# GentleBirth Contraction Timer — user reviews > 58 indexed App Store user reviews of GentleBirth Contraction Timer by Positive Birth App Development, rated 4.70/5 from 91 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gentlebirth-contraction-timer/id1543780051/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gentlebirth-contraction-timer/id1543780051.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 77 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of GentleBirth Contraction Timer? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and efficient - 🧘‍♀️ Guided meditation for contractions - 😌 Calming voice and narration - ⏱️ Easy contraction timing - 📊 Helpful data tracking - 💖 Made labor manageable - 💡 Empowering during labor - 💰 Affordable price **Cons** - 😵 Insane amount of pop-ups - 😵‍💫 Pop-ups persist after submission - 🖱️ Poorly designed interface - 🖱️ Unresponsive buttons - 😵‍💫 Clunky app experience - 😵‍💫 Buttons hard to hit - 😵‍💫 Audio pauses on screen lock **Commonly reported bugs** - Pop-ups won't close without submission - Pop-ups reappear after submission - Buttons on bottom bar unresponsive or hard to hit - Text doesn't fit screen - Audio pauses when screen times out or app switches - Guidance and background music shuts off when phone screen locks **Most requested features** - Dark mode feature - Option to live share with someone - More varied coaching after 16 hours ## Newest reviews (14 of 58) ### 5/5 — Greta *2024-07-28, version 1.2.3* Great ### 5/5 — Got me through contractions *2024-07-17, version 1.2.3* A must!! Don’t know how I would have done it without this app. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-06-06, version 1.2.3* Used this while laboring at home and it was a god send. Helped me stay centered and focused through contractions and ultimately achieve my natural water birth! ### 5/5 — Love *2024-06-01, version 1.2.3* Love it ### 5/5 — Mental life saver *2024-03-01* I found this timer with the Hypnobirthing guided meditations the night I was going into labor and out of all the things I prepared for, this app was the one I ended up using until transition and pushing. She says all the right things and her voice was so calming. I’m thanking God for this incredible find right at the last minute. **Developer response:** We're truly grateful for your heartfelt review and overjoyed to learn that our app played such a significant role during your labor. Discovering that the Hypnobirthing guided meditations and the calming presence of our guide were exactly what you needed is incredibly fulfilling for us. Should you wish to share more about your experience or have any suggestions on how we can further enhance our app, please reach out to us at team@gentlebirth.com. We're here to support you and constantly looking to improve. Thank you for trusting in our app during such a pivotal moment, and congratulations on your incredible journey! ### 5/5 — Best contraction timer out there! *2024-02-03, version 1.2.3* Seriously. It’s the best ### 5/5 — Easy and efficient! *2023-12-17* Love this app compared to the tons of other contraction timer apps I’ve tried!! **Developer response:** We're so glad to hear that you love our app for contraction timing! If you have any other comments or suggestions, feel free to share. Your feedback is valuable to us. 🌟 ### 5/5 — Worked great *2023-10-15, version 1.2.0* This made it very easy to track my contractions. ### 5/5 — Love having the data! *2023-10-13* Great app, it has the data from two of my births. So fun to look back on when everything took place! Love that I could email it to keep forever. **Developer response:** We're delighted that you're enjoying the app and that it has become a meaningful record of your birth experiences. It's fantastic to hear that the option to email the data for keepsake purposes resonated with you. If there's anything else you appreciate or if you have suggestions, feel free to share. Your feedback is valued! ### 5/5 — Helped me in early labor *2023-09-10* I was up all night with contractions 10 min apart and this helped me get through it **Developer response:** We're so glad to hear that our app helped you during a challenging night! If you ever want to share more about your experience or have suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at team@gentlebirth.com. We're here to support you! ### 5/5 — Easiest way to time contractions! *2023-07-15, version 1.2.0* I tested a few apps out and Gentle Birth came out as the clear winner. The time is easy to initiate and understand (start at the start of surge, press stop at the end of the surge). It provides average frequency and waves lengths una beautifully laid out interface. Bonus, the soothing sounds and calm narration providing support really helped my partner breathe through difficult contractions. We’ll done team! ### 5/5 — Transformed my labor experience *2023-07-12* I wish I knew about this app when I had my first baby! The meditations made my second unmedicated delivery so much more manageable and truly kept me grounded. The app was simple and intuitive. I found I was able to use it myself because it was easier than indicating to my husband when to stop and start. I could not recommend this enough! **Developer response:** We are sorry we were not there for your first pregnancy. We hope to be of service to you in your future pregnancies, and we thank you for your titanic help in recommending us. If you have any questions or if you would like to share your birth story, feel free to write to us at team@gentlebirth.com Your story is sure to inspire many families. ### 5/5 — The most important tool during labour *2023-07-09* It wasn’t about counting contractions. It was about seeing progress (in a long process) and having consistent on-point