Comparison

GentleBirth Contraction Timer vs Informed Pregnancy Plus

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

Head to head
About

GentleBirth Contraction Timer

This app helps track labor contractions with real-time monitoring, editing, and manual entry. It offers individualized audio labor coaching, background sound options, and visual charts to analyze trends. The app also provides notifications for when to go to the hospital or contact a care provider.

Highlights
  • Real-time contraction tracking
  • Manual contraction editing and addition
  • Individualized audio labor coaching
  • Customizable background sounds
  • Labor trend charts and statistics
  • Email surge history to care providers
  • Hospital arrival and care provider contact notifications
Features
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***THE BEST CONTRACTION TIMER APP FOR A POSITIVE BIRTH EXPERIENCE*** The GentleBirth Contraction Timer app combines guidance from the Award Winning GentleBirth Program with a beautiful interface to make tracking contractions/surges easy, effective and stress free. Created by Positive Birth expert, author, midwife and Founder of GentleBirth, Tracy Donegan.  GentleBirth has guided tens of thousands of parents around to world through their own positive birth experience. WHAT’S INCLUDED Track contractions in real time, edit contractions previously recorded, manually add contractions or delete when necessary. GentleBirth Guidance provides individualized audio labor coaching based on your reported experience as you track each contraction. Using mindfulness, focus and breathing significantly effects pain perception. Separate background sounds allow you to play sounds in the background of the GentleBirth Guidance, background sounds only, or no audio at all. All easily controlled from one screen. Beautiful and easy to read charts and statistics allow you to see trends over time. You can change the timeframe to view the information that is most important you at any point during your labor. Email your surge history and release of water data to yourself or your care-provider directly from the app. The GentleBirth Indicator analyses the duration and frequency of surges and will notify you when it’s time to go to hospital or if there are patterns of contractions that indicate you should contact your care-provider. WE’D LOVE TO CONNECT We want to hear about about your GentleBirth Contraction Timer experience. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on social media if you have any feedback or questions about pregnancy, birth, the GentleBirth program or the Contraction Timer app. Email us at team@gentlebirth.com or contact support within the Contraction Timer app. NOTE This app does not provide medical advice. Our recommendations are based on standard indicators. Your labor may occur differently. Always consult your care-provider to orient yourself in terms of contraction frequency and duration. TERMS OF SERVICE https://gentlebirth.app/terms/ PRIVACY POLICY https://gentlebirth.app/privacy/

About

Informed Pregnancy Plus

Access a curated library of content focused on fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and early parenting. Explore courses, documentaries, and series produced by experts in the perinatal space. Offers monthly and yearly subscription plans with free trial periods.

Highlights
  • Fertility and pregnancy content
  • Childbirth and postpartum resources
  • Early parenting courses
  • Documentaries and series
  • Expert-produced content
  • Monthly and yearly subscriptions
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Informed Pregnancy+ is a subscription streaming service with a focus on fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and early parenting. The channel's core content is produced by pregnancy-focused Chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin under the Informed Pregnancy® banner with additional related content curated from other passionate producers in the perinatal space including courses, documentaries, series, shorts and more. Content includes a carefully curated selection of courses, documentaries, series, shorts and more. To access all features and content you can subscribe to Berlin LLC on yearly or monthly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment.Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://www.informedpregnancy.tv/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.informedpregnancy.tv/privacy

Screenshots

GentleBirth Contraction Timer4 screens
Informed Pregnancy Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: GentleBirth Contraction Timer at free with in-app purchases against Informed Pregnancy Plus's subscription. GentleBirth Contraction Timer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (91 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. GentleBirth Contraction Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Informed Pregnancy Plus sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GentleBirth Contraction Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GentleBirth Contraction Timer has 91 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of GentleBirth Contraction Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Informed Pregnancy Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GentleBirth Contraction Timer ships an update every 9 days, Informed Pregnancy Plus every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GentleBirth Contraction Timer versus Informed Pregnancy Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentleBirth Contraction TimerInformed Pregnancy Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (91 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB41 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPositive Birth App DevelopmentBerlin LLC

Customer experience

GentleBirth Contraction Timer

All ratings91 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.4%

Informed Pregnancy Plus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

GentleBirth Contraction Timer

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Pop-ups won't close without submission
  • Pop-ups reappear after submission
  • Buttons on bottom bar unresponsive or hard to hit
  • Text doesn't fit screen
  • Audio pauses when screen times out or app switches
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  • Guidance and background music shuts off when phone screen locks

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode feature
  • Option to live share with someone
  • More varied coaching after 16 hours

Informed Pregnancy Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

GentleBirth Contraction Timer

One-time4
  • Contraction Timer Premium$0.99
  • Premium - One Time Offer$0.99
  • Premium - Discount Offer$0.99
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  • Contraction Timer - Email Data$0.99
11 purchases

Informed Pregnancy Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Informed Pregnancy Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Informed Pregnancy Plus Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time9
  • Informed Pregnancy - 699$6.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 799$7.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 899$8.99
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  • Informed Pregnancy - 999$9.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 1099$10.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 1999$19.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 5999$59.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 9999$99.99
  • Informed Pregnancy - 17999$179.99

Questions

Is GentleBirth Contraction Timer free?
GentleBirth Contraction Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Informed Pregnancy Plus free?
Informed Pregnancy Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GentleBirth Contraction Timer or Informed Pregnancy Plus?
GentleBirth Contraction Timer is rated higher. GentleBirth Contraction Timer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while Informed Pregnancy Plus averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do GentleBirth Contraction Timer or Informed Pregnancy Plus have ads?
Both GentleBirth Contraction Timer and Informed Pregnancy Plus show ads.
Which is updated more often, GentleBirth Contraction Timer or Informed Pregnancy Plus?
GentleBirth Contraction Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Informed Pregnancy Plus every 3 months. Most recently, GentleBirth Contraction Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and Informed Pregnancy Plus on September 11, 2026.

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