Nanit vs Owlet Dream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nanit
This app uses computer vision to monitor your baby's movements and sleep patterns. It provides insights into their sleep quality, room conditions, and parent visits to help you understand and improve your baby's sleep. Receive a daily briefing with a sleep score to track progress.
- Computer vision baby monitoring
- Fussiness detection
- Sleep pattern tracking
- Room condition monitoring
- Daily sleep score
- Remote access
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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.
Owlet Dream
This app provides a connected nursery experience, integrating with smart devices to help monitor infants. It offers peace of mind for parents by tracking vital signs and providing insights into their baby's well-being. The app is continuously updated with new features to support infant care.
- Connects with Owlet Dream Sock and Cameras
- Monitors infant vital signs
- Provides peace of mind for parents
- Continuous feature updates
- Supports multiple Owlet product models
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Owlet Dream is the companion app to the latest models of Owlet’s award-winning connected sock and camera. Our team is constantly updating the Dream app to receive new features and functionality that help make parenting less stressful. Compatible Products: - Owlet FDA-Cleared Dream Sock® - Owlet Cam® - Owlet Cam® 2 - Dream Sight™ - Owlet Dream Duo™ (Dream Sock + Dream Sight™) - Owlet Dream Duo 2 (Dream Sock + Cam 2) Owlet: Your Trusted Partner in Infant Care At Owlet, our commitment is to provide parents and caregivers with the tools they need for peace of mind. The Owlet Dream App, with its integration of the FDA-cleared Dream Sock® and new features, is a testament to that promise. We're continuously working to enhance your experience and support the health and safety of your precious little one. Disclaimer: Owlet products offer a connected nursery experience designed to learn from the data collected to help you understand. They are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease or other conditions, including but not limited to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Medical decisions should never be made using Owlet data. Owlet products do not replace the care and oversight you provide as a caregiver. The medical hardware paired with the Dream app has obtained the following regulatory clearances: FDA clearance, UKCA Marking, and CE Marking. These clearances extend to regions that recognize and accept these certifications. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://owletcare.com/pages/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://owletcare.com/pages/privacy
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Verdict
Nanit and Owlet Dream both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 66% of Nanit's written reviews are positive against 17% of Owlet Dream's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Nanit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $119.99 per year and Owlet Dream sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Nanit against 4.6 for Owlet Dream. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39K and 44K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Nanit's written reviews are positive against 17% of Owlet Dream's.
Nanit ships an update weekly, Owlet Dream every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Nanit | Owlet Dream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (39K ratings) — better | 4.6 (44K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.3% of reviews — better | 17.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39K | 44K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | #13 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 825 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Udisense inc. | Owlet Baby Care, Inc. |
Customer experience
Nanit
Owlet Dream
User reviews
Nanit
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Owlet Dream
From 44K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Saved baby's life
- 👍 Provides peace of mind
- 👍 Helpful for monitoring baby's vitals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant connectivity issues
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable app
- 🐛 Slow and laggy app performance
- 🐛 Missing key features and data
- 💰 Expensive for poor quality
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
Owlet Dream
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Camera frequently goes offline
- Inconsistent data reporting
- Sync issues between app and hardware
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable notification settings
- Ability to view historical sleep data
- Separate app for iPad
- Option to disable audible alerts
- Multi-user support
In-app purchases
Nanit
- Memories Plan 8500394380591 Year trial6 variants$119.991 Year
- Memories Plan 850039438059$119.991 Year
- Milestones Plan 8500394380731 Year trial2 variants$299.991 Year
- Insights Premium 850039438059$119.99
Owlet Dream
- Owlet3607 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Owlet360$5.991 Month
- Insights Dashboard14 Days trial2 variants$5.991 Month
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- Insights Dashboard7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Insights Dashboard$5.991 Month
- Owlet3607 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Owlet360$9.991 Month
- Insights Dashboard7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Owlet3607 Days trial$99.991 Year
