# The Short Years Baby Book — Baby books on your phone

> Digital baby book creation with weekly photo uploads and printed page delivery. (iPhone/iPad app by Unbound Applications.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-short-years-baby-book/id1327539226 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Unbound Applications](https://appshunter.io/developer/1327539225)
- Category: Lifestyle, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 4,831 App Store ratings · 226 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 73 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-08-01
- Data updated: 2026-08-23
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-short-years-baby-book/id1327539226/reviews.md

## What is The Short Years Baby Book?

Download The Short Years app and create your first baby book chapter in just five minutes!

Once a week, The Short Years App will remind you to upload a photo and answer a couple of questions about your baby’s milestones and special moments.  Many parents tell us they do this while feeding their baby or watching a show on Netflix.

We’ll turn your text, photos, and even video into beautiful baby book pages!

Once you’ve purchased your book, we will start printing and shipping your pages to you every time you complete three chapters in the app.  Just pop them in your book!

And, if you want to capture all of the sweet memories until your baby turns five, simply add on “The Toddler Years” at checkout. Doing so will allow you to access The Toddler Years chapters in your app and to receive these extra chapters in print to add to your baby book. 

The Short Years Baby Book has a premium fabric cover, handcrafted to stand up to a lifetime of enjoyment and measuring 11.5” x 9.25”. It is bound with three matte black rings, making adding pages to it a breeze.

The book includes:

*19 chapter covers (+ an additional 5 if you upgrade to The Toddler Years) for easily organizing your book’s pages as they are shipped to you.
*Hands and feet prints pages to take with you to the hospital or birth center.
*Six lined journaling pages for jotting down extra notes 
*Personalized name card for cover
*Free printing and shipping of all 119 of your baby book pages documenting baby’s first year.

Discover the easiest way to document and cherish your sweet one’s first year!

## Key features

- Weekly photo and milestone prompts
- Automatic page creation from text and photos
- Printed page delivery for physical book
- Optional 'Toddler Years' expansion
- Premium fabric-covered keepsake book
- Hospital-ready hand and footprint pages

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Digital Book Download | $7.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of The Short Years Baby Book?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient for busy parents
- 💎 Beautiful, high-quality book
- 📱 Seamless app experience
- 🤖 Helpful AI text generation
- 🎁 Great gift for new parents
- 🗓️ Keeps you on track with reminders
- 🤝 Excellent customer service

**Cons**

- 🐛 App crashes or bugs
- 🤔 Customization limitations
- 💸 Expensive for some users

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Printing issues with photo quality
- Difficulty navigating between chapters

**Most requested features**

- More flexible photo collage options
- Custom page layouts
- Ability to share updates with family

## Recent user reviews (10 of 226)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-short-years-baby-book/id1327539226/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best baby book

*2026-08-16, version 9.20*

This was so easy to set up . You have to complete three chapters then they automatically get sent to you after you buy the book. You can set reminders so you don’t fall behind.

### 4/5 — Perfect keepsake

*2026-06-06, version 9.19*

I love this book so much. I’m giving it four stars because the UX of uploading/finding photos has changed but not for the better. It used to be simple to find photos, but now it’s a struggle.

### 5/5 — Easy app and beautiful book

*2026-05-01, version 9.16*

I have been using this app for 3 years. I love how it perfectly captures our family’s adventures and preserves them in a beautiful album. The app is so easy to use and has great features like uploading videos that are easy to access with QR codes printed on the pages. It has weekly questions to make sure you stay up to date on updating your book. I have pulled the album out during my daughter’s birthdays to highlight special moments through her year. I always get so many compliments on how beautiful the pages are and how organized the content is . Thank you for this product. Very well done.

### 2/5 — App crashes

*2026-04-11, version 9.14*

I really want to love the app. I’ve heard fantastic things about the quality of printed pages, and I love the app when it works. But it doesn’t work very well. Pretty much crashes every time I upload something. Hopefully the development team can work out the kinks.

### 5/5 — Best baby book app!!!

*2026-03-31, version 9.13*

I’ve used this app for my baby book for over a year, and my baby’s book is absolutely beautiful. It was so easy to keep up with, I got notifications for the prompts! Nothing is missing. I love the ability to create collages on the pages.

### 4/5 — Great if you put in the time

*2026-03-15, version 9.13*

Only takes a few minutes a day but if you don’t keep up with it then it might take longer. Pictures take me the longest to organize and sometimes I worry I’ve already used a picture somewhere else in the book. It would be helpful if there was a feature to alert you if the same or a similar picture was already used. A prompt or a tab you could quickly look through that shows all pictures and videos used. The questions are creative, and I am thankful for those specific prompts. I used this app when my son was born. I got a little bit behind and thought that a paper baby book would be easier with my daughter, but I ended up just wanting to do this with her again because it so hard with kids to have a paper baby book out all the time and remember to write in it. This makes it easier to catalog every little memory.. there’s plenty of space to write down all the funny little memories that you have that you don’t wanna forget. Would recommend.

