker app will guide you through all the stages of your pregnancy. All you have to do is enter your due date to start tracking daily, weekly, and monthly growth.
- Why we love it: You receive customized updates for both you and baby including weekly development, helpful articles, expert tips, and real parent stories! After baby makes his/her grand entrance, the app has great parenting resources for the first year and beyond.
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wte.view
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pregnancy-baby-tracker/id289560144?mt=8
Ovia
- What it is: An app that's all about YOU! Ovia tracks your weight gain, helps manage your pregnancy symptoms, nutrition, and record prenatal vitamins or medications. It also features a dynamic developmental timeline for baby.
- Why we love it: Don’t forget about yourself with all the bun in the oven excitement! The medication and food safety lookup is a life saver and the personalized feedback based on your age, BMI, healthy history, etc. is like having your doctor inside your phone! You can even enter your healthcare provider’s info into your profile and contact them directly from the app if your data triggers a critical alert!
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovuline.pregnancy&hl=en
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ovia-pregnancy-tracker-baby-countdown-app/id719135369?mt=8
BabyName
- What it is: Tinder for baby names! Swipe right if you like it, left if you don’t, and if you and your significant other both swipe right on a name, it’s a winner!
- Why we love it: The funnest and easiest way to agree on a baby name with your partner! See how popular your favorite name is in their year over year breakdown going back to 1880! The app also offers periodic suggestions based on your preferences.
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.drivepixels.babyname
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/babyname-find-your-babys-name-together/id950562312?mt=8
BabyCenter
- What it is: Your traditional, fruit-inspired baby size guide and baby development tracker. Offers a daily and weekly guide through pregnancy with articles, videos and nutrition tips.
- Why we love it: Includes fun tools like the bumpie photo diary, baby names finder, kick counter, contraction timer, and birth plan checklist.
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.babycenter.pregnancytracker
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pregnancy-tracker-baby-development-app/id386022579?mt=8
Sprout Pregnancy
- What it is: Another pregnancy guide but it helps keep you organized and educated about the changes happening in your body and the development of your growing baby. (Premium version available)
- Why we love it: The interactive pregnancy journal and 3-D interaction feature set this app apart from the rest. Capture belly photos and pair them with your ultrasound pictures to create pages you can print and add to a memory book.
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mas.apps.pregnancy
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sprout-pregnancy/id441977097?mt=8
The Bump
- What it is: Everything from The Bump website delivered to your phone! Provides a daily, personalized article feed, baby registry platform, doctor visit planner and expert answers to all your pregnancy questions.
- Why we love it: Features a catalog of baby products and reviews across all major retailers. Includes a food safety guide breaking down everything that is safe to put into your body during pregnancy and what to avoid!
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com.xogrp.thebump
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-bump-pregnancy-countdown/id568940747?mt=8
Pregnancy+
- What it is: Everything you need during your pregnancy! All the features of the above apps in one small package.
- Why we love it: You can track and log everything from doctor visits to bump images! The app can also be personalized for dads, grandparents and other family members (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS!) - paid after week 14.
- Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hp.pregnancy.lite
- IOS link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pregnancy/id505864483?mt=8
We want to know! What apps did you use and love during your pregnancy?
Comment and share your faves to help out a mama-to-be!