Pregnancy · Birth · The first year

Motherhood, well lit.

Clear answers for the months that change everything. Free calculators, guides that cite the NHS, WHO and ACOG, and straight comparisons of the apps worth your home screen.

10 free toolsEvery fact sourcedNo ads, no sign-up
Free tools

Small tools for big questions.

No account, no ads, nothing sent to a server. Each one shows where its numbers come from.

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Top picks

Three apps that earn their place on your phone.

One for what goes on your skin, one for what goes in the nursery, one for the days after the baby arrives. Each is first in its category in our comparisons.

Pregnancy-safe skincare checkerVeriMom

Scan a label. Know if it is pregnancy-safe.

  • Scan a real label. Photograph the ingredient list on skincare, make-up, hair or body care and get an organised ingredient analysis.
  • A verdict you can read. Safety verdict, flagged ingredients, source links, formula confidence and unknowns are shown as separate things.
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and baby skin. One product, three contexts. Switch between them on the same result.
VeriMom app screenshot
VeriMom app screenshot
Baby checklist for the first yearBabyPlanned

What to prepare now, what can wait, and why.

  • Now, Covered, Later. A short list of decisions for this chapter, what you already have, and what can wait.
  • Quantities with reasons. How many sleepsuits, and why that number for your laundry rhythm and climate.
  • Rules, not guesses. The plan comes from a versioned catalogue of 160 item types and readable rules. AI only helps word explanations.
BabyPlanned app screenshot
BabyPlanned app screenshot
Shared baby trackerBabyLifeLog

The baby tracker for the whole family.

  • One-tap logging. Breastfeeds with a left/right timer, bottles, pumping, solids, nappies, sleep, growth, temperature and medicine. Works offline.
  • Everyone in sync. Partner, grandparents and nanny see the same journal in real time, and every entry shows who logged it.
  • Since you last checked. A handover view for the person taking over, with notes.
BabyLifeLog app screenshot
BabyLifeLog app screenshot
Best apps, compared

We read the small print so you can sleep.

Prices, privacy labels and features checked against official pages, with every source listed.

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Pregnancy-safe skincare apps

Most ingredient scanners were built to answer “is this clean?”. That is a different question from “is this OK while I am pregnant?”.

02

Baby checklist and registry apps

A registry and a checklist are not the same thing. A registry is a gift list attached to shops.

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Baby tracker apps

Every baby tracker logs feeds, sleep and nappies. They differ in three places: what it costs for the whole family to use it, what the app does with your baby's data, and whether the advice inside it has a source.

Guides

Short reads, properly sourced.

Written to be finished during one feed. Every health fact links to the guidance it came from.

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How we work

Calm, checked, and honest about what nobody knows.

NHS · WHO · ACOGHealth facts come from public-health bodies and are quoted, linked and dated.
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24Apps compared across three categories, with every price and claim traced to an official page.

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