10 Amazing Pregnancy Apps & Which One Is Truly The Best

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Have you ever spent half an hour piddling around on your phone and then realize how much time you wasted?

Some apps are actually great, educational, and useful.  Especially when it comes to being pregnant, there are a ton of apps out there that boast that they’re the BEST.

But it’s so annoying how you have to download something, play around with it, and then decided if you even like it or not.  Again, time wasted.

Pregnancy Apps To Try

So I did the hard part for you.  I’ve compiled the top ten apps and figured out what’s good or bad about them, what I liked or didn’t.

You’ve got enough on your mind.  You don’t want to waste more energy just trying to find an app that will help you through your pregnancy and birth.  So I did it for you.

Here are the top ten best rated pregnancy apps.  I went through them with a fine-toothed comb and listed pros and cons with each.

I stuck to apps that are free.  Some of them have pro versions to upgrade to.  And they’re all available on either iOS or Android.  They are:

• Totally Pregnant
• The Bump
• Glow Nurture
• Ovia Pregnancy Tracker
• BabyBump Pregnancy Pro
• What To Expect
• I’m Pregnant
• BabyCenter
• Pregnancy +
• Sprout Pregnancy

Mainly, I wanted to figure out if they were even beneficial for a mom like you that is getting ready for a natural birth.  Then I’ll share which I think was the best or worst for your needs.

And FYI … I had to put in a fake pregnancy due date on all of these so that it actually could track things for me.  So I started things based on a due date of September 2017.  Then I would sometimes change it to a much sooner due date to see how it would change to third trimester, depending on how the app worked.

So let’s dive in and see, shall we?

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Totally Pregnant

☆ RATING:  7/10 stars

Pros

• I liked the spin wheel feature on the home screen, made for great navigation.
• I like the weekly guide about the growth of your baby, it’s detailed and lengthy.
• There’s also a weekly blog post you can read about healthy pregnancy support, exercise, etc.
• It has a local services section where you can find things like birthing centers, baby stores, doulas, and other things near you.
• There are video channels for each pregnancy week, 3D videos of baby developing, additional trimester videos.
• There’s a place with common safety tips, and health questions answered by professional sources.
• It has video yoga classes that are you can get for just a couple of dollars.
• The toolbox has things for your birth plan, registries, contraction counters and more.
• I like the tip of the day and chat spot for engagement with other moms.

Cons

• I didn’t quite know how to access the sections at first, until I realized that you have to tap the blue bold text, like “More About Your Week” in the pic above.
• There’s this distracting, flashing ad bar at the bottom of the screen.
• The video classes offered are only yoga which I don’t feel is great alone if you’re truly preparing for both.
• There’s nothing really about actually giving birth or the process, some expectations in the questions section, but nothing fully explanatory.

Verdict

Overall, I liked it.  It was easy to use and a greater first impression than most of the other apps I tried.  But as a source for getting ready for your birth, it’s very minimal.

The Bump

☆ RATING:  5/10 stars

Pros

• Can set up your account to indicate if you’re having multiple babies.
• There’s weekly size comparisons and interactive 3d videos of what your baby looks like right now.
• Fun weekly videos about your body changes and symptoms.
• I liked the weekly reminders of things to do, like tell boss you’re pregnant, pregnancy workouts, etc.
• There’s a questions forum with an expert answers and other moms that can answer your questions.
• You can start and create and track multiple baby registries at all major retailers within the app.

Cons

• Most of the resources was just lots of blog post content from their website.
• I had to scroll a lot to access features in the app.
• There were in content ads.
• It had no real information on how to get through birth.

Verdict

It was okay.  I didn’t love the layout and didn’t think it was very pretty.  I did like the reminders, expert answers, and tracking registries options.  Overall, I wouldn’t use this app.

Glow Nurture

☆ RATING:  6/10 stars

Pros

• You can input a daily log of how you’re feeling, eating, exercising.  Then it will customize your routines and habits to best adjust its tips for your pregnancy.
• Has recommended articles based on where you are in your pregnancy.
• You can create time lapse growth photos of your belly.
• Can customize the home screen to the information that you want, medical, photos, notes, tasks, polls, topics, notes, etc.
• There’s a forum you can participate in and connect with other moms.
• Can track your medical symptoms and vitals to watch if any care may be needed.
• Can bookmark content to find again quickly.

Cons

• There’s lots of upsells to the premium version of the app, for more rewards, articles, and more options.
• You can only access articles for labor and delivery or the detailed medical info with the premium version.
• There’s nothing relevant about the birthing process in the free version.

Verdict

This app was alright.  I like how it will prompt you to track your habits so that it can  help you with your routines.  I would probably keep this app on my phone.

Ovia Pregnancy Tracker

☆ RATING:  3/10 stars

Pros

• I like the little handprint pic for a scale comparison of your baby’s size.
• There’s calendar where you can manually enter in tons of information about your activity, appointments, etc.
• Can create a custom health assessment that coincides with some employers and insurance companies.
• There’s lots of little tools for adding notes and tracking symptoms.
• You can add fun milestones like feeling the baby’s first kick.
• Neat lookup tools for medication questions, food safety, and other things.
• No ads

Cons

• Everything was in metric units and I couldn’t change it to imperial units.
• Small community, and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of interaction inside of it.
• I had to really dig to find the article/video library.
• The profile pic is way too big and takes up half the screen.
• It’s really tedious when entering information.

Verdict

Not that great.  The only unique thing about this app that I enjoyed was the baby’s handprint icon.  I wouldn’t use this app.

