Comparison

Easy Contraction Timer vs Welcome Baby

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

Head to head
About

Easy Contraction Timer

Easily track the duration and frequency of your contractions. Monitor intensity and view informative charts. Share summaries or live streams with loved ones and medical professionals.

Highlights
  • Start/stop contraction timing
  • Track contraction and intermission duration
  • Monitor contraction intensity
  • View informative contraction charts
  • Edit or delete recorded contractions
  • Share contraction summaries or live streams
Features
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Timing your contractions has never been so easy! Just press start when a contraction begins, and stop when it ends — it's as simple as that. As a contraction timer and labor tracker, Easy Contraction Timer gives you everything you need during this important time: • Share a live view of your contractions with your partner, midwife or loved ones in real time, wherever they are • Automatic tracking of how many contractions you've had, and how long each contraction and intermission lasts • Know when to call: a live check against the 5-1-1 rule (contractions 5 minutes apart, about 1 minute long, for 1 hour) shows how far apart they are, how long they last and how long it has held, with a heads-up when they match. Your midwife gave you different numbers? Set your own • Save your hospital or midwife's number and call it in one tap when it's time • Intensity tracking with an easy-to-read chart, so you can spot patterns as labor progresses • Edit or resume a contraction with one tap of the pencil icon, in case you stopped it by mistake • Delete a contraction instantly by swiping it away • Export your full contraction history as a CSV file — perfect for keeping records or sharing with your obstetrician • Time contractions from your Apple Watch: see the time since your last one and your 5-1-1 progress at a glance, feel a tap on your wrist when it's reached, and rate how strong each one was Trusted by over a million parents-to-be, this pregnancy app and labor timer helps you and your care team make informed decisions when it matters most. Download now and time your contractions with confidence.

About

Welcome Baby

Features
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Welcome Baby is the log you can keep with one hand, in the dark, while you are holding the baby. One tap on the widget records a feed. One tap on your Apple Watch starts the timer. Both parents see the same log on both phones, so nobody has to ask "have you already fed her?" at four in the morning. LOG IT IN ONE TAP • Breastfeeding and sleep with a running timer: tap to start, tap to stop • Bottles with the amount, nappies, solids, notes • Weight, length and head circumference for the check-up • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, so the feed is logged without unlocking the phone • Apple Watch app to start and stop the timer from your wrist • One feed reminder, counted from the last feed and pushed forward by every new one BOTH PARENTS, ONE LOG Create a family, read out a six-character code, and that is it. Every entry shows who logged it, and what one of you writes appears on the other's phone. Sharing is free: leaving one parent out of their own baby's log would make no sense. MADE FOR FOUR IN THE MORNING Three looks you choose yourself: sky, blossom and candlelight. Candlelight is properly dark, amber instead of white, so the screen does not wake anybody, and it can come on by itself at night. SEE THE RHYTHM — PREMIUM • Full history, with charts for feeds, sleep and nappies • 24-hour sleep clock: the whole day in one circle • Next-feed forecast and wake window, learned from your own baby • PDF report for the paediatrician, and CSV export of everything • Sound library with a sleep timer • More than one baby, for twins or a second child Logging is free forever, with no limit on entries, and always includes the widgets, the watch, the reminder and sharing with the other parent. We never lock you out of what you wrote about your own baby. IN FIVE LANGUAGES English, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese, switchable inside the app without changing your phone. Welcome Baby is a diary for parents. It is not a medical device: it does not diagnose, treat or predict anything, and it does not replace your paediatrician. SUBSCRIPTION Welcome Baby Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, yearly with a 7-day free trial or monthly. The price for your country is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in iOS Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.oscargarrucho.com/welcomebaby/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.oscargarrucho.com/welcomebaby/privacy/

Screenshots

Easy Contraction Timer4 screens
Welcome Baby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Easy Contraction Timer at none against Welcome Baby's 2. Easy Contraction Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Welcome Baby's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Welcome Baby sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Easy Contraction Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Easy Contraction Timer versus Welcome Baby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy Contraction TimerWelcome Baby
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCuberobOscar Rodriguez

In-app purchases

None

Easy Contraction Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Welcome Baby

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Easy Contraction Timer free?
Easy Contraction Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Welcome Baby free?
Welcome Baby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Easy Contraction Timer or Welcome Baby have ads?
Easy Contraction Timer shows ads; Welcome Baby does not.

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