Comparison

GentleBirth Contraction Timer vs bloomin.

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

bloomin.

Features
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Bloomin is your daily positivity garden. Write one positive thing every day and watch your sunflower grow. A simple, beautiful way to nurture your mental health one moment at a time.

Screenshots

GentleBirth Contraction Timer4 screens
bloomin.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: bloomin. at none against GentleBirth Contraction Timer's 4. bloomin. also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GentleBirth Contraction Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. bloomin. asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GentleBirth Contraction Timer versus bloomin.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentleBirth Contraction Timerbloomin.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (91 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings91 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPositive Birth App DevelopmentAnna Walusiak

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

bloomin.

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
None

bloomin.

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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