BabyOnBoard vs Doona
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BabyOnBoard
This app helps prevent accidental child abandonment in vehicles by reminding caregivers to check for children. It uses sound, vibration, and messages to alert users when they leave the car and prompt them to confirm if a baby is still present.
- Post-departure alerts
- Sound notifications
- Vibration alerts
- Message prompts
- No extra hardware needed
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Frenzy, stress and fatigue are all factors that can produce dissociative syndromes and lead you to forget what is impossible to forget. With a sound, vibration and message, our app is geared to bring your cognitive capabilities back to you and to safeguard the safety of children in the car. No sensor, no additional device, our app notices when you leave the car and after a few steps asks if the baby is with you.
Doona
This app connects to a car seat alert system to notify parents if a child is left unattended. It features three levels of alarms and can contact emergency contacts if alerts are not acknowledged. The system aims to prevent accidental heatstroke by ensuring children are not left alone in vehicles.
- Child presence detection
- Three alert levels
- Emergency contact notification
- Connects to SensAlert device
- Parental safety monitoring
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The Doona App connects to SensAlert, the only child car seat alert solution with 3 alert levels. SensAlert detects the child on board and warns the parent or caregiver with three incremental levels of alarm if the child is left unattended in the car. If the alerts are not disabled, SensAlert will contact up to 5 emergency contacts that you have defined in the app. Download the Doona App, connect your SensAlert and we’ll take care of the rest!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BabyOnBoard at 50% against Doona's 0%. BabyOnBoard also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). Doona's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (2.5 vs 2.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Doona is free to download; BabyOnBoard costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Doona holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of BabyOnBoard's written reviews are positive against 0% of Doona's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BabyOnBoard ships an update every 2 weeks, Doona every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BabyOnBoard | Doona |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firenze Web Division S.r.l. | Doona™ Parenting Made Simple |
Customer experience
BabyOnBoard
Doona
In-app purchases
BabyOnBoard
No in-app purchases
Doona
No in-app purchases
