Comparison

DairyBar vs HoopDee

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

HoopDee

Manage breast milk and baby formula efficiently. This app tracks your milk inventory, sends timely reminders for consumption or freezing, and prevents spoilage. It helps maximize your milk supply and ensures safe handling based on CDC guidelines.

Highlights
  • Tracks breast milk and baby formula
  • Manages milk expiration dates
  • Sends consumption and freezing reminders
  • Prevents unsafe milk handling
  • Supply calculator
  • Family sharing option
  • Notifications for action items
Features
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Never waste a drop of your breast milk or baby formula! The HoopDee app does the thinking, remembering, reminding, and managing for you. Maximize your milk supply and avoid spoiling milk with HoopDee’s easy-to-use system. Add bottles or bags of breast milk or baby formula to your inventory. The app will send you reminders when the milk needs to be consumed or moved to the freezer to extend its shelf life. The app will also prevent you from doing things you shouldn't do such as freezing thawed milk or baby formula. The HoopDee app is compatible with HoopDee Hoops to enhance your milk managing experience--coming soon! HoopDee’s expiration times are based on the CDC’s guidelines. Features include: • Tracks breast milk and baby formula • Tracks feedings to accurately recalculate expiration times • Tracks your frozen breast milk stash • Tracks thawing milk and recalculates its expiration • A supply calculator to estimate how long your milk supply will last for your baby • Option to join multiple families (perfect for grandparents and nannies) • Sends notifications on action items and expirations

Screenshots

DairyBar4 screens
HoopDee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HoopDee at none against DairyBar's 4. HoopDee also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). DairyBar's advantage is ratings volume (466 vs 20) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. DairyBar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HoopDee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HoopDee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DairyBar has 466 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of DairyBar's written reviews are positive against 100% of HoopDee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DairyBar ships an update every 9 days, HoopDee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
DairyBar versus HoopDee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDairyBarHoopDee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (466 ratings)5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings466 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#121 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJennifer BrandesHoopDee, Inc

Customer experience

DairyBar

All ratings466 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral12.1%
Negative12.1%

HoopDee

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

HoopDee

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DairyBar

Subscriptions1
  • DairyBar Membership$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • 6 Month Subscription$9.99
  • 12 Month Subscription$17.99
  • Lifetime Access$24.99
None

HoopDee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DairyBar free?
DairyBar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HoopDee free?
HoopDee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DairyBar or HoopDee?
HoopDee is rated higher. DairyBar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 466 ratings, while HoopDee averages 5.0 from 20 ratings.
Do DairyBar or HoopDee have ads?
Neither DairyBar nor HoopDee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DairyBar or HoopDee?
DairyBar ships an update every 9 days, and HoopDee every 3 weeks. Most recently, DairyBar was updated on October 19, 2026 and HoopDee on October 21, 2026.

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