Comparison

Nanit vs Cradlewise

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

Head to head
About

Nanit

This app uses advanced computer vision to interpret your baby's movements, providing insights into their sleep patterns, fussiness, and overall well-being. It helps parents understand their baby's needs and improve sleep habits with daily summaries and sleep scores.

Highlights
  • AI-powered baby movement analysis
  • Sleep pattern tracking
  • Fussiness detection
  • Night sleep insights
  • Daily sleep summaries
  • Sleep Score reporting
Features
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Nanit speaks baby. Understand your baby’s days and nights. Nanit’s camera uses something called computer vision. Nanit learns how your baby moves, and tells you if they’re fussy, awake or sleeping like a dream. Understand their night and conquer sleep. Nanit Insights helps you identify sleep issues, so you can adjust and get back on track fast. Nanit tracks—and understands—sleep patterns, parent visits, room conditions and much more. Your new morning briefing. Every morning Nanit Insights delivers last night’s highlight reel. Plus a Sleep Score. So you’ll know instantly if baby’s sleep is improving.

About

Cradlewise

This smart crib automatically soothes your baby to sleep by detecting wakefulness and using gentle motion and sound. It functions as a bassinet and crib, offering a baby monitor with night vision, live video, and notifications, along with sleep tracking and curated music. The app allows for caregiver access and room temperature monitoring.

Highlights
  • Automatic soothing with bounce and sound
  • Built-in baby monitor with night vision
  • Live video streaming and notifications
  • Sleep pattern tracking and analysis
  • Room temperature monitoring
  • Caregiver access control
  • Curated soothing music and Spotify integration
Features
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WORLD'S FIRST SELF LEARNING CRIB. It spots early signs of wake-up, learns sleep patterns and automatically soothes your baby to sleep, if needed. =========== IT'S A BASSINET AND A CRIB - FROM BIRTH TO 24 MONTHS : Cradlewise provides uninterrupted quality sleep to babies and saves parents an average of 2 hours a day. It combines the functionality of a bassinet, crib, baby monitor and sound machine – all into one product. GETS THE BABY TO SLEEP : When it’s time to sleep, simply place your baby in the crib. The crib automatically detects the baby’s wakefulness and soothes them to sleep with its bounce and sound. GUARDS SLEEP : Just-in-time soothing is key to safeguarding baby sleep. The crib spots sleep disturbances and soothes the baby back to sleep. =========== APP FEATURES BUILT-IN BABY MONITOR. PEACE OF MIND FOR YOU. NIGHT VISION: See your baby without turning on the lights and disturbing your little one. NOTIFICATIONS: Get notified when your baby wakes up, falls asleep, starts crying etc. LIVE VIDEO: Watch your baby live through your smartphone app from anywhere, anytime. BACKGROUND AUDIO: Take a break or catch up on other work while listening to your baby in the background. ROOM TEMPERATURE: The Cradlewise app has a room temperature monitoring feature that lets you quickly check your baby’s room temperature from the home screen, making it easier to to check anytime, anywhere. ADD CAREGIVERS: We know that new parents already have their hands full. And since it takes a village to raise a child, our caregiver functionality provides you with just that - a virtual village. Add a caregiver and control the level of access. DARK MODE: Dark mode reduces the brightness level on your phone, and it’s a game changer for minimizing light disruptions at night, especially when you want to check on them at 3am in the morning. TWIN MODE: Add multiple babies to your profile. Seamlessly switch between baby profiles to manage and view all connected cribs from your single account. WATCH YOUR BABY’S SLEEP IMPROVE OVER TIME. DAILY SNAPSHOT: Track your baby’s sleep patterns and stay on top of changes. SLEEP TRACKING: Track your baby’s sleep data - understand patterns from historical logs to understand your baby’s sleep better. QUICK TIPS: User guides and tips to help you best adjust your crib’s settings to improve your baby’s sleep. CURATED SOOTHING MUSIC BUILT-IN SOUND MACHINE: Curated white, pink and brown noise tracks to calm a fussy baby. Option to create your own soundtrack. BABY SAFE VOLUME: Smart mode stops sound when the baby has fallen asleep. Sound volume is capped to 60dB to be safe for your baby. STREAM MUSIC OVER SPOTIFY TO THE CRIB: This feature allows you to turn your cradle into a speaker by enabling you to pair your crib with the Spotify app. You can curate a Spotify playlist for your little one and can play your favorite pop songs, lullabies, nursery rhymes, soothing sounds, or whatever they’re into, from wherever you happen to be. =========== LET’S BE SOCIAL: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cradlewise/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cradlewise/ Blog: https://www.cradlewise.com/blog/ Medium: https://medium.com/cradlewise Have questions? Feel free to contact us at info@cradlewise.com Visit our website https://www.cradlewise.com/ to know more.