### 5/5 — Account disappeared?

*2026-01-26, version 9.12*

Helped me recover my account after a typo when setting up my account. Thank you! Creating my baby’s book has been easy and fun to do with this app!

### 5/5 — Looooove it

*2026-01-25, version 9.12*

As a totally exhausted new mom, this was the only baby book I could actually keep up with. The Short Years made it easy to capture memories during naps and late-night feeds, and getting the pages mailed to us felt like such a win. I’m so grateful we didn’t lose these moments — they go by way too fast.

### 5/5 — Exactly as advertised

*2026-01-23, version 9.12*

So beautiful and easy to use. You can choose when your notifications remind you to work on your baby book. Love the update to adjust photos too!

### 5/5 — The Easiest Baby Book!

*2026-01-17, version 9.12*

When I was pregnant with our daughter, I knew I wanted to document her first year but also knew I wasn’t going to stay on top of scrapbooking. When I stumbled across The Short Years, I knew I struck gold! Not only was everything in an easy format via an app, BUT I could combine both words and pictures in a clean, easy to follow way. This baby book helped me capture all her first milestones and big changes that happen that first year. We LOVE flipping through her baby book. Now I’m pregnant with my son and can’t wait to get started on his baby book. I know they are something we’ll keep will cherish forever! Thank you Short Years! 🩷🩵

## Frequently asked questions about The Short Years Baby Book

### What is The Short Years Baby Book app?

The Short Years Baby Book app is a service that helps you create a physical baby book by uploading photos and answering simple questions weekly. The app then transforms your entries into printed pages that are mailed to you to add to a beautifully bound keepsake book, documenting your baby's first year.

### How does the app turn my entries into a book?

Once a week, the app prompts you to upload a photo and answer questions about your baby's milestones. It then uses this information to design and format beautiful baby book pages. These pages are printed and shipped to you periodically to be added to your physical book.

### How much does The Short Years Baby Book cost?

The app itself is free to download and use for creating chapters. The cost is associated with the printing and shipping of your physical book pages. You purchase the book, and then pages are sent as you complete chapters. An optional 'Toddler Years' add-on is also available at checkout.

### What are the benefits of using this app for a baby book?

This app offers a convenient and easy way to document your baby's first year. It automates the design process, sends you physical pages to add to a high-quality keepsake book, and includes features like hospital-ready hand and footprint pages, making memory keeping effortless.

### Can I continue documenting memories beyond the first year?

Yes, you can extend your memory keeping by purchasing 'The Toddler Years' add-on at checkout. This allows you to access additional chapters within the app and receive printed pages to add to your baby book, capturing memories up to your child's fifth birthday.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 9.20 — 2026-08-02

- Added dark mode for all those mamas who work late at night!

### 9.19 — 2026-05-17

- New: Search your photos by date — type something like "Jan 2024" to jump right to that month
- New: Select multiple photos and videos from Apples built in photos library. 
- New: Now you can share photos to our app to import them.
- Character counts are now shown on every question
- Smoother scrolling when picking photos, especially on larger libraries
- Fixed chapter dates in The Toddler Years so the right photos show up
- More polish and fixes for AI Audio recording

### 9.18 — 2026-05-11

- Collage uploads are faster now — because nap time doesn't last forever.
- You can now sort photos by used or unused, so no favorite moment gets left behind.
- Finding the right prompt just got easier: see yours, browse the community's, and pick up right where you left off.
- Introducing AI Audio Interview — just hit record and talk. We'll turn it into baby book entries for you.
- Already jotted notes down somewhere? The new AI Notes Importer pulls them in and matches them to your baby book questions automatically.
- Improved AI Notes functionality.
- Added child icon during recording sessions to know which child you are recording for.

### 9.17 — 2026-05-01

- Collage uploads are faster now — because nap time doesn't last forever.
- You can now sort photos by used or unused, so no favorite moment gets left behind.
- Finding the right prompt just got easier: see yours, browse the community's, and pick up right where you left off.
- Introducing AI Audio Interview — just hit record and talk. We'll turn it into baby book entries for you.
- Already jotted notes down somewhere? The new AI Notes Importer pulls them in and matches them to your baby book questions automatically.

### 9.16 — 2026-04-15

- Fixed an issue causing some types of photos to not show up properly

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