guidance with every contraction. This app provided so much amazing support during my early hours of labour. As my contractions got stronger, my doula took over pressing “start and stop” for me. Having the coaching to get through each minute was so helpful as well. I had used the gentle birth pregnancy app, so I was already familiar with the language and cues. We knew exactly when to call the midwife and have her arrive, because the app was so easy to use. Can not rate highly enough and will 10000% be using next go round! **Developer response:** How good it feels to be part of this important moment during the birth of a baby and a mother. We hope everything went wonderfully well and will continue to be of benefit to you in the future. If you would like to share your birth story to inspire other mothers, feel free to write to us at team@gentlebirth.com. Wonderful day! ### 5/5 — Jhhhj *2023-06-13, version 1.2.0* Nothing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Insane amount of pop-ups *2026-01-28* Every few minutes, a pop-up asking for me to submit feedback came up — and you can’t close the pop-up until you submit a . What’s even crazier is that even after I submitted feedback, the pop-up kept coming back! This made the app extremely ineffective, ESPECIALLY WHILE I WAS IN LABOR! ### 2/5 — Poor interface *2025-07-14* I downloaded the app and went through the tutorial. The buttons on the bottom (water breaking, chart, etc) were hard to access or unresponsive. The interface was sloppy and the text often didn’t fit the screen. Just looks messy. Between a bad visual design and a frustrating interface, I wouldn’t recommend this app. ### 3/5 — Lots of pop ups *2025-05-08* Haven’t had the chance to really use the app yet cause I can’t do anything until I leave a review or join a facebook group I’m sure it’ll be helpful when I can access the features ### 4/5 — Amazing *2025-08-18, version 1.3.0* Loved it ### 4/5 — App is a little clunky *2025-05-28, version 1.3.0* I love the gentle birth hypnosis/meditation app but this one has a few kinks that need to be worked out ### 4/5 — Awesome App *2024-03-02* Great app and developers have put lot of thought in to the design. Don’t like complaining about free app with these many features. This App has one big flaw, The bottom bar of buttons to access the frequency and settings are impossible to hit in first attempt. It keeps activating the interaction behind the overlay. Please fix. **Developer response:** Thank you for your valuable feedback and the kind words about our app! We're sorry to hear about the issues with the bottom bar buttons and appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We're committed to improving user experience, so please email us at team@gentlebirth.com with any further details or suggestions. We'll work on fixing this flaw promptly. Thanks for helping us enhance our app! ### 4/5 — So helpful! *2023-02-08, version 1.2.0* I’ve been using this app throughout the day now and, as a first time mom, I have found the coaching helpful for keeping me grounded through my surges. I noticed so far that after 16 hours, the recording is the same. I wish it would vary like it did before that time mark. ### 4/5 — Love the app. Easy to use. *2022-10-26* I wish it had an option to live share with someone else so I didn’t have to keep updating them! **Developer response:** Wow, that is a great idea. We might consider implementing it in our next update, however, it would be great to know exactly what you mean to make sure we can evaluate it and eventually implement it. Can you please give us the details at team@gentlebirth.com? ### 4/5 — Great contraction app! *2021-10-17, version 1.1.2* Love that it talks you through the contraction (if you wish) and that you can rate contraction intensity. The only thing I would change is to add a nighttime mode - having to stare at a bright white screen all night is not ideal. ### 4/5 — Amazing aid *2021-08-09, version 1.0.21* Wonderful tool - both straightforward and very practical to use amidst the intensities of labour. There is one major opportunity for improvement that I noted immediately: the guidance & background music shuts off as soon as my phone screen locks, which was rather inconvenient as I actually enjoyed both features.. so I had to change my lock & passcode settings - using more battery. However, the timer continued to accurately clock durations & frequency which is most important. Also liked how I can easily email my birth team my data. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simple and efficient! *2026-01-06* There are a lot of apps out there but this one has what you need without the bells and whistles. I also love the optional guided meditation for each contraction. ### 5/5 — In labor love it *2025-09-24, version 1.3.0* Currently in labor and this is getting me through ### 5/5 — Excelente *2025-04-15, version 1.3.0* Ajuda demais! ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2025-01-10, version 1.2.3* Great app ### 5/5 — In control *2025-01-04* Listening to this app helped me feel in control even during transition! I arrived to the hospital 9cm dilated and ready to push. The doctor and nurse were amazed with how calm I was. 10/10 recommend using during contractions! ### 5/5 — Simple *2024-12-17, version 1.2.3* Loved its simplicity and guidance ### 5/5 — Great *2024-11-15, version 1.2.3* Great! ### 5/5 — Great *2024-09-19, version 1.2.3* Tank you so much! ### 5/5 — Gentle birth app *2024-08-09, version 1.2.3* Amazing app Very helpful And price is convenient Good for pregnancy and postpartum !!!! A plus of course . ### 5/5 — Super helpful! *2024-08-05, version 1.2.3* Love this app, I’ve been using it daily at 39 weeks pregnant --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*