Comparison

LactApp vs Babykoala

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LactApp

This app provides personalized breastfeeding and maternity advice from pregnancy through weaning. It acts as a virtual consultant, offering tailored answers based on your baby's age, weight gain, and your specific situation. Track your baby's progress and access helpful resources for various breastfeeding challenges.

Highlights
  • Personalized breastfeeding advice
  • Pregnancy and maternity support
  • Baby weight and height tracking
  • Breastfeeding logs (feeds, diapers)
  • Return to work plans
  • Breastfeeding readiness tests
Features
Currently charting
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LactApp is the first breastfeeding app capable of solving all your breastfeeding and maternity doubts in a personalized way. You can consult the app from pregnancy, the beginning of lactation, the first year of your baby or any stage of lactation, until weaning at any age. LactApp is an app for mothers and works as a virtual breastfeeding consultant. You can ask all the breastfeeding questions you may have and the app will be able to offer you personalized answers according to your specific situation, based on your baby’s age, its weight gain for the age (According to the WHO weight charts), your condition (if you are pregnant or lactating, or tandem breastfeeding), etc. How does LactApp work? It's very simple. input yours and your baby's data, select the topic you are interested (mother, baby, breastfeeding or pregnancy) and LactApp will be able to ask you tailored questions and offer you 2.300 possible answers depending on your situation. What breastfeeding topics can I consult? LactApp offers breastfeeding solutions from pregnancy, the immediate postpartum, the first months of the baby and also doubts when they are babies older than 6 months; But not only that, it also considers special cases such as twins or multiple breastfeeding, premature babies, tandem breastfeeding, return to work, mother's health, baby's health, how to combine bottle and breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and many other issues that may affect breastfeeding. What can I do at LactApp? In addition to your consultations, you can keep track of your breastfeeding by noting your baby's feeds, his evolution in height and weight, as well as dirty diapers. You can also see the graphs of your baby's weight and height evolution (chart). LactApp also includes personalised plans for preparing for a return to work and achieving exclusive breastfeeding, as well as easy and useful breastfeeding tests to help you make maternity decisions: ideal for knowing when your baby is ready to eat solids, or is at a good time to breastfeed, or confirming that breastfeeding is working properly. PROFESSIONAL SANITARY VERSION - LACTAPP PRO If you are a health professional and use LactApp to help your patients with breastfeeding, this is the ideal version for you. LactApp PRO is prepared so that you can consult on different cases at the same time without having to modify your profile, it contains exclusive resources and articles for professionals. Who recommends us? LactApp is endorsed by sanitary professionals: gynecologists, pediatricians, midwives and lactation consultants give us their support. You can see it on our website www.lactapp.es Do you want to follow us closely? Visit our blog www.lactapp.es/blog and access interesting articles on breastfeeding, pregnancy, baby and maternity. And follow us on our social networks, we are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram ;) Please, do not hesitate to reach us anytime at hola@lactapp.es If you want to know more about LactApp check our terms and conditions at: https://lactapp.es/terminos-de-contratacion/

About

Babykoala

Track your baby's sleep, feeding, diaper changes, and introduce solid foods with expert guidance. Access developmental milestones, sleep regressions, and age-appropriate toy suggestions. Generate a sample daily schedule based on your baby's wake-up time and nap frequency.

Highlights
  • Sleep diary
  • Feeding log
  • Complementary feeding guide
  • Diaper tracker
  • Baby development guide
  • Sample daily schedule
Features
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¿Qué puedes encontrar en esta APP? - Diario del sueño: Anota detalladamente el sueño de tu bebé, tanto siestas como noche. Registra también sus despertares nocturnos. Puedes añadir sus apoyos de sueño, lugar de descanso, etc. - Registro de tomas: Apunta cuándo y cuánto ha comido tu peque, de fórmula o pecho. - Iniciación a la alimentación complementaria: ¿Cuándo puedes introducir los alimentos? ¿Cuántos días hay que introducir cada alimento? ¿Tiene riesgo de alergia o atragantamiento? Consulta esa información de todos los alimentos y añádelos a tu listado cuando se los hayas dado a probar. - Registro de pañales: Apunta los pañales que cambias a lo largo del día. - Guía del peque: Aprende sobre los hitos de desarrollo de tu bebé, sobre sueño, regresiones y crisis, alimentación, lactancia, salud, juguetes adaptados a su edad, etc. - Horario guía: Sigue un horario ejemplo adaptado a los meses de tu bebé. Escribe la hora a la que se despierta, el número de siestas que hace y automáticamente te aparecerá un horario guía para ese día. Condiciones de uso: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LactApp4 screens
Babykoala4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LactApp at 4.4 against Babykoala's 2.3. LactApp also leads on ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). Babykoala's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 64%) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LactApp sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Babykoala sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LactApp holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LactApp has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of LactApp's written reviews are positive against 89% of Babykoala's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LactApp ships an update monthly, Babykoala weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
LactApp versus Babykoala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLactAppBabykoala
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews89.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size565 MB46 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperFEM HEALTH, SLYos Hi Studios S.L.

Customer experience

LactApp

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%

Babykoala

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.6%

Bugs and requests

LactApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Babykoala

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Negative reviews being deleted on Instagram
  • Inconsistent advice from coaches
  • Coaches going on vacation without informing clients
  • Contradictory information provided by coaches

Requested features

6 requests
  • More personalized support for difficult cases
  • Clearer communication regarding coach availability
  • More rigorous vetting of coaches
  • Transparency in review management
  • AI-driven features that adapt to individual babies
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  • More affordable plan options

In-app purchases

15 purchases

LactApp

Subscriptions8
  • LactApp Plus - Weekly$3.997 Days
  • LactApp Plus - Mensual7 Days trial$9.491 Month
  • LactApp Plus - Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • LactApp Plus - Semiannual$34.996 Months
  • LactApp Plus - Semestral$36.996 Months
  • LactApp Plus - Annual2 variants$80.001 Year
  • LactApp Plus - Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • LactApp Plus - Annual3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time7
  • Thank you 6 times$4.99
  • Chat Premium - 2 horas$6.99
  • Many thanks 11 times$9.99
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  • Many thanks 17 times$14.99
  • Super thanks 22$19.99
  • LactApp Plus - For life$47.99
  • LactApp Plus - For life$75.00
3 purchases

Babykoala

Subscriptions3
  • Acceso Premium 1 mes$3.991 Month
  • Acceso Premium 6 meses$22.996 Months
  • Acceso Premium 1 año$39.991 Year

Questions

Is LactApp free?
LactApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Babykoala free?
Babykoala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LactApp or Babykoala?
LactApp is rated higher. LactApp averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Babykoala averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do LactApp or Babykoala have ads?
Babykoala shows ads; LactApp does not.
Which is updated more often, LactApp or Babykoala?
LactApp ships an update monthly, and Babykoala weekly. Most recently, LactApp was updated on October 29, 2026 and Babykoala on October 24, 2026.

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