Pumping Work vs DairyBar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pumping Work
Track breast milk pumping sessions, including time, duration, and volume. Monitor your freezer stash, estimate when you can reach your pumping goals, and receive custom reminders. This app helps new mothers manage their breast milk supply with ease.
- Time pumping sessions
- Log pumping manually
- Track volume and duration
- Monitor freezer stash
- Estimate pumping goals
- Custom reminders
- Export logs
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This app is for pumping mummies who insist on breast milk feedings for babies. You can time the pumping, track the time, duration and amount of each pump, monitor the freezer stash and estimate the days to reach your goal. It’s easy and effective to help you stress relief on ‘When did I pump last time?’, ‘When should I pump next time?’, ‘How much did I produce recent days?’ and ‘When can I stop pumping?’ these staffs. Key Features: ⁃ Time the pumping. ⁃ Add pumping log manually. ⁃ Track how much produced and how long pumped for each log. ⁃ Track pumping times and total volume for each day. ⁃ Track time and duration of each pump. ⁃ Monitor current freeze stash. ⁃ Custom baby’s consumption in different age group and weaning time. ⁃ Estimate days and date that you can drop pumping. ⁃ Custom reminders to alert pumping. ⁃ Report for daily freezer stash. ⁃ Report for daily pumping volume. ⁃ Export logs by email in format of PDF, CSV or HTML. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
DairyBar
Easily track and manage your pumped breast milk inventory. Monitor milk in various storage locations and types, calculate its shelf life, and receive expiration alerts. This app helps you stay organized and informed about your milk stash.
- Track milk in 10 locations
- Monitor milk by storage type
- Calculate milk shelf life
- Pumping calculator
- Expiration notifications
- Track in mL or oz
- Add caregiver access
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Breastfeeding is hard enough — keeping track of your milk stash shouldn't be. Dairy Bar makes it simple to know exactly what you have, where it is, and how long it will last. Try it free and see for yourself. Features: -Track milk across up to 10 storage locations and multiple children (including twins) -See your total stash at a glance, broken down by location -Pumping calculator helps you figure out when you can stop pumping -Supports cooler, fridge, freezer, deep freeze, and freeze dried storage types -Know exactly how long your stash will last based on your baby's daily consumption -Get notified before milk expires so nothing goes to waste -Stay organized and group milk into freezer bricks -Track in mL or oz — whatever works for you -Add caregivers so partners and family can view and edit the stash too -Back up your stash data remotely for peace of mind Built by a mama, for mamas. I maintain this app myself, so if you run into a bug or have a feature idea, you can email me directly through the app — I genuinely love hearing from you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.dairybarapp.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DairyBar at none against Pumping Work's shown. DairyBar also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Pumping Work's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 76%) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Pumping Work sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months and DairyBar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DairyBar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 764 and 466 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Pumping Work's written reviews are positive against 76% of DairyBar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pumping Work ships an update every 13 months, DairyBar weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pumping Work | DairyBar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (764 ratings) | 4.8 (466 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better | 75.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 764 — better | 466 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #112 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKLINKS LTD | Jennifer Brandes |
Customer experience
Pumping Work
DairyBar
User reviews
Pumping Work
From 764 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Helpful for tracking pumping
- 🚀 Accessible and free
- 🚀 Useful for monitoring milk supply
- 🚀 Simple and straightforward
Room to improve
- 🙄 Too many ads
- 🐛 Crashes or bugs
- 🙄 Intrusive advertising
- 🙄 Difficult to manage freezer stash
DairyBar
From 466 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Helpful for tracking milk stash
- 👍 User-friendly and customizable
- 🚀 Efficient for logging milk
- 💡 Provides useful stats and data
- 👍 Great customer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 🐛 Unreliable sync across devices
- 🐛 Bugs with adding/moving milk
- 🐛 Inconsistent date tracking
- 🔒 Security issues with login/password
Bugs and requests
Pumping Work
Reported bugs
3 issues- App corrupting or deleting data
- Inconsistent behavior with time changes
- Notification issues with pump reminders
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to track time spent pumping
- Option to switch between ml and oz easily
- Reminder alarms instead of just notifications
- Better data export and analysis options
DairyBar
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes on stats page
- Can't add more than one bag at a time
- Incorrect total milk amounts shown
- Date changes when adding new milk
- Login/password reset issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to move multiple bags at once
- Customize expiration dates for milk
- Add widget or Apple Watch support
- Improve graph/stats display
- Allow sorting used milk by date
In-app purchases
Pumping Work
- Premium - 6 months7 Days trial$1.996 Months
- Pro Version$19.99
DairyBar
- DairyBar Membership$1.991 Month
- 6 Month Subscription$9.99
- 12 Month Subscription$17.99
- Lifetime Access$24.99