BabyBump Pregnancy Pro

☆ RATING:  5/10 stars

Pros

• You can add weekly bump pics
• There’s a daily tip area for your stage of pregnancy
• There are lots of forum topics for where you can connect with other moms.
• You can chart your measurements and keep track of how you feel.
• It has tools for baby names, kick counter, contraction timer, birth plans, etc.

Cons

• You have to double verify your account to post in the forums.
• It is hard to search for topics you want to read or discuss.
• There are no big resources on blogs on topics for preparing for birth.
• No medical references included beyond the daily tips.
• It’s very manual for entering symptoms and tracking things.

Verdict

I didn’t like, but I didn’t hate it either.  It’s the only app that I noticed had a tool for helping you find baby names though.  I wouldn’t use this app.

What To Expect

☆ RATING:  2/10 stars

Pros

• There are weekly videos to watch with detailed info about the size of your baby.
• Daily tips on the homescreen for everyday of your pregnancy
• There’s lots of information on the medical tests you’re going to go through.
• Community options with the forums on the website.
• Has bookmarks options to save things for later.

Cons

• In context ads that occurred frequently.
• The forum goes to their website, and it was not mobile optimized at all.
• There’s no info on natural birthing or educational resources for labor & delivery.
• It’s not pretty or very user friendly.
• I couldn’t figure out how to actually bookmark something.

Verdict

This was my least favorite app of them all.  I don’t think it’s built with mobile use in mind.  Felt like it was always trying to get me to just go to their full site on a desktop.  I wouldn’t use this app.

Related:  What To Expect When You’re Expecting Review

I’m Pregnant

☆ RATING:  4/10 stars

Pros

• Has a notes section where you can add symptoms you’re having and calendar your doctor visits.
• You can track if you taken your pills each day, track your weight as you grow.
• There’s kegel exercises mini-app that helps guide you through the repetitions for kegels.
• Also has a baby kicks tracker and a contractions timer.
• You can customize your home screen to only see the stuff you care about.
• It has lots of articles and blogs to read on a variety of pregnancy and birth subjects.

Cons

• There are big pop ads that cover your entire screen occasionally.
• The interface is kind of dull.
• There are no visuals of your baby’s growth, it’s all text content.
• There are no videos or community to engage with.

Verdict

This was the only app that had a little mini-app inside of it for kegels, which I like.  But everything else was pretty meh.  I probably wouldn’t ever use this app.

Baby Center

☆ RATING:  8/10 stars

Pros

• There’s lots of content tailored to your current week.
• There’s birth club community that seems pretty active.
• Lot of little tools for things like counting kicks and timing contractions.
• You can check out registries and develop your birth plan.
• There’s a resources for coming up with baby names.
• Includes a birth class section with tons of quick videos on birth, labor, pain relief, newborn, breastfeeding, birth stories, etc.
• No ads that I could see.

Cons

• You have to scroll a lot to see where you are on the home page.
• It kept telling me to download the app to view the content better, but I already was inside of the app.
• I don’t love the interface and user-ability because it’s very visually appealing.

Verdict

I think overall, this would be my top pick for apps to use in getting educated and ready for birth.  It may not be the fanciest, but it had the most valuable content for free.

Pregnancy+

☆ RATING:  3/10 stars

Pros

• There daily and weekly blogs about your baby’s size.
• Homepage prompts for things to know depending on where you are in your pregnancy.
• You can track alot of things like appointments, to do lists, and baby names.
• There’s a cool baby growth and development video that has very realistic footage of what your baby looks like in the womb.

Cons

• The tracking doesn’t come with prompts or checklists, they have to be entered manually.
• It keeps asking for you to go premium for added articles, videos and being able to use the added tools.
• There’s no forum or community.
• There’s no educational resources in free version.

Verdict

This one was meh for me too.  I like the baby visuals.  But there’s not much educational content worth reading on it.  I wouldn’t use this app.

Sprout Pregnancy

☆ RATING:  5/10 stars

Pros

• The home screen focuses on baby size and growth which is really interesting.
• It comes with daily and weekly medical tips and information.
• You can scroll through a weekly timeline showing milestones and testing done as you go.
• There’s a scheduler and to do list, complete checklist of baby items needed, and hospital bag checklist to fill in.
• Has the typical tools for weight tracker, kick counter, contraction timer, etc.

Cons

• The home screen interaction circles didn’t all work when I’d want to read more about baby’s growth.
• It’s hard to navigate and not all options were easily available from the home screen.
• There’s not much educational material at all.
• There’s no forum or community where you can ask questions.
• I couldn’t find articles on labor, birth, or preparation.

Verdict

It appears neat, but actually isn’t.  The best part of this app was the pre-listed checklists for newborn items that you need.  I wouldn’t use this app.

Which Apps Are The Worst/Best?

Most of these apps I think were typical and so-so.  Looking at them for specific needs of a natural birthing mom really helped because I could see immediately if it would be useful to you or not.

I think the worst app is the What To Expect app.  It’s so ironic how the most common resource for pregnant moms actually isn’t the best.

Now the BEST app that I would recommend from this list would be the Baby Center app because it has the most valuable resources about preparing for and getting through a natural birth.

Then a great runner up choice would be the Totally Pregnant app.  If you’re not able to find resources around you to assist with your natural birth, the app will find them for you, which is great!

But if you’d like to get started with preparing for your birth right away, you can always take a course from a momma who knows.

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Apps are great, but you will likely need some support outside of your electronic device.  That’s where I come in.  I would LOVE to help you prepare for your birth.  I’m always here and look forward to hearing from you.

Next time I’m pregnant, I know exactly which app I’m going to download. 🙂

Which app do you use for your pregnancy?