Screenshots

Nanit4 screens
Cradlewise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nanit at 4.7 against Cradlewise's 2.8. Nanit also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 26%) and ratings volume (38K vs 268). Cradlewise's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Nanit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $119.99 per year. Cradlewise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nanit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nanit has 38K ratings behind it against 268, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Nanit's written reviews are positive against 26% of Cradlewise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nanit ships an update weekly, Cradlewise fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Nanit versus Cradlewise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNanitCradlewise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38K ratings) — better2.8 (268 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better26.5% of reviews
Number of ratings38K — better268
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#9 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size815 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUdisense inc.Cradlewise Inc

Customer experience

Nanit

All ratings37,526 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews1,976 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral6.9%
Negative26.9%

Cradlewise

All ratings268 ratings
Positive38.1%
Neutral8.6%
Negative53.4%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive26.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative65.3%

User reviews

Nanit

From 38K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent video and sound quality
  • 🚀 Responsive and easy to use app
  • 💡 Helpful sleep tracking and insights
  • 🔒 Reliable monitoring and alerts
  • 🌙 Useful nightlight and white noise features

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive hardware and subscription
  • 🔌 Frequent disconnections and connectivity issues
  • 🔋 Drains phone battery significantly
  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable performance
  • 📊 Limited free features, paywall for advanced insights

Cradlewise

From 268 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent crib design and features
  • 👍 Helpful for getting baby to sleep
  • 💡 Customizable white noise
  • 👍 Reliable monitoring and alerts
  • 👍 Useful sleep tracking and analytics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable app
  • 🔌 Connectivity issues with crib
  • 🔍 Poor video quality and camera coverage
  • 🕰️ Slow app performance and loading times
  • 🔊 Audio issues and hijacking phone audio

Bugs and requests

Nanit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Camera disconnects and requires manual reset
  • App crashes and freezes during use
  • Inaccurate sleep tracking and event logging
  • Compatibility issues with certain WiFi networks

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to manually log sleep and feeding events
  • Improved multi-camera support and management
  • Customizable notification sounds and alerts
  • Rotation and zoom functionality for camera
  • Automatic night mode scheduling

Cradlewise

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes and freezes frequently
  • Inaccurate baby detection and sleep tracking
  • Crib disconnects from WiFi and Bluetooth
  • Setup process is overly complicated
  • Firmware updates causing crib issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add desktop/web app option
  • Improve sleep tracking and data visualization
  • Allow custom audio/music playback
  • Enhance multi-user/multi-crib support
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Nanit

Subscriptions3
  • Memories Plan 8500394380591 Year trial6 variants$119.991 Year
  • Memories Plan 850039438059$119.991 Year
  • Milestones Plan 8500394380731 Year trial2 variants$299.991 Year
One-time2
  • Insights Premium 850039438059$69.99
  • Insights Premium 850039438059$119.99
None

Cradlewise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nanit free?
Nanit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cradlewise free?
Cradlewise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nanit or Cradlewise?
Nanit is rated higher. Nanit averages 4.7 out of 5 from 38K ratings, while Cradlewise averages 2.8 from 268 ratings.
Do Nanit or Cradlewise have ads?
Neither Nanit nor Cradlewise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nanit or Cradlewise?
Nanit ships an update weekly, and Cradlewise fortnightly. Most recently, Nanit was updated on September 24, 2026 and Cradlewise on September 21, 2026.

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